Taurasi made the all-WNBA first team 10 times and was on the first or second team a record 14 times. She’s also an 11-time WNBA All-Star, four-time USA Basketball female athlete of the year and was the 2004 WNBA rookie of the year.

"We got on a plane to New York (last week) and Leo says, 'Is retirement sad?'" Taurasi recalled during her retirement press conference on Thursday. "That was the longest four-hour plane ride to New York ever,