Phoenix Mercury guard and UConn alum Diana Taurasi has officially retired, she announced in Time Magazine on Tuesday.
Since entering the league in 2004, it was clear the California native would be a star. The first overall pick brought her winning ways and unique swagger to the desert. Taurasi won Rookie of the Year and led the Mercury to their first WNBA championship three seasons later. Taurasi would win two more titles (2009, 2014) and earn Finals MVP in both series.
Diana Taurasi retires: Mercury legend, WNBA’s all-time leader scorer calls it a career after 20 seasons
Jack Maloney
In two decades, Arizona became home. Taurasi and her wife, former teammate Penny Taylor, are raising their two young children in the area. It will be where Taurasi starts her retired life, though what that will entail long term is to be…
