WNBA Team Celebrates DeWanna Bonner For What She Did With Indiana Fever

Her brief stint in Indiana, Bonner reached a historic milestone by passing Tina Thompson for third on the all-time WNBA scoring list in their season opener against the Chicago Sky.

If you need a sense of how long ago that was, Clark finished as the top scorer in the game and was one of Bonner's biggest cheerleaders when it happened.

Clark is now out for the season after playing just 13 games, and the last time she crossed paths with Bonner, the former teammates got into it during a timeout. Bonner was greeted with boos the first time she came back to Indianapolis.

Regardless, Phoenix decided to belatedly honor Bonner's achievement this week with an unusual gift — a ball painted in Mercury colors that commemorated a game between two other WNBA teams.

Plenty of social media users were confused by the gesture, but Phoenix giving Bonner her flowers was a shining example of the togetherness she was craving when she returned to her former team.

“I wouldn’t do anything differently,” Bonner said after signing with the Mercury. “I think my journey is my journey, and I’m going to accept that. It carried me to where I am now in Phoenix, and it happened that way for a reason.”

Since the switch, Bonner has seen an uptick in her production from 7.1 points per game in Indiana to 10.9 with Phoenix.

It has worked out for all parties, as both teams are headed to the 2025 WNBA playoffs, which begin on Sunday.

The Fever and Mercury will be on opposite sides of the bracket, but they could meet in the WNBA Finals — Phoenix has clinched the No. 4 seed and Indiana will be either No. 6 or No. 7.