Cameron Brink is already making waves in the WNBA, as many would expect a No.2 overall draft pick to do. But Brink revealed the unique reason why she’s been so successful during a recent episode of Podcast P with Paul George.
Cameron Brink’s wonderful career at Stanford is turning into early gains in the WNBA. She had a fantastic debut with fellow Sparks rookie Rickea Jackson and has continued to do well in tough situations. In Week 1, Cameron already joined Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker as the only Sparks rookies to tally five blocks in a game.
What has her playing so well? Cameron recently told Paul George that the spacing in the WNBA allows her to bring out more of what she might not have shown in college. Here’s what she shared (See the 46:55 mark of the YouTube video below):
“Everything else is harder — the physicality, the speed…the way your confidence just goes up and down like this. But, the spacing — let me tell you, the spacing is amazing.”
“When I was at Stanford, I would get tripled like this. There was no spacing…the defensive three…it’s not clogged at all. There’s just so much space to work. Yesterday, I did like a push-cross, and everyone was like, ‘That was in your bag?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, because I have space to work, and I’m actually allowed to play on the perimeter.'”
