The same year she was one of the inaugural WNBA draft picks, stepping out for Phoenix Mercury the following year in 1997. Instantly, she was a cult figure. The Americans liked the cut of Timms' jib.

Curt Miller was expected to be a candidate for the five open head-coaching positions. Instead, he has been named Wings GM.

Michele Timms, Penny Taylor ... showcase filled with individual career highlight montage videos and the Mercury's WNBA legacy displayed on the Jumbotron. As one of the league's three oldest ...

Timms made 264 appearances for the Australian national team, winning a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics, and was named in the 1999 WNBA All-Stars team with the Phoenix Mercury. She is also a ...

and two former WNBA players made the cut. Minnesota Lynx legend Seimone Augustus got in via the Women's Committee, while former Phoenix Mercury guard and Australian star Michele Timms made it ...

Coaching jobs in the WNBA come with the expectation of results.  With the exception of Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury), who ...

Low pay, short contracts and instability have made for a shallow WNBA coaching pool through the years. Is that changing?

While legendary trailblazer Michele Timms played in the inaugural WNBA season in 1997 ... Three years later at Phoenix Mercury, it would be another pair of Opals, Penny Taylor and Belinda Snell ...

including former Phoenix Mercury player and Australian international, Michele Timms. But as excited as she was to receive this recognition, the four-time WNBA champion was equally, if not more ...