Superstar Diana Taurasi re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

Last month, WNBA legend, three-time champion, two-time WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player and 14-time All-WNBA selection Diana Taurasi told ESPNW that she would retire "the minute you see that I suck." 

The 38-year-old isn't close to sucking just yet. 

The Phoenix Mercury and WNBA confirmed on Monday that Taurasi put pen to paper on a multi-year contract to remain with the club. Specifics of the deal weren't included in the statement. 

"WNBA players are more empowered and in control of their careers than ever before, and it is an incredibly important statement that Diana Taurasi has chosen to re-sign with the Mercury once again," Mercury general manager Jim Pitman said. "Diana has given her entire career to our organization and community, and we don’t take for granted her unrivaled impact on basketball in the Valley. Her commitment to getting back on the court last year, and the level of play we saw from her in the Wubble, make us confident she has more All-WNBA days ahead of her." 

Phoenix selected Taurasi with the first pick of the 2004 WNBA Draft, and she is the league's all-time leading scorer in regular-season (8,931 points) and postseason (1,279 points) play. She averaged 18.7 points, 4.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds during the pandemic-altered 2020 campaign.