The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Based on the Mercury's 2009 record, they would pick 12th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Mercury waived their pick.
The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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2 | 24 | Tyra Grant | Penn State | |
3 | 26 | Nyeshia Stevenson | Oklahoma | |
Date | Trade | |||
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March 26, 2009 | width=325 | To Phoenix Mercury | width=325 | To Los Angeles Sparks |
Temeka Johnson | first round pick in 2010 draft | |||
March 30, 2010 | width=325 | To Phoenix Mercury | width=325 | To New York Liberty |
Candice Dupree (from Chi.) | Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante | |||
July 23, 2010 | width=325 | To Phoenix Mercury | width=325 | To Tulsa Shock |
Kara Braxton | Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft |
Player | Signed | Former team | |
Brooke Smith | February 9, 2010 | re-signed | |
Candice Dupree | March 30, 2010 | Chicago Sky | |
Penny Taylor | April 16, 2010 | re-signed | |
Temeka Johnson | April 16, 2010 | re-signed | |
Sequoia Holmes | May 15, 2010 | free agent | |
Taylor Lilley | May 15, 2010 | free agent | |
Kara Braxton | July 23, 2010 | Tulsa Shock |
Player | Left | New team | |
Le'coe Willingham | February 9, 2010 | Seattle Storm | |
Cappie Pondexter | March 30, 2010 | New York Liberty | |
Kelly Mazzante | March 30, 2010 | New York Liberty | |
Nicole Ohlde | July 23, 2010 | Tulsa Shock |
Pos. | Starter | Bench | |
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C | Tangela Smith | Brooke Smith | |
PF | Candice Dupree | Kara Braxton | |
SF | Penny Taylor | DeWanna Bonner / Sequoia Holmes | |
SG | Diana Taurasi | Taylor Lilley | |
PG | Temeka Johnson | Ketia Swanier |
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 2 || 4:00pm || @ Seattle || 58-77 || Williams (19) || Paris (9) || Stevenson, Williams (2) || KeyArena
4,912 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || May 8 || 10:00pm || China National Team || 106-78 || Johnson (21) || Bonner (7) || Swanier (7) || US Airways Center
2,393 || 1-1|-
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 15 || 2:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 78-77 || Dupree (17) || Dupree (10) || Taurasi, Johnson (3) || US Airways Center
14,772 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 22 || 10:00pm || Seattle || || 89-95 (OT) || Bonner (24) || Bonner (12) || Johnson, Taylor (5) || US Airways Center
10,144 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || May 25 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || ESPN2 || 110-96 || Taurasi (35) || Dupree (14) || Taylor (7) || BOK Center
4,100 || 2-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Atlanta || || 93-96 || Taurasi (30) || Bonner (13) || Taylor (7) || US Airways Center
7,986 || 2-2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || June 1 || 7:30pm || @ Minnesota || ESPN2 || 82-92 || Taurasi (21) || Dupree (9) || Johnson (5) || Target Center
6,854 || 2-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 4 || 10:00pm || Los Angeles || || 90-89 || Bonner (24) || Dupree (8) || Johnson (5) || US Airways Center
6,485 || 3-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7 || June 6 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || KONG || 74-97 || Bonner (12) || T. Smith (8) || Taylor (6) || KeyArena
7,827 || 3-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8 || June 8 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || PRIME || 91-92 || Taurasi (21) || T. Smith (9) || Johnson, Taylor (9) || STAPLES Center
7,993 || 3-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || June 10 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || FS-A || 99-88 || Taurasi (31) || Dupree (8) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center
5,504 || 4-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || June 12 || 10:00pm || Tulsa || || 116-84 || Dupree, Taurasi (18) || Bonner (7) || Taylor (8) || US Airways Center
6,580 || 5-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || June 18 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || 105-108 || Taurasi (39) || Dupree (11) || Johnson, Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center
6,147 || 5-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12 || June 20 || 6:00pm || Connecticut || NBATV
FS-A || 94-96 || Taurasi (24) || Ohlde (7) || Taylor (4) || US Airways Center
6,068 || 5-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || June 25 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || CSN-NE || 79-82 || Taurasi (26) || Bonner (10) || Taurasi (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
9,518 || 5-8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV
CSN-MA || 85-95 || Taurasi (18) || Dupree (9) || Taurasi (4) || Verizon Center
7,547 || 5-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || June 29 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 88-94 || Taylor (31) || Bonner (9) || Johnson (12) || Philips Arena
4,073 || 5-10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 1 || 10:00pm || Washington || FS-A || 104-107 || Dupree, Taylor (23) || Dupree (9) || Johnson (11) || US Airways Center
5,509 || 5-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 3 || 10:00pm || New York || || 97-82 || Dupree (24) || T. Smith (10) || Taurasi (5) || US Airways Center
