Cambage Quits on the Sparks

07/27/2022 Cambage Quits on the Sparks

By: Jeff Yoder

4-Time All-Star Liz Cambage Abruptly Ends Contract With Los Angeles

Just when we think we’ve seen it all… Five months after star center Liz Cambage signed with the Los Angeles Sparks, the four-time all-star has left the building. Cambage abruptly “quit the team” on the Tuesday. The Sparks announced that they agreed to a “contract divorce,” (whatever that means?). Questions still remain, so we’ll try to answer a few.

 

What Happened in Los Angeles?

The Sparks are currently 12-15 and in sixth place in the WNBA standings. Cambage signed a one-year deal in February and stated that “there was nowhere else I wanted to be [than Los Angeles].” Then the team fired head coach Derek Fisher after a 5-7 start. Things haven’t gotten better. And Cambage left the building.

 

Veteran Walk-Outs Continue

It isn’t the first incident of this magnitude this season. Tina Charles quit the Phoenix Mercury earlier in the season and quickly found a new home in Seattle. It’s unclear what Cambage plans to do moving forward.

 

Additional Storylines

ESPN: How Cambage Leaving Sparks Impacts WNBA Playoff Race

Yahoo! Sports: Liz Cambage Sparks ‘Divorce’ Had Conflicts With Jersey Number, Film Sessions & More