Mvery few women in the history of sports have the historical importance ofand Diana Taurasi. The American is considered the best player of all time, an institution in the WNBA -three titles and two MVPs-. At the age of 40, he was giving his last gasps in the team of his entire life in the United States, the Phoenix Mercury, but an injury could bring about the early end of a glorious career.
The Arizona franchise announced that Taurasi suffers a strain in the quadriceps, which will cause the end of his season and a future with doubts. Extend another course plus the season? Retire injured? ‘White Mamba’ lives in unknown moments that most likely only she knows how to answer.
His performance, despite being 40 years old, is still very high and is a ‘stick’ for Mercury immersed in getting a ‘ticket’ to the PlayOffs. Without going any further, on July 29 she became the first woman in the WNBA with a 30-point game at age 40 or older. Among the NBA boys only two players, Michael Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki they reached a game with those points at a similar age to the Mercury player.
The definitive eruption of Diana Taurasi, the feminine Jordan
And his season has a huge level stat line. His record is 500 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists, data that is only reached by Sabrina Ionescu -another of the young stars- and Skylar Diggins-Smith. Taurasi’s is the twelfth season with those numbers. The most of all time.
All times are the most repeated words with Taurasi, who was declared in 2021 as the best ever in women’s basketball and who may have closed her sports career with bad news after a quadriceps injury.
