2013 Phoenix Mercury season

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.

There were high hopes for the Mercury after they drafted Brittney Griner first overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft. However, the Mercury got off to a slow start, and ultimately fired coach Corey Gaines on August 8, 2013, replacing him with Russ Pennell. Amber Cox, the Mercury President and CEO, took over Gaines' GM duties.^[1] Pennell helped turn things around, securing the third seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Mercury earned a spot in the Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Lynx.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Brittney Griner	United States	Baylor
3	26	Nikki Greene	United States	Penn State

Transaction log

• February 8: re-signed Krystal Thomas and Lynetta Kizer.
• March 7: signed Ify Ibekwe and Jalana Childs.
• April 11: re-signed DeWanna Bonner.

Trades

Personnel changes

Roster

Phoenix Mercury roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs 4.0 !F 8 USA ! Bass, Mistie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 12-02-1983 Duke 4.5 !8 1.5 !G 23 USA ! Bias, Tiffany style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 66 !5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 05-22-1992 Oklahoma State 1 !1 2.5 !G/F 24 USA ! Bonner, DeWanna style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6' 4" (1.93m) 137 lb (62kg) 08-21-1987 Auburn 3.5 !6 4.0 !F – USA ! Christon, Shameka style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 02-15-1982 Arkansas 5.5 !10 4.0 !F – USA ! Currie, Monique style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 72 !6' 0" (1.83m) 173 lb (78kg) 02-25-1983 Duke 5 !9 4.0 !F 4 USA ! Dupree, Candice style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 5 !9 6.0 !C – AUS ! Francis, Cayla style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6' 4" (1.93m) – 05-01-1989 Australia 0.5 !R 6.0 !C 42 USA ! Griner, Brittney style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 80 !6' 8" (2.03m) 199 lb (90kg) 10-18-1990 Baylor 1.5 !2 1.5 !G – USA ! James, Jasmine style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5' 9" (1.75m) – 05-29-1991 Georgia 1 !1 1.5 !G 10 LAT ! Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5' 9" (1.75m) 167 lb (76kg) 08-12-1983 Latvia 2 !3 6.0 !C 11 POL ! Kobryn, Ewelina style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 05-07-1982 Poland 2.5 !4 1.0 !PG – AUS ! Mitchell, Leilani style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 65 !5' 5" (1.65m) 128 lb (58kg) 06-15-1985 Utah 3.5 !6 1.5 !G 14 USA ! Murphy, Eshaya style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 71 !5' 11" (1.8m) 164 lb (74kg) 04-15-1985 Southern California 4.5 !8 1.5 !G – USA ! Quinn, Noelle style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 72 !6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 01-03-1985 UCLA 4.5 !8 4.0 !F 13 AUS ! Taylor, Penny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-24-1981 Australia 7 !13 1.5 !G – ESP ! Xargay, Marta style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 71 !5' 11" (1.8m) – 12-20-1990 Spain 0.5 !R East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA • TUL	Head coach Sandy Brondello (Western Sydney) Assistant coaches Julie Hairgrove (Arizona) Todd Troxel (Doane) Athletic trainer Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH) Strength and conditioning coach Pro Advantage Training Legend (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive Injured WNBA roster page Transactions

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

References

External links