1carol
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: Holdsclaw Stuns Sparks by Retiring |
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Quote: http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=135&sid=1164759
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June 12, 2007 - 4:46am
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chamique Holdsclaw, a six-time WNBA All-Star who re-signed with the Los Angeles Sparks in February, stunned the team by retiring Monday.
Holdsclaw did not give a reason for ending her pro basketball career.
"This was not an easy decision," she said in a statement released by the team. "I put a lot of thought into it."
Kathy Goodman said she and Carla Christofferson, the team's new owners, were surprised.
"This is not what we wanted," Goodman told The Associated Press by phone. "She said she'd given it a lot of thought and decided she didn't want to play anymore."
Goodman said Holdsclaw didn't give a reason and the owners didn't ask for one.
"We decided to respect her decision," she said. "I'm not sure how long she had been thinking about it. The first we heard about it was over the weekend. I'm not sure what all led into her decision."
The owners, along with coach Michael Cooper and general manager Penny Toler, tried unsuccessfully to persuade Holdsclaw to stay. She was playing on a one-year contract.
"We're relatively new, so we don't have a long relationship with her," Goodman said.
WOW :shock:
I guess we know which team will qualify for the Candace Parker draft in '08 |
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