It may be the dog days of the 2022 WNBA Free Agency period but we’re still receiving important news every now and again. And on this Friday, February 16, one of the biggest free agents of the offseason finally has a home. Liz Cambage has officially signed with the Los Angeles Sparks, reports ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Cambage has long wanted to play for the Sparks and as LA cleared cap space a few weeks ago, the eventual pairing between the two sides became a more-than-realistic outcome. It was just a matter of making the money work. Shelburne reports that the deal between Cambage and the Sparks will be a $170k one, noting that Cambage took significantly less money to help the Sparks.
Sparks make it official. @ecambage is signing with LA. She took ($170k) well below the max to help LA’s cap, a source told ESPN. Notice also she’s wearing 0 instead of her normal 8, out of respect for @DelishaMJones https://t.co/APRR9GlFCg
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) February 18, 2022
The pairing wasn’t always considered a no-brainer, though, thanks to some comments that Cambage made earlier this offseason about the WNBA. She voiced her frustrations via social media about the pay gap between coaches and players, which made it seem uncertain if she’d entertain playing in the W at all this upcoming season.
ahhh yes the @WNBA, where a head coach can get paid 4X the highest paid players super max contract. lmao and y’all think imma spend another season upgrading my seat on a flight to get to games out of my own pocket.
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) February 1, 2022
The 6’8″ center leaves Las Vegas after averaging16.7 points and 8.9 rebounds over 62 total games (regular season + playoffs) with the Aces. She now heads to Los Angeles where she’s ready to join an already-talented, yet revamped, team that is looking to compete for a championship (+4000 at Tipico Sportsbook).
The Sparks are getting one of the better bigs in the W, who certainly still strikes fear in opposing teams and has game-changing potential on both ends of the court.
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