2025 Phoenix Mercury season

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2025 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach Nate Tibbetts
Arena PHX Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (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.

Contents

Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege/ClubOutcome
None

Transactions

Front office and coaching

DateDetailsRef.

Trades

February
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)

Free agency

Re-signed

PlayerDateNotesRef.
Natasha Mack January 17Training camp contract [3] [4]
Celeste Taylor January 22 [4] [5]
Amy Atwell February 2 [6]

Additions

PlayerDateNotesFormer TeamRef.
Sami Whitcomb February 2Details unannounced Seattle Storm [7]
Anna Makurat February 7Rookie contract
(Undrafted)		 Geas Basket [8] [9]
Alexa Held Training camp contract PEAC-Pécs [9] [10]
Kathryn Westbeld February 10 TARR KSC Szekszárd [9] [11]
Kitija Laksa February 11One-year deal Fenerbahçe S.K. [12]
Murjanatu Musa February 17Rookie contract
(Undrafted)		 Tarbes Gespe Bigorre [9] [13]
Monique Akoa Makani March 11 Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud [14]
Shyla Heal March 13Training camp contract Tarsus Belediyesi Mersin [15]

Subtractions / Unsigned

PlayerDateReasonNew TeamRef.
Monique Billings December 6, 2024 Expansion draft Golden State Valkyries [16]
Brittney Griner February 1, 2025Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted Atlanta Dream [17]
Amy Atwell February 13, 2025Waived— [18]
Diana Taurasi February 25, 2025RetiredN/A [19]
Klara Lundquist —Suspended – contract expired—
Charisma Osborne —Free agency – unrestricted—

Roster

Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G – Flag of Cameroon.svg Akoa Makani, Monique 5' 11" (1.8m)2001-02-04 Cameroon R
C 21 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m)245 lb (111kg)1997-03-21 Baylor 5
G/F 2 Flag of the United States.svg Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg)1994-08-28 Rutgers 9
G 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Heal, Shyla 5' 6" (1.68m)2001-09-19 Australia 1
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Held, Alexa 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1999-12-28 DePaul R
G 33 Flag of Latvia.svg Laksa, Kitija 6' 0" (1.83m)1996-05-21 South Florida R
F 4 Flag of the United States.svg Mack, Natasha 6' 3" (1.91m)182 lb (83kg)1997-11-03 Oklahoma State 2
G – Flag of Poland.svg Makurat, Anna 6' 0" (1.83m)2000-03-31 Connecticut R
F/C – Flag of Nigeria.svg Musa, Murjanatu 6' 2" (1.88m)2000-05-05 Nigeria R
F 0 Flag of Germany.svg Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m)175 lb (79kg)1998-04-25 Oregon 5
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor, Celeste 5' 11" (1.8m)167 lb (76kg)2001-06-20 Ohio State 1
F 25 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas, Alyssa 6' 2" (1.88m)185 lb (84kg)1992-04-12 Maryland 11
G 10 Flag of Turkey.svg Uzun, Sevgi 5' 10" (1.78m)141 lb (64kg)1997-11-25 Turkey 1
F – Flag of the United States.svg Westbeld, Kathryn 6' 2" (1.88m)1996-01-29 Notre Dame R
G 32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1988-07-20 Washington 8
G — Flag of Sweden.svg Lundquist, Klara  (S)5' 8" (1.73m)1999-08-28 Sweden –
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Nate Tibbetts (South Dakota)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Joiner (Florida State)
Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Toliver (Maryland)
Flag of the United States.svg Megan Vogel (South Dakota State)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Wengertsman (Boston University)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Annalise Pickrel (Michigan State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
GS
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
PG
SG
SF
PF
C

