The one who was American base Diana Tauurasi, 43 years old and 1.83 meters, has been, for many, the best basketball player in history.
Withdrawn after the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, the list of achievements of Tauurasi is unique, being, for example, the The only player in the story to win six Olympic gold medals.
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With the Phoenix Mercurythe great base played a total of 20 seasons in the WNBA, after being chosen by Arizona's team with the 2004 Draft No. 1, and He won three WNBA championships (2007, 2009 and 2014), being named MVP of the finals twice. In 2009, MVP was also appointed of the regular season of the League.
Before becoming a professional, Tauurasi took three consecutive NCAA championships to his university team (2002-2004).
Competing abroad, dominated the Euroleague, winning six titles (2007-2010, 2013, 2016).
And, every year, the best players in the WNBA travel abroad during the months in which there is no competition in the American League to win much higher wages compared to what they win in the United States.
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And one of the greatest legends of the WNBA talked about it in the documentary 'Taurasi'released today in Prime Video.
In fact, Taurasi complains about the bad economic conditions of the WNBA, theoretically the best league in the world, but where some are paid ridiculous salaries.
“I am the best player in the world and I have to go to a communist country to pay me like a capitalist,” Tauurai recalled about his days as a player.
“We didn't earn much money. So generational wealth came to go to Russia every year.”
“Now we have to go home and not collect anything, play in a tougher league, in worse conditions against the best competition in the world. The damn stadium goalkeeper won more than me,” sentenced.
These declarations of Tauurai coincide with the recent protests during the past All Star of the WNBA And in which some players wore a t -shirt with the motto 'Pay what you owe to us' Before the start of the All Star Game.
The claim mainly demands an increase in the percentage of income of the WNBA that goes directly to the players at a time when the league is living a boom promoted, to a large extent, by the phenomenon of Caitlin Clark.
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The WNBA last year signed a television agreement that will give the League 2.2 billion (200 million per season) within the NBA pact of 76,000 million in total for eleven years.
However, the current WNBA agreement places about $ 250,000 For a player in 2025, a very low figure within the context of professional sport in the United States.
