Australian basketball star Liz Cambage is set to end her time with the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks and “wants to get out” of LA for good.
After multiple sources told The Ball Out that the four-time WNBA All-Star would be leaving the team, an official announcement was made on Tuesday.
“It is with support that we share Liz Cambage’s decision to terminate her contract with the organization,” Sparks managing partner Eric Holoman said in a press release.
“We want the best for Liz and have agreed to part ways amicably. The Sparks remain excited about our core group and are focused on our run toward a playoff spot in 2022.”
Interim head coach Fred Williams said Cambage struggled with conditioning and faced double- and triple-team matchups, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Cambage made comments about his intentions to leave the Sparks to several people within the organization, according to Girls Talk Sports TV, which reported chemistry issues between Los Angeles players dating back to late May.
It’s unclear where he might move next.
The 30-year-old center averaged 13.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 25 games with the Sparks this season.
The four-time WNBA All-Star joined Los Angeles after two years with the Las Vegas Aces.
“It was LA or out for me. There was nowhere else I wanted to be,” Cambage said in February.
Cambage withdrew from the Opals’ Olympic campaign last year after allegations he used a racial slur towards Nigerian players during training.
A Basketball Australia investigation saw Cambage given a formal reprimand and the Opals never recovered from their late withdrawal as they crashed out of the Olympics in the quarter-finals.
She has vowed never to play for Australia again, after an international career that saw her claim gold at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2012 Olympics.
– with the New York Post