Former two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker has introduced she is going to signal with reigning champions Las Vegas Aces.
Parker spent the previous two seasons enjoying for her hometown Chicago Sky, main them to the WNBA championship in 2021. She additionally gained the 2016 title enjoying for the Los Angeles Sparks.
She posted on Instagram that Chicago would all the time be her dwelling, however “my family’s home is on the west coast.
“To play for a championship near house is the proper state of affairs for us. I’m trying ahead to persevering with the journey this summer season in Las Vegas.”
The free-agent signing period begins on Wednesday, and the Aces can’t comment until then.
Parker, a 6-foot-4 forward/centre, adds to an already loaded lineup that includes reigning MVP A’ja Wilson, who also won the league’s top individual award in 2020. Wilson also was last season’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Chelsea Gray was MVP of the WNBA Finals and Kelsey Plum MVP of the All-Star Game. Wilson, Plum and Jackie Young were All-Star starters.
The Aces traded one of their key pieces, two-time Sixth Woman of the Year Dearica Hamby, to the Sparks on January 21, creating speculation they were creating salary cap room to sign a big-name player.
Parker, the 2020 Defensive Player of the Year and the 2016 Finals MVP, certainly fits that bill. Even at 36 last season, she averaged 13.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists for the Sky.
Parker joins the Aces at a time the Women’s National Basketball Players Association said it wanted that organisation investigated regarding allegations that Hamby made after being traded. She posted on Instagram she was “lied to, bullied, manipulated, and discriminated in opposition to” because she is pregnant with her second child.
The Aces nonetheless haven’t commented on Hamby’s allegations.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
