Why Los Angeles Spark’s Liz Cambage is stepping away from the WNBA

Liz Cambage, former center of the Los Angeles Sparks, has finally spoken about her WNBA future. In an Instagram post on Monday, she revealed to be ‘stepping away from the league for the time being.’

The Australian-born Cambage last played for the Los Angeles Sparks with whom she signed just six months earlier from the Los Vegas Aces. But three weeks earlier, after a frustrating season for both, the team and Cambage, the two parties agreed to a ‘contract divorce’ between them.

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On Monday, August 15th, she posted a photo from her official Instagram handle @ecambage, wherein she mentioned her reason for stepping away from the WNBA. Cambage revealed to be sorry for ‘leaving abruptly’ and wished for a better ending. The player thanked the Sparks organization and fans for their support. She also mentioned that it was her dream to play for the Sparks team and was proud to wear their ‘purple and gold uniform’.

Later in the post, Cambage also hoped for a safer playing environment in the WNBA for it’s players. 

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In a tweet, six months earlier, she expressed her disappointment after learning that a certain head coach in the WNBA was getting paid 4X the highest-paid player in the league.

This was with reference to Becky Hammon, coach of the Los Angeles Aces (her former team) was getting paid $1 million.

A look at Cambage’s career in WNBA: –

During her two stints in WNBA, first being drafted by the Tulsa Shock in 2011 and returning in 2018 with the Dallas Kings and her ‘retirement from WNBA’ in 2022, Cambage has won a number of individual accolades for herself. 

Cambage won the WNBA Peak Performer award in 2018. She is a 4-time WNBA All-Star (2011, 2018, 2019, 2021) and has been named to ALL-WNBA First and Second teams in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Liz Cambage was also the WNBA Scoring Leader in 2018.