Diana Taurasi speaks on Sparks' upside, Indiana Fever, what inspires her

The Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi discussed the team's win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night. Phoenix now moves to 9-8 on the season.
Taurasi highlighted Phoenix's second-half adjustments, the Sparks' youth, the Mercury's upcoming matchup against the Indiana Fever, her inspirations, and much more.
Phoenix will host Indiana on Sunday at 12 p.m. PST.
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[@TheGTAFREAKNetwork]

People hating in this comment section is proving everybody's point.. Now we see who the real haters are.

[@lavenderigotchuuu3836]

Diana a Legend

[@mafatt1329]

I love her!!!

[@Chris-t9h7q]

The GOAT.

[@anbm8587]

The goat vs the rook

[@Juke582]

She is the real GOAT 🐐 of WNBA for sure!

[@rarerock5020]

Deanna nolan is the goat .

[@Juke582]

Interesting video! She is the real GOAT of the WNBA! Definitely carried that for couple of decades! She was super out of UCONN and might be oldest now in the league in her 40’s but can still shoot like 4-7 three pointers per game and sink everyone! Tough to guard her with her talent! It’s crazy! Hall of famer for sure!

[@PatrickFordyce-b7c]

Look how she is arm crossed tells you everything period

[@OhPunky]

She always throwing shade

[@JesseJones-lk2yr]

She okay she just went crazy rumors that's all

[@bubbaarcos3517]

Wow

[@mirnacollins6514]

The Head Ref. made bad calls on the winning team today, he needs to be investigated for not calling a Flagrant foul on Griner. During the 1st half, also when the fever was in their huddle and Mercury started shit over nothing, player on Mercury was in the face of the Ref. and Fever got only a free throw at the line but no ball.!!! Also Clark got foul and no call was made at the 3 point line!!! Lastly this is the biggest one! Fever didn't get to finish playing before the half end and there was still time left on the play, Clark had the ball and the buzzer sound with 50 sec left on the clock!!! Why was this not caught by the Refs????

[@MikeMadison-z7o]

Who is this person i've never heard of her.

[@cockedhammer72]

pretty sure she was the original bad mouth towards Caitlin from the WNBA , even before the Draft

[@saints5256]

That's DT, D onald T uck 😅😅😅

[@jermainepunch5741]

A legend in the Game also part of ucon legacy bck in the late 90s early 2000s I think she lead the wnba in scoring!!

[@MikeMadison-z7o]

@@jermainepunch5741 in the game that if it were to stand alone without welfare from NBA,IT WOULDNT EXIST. CC IS THE STAR AND ONLY REASON OF HEARD OF THIS BITTER CLUWN.

[@hackskrap]

​@@MikeMadison-z7o Are you ok?

[@AbeLincoln-sb4bv]

Her pettiness was so apparent when talking about CC on Bird's pidcast. Lost a lot of respect from fans.

[@PatrickFordyce-b7c]

I have no respect for her period she acts like no one can play better than she can , yea she can play but her attitude in a professional sport is very disrespectful period . Caitlin Clark is a Superstar and she can’t stand it period but to bad for there is a new generation player here now !! Let’s Go Caitlin Clark !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@williesaunders6798]

Cc is not a superstar lol

[@PatrickFordyce-b7c]

@@williesaunders6798 you don’t see Caitlin Clark as a Superstar is your problem not my problem, you don’t know her stats apparently for a rookie , she is in the top 3rd of all the WNBA players and she is just a rookie period . She was not to be even close to breaking any records let alone shattering the records period but you haters don’t know stats you just see it’s a white girl and she can’t be good at basketball . Well wrong thinking for she is on her way to smoke all records period !!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@portlandgeek]

DT Respect! 3× WNBA champion (2007, 2009, 2014) 2× WNBA Finals MVP (2009, 2014) WNBA MVP (2009) 10× WNBA All-Star (2005-2007, 2009, 2011, 2013-2014, 2017-2018, 2021) 10× All-WNBA First Team (2004, 2006-2011, 2013, 2014, 2018) 4× All-WNBA Second Team (2005, 2016, 2017, 2020) WNBA Rookie of the Year (2004) 5× WNBA scoring champion (2006, 2008-2011) WNBA assists leader (2014) 6× WNBA Peak Performer (2006, 2007, 2009-2011, 2014) WNBA 15th Anniversary Team (2011) WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016) WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021) 6× EuroLeague champion (2007-2010, 2013, 2016) 7× Russian National League champion (2007, 2008, 2013-2017) 3× Russian Cup winner (2013-2014, 2017) 3× Russian League Player of the Year (2007, 2008, 2009) Turkish National League champion (2011) Turkish Cup winner (2012) 3× NCAA champion (2002-2004) 2× NCAA Tournament MOP (2003, 2004) Wade Trophy (2003) 2× Honda Sports Award (2003, 2004) 2× Naismith College Player of the Year (2003, 2004) USBWA Women's National Player of the Year (2003) AP College Player of the Year (2003) 2× Nancy Lieberman Award (2003, 2004) 2× Big East Player of the Year (2003, 2004) 2x First-team All-American - AP (2003, 2004) 3x Kodak All-American (2002-2004) 2x All-American -USBWA (2003, 2004) Second-team All-American - AP (2002) 3x First-team All-Big East (2002-2004) Big East All-Freshman Team (2001) 4× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2006, 2010, 2012, 2016)

