2025 Phoenix Mercury season

2025 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Nate Tibbetts
Arena	Footprint Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	0–0
Place	0th (Western)
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The 2025 Phoenix Mercury season is the 28th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under general manager, Nick U'Ren, and head coach, Nate Tibbetts.

Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome
None

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.

Trades

February 2, 2025[1][2] (Four-team trade)	To Phoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings)	To Connecticut Sun Rebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever)
	To Dallas Wings DiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)	To Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Natasha Mack	January 17, 2025	Training camp contract	[3]
Celeste Taylor	January 22, 2025		[4]
Amy Atwell	February 2, 2025		[5]

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Sami Whitcomb	February 2, 2025	Details unannounced	Seattle Storm	[6]
Anna Makurat	February 7, 2025	Rookie contract (Undrafted)	Geas Basket	[7]
Alexa Held		Training camp contract	PEAC-Pécs	[8]
Kathryn Westbeld	February 10, 2025		TARR KSC Szekszárd	[9]
Kitija Laksa	February 11, 2025	One-year deal	Fenerbahçe S.K.	[10]

Subtractions / Unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Monique Billings	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	[11]
Brittney Griner	February 1, 2025	Free agency – uncoreable unrestricted	Atlanta Dream	[12]
Amy Atwell	February 13, 2025	Waived	—	[13]
Klara Lundquist	—	Suspended – contract expired	—
Charisma Osborne	—	Free agency – reserved	—
Diana Taurasi	—	Free agency – unrestricted	—

Roster

Phoenix Mercury roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 21 Brown, Kalani 6' 7" (2.01m) 245 lb (111kg) 1997-03-21 Baylor 5 G/F 2 Copper, Kahleah 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1994-08-28 Rutgers 9 G 1 Held, Alexa 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1999-12-28 DePaul R G 33 Laksa, Kitija 6' 0" (1.83m) 1996-05-21 South Florida R F 4 Mack, Natasha 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1997-11-03 Oklahoma State 2 G – Makurat, Anna 6' 0" (1.83m) 2000-03-31 Connecticut R F 0 Sabally, Satou 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1998-04-25 Oregon 5 G 12 Taylor, Celeste 5' 11" (1.8m) 167 lb (76kg) 2001-06-20 Ohio State 1 F 25 Thomas, Alyssa 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 1992-04-12 Maryland 11 G 10 Uzun, Sevgi 5' 10" (1.78m) 141 lb (64kg) 1997-11-25 Turkey 1 F – Westbeld, Kathryn 6' 2" (1.88m) 1996-01-29 Notre Dame R G 32 Whitcomb, Sami 5' 10" (1.78m) 154 lb (70kg) 1988-07-20 Washington 8 G — Lundquist, Klara (S) 5' 8" (1.73m) 1999-08-28 Sweden –	Head coach Nate Tibbetts (South Dakota) Assistant coaches Michael Joiner (Florida State) Kristi Toliver (Maryland) Megan Vogel (South Dakota State) Athletic trainer Hannah Wengertsman (Boston University) Strength and conditioning coach Annalise Pickrel (Michigan State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
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Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG		Celeste Taylor Sevgi Uzun
SG	Kahleah Copper	Alexa Held Anna Makurat Sami Whitcomb
SF	Satou Sabally	Kitija Laksa
PF	Alyssa Thomas	Kathryn Westbeld
C	Kalani Brown	Natasha Mack

Schedule

Pre-season

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
2025 season schedule

Standings

#	v t e Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Atlanta Dream	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
2	Chicago Sky	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
3	Connecticut Sun	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
4	Dallas Wings	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
5	Golden State Valkyries	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
6	Indiana Fever	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
7	Las Vegas Aces	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
8	Los Angeles Sparks	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
9	Minnesota Lynx	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
10	New York Liberty	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
11	Phoenix Mercury	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
12	Seattle Storm	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
13	Washington Mystics	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

References

1. "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Natasha Cloud, Jacy Sheldon and the No. 8 Overall Pick". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
2. "Indiana Fever Acquire Guard Sophie Cunningham". Indiana Fever. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
3. @DesertWaveCo (January 17, 2025). "The Phoenix Mercury and Natasha Mack agreed to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Veenstra, David (January 23, 2025). "Phoenix Mercury and Celeste Taylor agree to training camp deal". Desert Wave Media. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
5. Veenstra, David (February 3, 2025). "Phoenix Mercury and Amy Atwell agree to training camp deal". Desert Wave Media. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
6. "Phoenix Mercury Sign Two-Time WNBA Champion Sami Whitcomb". Phoenix Mercury. WNBA. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
7. Connolly, Daniel (February 8, 2025). "UConn in the WNBA: Anna Makurat signs rookie deal with Phoenix Mercury". The UConn Blog. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
8. @WNBAMoves (February 8, 2025). "The Mercury have signed Lexi Held to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. @DesertWaveCo (February 10, 2025). "The Phoenix Mercury have signed Kathryn Westbeld to a training camp contract" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. "Phoenix Mercury Sign Forward Kitija Laksa". Phoenix Mercury. WNBA. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
11. "Golden State Valkyries begin constructing inaugural roster with 11 selections in 2024 WNBA Expansion Draft". nba.com. NBA. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
12. "Atlanta Dream Sign Brittney Griner in Historic Free Agent Acquisition". Atlanta Dream. WNBA. February 1, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
13. @DesertWaveCo (February 13, 2025). "BREAKING NEWS: Amy Atwell has been waived by the Phoenix Mercury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Official website of the Phoenix Mercury