The 2018 season was portrayed as the best shot at a championship for the Phoenix Mercury since winning it all in 2014. The ascendance of Brittney Griner. The return of DeWanna Bonner. The additions of veteran stabilizers Briann January and Sancho Lyttle. Perhaps amid it all, the GOAT was feeling a little overlooked.
So she changed that.
Diana Taurasi is cobbling together her finest season in five years and at 36 years old is adding another exhibit in support of the “Age is just a number” mantra. In fact, Ra’s al Ghul might want to check the security cameras to see if she’s been swimming laps in his Lazarus Pit because she’s returned to a place most assumed had passed her by — the MVP short list.