6,780 || 6-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || July 6 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 98-89 || Taurasi (30) || Dupree (12) || Taurasi (7) || STAPLES Center
8,336 || 7-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || July 14 || 3:30pm || Seattle || FS-A || 107-111 (3OT) || Taurasi (44) || Dupree (14) || Taruasi, Taylor (4) || US Airways Center
13,508 || 7-12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || July 17 || 10:00pm || Tulsa || || 97-88 || Taylor (29) || Taurasi (7) || Taurasi (8) || US Airways Center
8,564 || 8-12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || July 22 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 123-91 || Taurasi (26) || Bonner (7) || Johnson (7) || BOK Center
3,333 || 9-12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || July 24 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV
FS-N || 127-124 (2OT) || Dupree (32) || Dupree (16) || Johnson (9) || Target Center
8,518 || 10-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || July 27 || 9:30pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 85-91 || Taurasi (27) || Taylor (7) || Taurasi, Taylor (6) || KeyArena
8,044 || 10-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || July 29 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 110-92 || Taylor (22) || Dupree, T. Smith (8) || Johnson (8) || US Airways Center
7,037 || 11-13|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25 || August 1 || 6:00pm || Chicago || NBATV
FS-A
CN100 || 97-96 || Taurasi (35) || Bonner, Braxton, Dupree (6) || Taurasi (11) || US Airways Center
11,237 || 12-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || August 3 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 103-92 || Dupree (24) || Dupree (12) || Taurasi (10) || AT&T Center
6,116 || 13-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 6 || 10:00pm || San Antonio || || 103-87 || T. Smith, Taylor (18) || Braxton (7) || Taylor (8) || US Airways Center
12,909 || 14-13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 8 || 6:00pm || Indiana || || 82-104 || Taurasi (21) || Dupree (6) || Taurasi (7) || US Airways Center
10,995 || 14-14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || August 10 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 82-91 || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (10) || Taylor (7) || Allstate Arena
4,089 || 14-15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || August 13 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 90-110 || Johnson (23) || Braxton, Taylor (6) || Taurasi (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,002 || 14-16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || August 14 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBATV
MSG || 69-107 || Bonner (20) || Braxton, Dupree (8) || Johnson (4) || Madison Square Garden
9,645 || 14-17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || August 17 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV
PRIME || 90-84 || Braxton (16) || Dupree, Taylor (11) || Taylor (7) || STAPLES Center
8,817 || 15-17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || August 20 || 7:00pm || Seattle || || 71-78 || Braxton (15) || Bonner (7) || Bonner (4) || US Airways Center
12,459 || 15-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || August 22 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 82-83 || Bonner (20) || Bonner (12) || Bonner, Lilley, Swanier (3) || AT&T Center
8,331 || 15-19|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || August 26 || 9:00pm || San Antonio || ESPN2 || 106-93 || Dupree (32) || Dupree (8) || Taurasi (10) || US Airways Center
8,927 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || August 28 || 1:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 92-73 || Taurasi (23) || Dupree (11) || Taylor (12) || AT&T Center
6,763 || 2-0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 2 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV || 74-82 || Taylor (16) || Dupree (11) || Johnson (7) || KeyArena
9,686 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || September 5 || 3:00pm || Seattle || ABC || 88-91 || Taurasi (28) || T. Smith (7) || Johnson (12) || US Airways Center
9,010 || 0-2 |-
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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32 | 4 | 25.4 | .465 | .358 | .840 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 0.69 | 1.16 | 12.0 | ||
13 | 0 | 17.2 | .544 | .000 | .711 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.62 | 0.38 | 11.1 | ||
34 | 34 | 29.8 | .664 | .000 | .936 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 1.03 | 0.82 | 15.7 | ||
15 | 0 | 7.9 | .205 | .000 | .733 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 1.8 | ||
34 | 34 | 27.3 | .411 | .309 | .796 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 0.94 | 0.21 | 9.2 | ||
21 | 1 | 10.8 | .397 | .326 | .909 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.52 | 0.05 | 3.3 | ||
20 | 0 | 11.1 | .442 | .000 | .609 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 3.0 | ||
16 | 0 | 8.2 | .739 | .000 | .857 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 2.5 | ||
34 | 34 | 29.2 | .395 | .347 | .750 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 9.2 | ||
32 | 0 | 10.1 | .391 | .387 | .524 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 3.0 | ||
32 | 32 | 30.0 | .509 | .442 | .893 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.47 | 0.28 | 15.9 | ||
31 | 31 | 32.2 | .427 | .374 | .912 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 1.23 | 0.61 | 22.6 |