Basketball legend Diana Taurasi announces her retirement after a remarkable 20-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. LeBron James, Caitlin Clark, and Vanessa Bryant pay tribute to her contributions to the sport.

Diana Taurasi and LeBron James's careers have run parallel to one another for decades. Now, though, their paths finally diverge, as Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday night. In the announcement released via an interview with TIME,

WNBA star Diana Taurasi has announced her retirement, prompting a wave of tributes from fellow basketball legends like LeBron James and Caitlin Clark. “I just didn’t have it in me,” the 42-year-old Phoenix Mercury guard told Time in an exclusive interview that ran on Tuesday, Feb. 25 about her decision to step away from competitive basketball.