All-time women’s basketball great Candace Parker announced her retirement on social media Sunday, marking the end of a career for one of the sport’s best players and, for nearly two decades, one of the faces of the game.
“I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it,” Parker posted to Instagram. “The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time. My HEART & body knew, but I needed to give my mind time to accept it.”
Parker, 38, dealt with a left foot injury during the 2023 season — her first with the Las Vegas Aces — before ultimately being sidelined for the rest of the campaign and undergoing surgery. The final game of her Hall of Fame career was July 7.
Parker, who had initially re-signed with the Aces on Feb. 7 to a one-year deal, said in her Instagram post Sunday that her foot “isn’t cooperating.”
“It’s no fun playing in pain (10 surgeries in my career) it’s no fun knowing what you could do, if only…it’s…
