Los Angeles Sparks ahead Cameron Brink, who was named in Crew USA’s 3×3 basketball staff for this yr’s Paris Olympics, has suffered a critical knee harm, the WNBA staff stated on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Brink, who the Sparks chosen with the second decide of the WNBA Draft in April, tore ligaments throughout her staff’s recreation on Tuesday in Connecticut.
“You by no means assume it’ll occur to you. And regardless of all of the laborious work generally it does,” Brink wrote in a social media submit. “That is laborious to fathom however I do know it’ll solely make me stronger.
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“I cannot be derailed and I’ll proceed to like this life – I’m not outlined by basketball, however it’s one thing that I like deeply and I’ll work on a regular basis to get again to it.”
Brink, who gained a gold medal for Crew USA on the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup in Vienna, averaged 7.5 factors and 5.3 rebounds in 15 video games for a Sparks staff sitting close to the underside of the standings with a 4-11 document.