Liz Cambage, four-time W.N.B.A. All-Star, is departing from the Los Angeles Sparks. Three months ago, she had claimed the team was “where I want to be” and was added to the team roster two months before that.
Cambage, a 6’8 Australian, has departed from multiple W.N.B.A. teams, the Sparks being her third. She was first drafted into the W.N.B.A. in 2011 by the team Tulsa Shock. After a four-season hiatus, she reunited with the team before joining the Las Vegas Aces in 2019.
She sat out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 complications but made the W.N.B.A semifinals with the Aces in 2019 and 2021. Cambage left the Aces in 2021, joining the Sparks soon after. She said that she had always had her dreams set on joining the Sparks in Los Angeles.
As Cambage faced her second-lowest scoring season in her W.N.B.A. career earlier this year, she was placed under the coaching of former N.B.A. player, Derek Fisher as part of a “Sparks Rebuild.” However, Fisher was fired in June and replaced with Fred Williams, the Sparks’ current interim coach
It was a shock to many when Cambage abruptly left the Sparks mere months after being drafted, especially because she had her sights set on the team for so long.
“It was a surprise — I didn’t know what really escalated it,” said Williams. “A lot of it could have been things off the court, off floor, who knows. Having conversations with her afterward, it just felt it was good for her personally to make that move. All we can do as an organization is support that and her decisions and just move on.”
Outside of basketball, Cambage has modeled sportswear for major companies such as Adidas and is a brand ambassador for one of Rihanna’s lingerie lines. She also D.J.s.
“I have to respect what [Cambage] wants,” Williams said. “You have to listen because it could be something else, could be something that’s not related to basketball.”
Cambage, a 6’8 Australian, has departed from multiple W.N.B.A. teams, the Sparks being her third. She was first drafted into the W.N.B.A. in 2011 by the team Tulsa Shock. After a four-season hiatus, she reunited with the team before joining the Las Vegas Aces in 2019.
She sat out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 complications but made the W.N.B.A semifinals with the Aces in 2019 and 2021. Cambage left the Aces in 2021, joining the Sparks soon after. She said that she had always had her dreams set on joining the Sparks in Los Angeles.
As Cambage faced her second-lowest scoring season in her W.N.B.A. career earlier this year, she was placed under the coaching of former N.B.A. player, Derek Fisher as part of a “Sparks Rebuild.” However, Fisher was fired in June and replaced with Fred Williams, the Sparks’ current interim coach
It was a shock to many when Cambage abruptly left the Sparks mere months after being drafted, especially because she had her sights set on the team for so long.
“It was a surprise — I didn’t know what really escalated it,” said Williams. “A lot of it could have been things off the court, off floor, who knows. Having conversations with her afterward, it just felt it was good for her personally to make that move. All we can do as an organization is support that and her decisions and just move on.”
Outside of basketball, Cambage has modeled sportswear for major companies such as Adidas and is a brand ambassador for one of Rihanna’s lingerie lines. She also D.J.s.
“I have to respect what [Cambage] wants,” Williams said. “You have to listen because it could be something else, could be something that’s not related to basketball.”
