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.

Phoenix Mercury Make Roster Move Before WNBA All-Star Break originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After finishing the 2024 WNBA season at 19-21 and missing out on the playoffs, Phoenix entered 2025 with sweeping changes.

The WNBA did not have an official All-Star Game in 2010, but Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi and some of her teammates played in the Stars At The Sun game.

Former Lufkin Lady Panther Natasha Mack hauled down 13 rebounds in the Phoenix Mercury’s 79-66 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday.

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?

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

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.

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.

The Mercury have an avenue to travel down where they could sign Emma Meesseman even after landing DeWanna Bonner.

After back-to-back losses to the Las Vegas Aces and the Dallas Wings, the Phoenix Mercury have ripped off three victories in a row, including Monday night's thrilling 78-77 win over the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Few would have expected the Phoenix Mercury to have the second-best record in the WNBA at the season's midpoint.