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Tibbetts, 46, will be the highest-paid coach in
WNBA history, the report said.
Tibbetts was entering his third season as Magic coach Jamahl
Mosley's top assistant. Before that, he spent eight seasons as
an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers and two for the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Mercury had a rocky year on their way to finishing a
league-worst 9-31. The team fired coach Vanessa Nygaard in June
and named Nikki Blue interim head coach for the rest of the
campaign.
Brittney Griner returned to the league after being detained in
Russia for 10 months on a drug-related charge. Griner was
harassed when the team was walking through the Dallas-Fort Worth
airport during a road trip in June.
Skylar Diggins-Smith, meanwhile, spent the season on maternity
leave and publicly called out the way the Mercury had treated
her during that time, claiming she wasn't allowed to use the
practice facility or "any resources" from the franchise.
Phoenix will return WNBA legend Diana Taurasi for another
season. Griner is an unrestricted free agent but told reporters
Phoenix is where she wants to stay.
--Field Level Media
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