That was pretty much when I knew it was time to walk away.” Taurasi leaves the WNBA as perhaps its most iconic player. In addition to being the league’s all-time leading scorer, her resume includes three WNBA titles,

Auriemma was Taurasi’s coach at UConn, where the pair won three consecutive national championships together, and her coach when she was an Olympian, earning three gold medals as a duo. But, even after all that time together, Geno seemingly struggled to fully digest the gravity of Diana’s career following her retirement.