[@Bonnie-UGA]

Yes and all those accolades she’s damaged her legacy by not being a true champion of the game like Nancy Lieberman or Lisa Leslie and advocating for the growth of the game. She’s been extremely patronizing to the fans of the rookies and has been very manipulative in a passive aggressive way to some of the rookies. All of her past accolades you think she’d be at top of the list of the All-Star voting. However, her behavior has been petty selfish, and she has not shown to be a true champion of the game! Her legacy is now tarnished, unfortunately.

[@portlandgeek]

@@Bonnie-UGA mmm....you got that wrong. that's what you see, but she gave CC her respect today. hugged her...that doesn't seem like the aggressive person you make her out to be. her personality may rub you the wrong way, but these ladies want to hoop. bye the way DT did spit facts. the rookies have had a learning curve. sheesh. calm down and take a chill pill. she's done a lot for the game. look at the da'm sheet. just wanna be mad cuz you have nothing else better to do Bonnie. Her legacy is just fine!

[@Bonnie-UGA]

@@portlandgeek my comment was before this game. It was yesterday. A lot of fans of the game have been disappointed in DT‘s attitude. However, tonight she did a really nice job as a veteran player by congratulating CC and I thought BG did well too supporting her in the beginning of the game. That goes a long way. I’m not mad. I was just disappointed earlier in the season and on Sue Bird’s podcast regarding comments that Diana was saying. I’ve been a fan for a long time and I’m so happy that WNBA is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I was just wanting the veterans to be more supportive earlier, but it’s coming along now.

[@williesaunders6798]

When was D unsupportive? It seem like ppl wanted her to kiss the ring… wait what ring? But in all seriousness Diana had that same hype as CC coming out of college just no social media. She spoke on experience, she spoke spoke on understanding but ya too sensitive.

[@mimimac8878]

Why does she look older then me, I’m 67 🙄🙄🙄

[@FloranteFesalbon]

What can you expect from WNBA grandma🤣

[@Juke582]

She is in 40’s still playing and that’s pretty unreal! Casually throwing up 7 threes a game like it’s nothing with no effort with her eyes closed! She got a bit arrogant over the decades!

[@JesseJones-lk2yr]

❤Angel Reese is being pampered by the veterans😅😅😅😂😂CC is focused on her game and not other players.that’s why she is doing better.‎@CaitlinClarkCentre

[@Gary-bk7wrm]

UCONN's WNBA alumni, like Diana Taurasi, who delusionally fancies herself to be a podcast comedienne, would do well to listen to their former coach Geno Auriemma's criticism of their treatment of CC to the determent of the WNBA's future.

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

Geno blamed you guys for her "treatment," not the players 😂

[@tonyhill5235]

Who care about beek. Signing out in less than 1 min

[@marczdrojewski3061]

Diana , all I saw was you standing around doing nothing for your team . For this last game at least. Even your teammate was upset with you.

[@sticksummerdogs4011]

She wore them big shorts to make it look like she doing something.

[@chevyyyyyyy]

Folks do not buy tickets or subscribe to watch the superb shooter Teurasi or the excellent rebounder Reese; They want to watch the entertaining CC.

[@rudesword2852]

This is not a likable person

[@Juke582]

But she is unreal talent and a hall of famer and almost best who ever played!

[@gnutsegnuhkar7792]

ur balanced? really?

[@marklucas6114]

What we have is a true professional athlete showing up to play street basketball against so called professional. We can all see that the coaches and referees are working together. They are going to keep the black woke narrative alive and never let it die. They believe that they are special entitled individuals like this lady. She cares nothing about the game and fans.

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

"Black woke narrative" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️ you must be a Caitlin Clark fan

[@adewey1970]

Gross