2024 Phoenix Mercury season | |
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Coach | Nate Tibbetts |
Arena | Footprint Center |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 19–21 (.475) |
Place | 4th (Western) |
Playoff finish | 7th seed; Lost in First Round 0–2 to Minnesota Lynx |
Team Leaders | |
Points | Kahleah Copper – 21.1 ppg |
Rebounds | Brittney Griner – 6.6 rpg |
Assists | Natasha Cloud – 6.9 apg |
The 2024 Phoenix Mercury season was the 27th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under new general manager Nick U'Ren and head coach Nate Tibbetts. Prior to the season, interim coach Nikki Blue's contract was not renewed, and Tibbets was hired on October 18, 2023. [1]
The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, against the Las Vegas Aces in Las Vegas. [2]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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3 | 25 | Charisma Osborne | United States | UCLA |
3 | 29 | Jaz Shelley | Australia | Nebraska |
Date | Transaction | |
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October 28, 2023 | Hired Nate Tibbetts as Head Coach [1] | |
January 17, 2024 | Extended a Qualifying Offer to Sug Sutton [3] | |
January 27, 2024 | Signed Sug Sutton to a Training Camp Contract [3] | |
February 1, 2024 | Signed Natasha Cloud [4] | |
February 3, 2024 | Acquired Rebecca Allen in exchange for Moriah Jefferson [5] | |
Signed Christyn Williams to a Training Camp Contract [3] | ||
February 6, 2024 | Acquired Kahleah Copper and the rights to Morgan Bertsch in exchange for Michaela Onyenwere, Brianna Turner, the third pick in the 2024 draft, Chicago's second round pick in the 2025 draft, Phoenix's 2026 first round pick, and the right to swap 2026 second round picks. [6] | |
February 8, 2024 | Signed Mikiah Herbert Harrigan to a Training Camp Contract [3] | |
February 9, 2024 | Signed Natasha Mack to a Training Camp Contract [3] | |
February 13, 2024 | Signed Amy Atwell to a Training Camp Contract [3] | |
March 7, 2024 | Signed Mya Hollingshed to a Training Camp Contract [3] | |
March 15, 2024 | Waived Kadi Sissoko [3] | |
March 30, 2024 | Re-Signed Brittney Griner [7] | |
April 16, 2024 | Signed Charisma Osborne and Jaz Shelley to Rookie Contracts [3] | |
April 24, 2024 | Signed Air Hearn, Bella Murekatete, and Desi-Rae Young to a Training Camp Contracts [8] | |
April 28, 2024 | Waived Desi-Rae Young [3] | |
May 11, 2024 | Waived Amy Atwell, Air Hearn, Mya Hollingshed, Bella Murekatete, Charisma Osborne, Jaz Shelley, and Christyn Williams [9] | |
Signed Liz Dixon to a Training Camp Contract from waivers | ||
June 10, 2024 | Waived Morgan Bertsch [10] | |
June 13, 2024 | Signed Charisma Osborne [11] | |
July 2, 2024 | Waived Liz Dixon | |
July 5, 2024 | Signed Liz Dixon to 7-day contract [3] | |
July 12, 2024 | Released Liz Dixon (contract ended) | |
Signed Celeste Taylor to 7-day contract [3] | ||
August 16, 2024 | Released Celeste Taylor (contract ended) [3] | |
August 18, 2024 | Signed Monique Billings to 7-day contract [12] | |
August 20, 2024 | Acquired the rights the rights to Klara Lundquist from the Washington Mystics in exchange for Sug Sutton and a 2025 3rd round pick [13] | |
August 23, 2024 | Signed Celeste Taylor to a second 7-day contract | |
August 25, 2024 | Signed Monique Billings to a rest-of-season contract [14] | |
August 30, 2024 | Signed Celeste Taylor to a third 7-day contract | |
September 5, 2024 | Signed Amy Atwell to a 7-day contract [15] | |
September 6, 2024 | Signed Celeste Taylor to a rest-of-season contract [16] |
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Pos. | Starter | Bench |
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PG | Natasha Cloud | Charisma Osborne |
SG | Diana Taurasi | |
SF | Kahleah Copper | Rebecca Allen |
PF | Sophie Cunningham | Monique Billings Mikiah Herbert Harrigan |
C | Brittney Griner | Natasha Mack |
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May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
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2024 pre-season schedule |
2024 game log Total: 19–21 (Home: 10–10; Road: 9–11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 3–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–4)
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June : 6–4 (Home: 5–2; Road: 1–2)
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July : 4–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–2)
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August : 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
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September : 3–5 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–1)
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First round vs. Minnesota Lynx Lost Series: 0–2
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2024 playoff schedule |
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | yx – New York Liberty | 32 | 8 | .800 | — | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 5–0 |
2 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 10 | .750 | 2 | 14–6 | 16–4 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
3 | x – Connecticut Sun | 28 | 12 | .700 | 4 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 4–1 |
