Robyn Parks knows a thing or two about traveling. She’s played professional basketball on three continents and in countries as various as Angola, Mexico and Poland. It was only this season, as a 30-year-old, that she made her WNBA debut.
We caught up with her to chat about her winding and wide-ranging basketball journey.
Last time you talked to our Zachary Draves, you guys talked mostly about the WNBA. I would like to ask you about all the stops along the way and what they taught you. You have spent most of your career in Spain. Was it because of the salaries, the possibilities for growth, the facilities… or the climate?
I spent majority of my overseas career in Spain because that’s just where my agent at the time kept offering me to teams. He was Spanish, so he had a lot of connections in Spain. I wish I could say it was because of the salaries, but I never made any crazy money in Spain. The weather was definitely a positive thing about playing there though!
Where there other positives involved, like the food? Which cuisine was most memorable for you and why? I’m guessing being a pro athlete and keeping a diet must be hard in Italy. What about other places?
The food was good. My most memorable cuisine…
