Three questions with Candace Parker: Staying relaxed at the top (and ignoring Twitter trolls)
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This is Candace Parker's 11th WNBA season, and the two-time MVP shows no sign of slowing down. Since returning from a back injury that sidelined her at the start of the season, Parker is averaging 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game.She has twThree questions with Candace Parker: Staying relaxed at the top (and ignoring Twitter trolls)
This is Candace Parker's 11th WNBA season, and the two-time MVP shows no sign of slowing down. Since returning from a back injury that sidelined her at the start of the season, Parker is averaging 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game.She has two goals, which work in tandem: First, to win enough games in the regular season to secure a top-two seed in the WNBA playoffs, which guarantees a team a double bye to the semifinals; and second, to win another WNBA championship.The two-time Olympic champion and four-time All-Star spoke to Yardbarker about how she stays fired up, the Sparks' season so far and why she's not planning an apology tour any time soon.You've said that you prefer being the hunter, not the hunted. But the Sparks have been one of the best teams in the league for the last few years, which means you have a target on your back every time you play. How do the Sparks manage to play with such extreme fire on a game in, game out basis. Does that intensity and heart start with you?(Laughs) Read more