Cameron Brink shared that she’s develop into “icked out” in regards to the potential male follow gamers that the Sparks are welcoming in for tryouts subsequent month.
The WNBA star was discussing the subject in the course of the “Straight to Cam” podcast she hosts with content material creator Sydel Curry-Lee when she revealed her discomfort with the thought after seeing a social media publish by the Sparks elicited uncomfortable responses from over-enthusiastic males.
“I guess my confession is I’m really icked out by the potential new practice players,” Brink instructed Curry-Lee in a clip posted to social media. “It’s principally only a flyer, it’s like me, Dearica [Hamby], Rickea [Jackson], and Kelsey [Plum], and it’s like, ‘Male practice players wanted.’ And normally we use USC faculty guys that additionally do it for the ladies’s crew at USC. And all of the feedback are like, ‘Let Cameron Brink back me down,’ or one thing about Rickea or one thing about Kelsey.
“Now I’m like, we need to heavily vet these men, preferably they’re gay. … Who are we trusting to come into this gym.”
Curry-Lee additionally commented that whoever is introduced in “they need to go through heavy HR training.”
Brink additionally expressed though she could have been joking — that it might impression her physicality in follow.
“I’m not boxing anyone out,” Brink mentioned. “Lynne [Roberts], our new coach, is gonna be screaming at me for not rebounding. But I’m not boxing out anyone.”
The follow of utilizing male gamers has been a long-running one for ladies’s faculty basketball groups and one which the defending WNBA champion Liberty has utilized for years.
We’re on the lookout for male follow gamers for the 2025 season. Do you might have what it takes?
Be a part of us for tryouts:
📅 Saturday, April 12
⏰ 10-12 PM
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The Liberty had additionally used social media posts to unfold the phrase after they have been on the lookout for male follow gamers.
The Liberty’s basketball operations coordinator instructed The Submit in a characteristic final 12 months in regards to the match that follow gamers have to should be evaluated for the job.
“We try to fit positional needs, but also physical needs, as far as height and strength,” Parker mentioned. “But the most important piece is making sure they’re gonna be a good fit and do what we need them to do and not use this to try and get a contract with a team or get an in with the players or have any ulterior motives.”
The Sparks tryout is scheduled to happen on April 12 at El Camino Faculty.
preseason recreation in Might 2024. NBAE by way of Getty Photos
Brink is coming into her second season within the WNBA after being taken No. 2 general in final 12 months’s draft.
She shortly confirmed promise within the league, averaging 7.5 factors, 5.3 rebounds and a couple of.3 blocks per evening, earlier than she suffered a torn ACL in June simply 15 video games into the season.
