Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced Sunday she's retiring after 16 seasons.
The three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist announced on social media that her career was over after 16 seasons.
“I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it. … I always wanted to walk off the court with no parade or tour, just privately with the ones I love,” she wrote. “What now was to be my last game, I walked off the court with my daughter. I ended the journey just as I started it, with her.”
“It’s tough, it’s bittersweet for myself because I would have loved to have her with us this year. On the other hand I know exactly what it feels like when it’s time, it’s time. The body tells you. It’s not what your mind or your heart is saying. It’s your body,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “She changed the game. She changed what it meant to be a positional basketball player. She played all positions.
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