The two-time MVP’s move to the reigning champs in Las Vegas means she has the chance to close out her storied career with a third WNBA title.
As DeWanna Bonner notched a pair of free throws in Game 5 of the 2022 WNBA semifinals, sending the Sun to the WNBA Finals and closing the curtain on the Sky’s season, Candace Parker was visibly frustrated.
The two-time WNBA champion was looking to make Chicago the first team to win back-to-back titles since the Sparks—the franchise that she started her WNBA career—did in 2001 and ’02. Even with the defeat on her home court, Chicago gave Parker the dream of a lifetime: playing in her hometown while also winning a title in the city where she fell in love with the “orange ball.