▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁W N BA ▁Dis pers al ▁D raft ▁by ▁the ▁Mercur y . ▁ ▁She ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁Mercur y ' s ▁victory ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁W N BA ▁Final s , ▁primarily ▁as ▁a ▁three - point ▁shooting ▁special ist . ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁Phoenix ▁Mercur y ▁days , ▁M azz ante ▁wrote ▁a ▁blog ▁for ▁Phoenix Mer cur y . com ▁called ▁" M az ' s ▁Mus ings ." ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁M azz ante ▁was ▁trad ed ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Liber ty ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁three - team , ▁multi - player ▁deal . ▁However , ▁she ▁was ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁team ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁later , ▁since ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁re hab ▁for ▁her ▁A CL . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 7 ▁W N BA ▁off season , ▁M azz ante ▁played ▁in ▁Slov ak ia ▁for ▁the ▁Ko š ice ▁professional ▁basketball ▁team . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 ▁W N BA ▁off season , ▁she ▁played ▁in ▁Russia ▁for ▁Spart ak . ▁During ▁the ▁winter s ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 , ▁she ▁played ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁for ▁Mi Z o ▁P é cs ▁( P V SK ).