Lauren Jackson

Six years after her retirement and nine years after her last Opals appearance, 41-year-old Lauren Jackson will suit up for Australia once more at next ...

LAREN JACKSON has been named on her fifth FIBA World Cup roster for Australia in her comeback to international basketball, in a selection that was somewhat ...

If I can play a part if getting us onto the podium then the hard work is all worthwhile.” “The age difference disappears as soon as I step onto the court,” Jackson said. “Making the final cut to 12 is always difficult with so many great athletes pushing for selection” Brondello said. “Just wearing the green and gold again means so much to me,” Jackson said. Jackson, a four-time WNBA MVP, said she is stronger than when she played for Seattle and helped the Storm win two championships. She retired from playing in 2016 after knee injuries derailed her career.

Basketball legend Lauren Jackson will probably be returning to the nationwide staff after a 12-year hiatus, enjoying for her fifth World Cup.

“The coaching camp in New York confirmed how a lot every of those athletes needed to compete on their very own soil, the competitors for a spot on the staff was fierce. After Jackson retired, he revealed that he had “shakes” as he give up the prescribed drugs he had relied on all through his enjoying profession. Nonetheless, Jackson additionally revealed that he’s retraining in his hometown in hopes of preparing for the native Albury-Wodonga Outlaws staff. After his enjoying profession, Jackson moved into basketball administration, working for WNBL membership Melbourne Boomers earlier than shifting to Basketball Australia to steer the league and oversee ladies’s basketball within the nation. A four-time Olympic medalist and three-time WNBA MVP, Jackson had a twenty-year profession as a world-class dominant and medalist till he was compelled to retire in March 2016. Jackson, who retired from worldwide basketball 9 years in the past, made his final recreation on the World Cup in 2010.

SYDNEY (AP) — As expected, Lauren Jackson has been named on her fifth FIBA World Cup roster for Australia in her comeback to international basketball.

If I can play a part of getting us onto the podium then the hard work is all worthwhile.” Jackson, a four-time WNBA MVP, said she is stronger than when she played for Seattle and helped the Storm win two championships in 2004 and 2010. She retired from playing in 2016 after knee injuries derailed her career. “Making the final cut to 12 is always difficult with so many great athletes pushing for selection” Brondello said. “Just wearing the green and gold again means so much to me,” Jackson said. She will add another dimension to our team dynamic.”

The work is worth it. Ten months after her return to the game, Lauren Jackson was called up by coach Sandy Brandello as one of 12 players selected for the ...

I worked hard and honestly didn’t know if my body was going to withstand such an intense training regime, but it did and I did well. I was too emotional to talk about it. Ten months after her return to the game, Lauren Jackson was called up by coach Sandy Brandello as one of 12 players selected for the Australian national team.