4 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 2–3 |
5 | x – Seattle Storm | 25 | 15 | .625 | 7 | 13–7 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 4–1 |
6 | x – Indiana Fever | 20 | 20 | .500 | 12 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 8–12 | 3–2 |
7 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 19 | 21 | .475 | 13 | 10–10 | 10–10 | 9–11 | 3–2 |
8 | x – Atlanta Dream | 15 | 25 | .375 | 17 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
9 | e – Washington Mystics | 14 | 26 | .350 | 18 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 | 1–4 |
10 | e – Chicago Sky | 13 | 27 | .325 | 19 | 5–15 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 1–4 |
11 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 31 | .225 | 23 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 2–18 | 0–5 |
12 | e – Los Angeles Sparks | 8 | 32 | .200 | 24 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 3–17 | 2–3 |
Notes
Round One: Best-of-3 | Semifinals: Best-of-5 | Finals: Best-of-5 | ||||||||||||
1 | New York Liberty | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | New York Liberty | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Las Vegas Aces | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Las Vegas Aces | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | Seattle Storm | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Minnesota Lynx | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut Sun | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut Sun | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Indiana Fever | 0 |
Bold Series winner
Legend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
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Kahleah Copper | 37 | 37 | 32.4 | .435 | .314 | .807 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 21.1 |
Brittney Griner | 30 | 30 | 28.7 | .579 | .500 | .777 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 17.8 |
Diana Taurasi | 36 | 36 | 29.0 | .400 | .333 | .857 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 14.9 |
Natasha Cloud | 38 | 38 | 33.3 | .397 | .308 | .826 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 11.5 |
Sophie Cunningham | 40 | 21 | 27.8 | .429 | .378 | .870 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 8.4 |
Rebecca Allen | 18 | 18 | 24.8 | .417 | .352 | .667 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 7.4 |
Monique Billings ≠ | 13 | 2 | 18.1 | .434 | .286 | .800 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
Natasha Mack | 40 | 11 | 15.5 | .573 | .000 | .579 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
Celeste Taylor ≠ | 15 | 4 | 20.0 | .317 | .200 | .563 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | 31 | 3 | 10.8 | .412 | .327 | .550 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
Sug Sutton † | 22 | 0 | 14.9 | .306 | .270 | .692 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
Morgan Bertsch ‡ | 8 | 0 | 9.8 | .222 | .143 | .875 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
Amy Atwell ≠ | 6 | 0 | 9.8 | .267 | .231 | .800 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Liz Dixon ‡ | 17 | 0 | 9.4 | .379 | — | .800 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
Charisma Osborne ≠ | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
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Natasha Cloud | 2 | 2 | 36.5 | .543 | .462 | .833 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 24.5 |
Brittney Griner | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .520 | .500 | .700 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 |
Diana Taurasi | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .423 | .389 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 15.5 |
Kahleah Copper | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | .407 | .364 | .600 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 14.5 |
Natasha Mack | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | .636 | — | .000 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Sophie Cunningham | 2 | 2 | 31.5 | .500 | .429 | — | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
Monique Billings | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | .800 | — | .000 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Celeste Taylor | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | .667 | .500 | — | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Amy Atwell | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Recipient | Award/Milestone | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Natasha Cloud | WNBA All-Defensive Second Team | September 29, 2024 | [17] |
Kahleah Copper | Western Conference Player of the Week | May 28, 2024 | [18] |
WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | [19] | |
2024 Olympic Gold Medalist | August 11, 2024 | [20] | |
AP All-WNBA Second Team | September 22, 2024 | [21] | |
Brittney Griner | Western Conference Player of the Week | June 18, 2024 | [22] |
WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | [19] | |
2024 Olympic Gold Medalist | August 11, 2024 | [20] | |
Diana Taurasi | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | [19] |
2024 Olympic Gold Medalist | August 11, 2024 | [20] |
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