DeWanna Bonner is back in Phoenix, where she spent the first ten years of her WNBA career with the Mercury. After a brief stint with the Connecticut Sun and a short stay with the Indiana Fever at the beginning of the 2025 season, Bonner returned to Phoenix earlier this month.
The 37-year-old forward prefers to focus on her future with Phoenix, leaving behind the past and what didn’t work in Indiana, where the team released her. She found the rumor that she was unhappy about coming off the bench curious, after having been a starter in the first games with the Fever. In the first game, she climbed to third place on the WNBA’s scoring list.I wouldn’t do anything different. I believe my journey is my journey, and I accept it. It brought me to where I am now in Phoenix, and it happened that way for a reason.
DeWanna Bonner
Phoenix began a five-game road trip in New York on Friday night, losing 89-76, where Bonner scored nine points.That was never the problem. That has never been me. I have no problem coming off the bench. I’ve never been that kind of player. I don’t feel like I have that reputation.
DeWanna Bonner
The Mercury will head to Indiana on Wednesday, and Bonner isn’t sure what the fans’ reaction will be.DB is a very good addition for us. She can play in the 2, 3 and 4 positions, and even in the 5, depending on the different alignments that we will analyze to start here, in the future. She has won championships. In her second game with us, we go to Golden State, we have some injuries and she scores 22 points and 11 rebounds. We wouldn’t win that game without her, so she has been a great addition for us.
Nate Tibbetts, Phoenix coach
Not everything was bad in Indiana for Bonner, as he was only a four-hour drive from his twin daughters, who will soon turn 8 years old. Bonner hopes to lead the Mercury to another championship. She helped the franchise win two after being selected fifth overall by the team in 2009. Returning to Phoenix after so long, the love and welcome I received were very necessary and appreciated. Returning to people I know. The biggest change he’s noticed in his time away has been in the building where the team plays.I’m just going to go out and do my job. They have every right to go out and do whatever they want. I’m just going to go out and compete with my team.
DeWanna Bonner
I enter the stadium on match day and I had no idea where I was going, and it was crazy because I was there for 10 years every day. Everything is different, but the fans are still the same, a couple of people in the front office are the same.
DeWanna Bonner
