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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3519512, member: 1052"] COO Vince Kozar, GM Jim Pittman, Coach Sandy Brondello, and Diana Taurasi held a phone conference tonight (April 16, 2020) for season ticket holders and fans. They provided a lot of insight and commentary, as well as taking some questions in advance. Here are my notes from the call - and apologies for blending the comments together (some of there were said by one or more speakers, but I did not remember specifically who said every single comment): [U]BONNER[/U] [LIST] [*]Bonner decided she wanted to play somewhere else. [*]She was an UFA, could have gone anywhere. [*]Worked with her; got good value in return. [/LIST] [U]GRINER[/U] [LIST] [*]Last year was a difficult year for Griner. [*]But Griner is committed to being in Phoenix for her entire career. [/LIST] [U]DIGGINS[/U] [LIST] [*]Why target Skylar Diggins? Needed another playmaker; needed another scorer; needed another competitor with an incredible drive to win. [*]Diggins is a huge Taurasi fan, and she wanted to play with Griner. [*]Diggins is about family. Mercury was the first time to have babysitting at the arena. Franchise has a history of players who were parents. [/LIST] [U]HARTLEY[/U] [LIST] [*]Best years of Bria Hartley are still to come. [*]Qualified for Olympics on French National Team. [*]Was an elite player in Turkey, one of the better leagues. [*]She provides another playmaker around Griner. [/LIST] [U]VAUGHN[/U] [LIST] [*]Kia Vaughn is a player whom everyone loves. [*]You want to be on the same team with her. Kia checks a lot of boxes – drama free, good teammate, good locker room presence, comes in and does her work every day. [*]Diana says she knows Kia well; they share an agent. [/LIST] [U]LEILANI[/U] [LIST] [*]Discussion of fan favorite Leilani Mitchell [*]She was a great Mercury player. Washington had a lot of money to spend, after Kristi Toliver signed with LA. [*]Needed to get younger and more athletic. Did not have the money that she would command after we made our free agent moves. [/LIST] [U]TAURASI[/U] [LIST] [*]Recovery from injury took a longer than she thought it would. [*]But says she is as healthy as she has been in years. [*]Talked about the importance of her family (Penny and Leo), especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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