When a Mercury had occasionally internal turmoil fallowing Miller's departure from either a team, it processed newspaper headline once more inside 2004 with the drafting of Diana Taurasi, the virtually all sought after pick in the history of the WNBA Draft.

Uniform:

Their uniform is whiten, yellow & orangish home using the logotype of the planet Mercury in reddish orange, and a word "Mercury" inside yellowness; these are orange & yellowness on tour.

History
Sustaining the cast that involved hall-of-famer Nancy Lieberman, possible new hall-of-famers Michele Timms of Australia, and Jennifer Gillom, plus a up-&-coming and hyper-overactive star Bridget Pettis, a Mercury reached a playoffs at various days when you took the late 1990s, including a hike to the WNBA Finals in 1998.

Completely of the above-above-named players left, because of retirement or even trades, & the Mercury stopped existence a playoff challenger. Additionally, streaming video player Lisa Harrison became a sex symbol, & Playboy Magazine offered her money to pose in their magazine. Inside 2001, the Mercury got hoped for a risk to draft college star Tamika Catchings, who is considered to exist as one of a better basketball players in the country, however Catchings went to the Indiana Fever instead. A team's foremost draft guide around 2004 was Diana Taurasi, who led UConn to three sequentially national titles.

Players of note

Retired numbers
7 Michele Timms

Hall of Famers
Nancy Lieberman Cheryl Miller (coach)

Not to be forgotten
Marlies Askamp Kayte Christensen Jennifer Gillom Lisa Harrison Bridget Pettis Plenette Pierson Brandy Reed Adrian Williams

Current stars
Anna DeForge Maria Stepanova, played from 1998-2001, then returned in July 2005 Diana Taurasi Penny Taylor Kamila Vodichkova

Coaches and others
Head Coaches: Cheryl Miller (1997-2000) Cynthia Cooper (2001-2002) Linda Sharp (2002) John Shumate (2003) Carrie Graf (2004-2005) Paul Westhead (Present coach, starting in 2006)