Without her they likely wouldn’t have had home court advantage in the playoffs, without which they very possibly wouldn’t have won. She becomes the only player in WNBA history to win a championship with 3 different teams.
So how's that working out for you? At least the Sparks have a lottery pick to show for their failure this season. Oh, wait. They don't. Because Fisher's dumb ass traded it. Meanwhile Candace is going to the WNBA Finals.
There are several players that weren’t on the team that are better than a lot of the ones that were. And given the level of competition from the rest of the world, winning the Olympics isn’t something to brag about.
Diana has 3 technical fouls this year and has barely even played. Candace has 1. And it goes back way farther than this year. There doesn't seem to be any easily accessible information on technical foul history, but Taurasi led the league in technicals 5 times between 2008 and 2013. She was also...
I don't like Devereaux Peters, but people should read this (the whole thread), she's spot on here. I wish more prominent people would call them out on their ****.