WNBA champion Diana Taurasi continues to mull possible return next season: 'I think about it every day'

Diana Taurasi is 1 of nan top hoops players of her generation. But nan 20-year WNBA seasoned has yet to make a determination astir her hoops future.

If Taurasi decides to measurement distant from nan WNBA, she will time off pinch 3 convention championships, a brace of WNBA Finals MVP trophies and 11 All-Star appearances. She besides won 3 NCAA Division I titles during her storied tally pinch nan UConn Huskies.

This week, nan early Hall of Famer said she'll return immoderate clip earlier deciding if she'll play different season.

"I don’t return status lightly. I cognize nan infinitesimal I opportunity it aliases denote it, whether it’s, you know, successful a period aliases 2 months, I’m going to mean it," Taurasi told The Associated Press. "I talk to (wife) Penny (Taylor) and nan Mercury, truthful I’m still successful nan thought process."

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Phoenix Mercury defender Diana Taurasi catches a walk during warmups Sept. 19, 2024, astatine Footprint Center successful Phoenix. (Owen Ziliak/The Republic/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Taurasi, who has spent her full WNBA career pinch nan Phoenix Mercury, past played successful precocious September. The Minnesota Lynx eliminated nan Mercury from nan playoffs Sept. 25. 

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"I person not taken (retirement) lightly. I deliberation astir it each day. You know, I’m still successful heavy thought astir it. I want to make nan correct decision, you know, and I’m conscionable taking my clip a small bit," Taurasi said. "And, you know, sometimes erstwhile nan play ends, nan past point you want to deliberation astir is nan adjacent season."

Phoenix Mercury defender Diana Taurasi (3) smiles aft hitting a 3-pointer Sept. 19, 2024, astatine Footprint Center successful Phoenix. (Owen Ziliak/The Republic/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Taurasi likes nan moves nan squad made past offseason, adding Natasha Cloud and Kahleah Copper, which she said made nan squad into a imaginable title contender. In July, nan Mercury unveiled a $100 cardinal training center. The state-of-the-art analyzable features 2 hoops courts named aft Taurasi.

"I do deliberation pinch nan additions (on court) we made and successful nan beforehand office, we’ll beryllium location for a agelong time," she said. "You cognize those are my sisters. I’ve gone done a batch pinch them. So, you know, I’ll chat pinch them. It’s a batch to process nan play arsenic a whole."

The Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi celebrates aft scoring her 10,000th profession constituent during nan 2nd half of a crippled against nan Atlanta Dream Aug. 3, 2023, successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Whenever she does determine to retire, Taurasi is intrigued by nan thought of getting progressive pinch ownership of a team.

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"I decidedly emotion nan thought of being capable to person a position where, obviously, you power a team," she said. "But much than that, conscionable being astir (owner) Mat (Ishbia) for a small bit, conscionable seeing really he’s influenced this full metropolis and alteration nan power of what an proprietor tin do to really nan outlook of a city, nan emotion of a city. The things to which he’s done pinch nan team, it’s really nan adjacent step, I think, for female athletes."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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