3-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage re-signs with Las Vegas Aces
The Aces re-signed restricted free-agent center Liz Cambage on Wednesday, ensuring that their championship-caliber core will be back this season.
The deal is for one year and worth $215,000, according to High Post Hoops.
Las Vegas acquired the 6-foot-8-inch Australian from the Dallas Wings in May for point guard Moriah Jefferson, forward Isabelle Harrison and its 2020 first- and second-round draft picks.
Cambage, 28, averaged 15.9 points and 8.2 rebounds in the 2019 season and was dominant in five playoff games, averaging 23.6 points and 11.6 rebounds while shooting 54.9 percent.
“Last season was special — one where I fell in love with this team, my teammates, Las Vegas and everyone at the Aces and MGM who help make us feel like one big family,” the three-time All-Star said in a statement.
WNBA free agency began last month, and Cambage was free to sign an offer sheet with another team. But the Aces had the right to match any offer, and the team’s front office had little doubt that she would return.
President of basketball operations and coach Bill Laimbeer said in February that re-signing Cambage was “just a matter of working through the fine details and figuring something out.”
“Last year, the Aces and Liz took a chance on one another, and it worked out better than we both could have imagined” Laimbeer said Wednesday in a statement. “Liz continues to be one of the marquee players in the world.”
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