Diana Taurasi, an American professional basketball player with the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), was born on June 11, 1982. She is regarded as one of the all-time greatest women’s basketball players.
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In the first round of the 2004 WNBA draft, Phoenix selected her. Taurasi has won five scoring titles (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships (2007, 2009, and 2014), a record five Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020), one WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2009), two WNBA Finals MVP Awards (2009 and 2014), the FIBA World Cup (2013), and the WNBA (2010, 2014, and 2018).
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Moreover, she has been chosen for eleven WNBA All-Star teams and fourteen All-WNBA teams (including ten first-team selections).
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Since the Mercury selected Taurasi with the first overall choice in 2004, Taurasi has played for the team for her entire career. Taurasi has played for the team for 18 seasons and has been a WNBA All-Star 10 times. She has also won three WNBA championships.
She has aided the USA in winning five Olympic gold medals (38-0), three FIBA World Cup gold medals (21-0), the gold medal at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship (5-0), and a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Cup (8-1). Taurasi had a 137-7 record while wearing a USA Basketball outfit between 2000 and 2021.


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