Phoenix Mercury GM Nick U'Ren touched on Satou Sabally and a variety of other topics, including the Mercury's free agency timeline, during his first media availability of the year.
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Diana Taurasi when asked about Caitlin Clark's impact on women's basketball:
"It's amazing. What Caitlin's been able to do in her short career so far has been nothing short of remarkable. The one thing that I really love about her ... she's put the work in. Even throughout her
Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally said the WNBA does not want its players to play overseas or in Unrivaled.
“I wasn’t aware that they already publicly announced that. I mean that’s wrong. I made more money at Unrivaled than any year in my entire WNBA career.”
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Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson on the photo of her game-winner with 2.2 on the clock.
“I feel like when I see those types of things it’s someone else working, it’s the man above working ... it honestly just lets me know I’m on the right path and I’m truly covered.”
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WNBA legend Lisa Leslie, the first player to dunk in a WNBA game, surprised Brittney Griner by asking her a question during the postgame press conference.
Griner became the first player to dunk in an Unrivaled game on Monday.
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Here was Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s response when asked about facing Diana Taurasi for the first time on Sunday.
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Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson on becoming the second player (Candace Parker) to record a 40-point, 17-rebound game:
“I’m trying to boot Candace out these record books.”
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Phoenix Mercury forward and WNBPA player representative Satou Sabally called out WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert for adding more games this season.
“We had nine games in 18 days. That’s not really responsible for a commissioner.”
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The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston said it’s special what the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner have been able to do.
She said her and Caitlin Clark are “kind of the same pieces,” when asked if they could form a similar duo.
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The Las Vegas Aces players said Jackie Young is Becky Hammon’s favorite, but Hammon called them her kids and said “they’re all my favorite.”
“Jackie’s just hard to be mad at because she’s so sweet and gives you that big smile.”
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More from Taurasi on Clark: "...More importantly, she's done a lot for the Indiana Fever. A team that for the last couple of years is trying to get back to their glory days of Tamika Catchings and putting up banners. So obviously, what she's done for the game has been pretty
Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally on the potential WNBA lockout looming.
“It would be very interesting to see if the league finally makes an effort into showing us that they value us or seeing where their employees will go.”
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