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Who helped the Mercury veterans when they were rookies?

SEATTLE - MAY 27: Sancho Lyttle #21, Michelle Snow #2 and Sheryl Swoopes #22 of the Houston Comets talk things over as they return to the court after a timeout in their WNBA game with the Seattle Storm on May 27, 2005 at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. NOTE TO USER: User Expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2005 NBAE. (Photo by Jeff Reinking/NBAE via Getty Images)
SEATTLE - MAY 27: Sancho Lyttle #21, Michelle Snow #2 and Sheryl Swoopes #22 of the Houston Comets talk things over as they return to the court after a timeout in their WNBA game with the Seattle Storm on May 27, 2005 at Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. NOTE TO USER: User Expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2005 NBAE. (Photo by Jeff Reinking/NBAE via Getty Images)
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PHOENIX, AZ – AUGUST 17: Guard Diana Taurasi #3 and center Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury celebrate after the game against the Atlanta Dream on August 17, 2018 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ – AUGUST 17: Guard Diana Taurasi #3 and center Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury celebrate after the game against the Atlanta Dream on August 17, 2018 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)

Brittney Griner (Rookie season/team: 2013 Phoenix Mercury)

Player: Diana Taurasi … and a few others

“It damn sure wasn’t DeWanna Bonner,” Griner joked as Bonner walked by. “Honestly, it was both and Penny, too. Those three kind of showed me the way. D showed me the hardcore, getting-tech ways. But she showed me how to be a leader every day. How to come in, go hard, be locked in. Penny was always with the tactical, little things to make me better. DB would always challenge me. I do well with challenges, so we would always have a challenge like, ‘Who’s going to get the most double-doubles?’ or rebounds. In between those three, they really helped me and showed me the way.”

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