Diana Taurasi isn’t done with basketball yet. The legendary WNBA star called time on her decorated 20-year career this February. The all-time leading scorer in WNBA history and a 6-time Olympic gold medalist said she was “mentally and physically just full” as he decided to hang up her shoes.
That said, in a recent interview, Taurasi shed light on her plans after retirement. Taurasi spoke to The Athletic’s women’s basketball reporter Ben Pickman on the latest episode of “No Offseason,” giving fans an idea of what she was up to next.
Diana Taurasi Reveals Major Plans After Retiring From Basketball
In the interview, Taurasi revealed that basketball was still a major part of her life for the next decade. “As far as myself, I don’t see basketball not being in my life in the next 10 to 20 years in a different capacity,” she explained.
“Ownership is something that I’ve always been passionate about, and I’m working towards that and having different conversations,” she further added. While she did not elaborate deeply, it’s safe to say that her next role will be basketball-related, and team ownership updates will trickle in the days to come.
“When you can get to the point in your life where you can actually make decisions to change things, I think that’s really impactful. Especially when you’ve been in the trenches, and you know what it takes to put together a winning team and a winning culture. So I’m going to use all those things that I’ve learned in the last 20 years of my professional career, and even before that, to hopefully one day lead a team.”
Taurasi also had praise for her UConn college teammate, Sue Bird. When asked about the latter’s new role with USA Basketball, she called her “incredible” and said that Bird was perfect for the position.
“Why wouldn’t you take the best point guard of all time to lead our USA basketball team into the next generation? It’s just a tremendous accomplishment in so many ways for her.”
Taurasi retired earlier this year and left the sport as a 4-time WNBA scoring champ. She won WNBA MVP in 2009 and was a 2-time Finals MVP (2009, 2014).
The 42-year-old also leads the league as their 3-point leader with 1,447 in the regular season and 215 in the playoffs. She rose to prominence at UConn, leading the Huskies to three consecutive titles from 2002-04 — a run that was widely regarded as the greatest in women’s college basketball history.
