{"id":19942,"date":"2025-07-30T05:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/bonner-my-journey-is-my-journey-happy-return-to-phoenix-mercury\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T05:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:11:44","slug":"bonner-my-journey-is-my-journey-happy-return-to-phoenix-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/bonner-my-journey-is-my-journey-happy-return-to-phoenix-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonner: “My journey is my journey”, happy return to Phoenix Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"The star DeWanna Bonner is happy to be back in Phoenix, where she began her successful career in the WNBA.\n\nAfter playing ten seasons with the Mercury, Bonner spent five years with the Connecticut Sun and had a brief stint with the Indiana Fever at the beginning of the 2025 season. However, after not working as expected, she signed with Phoenix earlier this month.\n\n

I wouldn’t change anything. My journey is mine and I accept it. It has led me to where I am now, in Phoenix, and it happened for a reason.<\/p>DeWanna Bonner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe 37-year-old forward prefers to focus on her future with Phoenix, putting aside the past and what didn’t work in Indiana, where the team released her.\n\nBonner found the rumor that she was upset about coming off the bench after starting in the first games with the Fever funny. In the inaugural game, she moved up to third place on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list.\n\n

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 think I have that reputation.<\/p>DeWanna Bonner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nPhoenix began a five-game road trip in New York on Friday night, losing 89-76, where Bonner scored nine points.\n\nDB is a very good addition for us. She can play in positions 2, 3 and 4, and even in the 5, depending on the lineups we use in the future. She has won championships. In her second game with us, we went to Golden State, we had some injuries and she scored 22 points and 11 rebounds. We wouldn’t have won that game without her, so she has been a great addition for us.\n\nThe Mercury will head to Indiana on Wednesday, and Bonner said she is not sure what the fans’ reaction will be.\n\n

I’m just going to go out and do my job. They have every right to do what they want. I’m just going to go out and compete with my team.<\/p>DeWanna Bonner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nNot everything was negative for Bonner in Indiana, as he was only a four-hour drive from his twin daughters, who will soon turn 8 years old.\n\nBonner hopes to lead the Mercury to another championship, something she already achieved twice after being selected fifth overall by the team in 2009.\n\n

Returning to Phoenix after so long, the love and welcome I received were very necessary and appreciated. Returning with people I know.<\/p>DeWanna Bonner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe biggest change you’ve noticed in your absence is in the building where the team plays.\n\n

I entered the stadium on the day of the match and had no idea where I was, and it was crazy because I was there 10 years every day. Everything is different, but the fans are still the same, a couple of people in the main office are the same.<\/p>DeWanna Bonner<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The star DeWanna Bonner is happy to be back in Phoenix, where she began her successful career in the WNBA. After playing ten seasons with the Mercury, Bonner spent five years with the Connecticut Sun and had a brief stint with the Indiana Fever at the beginning of the 2025 season. However, after not working […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[389,4707,2459,382],"class_list":{"0":"post-19942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dewanna-bonner","10":"tag-phoenix-mercury","11":"tag-wnba"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}