The WNBA All-Star Game is this weekend, which gives teams a break. Then, it is right back to work for the Phoenix Mercury.

WNBA players rated the Phoenix Mercury as the league's best-run franchise, according to a poll conducted by The Athletic. State of play: In the anonymous poll of 39 players from all 13 franchises — no rookies were included to best represent veterans' views — 28.6% of respondents picked the Mercury.

Former Lufkin Lady Panther Natasha Mack hauled down 13 rebounds in the Phoenix Mercury’s 79-66 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday.

Few would have expected the Phoenix Mercury to have the second-best record in the WNBA at the season's midpoint.

A three-part documentary about retired WNBA star Diana Taurasi is scheduled for release on Prime Video starting Aug. 7, according to a trailer released by the streaming platform.

Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix. Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn. Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.

So, for which franchises do players most want to compete? And what do they think about a host of topics around the league, like who is the league’s best player, where should expansion head, who is the face of the league and what issues are important in the next collective bargaining agreement?

An anonymous poll of current WNBA players conducted by The Athletic has revealed that the players regard the Phoenix Mercury as the best-run franchise in the le

Brittney Sykes and Brionna Jones have been named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to replace Caitlin Clark and Satou Sabally in the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game.