Without A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum, Team USA must quickly establish a new identity to win the FIBA World Cup.

Due to a leg injury, Kelsey Plum's WNBA season with the Mercury ends after just five games.

Kelsey Plum’s first season with the Phoenix Mercury is reportedly over. The veteran guard will miss the remainder of the 2026 WNBA season as she continues to deal with lower-leg injuries, according to ESPN.

Phoenix Mercury head coach provided an update on guard Kelsey Plum, who sat out Tuesday's win over the Los Angeles Sparks.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Mercury were honoring Diana Taurasi a few weeks ago when the franchise great turned toward Kelsey Plum, who was sitting just a few feet away. Taurasi broke into a wide grin, then said three words — drawing them out for effect.

The Phoenix Mercury in no small part have pinned their future hopes on re-signing Kelsey Plum in 2027. Plum, acquired in a blockbuster trade this month from the Los Angeles Sparks, made her home debut on Tuesday night as the Mercury suffered a 94-84 loss to the Washington Mystics.

Kelsey Plum with Yam Jam, her 111.3 proof Maker’s Mark Private Selection bourbon built around sweet potato pie, spice and Los Angeles. Can Kelsey Plum’s bourbon survive the skepticism most celebrity bottles face before Yam Jam ever hits the glass?

Three-quarters of the way through an all-in-all pretty thrilling Reacher season, a picaresque episode introduces still another villain and concludes on a particularly dire cliffhanger. In the more compressed idiom of three-act-movie storytelling, this chapter would represent the end of act two, when all hope appears lost.