2022 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2022 WNBA season will be the 25th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season will tip off on May 6, 2022, against the Las Vegas Aces.[1]

2022 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachVanessa Nygaard
ArenaFootprint Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Western)
2023 season →

On December 6, 2021, the Mercury announced that they would not be renewing Sandy Brondello's contract and parted ways with her as Head Coach.[2]

Transactions

WNBA Draft
See also: 2022 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
3 26 Maya Dodson  United States Notre Dame
3 32 Macee Williams  United States IUPUI

Trades and Roster Changes
Date Transaction
December 6, 2021 Parted Ways with Head Coach Sandy Brondello
January 11, 2022 Extended a Qualifying Offer to Shey Peddy[3]
January 13, 2022 Sign Shey Peddy to a Qualifying Offer [4]
Waived Megan Walker[5]
Extended a Qualifying Offer to Kia Nurse[6]
January 24, 2022 Hired Vanessa Nygaard as Head Coach[7]
January 31, 2022 Traded Kia Vaughn to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for a 2023 Third Round Pick[8]
February 1, 2022 Re-Signed Sophie Cunningham to a One-Year Deal[9][10]
February 3, 2022 Traded Bria Hartley, the 20th Pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft, and a 2nd Round Pick in 2023 to the Indiana Fever, as well as a 1st Round Pick in 2023 to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Diamond DeShields from Chicago[11]
Signed Jennie Simms to a Training Camp Contract[12]
February 4, 2022 Signed Tina Charles to a One-Year Deal[13]
February 5, 2022 Signed Kia Nurse to One-Year Deal[14]
February 13, 2022 Signed Leaonna Odom to a Training Camp Contract[15]
March 1, 2022 Signed Kiana Williams to a Training Camp Contract[16]
March 2, 2022 Hired Crystal Robinson as an Assistant Coach[17]
March 10, 2022 Signed Kristine Anigwe to a Training Camp Contract
March 31, 2022 Hired Nikki Blue and Cinnamon Lister as Assistant Coaches[18]
April 12, 2022 Signed Sam Thomas to a Training Camp Contract
April 13, 2022 Signed Maya Dodson and Macee Williams to Rookie Scale Contracts
Signed Mael Gilles and Vivian Gray to Training Camp Contracts
April 16, 2022 Signed Emma Cannon to a Training Camp Contract[19]
April 21, 2022 Waived Macee Williams
April 30, 2022 Waived Mael Gilles [20]
May 3, 2022 Waived Emma Cannon, Kiana Williams, Jennie Simms, and Vivian Gray

Roster
Phoenix Mercury roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C33Anigwe, Kristine6' 4" (1.93m)200 lb (91kg)1997-03-31California3
C31Charles, Tina6' 4" (1.93m)192 lb (87kg)1988-12-05Connecticut11
G9Cunningham, Sophie6' 1" (1.85m)170 lb (77kg)1996-08-16Missouri3
G1DeShields, Diamond6' 1" (1.85m)172 lb (78kg)1995-03-05Tennessee4
G4Diggins-Smith, Skylar5' 9" (1.75m)145 lb (66kg)1996-08-16Notre Dame8
F/C15Dodson, Maya6' 3" (1.91m)188 lb (85kg)1999-02-16Notre DameR
C42Griner, Brittney6' 9" (2.06m)205 lb (93kg)1990-10-18Baylor9
G0Nurse, Kia 6' 0" (1.83m)168 lb (76kg)1996-02-22Connecticut3
F17Odom, Leaonna6' 2" (1.88m)168 lb (76kg)1998-03-26Duke2
G11Peddy, Shey5' 7" (1.7m)147 lb (67kg)1988-10-28Temple3
G/F3Taurasi, Diana6' 0" (1.83m)163 lb (74kg)1982-06-11Connecticut17
G/F14Thomas, Sam6' 0" (1.83m)170 lb (77kg)1999-06-14ArizonaR
F21Turner, Brianna6' 3" (1.91m)170 lb (77kg)1996-07-05Notre Dame3
Head coach
Vanessa Nygaard (Stanford)
Assistant coaches
Crystal Robinson (SE Oklahoma State)
Nikki Blue (UCLA)
Cinnamon Lister (CSU Northridge)
Athletic trainer
Hannah Breck (Boston University)
Strength and conditioning coach
Derrick Nillissen (Iowa Wesleyan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Schedule

Preseason
2022 pre-season game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
April: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 April 28 Seattle 78–82 Tina Charles (16) Kristine Anigwe (8) Skylar Diggins-Smith (8) Footprint Center
2,759		 0–1
2 April 30 @ Los Angeles L 84–87 Kiana Williams (25) Kristine Anigwe (11) Cannon
Simms (3)		 Matadome
N/A		 0–2
2022 pre-season schedule

Regular Season
2022 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 May 6 Las Vegas Footprint Center
2 May 11 Seattle Storm Footprint Center
3 May 14 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
4 May 17 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
5 May 19 Dallas Footprint Center
6 May 21 @ Las Vegas Michelob Ultra Arena
7 May 25 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
8 May 29 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
9 May 31 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
10 June 3 Connecticut Footprint Center
11 June 5 Los Angeles Footprint Center
12 June 10 Atlanta Footprint Center
13 June 12 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Center
14 June 14 @ Washington Entertainment and Sports Center
15 June 15 @ Indiana Indiana Farmers Coliseum
16 June 17 @ Dallas College Park Center
17 June 21 Minnesota Footprint Center
18 June 23 @ Minnesota Target Center
19 June 25 @ Dallas College Park Center
20 June 27 Indiana Footprint Center
21 June 29 Indiana Footprint Center
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
22 July 2 @ Chicago Wintrust Arena
23 July 4 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
24 July 7 New York Footprint Center
25 July 12 @ Minnesota Target Center
26 July 14 Washington Footprint Center
27 July 17 Atlanta Footprint Center
28 July 22 Seattle Footprint Center
29 July 28 Los Angeles Footprint Center
30 July 31 @ New York Barclays Center
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
31 August 2 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
32 August 4 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena
33 August 6 New York Footprint Center
34 August 10 Minnesota Footprint Center
35 August 12 Dallas Footprint Center
36 August 14 Chicago Footprint Center
2022 season schedule

Standings
# Team W L PCT GB Conf. Home Road Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.000–0–00–00–00–0
2 Chicago Sky00.000–0–00–00–00–0
3 Connecticut Sun00.000–0–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.000–0–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.000–0–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.000–0–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.000–0–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.000–0–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.000–0–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.000–0–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.000–0–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.000–0–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
x – Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Awards and Milestones
Recipient Award/Milestone Date awarded Ref.

References
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