Last August, the WNBA announced that Indianapolis — home of the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark — would host the league’s All-Star weekend this season for the first time

Few would have expected the Phoenix Mercury to have the second-best record in the WNBA at the season's midpoint.

So, for which franchises do players most want to compete? And what do they think about a host of topics around the league, like who is the league’s best player, where should expansion head, who is the face of the league and what issues are important in the next collective bargaining agreement?

An anonymous poll of current WNBA players conducted by The Athletic has revealed that the players regard the Phoenix Mercury as the best-run franchise in the le

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve was pleased with her team's effort in beating the Phoenix Mercury at home.

Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix. Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn. Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.

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As the women's basketball league continues to expand, racial attacks against players are getting loud on social media

The Phoenix Mercury are just coming off a loss to the Minnesota Lynx, with the final score being 66-79. Even with this loss, the Mercury remain second in the ra