2025 Phoenix Mercury season | |
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Coach | Nate Tibbetts |
Arena | PHX Arena |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 25–14 (.641) |
Place | 2nd (Western) |
The 2025 Phoenix Mercury season is the 28th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under general manager, Nick U'Ren, and head coach, Nate Tibbetts. It will be the first season since 2012 without 11-year veteran and 2014 WNBA champion Brittney Griner under contract, signing with the Atlanta Dream in free agency. It will also be the first season following the retirement of 3-time WNBA champion and WNBA all-time leading scorer Diana Taurasi who spent all 20 of her WNBA seasons (2004–2014, 2016–2024) with the franchise.
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February 2 (Four-team trade) | To Phoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings) | To Connecticut Sun Rebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever) | [1] [2] |
To Dallas Wings DiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) | To Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings) |
Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
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Natasha Mack | January 17 | Training camp contract | [3] [4] |
Celeste Taylor | January 22 | [4] [5] | |
Amy Atwell | February 2 | [6] | |
Murjanatu Musa | May 19 | Activated | [7] |
Player | Date | Reason | New Team | Ref. |
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Charisma Osborne | — | Free agency – unrestricted | — | |
Klara Lundquist | February 18, 2022 | Suspended – contract expired | — | |
Monique Billings | December 6, 2024 | Free agency – unrestricted / Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries | [30] |
Brittney Griner | February 1, 2025 | Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted | Atlanta Dream | [31] |
Amy Atwell | February 13, 2025 | Waived | — | [32] |
Diana Taurasi | February 25, 2025 | Retired | N/A | [33] |
Julia Ayrault | April 25, 2025 | Suspended – personal decision | N/A – retained rights | [34] |
Shyla Heal | May 7, 2025 | Waived | — | [35] |
Anna Makurat | — | |||
Helena Pueyo | May 9, 2025 | Suspended – personal decision | N/A – retained rights | [36] |
Temira Poindexter | May 15, 2025 | Waived | – | [37] |
Celeste Taylor | — | |||
Murjanatu Musa | Suspended contract – temporary | N/A – retained rights | ||
July 8, 2025 | Waived | — | [29] | |
Megan McConnell | May 15, 2025 | Waived | — | [37] |
June 26, 2025 | — | [38] | ||
Alexis Prince | May 19, 2025 | — | [7] | |
Sevgi Uzun | June 2, 2025 | Chicago Sky | [39] | |
Haley Jones | June 8, 2025 | Dallas Wings | [40] | |
Kiana Williams | July 10, 2025 | — | [41] | |
July 22, 2025 | Released — end of 7-day contract | — | ||
July 29, 2025 | — | [42] | ||
August 20, 2025 | — |
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Pos. | Starter | Bench |
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PG | Monique Akoa Makani | |
SG | Kahleah Copper | Lexi Held Sami Whitcomb |
SF | Natasha Mack | Kitija Laksa |
PF | Alyssa Thomas | Kathryn Westbeld |
C | Satou Sabally | Kalani Brown |
2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
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2025 pre-season schedule |
2025 game log Total: 25–14 (Home: 14–6; Road: 11–8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 4–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–1)
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June : 8–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–1)
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July : 4–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–4)
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August : 8–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–2)
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September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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2025 season schedule |
Notes:
2025 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||
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First round vs. TBD
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2025 playoff schedule |
# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | yx – Minnesota Lynx | 32 | 8 | .800 | – | 18–3 | 19–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 |
2 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 26 | 14 | .650 | 6 | 14–8 | 14–5 | 12–9 | 2–4 |
3 | x – Atlanta Dream | 26 | 14 | .650 | 6 | 13–6 | 13–6 | 13–8 | 3–2 |
4 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 25 | 14 | .641 | 6.5 | 13–9 | 14–6 | 11–8 | 4–2 |
5 | New York Liberty | 24 | 16 | .600 | 8 | 13–5 | 16–5 | 8–11 | 4–1 |
6 | Golden State Valkyries | 21 | 18 | .538 | 10.5 | 8–12 | 12–7 | 9–11 | 3–3 |
7 | c – Indiana Fever | 21 | 19 | .525 | 11 | 11–8 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 4–1 |
8 | Seattle Storm | 22 | 20 | .524 | 11 | 11–12 | 9–11 | 13–9 | 4–2 |
9 | Los Angeles Sparks | 19 | 20 | .487 | 12.5 | 8–13 | 8–12 | 11–8 | 2–4 |
10 | e – Washington Mystics | 16 | 25 | .390 | 16.5 | 8–10 | 10–10 | 6–15 | 2–3 |
11 | e – Connecticut Sun | 10 | 30 | .250 | 22 | 7–11 | 6–14 | 4–16 | 1–4 |
12 | e – Chicago Sky | 9 | 30 | .231 | 22.5 | 3–15 | 5–15 | 4–15 | 1–4 |
13 | e – Dallas Wings | 9 | 32 | .220 | 23.5 | 3–18 | 5–16 | 4–16 | 1–5 |
Notes
Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Alyssa Thomas | WNBA All-Star Reserve | July 7 | [43] |
Western Conference Player of the Week | July 15 | [44] | |
Satou Sabally | WNBA All-Star Starter | June 30 | [45] |