Mercury's Musa Represents Nigeria In the Olympics

The 2025 Phoenix Mercury roster had great talent, and some of their players joined the team on training camp deals. Monique Akoa Makani signed a training camp deal, and she went on to become one of the team's reliable starters. Kathryn Westbeld and Lexi Held also signed training camp contracts, and they contributed to the team at different periods. The Mercury had another player who signed one of those deals, and she was later waived as Phoenix was getting ready to bring in a familiar face. Murjanatu Musa was on the Mercury roster this year, and she played 12 games with them. She averaged 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in that time, and her best performance was against the Golden State Valkyries. Musa had eight points and three rebounds in her team's 86-77 win. Before her time with the Mercury, Musa played for Nigeria in the Olympics. She played well at that time, and in the team's game against Australia, she had 11 points, seven rebounds, four steals and two assists. Nigeria beat Australia 75-62 in that game.