Schedule

Pre-season

2025 pre-season game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 6@ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
2May 11 Golden State PHX Arena
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 17 Seattle PHX Arena
2May 21 Los Angeles PHX Arena
3May 23@ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
4May 25 Washington PHX Arena
5May 27 Chicago PHX Arena
6May 30 Minnesota PHX Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
7June 1@ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
8June 3@ Minnesota Target Center
9June 5 Golden State PHX Arena
10June 7 Seattle PHX Arena
11June 11 Dallas PHX Arena
12June 15@ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
13June 18@ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
14June 19@ New York Barclays Center
15June 21@ Chicago Wintrust Arena
16June 27New YorkPHX Arena
17June 29Las VegasPHX Arena
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
18July 3@ Dallas College Park Center
19July 7Dallas PHX Arena
20July 9 Minnesota PHX Arena
21July 14@ Golden State Chase Center
22July 16@ Minnesota Target Center
23July 23 Atlanta PHX Arena
24July 25@ New York Barclays Center
25July 27@ Washington CareFirst Arena
26July 30@ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
27August 1@ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
28August 3@ Chicago Wintrust Arena
29August 5 Connecticut PHX Arena
30August 7 Indiana PHX Arena
31August 10AtlantaPHX Arena
32August 15 Las Vegas PHX Arena
33August 17@ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
34August 19@ Golden State Chase Center
35August 21@ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
36August 22Golden StatePHX Arena
37August 26@ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
38August 28ChicagoPHX Arena
39August 30 New York PHX Arena
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
40September 2 Indiana PHX Arena
41September 4@ Washington CareFirst Arena
42September 6@ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
43September 9 Los Angeles PHX Arena
44September 11@ Dallas College Park Center
2025 season schedule

Standings

#
Team
 W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
5 Golden State Valkyries 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
6 Indiana Fever 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
7 Las Vegas Aces 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
8 Los Angeles Sparks 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
9 Minnesota Lynx 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
10 New York Liberty 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
11 Phoenix Mercury 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
12 Seattle Storm 00.000—0–00–00–00–0
13 Washington Mystics 00.000—0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

References

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Natasha Cloud, Jacy Sheldon and the No. 8 Overall Pick". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Indiana Fever Acquire Guard Sophie Cunningham". Indiana Fever. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ @DesertWaveCo (January 17, 2025). "The Phoenix Mercury and Natasha Mack agreed to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. 1 2 "Phoenix Mercury Sign Natasha Mack and Celeste Taylor". Phoenix Mercury . February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  5. ↑ Veenstra, David (January 23, 2025). "Phoenix Mercury and Celeste Taylor agree to training camp deal". Desert Wave Media. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Veenstra, David (February 3, 2025). "Phoenix Mercury and Amy Atwell agree to training camp deal". Desert Wave Media. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Phoenix Mercury Sign Two-Time WNBA Champion Sami Whitcomb". Phoenix Mercury. WNBA. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ Connolly, Daniel (February 8, 2025). "UConn in the WNBA: Anna Makurat signs rookie deal with Phoenix Mercury". The UConn Blog. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Phoenix Mercury Sign Four Players to Training Camp Contracts". Phoenix Mercury. WNBA. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ @WNBAMoves (February 8, 2025). "The Mercury have signed Lexi Held to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ @DesertWaveCo (February 10, 2025). "The Phoenix Mercury have signed Kathryn Westbeld to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ "Phoenix Mercury Sign Forward Kitija Laksa". Phoenix Mercury. WNBA. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  13. ↑ @DesertWaveCo (February 17, 2025). "The Phoenix Mercury signed Nigerian forward/center Murjanatu Musa to a Rookie Scale Contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Dalzell, Noa (March 13, 2025). "Phoenix Mercury's latest free agency signing continues growing WNBA trend". SB Nation. Retrieved March 13, 2025.
  15. ↑ Brown, Peter (March 14, 2025). "Shyla Heal: 'I'm ready to show them what I've got'". basketball.com.au. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Golden State Valkyries begin constructing inaugural roster with 11 selections in 2024 WNBA Expansion Draft". nba.com. NBA . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Sign Brittney Griner in Historic Free Agent Acquisition". Atlanta Dream. WNBA. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ @DesertWaveCo (February 13, 2025). "BREAKING NEWS: Amy Atwell has been waived by the Phoenix Mercury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ Gregory, Sean (February 25, 2025). "Exclusive: After an Unparalleled Career, WNBA Star Diana Taurasi Announces Her Retirement". Time . Retrieved February 25, 2025.
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