Candace parkers contract wars
Shes won every trophy there is to win, but shes still not done yet Boardroom breaks down the Las Vegas Aces Candace Parker salary particulars.
We throw around words like legend and icon a bit too much, dont we?
Candace parkers contract wars 2 The public relations coordinator shut down the one question asked about Hamby directed to Aces president Nikki Fargas, saying she had to bail on the press conference because of a appointment that conflicted with Parker's introduction. All Scores. Candace Parker drops blunt 6-word Klay Thompson take 3M. Follow Us Tiktok.Chalk it up to stan culture, the reductiveness of social media, or ever-shortening attention spans.
But as it relates to a basketball titan like Candace Parker, you ought to err on the side of using both of those words as much as possible, because thats how damn impressive her hardwood oeuvre truly is. How about:
- Two WNBA MVP awards
- Two WNBA championships
- Finals MVP honors
- Seven WNBA All-Star teams
- 10 All-WNBA teams (seven First, three Second)
- The Defensive Player of the Year award
- Two Olympic gold medals
- Two NCAA championships
- Two consensus NCAA National Player of the Year awards
Yeah.
So is there an even bigger superlative than simply legend or icon?
Plenty of effusive ink has been spilled about CP3 over the years dating back to her rise to dominance with the Tennessee Volunteers, to be sure. She made more news in the early stages of , however, when she opted to leave her hometown Chicago Sky, with whom she won her second career WNBA title in , to join up with Aja Wilson with the Las Vegas Aces in free agency.
That got us thinking what does it cost to get a future Hall of Famer at the tail end of her professional career to flee the nest and sign on the dotted line?
Lets take a look at the numbers behind the Aces Candace Parker contract.
Candace Parker Contract Details & Salary
All dollar figures via Spotrac.
Years: 1
Total value: $,
Free agency:
If you think Candace Parker deserves more than a simple hundo-grand for her contributions in Vegas this season, consider that shes one of the most famous, prolific Adidas Basketball athletes there is, and that sort of deal comes with a healthy direct deposit.
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And this is not even to mention her budding role as a commentator with Turner Sports as part of TNTs NBA coverage. Suffice it to say that CP3 is going to stay plenty busy even after she opts to call it a career on the hardwood.
Whenever that may be.
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Candace Parkers Career Earnings
Salary data via Spotrac.
Due to the WNBAs fledgling relationship with organized labor back when Candace Parkers professional career began, we dont have a proper accounting of her on-court earnings from her rookie season in with the Sparks through her final season with LA in , to say nothing of her overseas stints with Ekaterinburg (Russia), Fenerbahçe (Turkey), or Xinjiang (China), where the salary ceilings are massively higher than what the WNBAs collective bargaining agreement allows.
That said, lets examine the data starting in , the year in which Parker won the first of two WNBA championships to date.
WNBA SALARY EARNINGS : $,
- LosAngelesSparks(6 seasons, ): $,
- ChicagoSky(2 seasons, ): $,
ESTIMATED WNBA SALARY EARNINGS THRU : $1,,
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