More: Life beyond basketball: Phoenix Mercury players prepare for careers in broadcasting More: Phoenix Mercury will play 22 of 32 games on national television More: WNBA star Breanna Stewart proposes to Mercury guard Marta Xargay in Phoenix She's another tall guard who can play at both ends of the floor. Sandy always tells me the same, do your game, do your best, try to help your teammates and that's what we need from you."īrondello said the 5-11 Xargay, a 2016 Olympian, brings "toughness, smarts and aggressiveness.
"The first day is always a little bit awkward because they have been working for almost two weeks. "I just want to help the team as much as I can," she said. That leaves Xargay, Sophie Cunningham, Shey Peddy and Tiana Mangakahia battling for one or two spots depending on whether the Mercury keep four or five posts. Marta Xargay Is The Wife Of Breanna Stewart Stewart is hitched to her better half Xargay, who played b-ball for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA and various. Perimeter players who are roster locks include Diana Taurasi, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Bria Hartley, Kia Nurse and probably Megan Walker. The Mercury host defending WNBA champion Seattle in a preseason game Saturday, but Stewart is not expected to play.Įven given her WNBA experience, Xargay faces a tough fight to make what will be an 11-player Mercury roster due to salary cap restrictions. I said you'll always remember you got engaged in Phoenix. Two of the WNBA’s biggest stars have announced they are engaged. "She's super excited, we're very happy for her," Mercury coach Sandy Brondello said. They have been dating for a while including last year when the WNBA season was played in a bubble in Bradenton, Florida. Xargay is 30 and Stewart, WNBA 2018 Most Valuable Player and recent EuroLeague Final Four MVP, is 26. I'm glad they were happy for us, and I'm happy too." It's a happy moment so I guess everybody enjoys those kind of moments. Xargay, done with her required quarantine, participated in her first team practice Tuesday and first chance to receive congratulations from her Mercury teammates. "In the end, it turned out to be a really good day." "I wasn't expecting that to happen," Xargay said. It happened in Phoenix because Spanish guard Xargay is here in Phoenix Mercury camp, hoping to regain a roster spot with a team she played for in 2015 and 206. She proposed to Xargay during the hike with their friend documenting the moment for them and social media. I was like OK, let's do it."Īs the women's basketball world now know, WNBA superstar Stewart, back from playing overseas in Russia but not yet at Seattle Storm training camp, had an ulterior motive. She planned the whole day, telling me let's go for a walk, do something, take pictures. "You know Phoenix is super hot so I was just like I don't want to be outside. "I was complaining because she wanted to go hiking," Xargay said Tuesday. Marta Xargay did not want to go hiking in Papago Park on Sunday.īut her girlfriend, Breanna Stewart, insisted, saying it was a chance for them to spend time with a friend they hadn't seen for a while. She said YES,” while Marta’s caption read, “Life isn’t just about the moments, it’s about who we share them with! I said YES.Watch Video: Phoenix Mercury guard Marta Xargay Breanna stated in the caption of the photo, “Did a thing.
Breanna, 26, was seen down on one knee with a ring in her hand, asking Marta the big question. Breanna Stewart and Marta Xargay Casademont are moms The basketball stars welcomed their first baby together, daughter Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay, via surrogate on Aug. Additionally, she included the information that the birth of little Ruby would be documented by the company TOGETHXR.īreanna and Marta announced their engagement in May of 2021, both posting Instagram photos of their amazing occurrence. “The best part of this year has been becoming a mother and growing a family with my incredible wife,” Breanna wrote to Instagram, announcing the birth of her daughter. Breanna Stewart said the best part of this year was “becoming a mother and growing a family.” Her fiance, Marta, played for the Phoenix-based Mercury team in 20 and has only recently returned to the training field. Although Stewart excitedly has a gold medal to show off from her time in Tokyo, it is reasonable to predict that she is far more excited about her growing family and newborn child. A post shared by Breanna Stewart plays for the Seattle Storm and even went to Tokyo in July.
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