Even with Diana Taurasi retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix
Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix.
Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn.
Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.
Thomas isn't a stranger to letting her peers know how she feels. She's also able to back her talk with her performance, leading the league in assists (9.5 per game), and is one of three players to post a triple-double in 2025.
“She smiles and talks (expletive) — that’s the crazy part, it’s psycho stuff, she’s crazy, man," one player said.
Another player said, “Everyone knows AT talks (expletive). I don’t even guard her, and she talks (expletive) to me.”
Out of the 33 respondents, 13 of them voted for Thomas, which made her the runaway favorite over Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams (five votes) and Connecticut Sun guard Marina Mabrey (four).
Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins received two votes, while Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese were among the number of players who received a single vote.
Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Phoenix Mercury reacts in the first half against the Dallas Wings at College Park Center on July 03, 2025, in Arlington.
