From trash talk to clutch shots and everything in between, the three-time WNBA champ—who retired Tuesday—knew how to play for the moment.
Diana Taurasi made an appearance on the morning show the day after announcing her retirement from the WNBA on Tuesday.
WNBA star Diana Taurasi is officially retiring after two decades. The league announced that the Phoenix Mercury star was retiring with a social media post on Tuesday.
You really don't want to get on Diana Taurasi's bad side. I don't know what the consequences of that are at this point. I'd never like to. All I know is that's a bad place to be. Why? Because,
Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday, ending a 20-year career in the WNBA that included three WNBA championships and the league's all-time scoring record.
Like so much of Taurasi's career, she managed an exit that everyone saw coming but that still caught us all a bit surprised.
Diana Taurasi retired on Tuesday, ending her 20-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. She's the WNBA's career scoring leader with 10,646 points and was a three-time league champion.
Taurasi has been named to 14 All-WNBA teams, an all-time record. Taurasi is the only Olympian to represent the United States at six Summer Games, the most by a USA Basketball athlete. And she's got six gold medals, having won in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2024.
Diana Taurasi, the WNBA's all-time leading scorer, a three-time champion, two-time Finals MVP and 2009 MVP, announced her retirement Tuesday in an interview with Time Magazine. Taurasi, 42, said she made the decision in early January when she realized she wasn't interested in starting her preseason routine.