Why did Liz Cambage leave the Los Angeles Sparks?

Liz Cambage and the Los Angeles Sparks agreed to a contract buyout on Tuesday.

Mirjam Swanson and John W. Davis share their insights into why Cambage left and what that means for the Sparks after participating in a news conference with Sparks interim head coach Fred Williams after the Sparks first official practice without Liz Cambage.

Liz Cambage’s basketball career in America is in tatters after her shock exit from the LA Sparks.

Liz Cambage’s shock WNBA exit leaves career ‘in tatters’

Who is Liz Cambage

Elizabeth Folake Cambage is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Cambage currently holds the WNBA single-game scoring record with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.

She played for the Australia national team, the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver in the 2018 World Cup, and bronze in the 2012 Olympics.