Diana Taurasi is an icon in the world of hoops and the perennial All-Star known as the “White Mamba” is on the cusp of another milestone in her illustrious WNBA career.
She is closing in on becoming the first player in league history to score 10,000 points in the regular season. But like most of the greats in any sport, Taurasi says she has always cared more about winning than milestones and records.
Taurasi is just 18 points away from 10,000, which would put her 2,512 ahead of second-place Tina Thompson. Taurasi, who has averaged 19.1 points during her career, will get her first chance at the milestone Thursday night against Atlanta. Current WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd has 4,458 points in her nine-year career. It would take her another 277 games if she averaged 20 points a game to reach the 10,000-point mark. Despite the fact the league has expanded it’s schedule to 40 games each year, Loyd doesn’t think she’d be playing long enough to score that many points.
The next milestone should happen in Phoenix as the Mercury play their next four games at home, and its significance isn’t lost on Taurasi.
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