It’s unclear whether Diana Taurasi, the face of the Mercury, will play in her 21st season with Phoenix. What lies ahead for the franchise?

Years ago, Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud began to hear about rumblings of a basketball league. That league would become Unrivaled. The 3×3 league, put together by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart has been the talk of the WNBA offseason.

As some of the biggest WNBA stars are competing in Unrivaled amid free agency, there’s a lot of speculation surrounding market movements. In that scenario, a Phoenix Mercury veteran will listen to offers for the first time.

The WNBA season is months away, but there’s now an opportunity to watch WNBA stars including Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and Brittney Griner.

Brittney Griner has embraced the opportunity to stay sharp during the WNBA offseason by playing in the newly launched Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league. The Phoenix Mercury All-Star praised the league for filling a void in her year-round training routine and providing an alternative to playing overseas.

Starting a professional sports league from scratch, even one as relatively small in scope as Unrivaled, was not an easy task. The star duo has received plenty of support along the way, including from WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who gave her blessing to the project early on.

The 3-on-3 league by Olympic gold medalists Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart debuts Friday, featuring 36 players from the WNBA.

The new 3-on-3 Unrivaled league cofounded by Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier reached 364,000 viewers in its TNT debut.

The 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Lynx forward Napheesa Collier debuted Friday night. The two squared off in the opening game and, fittingly, Stewart scored the first basket in league history — a baseline jumper. Collier’s team got the last laugh though, rallying to win the inaugural game.

Unrivaled is the next big thing in women’s sports, setting a new standard for how professional women athletes should be treated in their respective leagues.

The math worked, so we'll call it "25 for 2025" and we'll start with the first five on the Mercury ... a 3-on-3 league founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.

After years of hard work, Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier's vision finally became reality when Unrivaled tipped off in Miami last week. The debut of the long-anticipated 3-on-3 league has brought women's professional basketball into a new era.