The story was about them briefly wanting to join forces in New York during the "2012-13 range" when they were UMMC Ekaterinburg teammates in the Russian League. “I believe it’s called ...

Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi retired from her professional basketball career Tuesday and other icons showed her support online and offline.

Taurasi played for the Mercury every year since 2004 aside from one season (2015) during which her Russian Premier League team (UMMC Ekaterinburg) paid Taurasi to not lace up for Phoenix that season.