FORMER WNBA MVP Candace Parker shocked Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green.
“I have not had a locker in my WNBA career,” Parker told Green on his podcast in May. “I’ve been in the WNBA for 16 years, and I have not had a locker where it has my name on it and I can leave my s— and then come back and know my s—‘s going to be there.”
For Green and his fellow NBA stars, a locker room in a private practice facility solely for the team’s use might be taken for granted. When Parker got that opportunity this season, as the Las Vegas Aces opened a first-of-its-kind headquarters and practice facility in Henderson, Nevada, it was something worth celebrating.
“I feel like you have all that in college,” Parker told ESPN, “and it’s kind of a shocker when you get to the league and you don’t have it.”
While the Aces were first to complete a dedicated practice facility, they aren’t alone. In March, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance, which the organization describes as the first building constructed solely for use by a WNBA team. (The…
