2012 Phoenix Mercury season

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The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. Until the 2023 Phoenix Mercury season, this marked this last time the Mercury missed the playoffs.

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Samantha Prahalis	United States	Ohio State
2	24 (from Minn.)	C'eria Ricketts	United States	Arkansas
3	30	Christine Flores	United States	Missouri
3	33 (from Conn.)	Amanda Johnson	United States	Oregon

• April 11, 2011: The Mercury acquired a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Tahnee Robinson's draft rights.
• January 12: The Mercury traded Temeka Johnson to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Andrea Riley.^[1]
• February 2: The Mercury acquired Alexis Hornbuckle from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2013 Draft.^[2]
• February 9: The Mercury signed Chastity Reed.
• February 28: The Mercury traded the 18th pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Charde Houston and the 24th pick in the 2012 Draft.^[3]
• April 11: The Mercury signed Zane Tamane and Brittney Thomas.
• April 13: The Mercury signed Dymond Simon.
• April 13: The Mercury announced Marie Ferdinand-Harris' retirement.
• April 26: The Mercury signed Avery Warley.
• May 2: The Mercury signed draft picks Christine Flores, Amanda Johnson, Samantha Prahalis, and C'eira Ricketts.
• May 3: The Mercury waived Brittney Thomas.^[4]
• May 8: The Mercury waived C'eira Ricketts and Christine Flores.^[5]
• May 16: The Mercury waived Chastity Reed, Dymond Simon, Krystal Thomas, and Amanda Johnson.
• May 25: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Zane Tamane.
• June 2: The Mercury signed Andrea Riley.
• July 1: The Mercury waived Andrea Riley.
• July 5: The Mercury signed Lynetta Kizer to a seven-day contract.

2012 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 24 Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 137 lb (62kg) 08-21-1987 Auburn 3 F 4 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 6 G 14 Hornbuckle, Alexis 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 10-16-1985 Tennessee 4 F 22 Houston, Charde 6' 0" (1.83m) 189 lb (86kg) 04-10-1986 Connecticut 4 C 12 Kizer, Lynetta 6' 4" (1.93m) – 04-04-1990 Maryland R G 99 Prahalis, Samantha 5' 7" (1.7m) 129 lb (59kg) 01-23-1990 Ohio State R F/C 43 Sanford, Nakia 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 05-10-1976 Kansas 9 G 1 Simon, Dymond 5' 5" (1.65m) 137 lb (62kg) 09-29-1989 Arizona State R G 3 Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m) 163 lb (74kg) 06-11-1982 Connecticut 8 F 13 Taylor, Penny  6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-24-1981 Australia 10 F/C 34 Thomas, Krystal 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) 06-10-1989 Duke 1	Head coach Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coaches Earl Cureton (Detroit Mercy) Julie Hairgrove (Arizona) Athletic trainer Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH) Strength and conditioning coach Pro Advantage Training Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Nakia Sanford	Krystal Thomas Lynetta Kizer
PF	Candice Dupree	Avery Warley
SF	DeWanna Bonner	Charde Houston Penny Taylor
SG	Diana Taurasi
PG	Samantha Prahalis	Alexis Hornbuckle

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