After 20 seasons, Diana Taurasi ends Wnba career.
The top scorer of the competition announced her retirement via Time Magazine and said that she was ‘full’, both mentally and physically, after an excellent career.
“That is probably the best way to describe it. I’m full and I’m happy,” Taurasi said.
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Phoenix Mercury Guard Diana Taurasi laughs after touching a 3-Pointer September 19, 2024 in the footprint center in Phoenix. (Imagn)
The 42-year-old is one of the best basketball players in history, and the praise on her CV can certainly feel full every player.
Because she was taken with the first general choice From UConn In the WNBA concept of 2004, Taurasi won three WNBA titles, he was named the 2009 League MVP, won two final MVPs, registered five score titles, the 2004 Rookie of the year was declared Star teams.
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Taurasi is not only the top scorer of the competition of all time, but has made no more 3-Pointers than every player in history.
Taurasi’s star status started at the start of the new century, when she became a member of UConn and became a triple national champion at the Huskies, who was proclaimed 6.1 rebounds per game on the way to her second of three titles.
Diana Taurasi van Connecticut, right, fighting the Kara Lawson of Tennessee when the Connecticut Huskies Tennessee 79-56 defeated during a semi-final of the NCAA ladies in the Alamodome in San Antonio in San Antonio March 29, 2002. (Imagn)
Then Taurasi joined the Phoenix Mercury and spent 20 years with the same franchise, something unheard of in professional sports today.
She was an easy choice as the Rookie of the year of 2004 when she had an average of 17 points, 3.9 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. Taurasi was everything that Phoenix wanted from his first overall choice and became a mainstay who eventually developed into a legend that many believed she would be.
Taurasi also played in international game with Team USA.
In August, Taurasi became the first basketball player to win Six Olympic gold medals.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert published a statement about Taurasi’s pension.
The American shooting guard Diana Taurasi celebrates after receiving a gold medal in women’s basketball during the Olympic summer games of Paris in 2024 in Accor Arena. (Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports)
“In a record career in which she played 20 seasons, scored more points and made more three-point shots than every player in the history of WNBA, she has earned the undisputed respect of players around the world, resulted in exciting moments and fans again And again, “said Engelbert.
“On behalf of the Wnba family, I thank Diana for everything she has brought to the WNBA – her passion, her charisma and, above all, her ruthless dedication to the game.”
Taurasi told the time that she usually starts with her preparation for an upcoming WNBA season January 1, but she said she “just didn’t have in me this time”.
“That was just about when I knew it was time to walk away,” Taurasi added.
Some will debate whether she is the best player ever to adorn a WNBA court.
“I have a resume. It’s not up to me to judge it,” Taurasi told Time.
Phoenix Mercury Guard Diana Taurasi celebrates after a 3-point basket against the La Sparks in the second half in Crypto.com Arena. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
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Her UConn coach, Geno Auriemma, added: “Until someone comes by and darken what she has done, then she is, yes, she is.”
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