The Phoenix Mercury had their worst season in 2012, and in the 2013 WNBA Draft, they selected a center out of Baylor.

WNBA players rated the Phoenix Mercury as the league's best-run franchise, according to a poll conducted by The Athletic. State of play: In the anonymous poll of 39 players from all 13 franchises — no rookies were included to best represent veterans' views — 28.6% of respondents picked the Mercury.

The Phoenix Mercury's Satou Sabally was selected as a starter for Caitlin Clark's Team Clark in the WNBA's Indianapolis All-Star Game on July 19.

The major free agent who could change the balance of power among the top three teams is Emma Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP who last played in the league in 2022, when she was an All-Star for the Chicago Sky.

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The Phoenix Mercury traveled to Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Lynx on July 16, 2025, ahead of the WNBA All-Star break.

So, for which franchises do players most want to compete? And what do they think about a host of topics around the league, like who is the league’s best player, where should expansion head, who is the face of the league and what issues are important in the next collective bargaining agreement?

Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix. Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn. Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.

Phoenix Mercury star Satou Sabally won't play in the WNBA All-Star Game this weekend, she announced on her Instagram account Wednesday.

A three-part documentary about retired WNBA star Diana Taurasi is scheduled for release on Prime Video starting Aug. 7, according to a trailer released by the streaming platform.

WNBA players surveyed in a recent poll by The Athletic's <a href=" Pickman and Sabreena Merchant believe union representatives should focus on advocating for higher player salaries when negotiating the league's next CBA.