Mercury guard Diana Taurasi will miss the remainder of the 2022 WNBA season with a quad strain, the team announced Monday.
Taurasi appeared to sustain the injury in Tuesday’s loss to the Sun. She left the game early after seeing just 11 minutes of action and has not played in either of Phoenix’s two games since.
Yvonne “Vonnie” Turner, a WNBA veteran who last played for the Dream, has signed a hardship contract to fill Taurasi’s spot on the Mercury roster. The 34-year-old guard, who played for Phoenix from 2017 to ’19, has averaged 4.