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It’s now or never for the Phoenix Mercury!
That they have only one draft pick — the No. 32 selection in the third round — is illustrative of how “all in” the Mercury are on the chase for another championship.
Phoenix would have been drafting No. 8 in the 2021 WNBA Draft, but they preemptively traded this pick in the 2020 offseason in order to acquire Skylar Diggins-Smith. They then traded the No. 6 selection in this year’s draft, which they received from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for DeWanna Bonner last offseason, to the New York Liberty for Kia Nurse and Megan Walker. The Mercury also sent their 2022 first-round pick to the Liberty in this transaction.