Liz Cambage

The Los Angeles Sparks and four-time WNBA all-star Liz Cambage have agreed to a contract divorce, the team announced on Tuesday.

Following the 2013 season, Cambage took a four-season hiatus from the WNBA before spending the 2018 season with the Wings, where she averaged a career-high 23.0 points and 9.7 rebounds. League growth strategy: As the WNBA looks to expand, players are hoping for owners who want to spend. While with the Australian national team last year in Las Vegas, Cambage was involved in an alleged altercation during a scrimmage against Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, though she later disputed those claims. … The addition of Liz, along with our other offseason moves, puts us in a position to compete for a WNBA championship.” She opted out of the pandemic-altered 2020 season. lmao and y’all think imma spend another season upgrading my seat on a flight to get to games out of my own pocket.

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage walks away from the LA Sparks just five months after joining the WNBA team.

"We want what's best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. "I'm living my best life. "My heart lies with those who want to protect me and those who want me to be the best I can be, and I never felt that at the Opals at all, so yeah I'm good."

Liz Cambage's short-lived tenure with the Los Angeles Sparks has come to an end. After reports surfaced that Cambage "wants out of LA," the 30-year-old and ...

Cambage and the Sparks reaching a contract divorce opens the door for her to sign with a different franchise. Since then, interim head coach Fred Williams has posted a 7-8 record, but things have still been rocky with the Sparks. Cambage went as far as to say "it was really LA or out for me. Within the team's statement, Sparks Managing Partner Eric Holoman said “we want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. Cambage has also been embroiled in controversy. After reports surfaced that Cambage "wants out of LA," the 30-year-old and the Sparks agreed to a contract divorce.

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether.

“We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether. Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether.

Deja vu? Liz Cambage walks out on WNBA team mid-season.

“It was L.A. or out for me. “We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. The team announced the move a day after “The Ball Out” reported on Monday that Cambage was departing the team.

Liz Cambage was the second overall pick by the Tulsa Shock in 2011, but has played in only five WNBA seasons.

Following the 2013 season, Cambage took a four-season hiatus from the WNBA before spending the 2018 season with the Wings, where she averaged a career-high 23.0 points and 9.7 rebounds. While with the Australian national team last year in Las Vegas, Cambage was involved in an alleged altercation during a scrimmage against Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, though she later disputed those claims. She opted out of the pandemic-altered 2020 season. “We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. In a statement from the league announcing Cambage’s signing in February, Fisher said, “The Sparks organisation is ecstatic to partner with a dynamic person and player in Liz Cambage, who will elevate the franchise on and off the court ... The addition of Liz, along with our other off-season moves, puts us in a position to compete for a WNBA championship.” The Los Angeles Sparks and Australia’s four-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage have agreed to part ways, the team announced on Wednesday morning (AEST). It marks the end of a five-month stint with the team, which signed Cambage as a free agent in February.

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether.

“We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether. Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time at WNBA side the Los Angeles Sparks and “wants out” of LA altogether.

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea confirmed in May Cambage had told the Nigerian players: "Go back to your third world country" while other reports stated she ...

Cambage came to Los Angeles in the offseason, saying it was where she always wanted to play. She played one season for the Wings before being traded to the Aces in 2019. According to the Los Angeles Times, interim head coach Fred Williams said Cambage struggled with conditioning and facing double and triple-team match-ups. Cambage was the second overall pick by the Tulsa Shock in 2011, but has played in only five WNBA seasons. Last month, Phoenix and Tina Charles parted ways. “We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably.

Controversial Australian women's basketball star Liz Cambage has agreed a 'contract divorce' with her WNBA team Los Angeles Sparks.

“We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. “I’m not in her brain right now but I hope she does have an opportunity to get back and play,” Williams added. “She chose to make a decision right now and we have to respect that and pretty much move on. “I think she gave it to the spot where she could give and some of things may be crossing her mind she needs to focus on other than basketball and we have to give her that respect. “That’s a Liz situation of her own – I think she thought about a few things which are personal and we respect that,” Williams told reporters. Sparks interim coach Fred Williams, who coached Cambage at the Dallas Wings in 2018, said he was surprised by the timing and that personal reasons contributed to her departure.

Liz Cambage was the second overall pick by the Tulsa Shock in 2011, but has played in only five WNBA seasons.

“I think she gave it to the spot where she could give and some things may be crossing her mind she needs to focus on other than basketball, and we have to give her that respect. The game wasn’t broadcast, but ESPN shot some vision of the game showing Jackson making a heavily contested shot and being fouled in the process. In a warm-up game before the Olympics, Cambage was alleged to have told her Nigerian opponents to “go back to your Third World country” and allegedly called them “monkeys”, although she denied she used that term. “She chose to make a decision right now, and we have to respect that and pretty much move on. But the season has been an ongoing disappointment with coach and general manager Derek Fisher released in June and the team sitting sixth in league standings with a 12-17 record with nine games to play and the Sparks still a chance to make the playoffs. ESPN and Yahoo both reported on Wednesday (AEST) that no other WNBA clubs were interested in signing the 30-year-old for the run to the play-offs after her “contract divorce” from the Sparks.

Footage has emerged of Liz Cambage's former Los Angeles Sparks teammate Chimey Ogwumike rolling her eyes in an awkward media conference before the ...

“We want what’s best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. Cambage has career averages of 15.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 167 games (137 starts) with the Tulsa Shock (2011, 2013), Dallas Wings (2018), Aces (2019, 2021) and Sparks. Cambage said via social media that she was “disappointed and hurt”, rejecting the report of the incident as “inaccurate and misleading”.

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A four-time All-Star has another split with a W.N.B.A. team.

Cambage was accused of using a racial slur against opponents while playing for Australia in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics; she has denied the accusations. Though Cambage sat out the 2020 season because of Covid-19 health concerns, she and the Aces made the W.N.B.A. semifinals in 2019 and 2021. Cambage, who said she had recently recovered from her third bout of Covid-19, was enduring the second-lowest scoring season of her W.N.B.A. career. The Sparks, who missed the W.N.B.A. playoffs last year for the first time since 2011, added Cambage to a frontcourt that included Nneka Ogwumike and her sister Chiney, both former No. 1 overall picks, in hopes of moving into championship contention. Cambage has also been public about her difficult mental health journey and treatment for depression, which she has said contributed to her rocky start with the Shock. Cambage is signed to the talent agency IMG, has modeled sportswear for Adidas and is a brand ambassador for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty lingerie line. “I have to respect what she wants,” Williams said. Cambage, who grew up outside Melbourne, Australia, was drafted second overall by the W.N.B.A.’s Tulsa Shock in 2011 as a cornerstone for the then-struggling franchise. A 6-foot-8 Australian, she averaged 13 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 25 games this season; she still holds the W.N.B.A. single-game scoring record with 53 points. She also has said she has “zero” interest in playing again for her home country. All we can do as an organization is support that and her decisions and just move on.” Having conversations with her afterward, it just felt it was good for her personally to make that move.