Hoops

Liz Cambage bails on Tulsa Shock, cites fatigue

She has been a sook for years. Nothing has changed.

Naismith - no apologies necessary. The 2013 WNBA Draft Order has not yet been decided so tanking to finish last only increases your chances and doesn't guarantee you Griner, nor Diggins or Delle Donne for that matter as Tulsa were awful last year (with Liz) and still ended up with the 4th pick in the draft.

If you read the quotes coming out of Tulsa they quote Liz as missing her flight and THEN her agent ringing to say 'if you don't mind, she wont come backfor the rest of the year'. Surely a better conspiracy theorist would have at least concocted an injury ahead of time.

Anon- and the evidence of the hard work in the lead-up was in her increased level of fitness? C'mon - everybody who plays in the WNBA and was at the Olympics has done the same thing - its only Liz not turning up (oh and McCoughtry who got her coach sacked and then got suspended).

There's nothing wrong with the concept of taking a break. However, it's really poor form to let them know at the last minute before she's expected back. This will only reinforce the perception that she is immature and deservedly so.

Even more embarrassing for her given that Lauren Jackson has fronted up for Seattle despite looking pretty banged up through most of the Olympic campaign.

Another point,

If she was going to sit the remainder of the season, surely it would atleast be respectful to sit it out in America and support her teammates and organisation? I know at Division 1 in the district competition here, if we were injured we were still expected to be at every training and every game and were expected to support our teammates. No contract, no money, just passion and respect for the club and teammates. Liz has a contract to Tulsa and has shown no respect whatsoever. Disgraceful.

She still has an obligation to fulfill her contract at Tulsa. Sure, she's had a heavy workload, but so have most of the other basketballers that went to London. I fully understand that she would like to rest up before her China gig but for goodness sake she's contracted to Tulsa, toughen up a bit and honour a contract. I'm sure everyone would love to just bail on the last few weeks of their working year because they were 'fatigued'. Would not be acceptable and shouldn't be acceptable for Liz. I would not be surprised if she gave away basketball for good and switched to netball. She's obviously earned quite a bit of money and she could easily dominated world netball if she wished. Much smaller workload, much easier, much more suitable for Princess Liz.

Ahem.
There are ten games left in the WNBA season.
Tulsa Shock are 5-19, tied for the second worst record.
Brittney Griner is the projected first pick in the 2013 Draft.
Apologies can be sent to http://twitter.com/ecambage
End of thread.

Its pretty simple, thinks she is better than she is, and only thinks of herself. She needs to grow up, because as someone said in an earlier post, she is giving Australians a bad reputation.
Imagine how many young girls playing basketball here would give everything they have to play in the WNBA, and she just walks away from it. Bad form!!!

Have never been a Liz fan and again think she's been poorly advised/or ignored good advice?

The second half of this season was a chance for her to establish her legitimacy as a WNBA player. Coming off a better-then-expected (for me) performance at the Olympics (although I am still astounded at the Russians simply inviting her to dunk like that), she had a chance to atone for her underwhelming impact last year.

Now with Griner coming out (I can't see the two co-existing and I know if I were Tulsa who I'd be going with - the athletic, dunk-in-traffic competitor who throws elbows or the prima donna who falls down an awful lot) she may well be looking for another team with very few runs on the board in the WNBA.

While the ocerseas leagues are where the money is made, the WNBA is where the reputations are made. Dominating the Chinese League is not likely to attract the attention of some Russian billionaire, dominating the WNBA is.

You could be spot-on Mick
She is only young and has carried great expectations. Perhaps reuniting with her family has caused her to sit back and enjoy the relaxation