WNBA Season Preview 2019: Every team's best case scenario

WNBA Season Preview 2019: Every team’s best case scenario

By Miles Wray | May 21, 2019

UNCASVILLE, CT - MAY 14: Kia Nurse #5 of the New York Liberty shares a laugh with Teresa Weatherspoon before the game against the Atlanta Dream on May 14, 2019 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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PHOENIX, AZ- MAY 11: Brittney Griner #42 and Briann January #12 of the Phoenix Mercury hi-five during a pre-season game on May 11, 2019 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Phoenix Mercury: Win 55 percent of the games in Diana Taurasi’s absence

It’s of course bad news for the Mercury that Diana Taurasi will be out for most of the regular season. The good news is that the Mercury have played for years like they are indifferent to regular season wins anyway. All the Mercury need to do is keep pace ahead of the four rebuilding teams in order to make the playoffs — and once the Mercury are in the playoffs, that regular season record goes right out the window when Taurasi, inevitably, starts angrily raining down 3s from everywhere. That said, a nice, respectable winning record would be nice for the 36-year-old to come back to.