VIDEO – On the latest Mercury Minute, we were joined by Braiden Bell ahead of his Mercury play-by-play debut on Arizona’s Family, Saturday at 7 PM. We discussed the team…
By Jeff Metcalfe The longer Kathryn Westbeld was out of the WNBA, the less likely it seemed that a day like Tuesday would ever come. When Westbeld and her younger…
Everything I’m about to write is with the caveat that it’s only been one game, but… As important as we expected Alyssa Thomas to be to this team, she’s even…
Video by Eliav Gabay Article By Jeff Metcalfe Sami Whitcomb could have given up playing basketball long ago. Instead she committed to a hoops version of the grueling Camino de…
Positionless. Leadership. Defense. Pace. You’ll be hearing these terms a ton throughout the Mercury’s 2025 campaign. General manager Nick U’Ren put an emphasis on versatility, pass & shoot ability, team…
In our latest HoopTalk, Brad Cesmat and Eliav Gabay discuss the AIA Open division boys basketball title game between Perry and Sunnyslope where Koa Peat and the Pumas walked away…
Video by Eliav Gabay Article by Jeff Metcalfe There is an innocent wisdom that comes with youth as Diana Taurasi discovered when her 7-year-old son Leo wondered if retirement is…
Turning the page on WNBA greats Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner feels more like starting a whole new book, but having a core of Kahleah Copper, Alyssa Thomas and Satou…
By Jeff Metcalfe The Phoenix Mercury threw another welcome party Tuesday, this time for All-WNBA first team forward Alyssa Thomas. Then they announced a retirement party was coming for WNBA…
Video By Eliav Gabay Article By Jeff Metcalfe Nick U’Ren’s message to his Phoenix Mercury staff for this WNBA offseason was to “take one step forward” from 2024. In reality,…