{"id":285493,"date":"2025-11-15T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285493\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:43:09","slug":"congratulations-pour-in-for-wnba-legend-candace-parker-after-huge-career-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285493\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Pour in for WNBA Legend Candace Parker After Huge Career Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA legend Candace Parker is widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever to play in the league. And this week, she earned another huge career recognition to finally cement her basketball legacy.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Women\u2019s Basketball Hall of Fame announced its inductees for the class of 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQb6I2Fju4B\/?igsh=MWdsMDE5NWdxdmxxbQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parker was among those selected<\/a>, along with fellow WNBA great Elena Delle Donne and head coach Cheryl Reeve.<\/p>\n<p>The induction ceremony to honor Candace Parker and others will take place on June 27 next year in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251115-185420.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1356002\"  \/>Credits: @wbhof\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Following her induction, basketball fans were quick to congratulate Parker, with many highlighting that it was a well-deserved recognition for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/los-angeles-sparks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Sparks<\/a> legend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations Can,\u201d one fan wrote. Another one said, \u201cDeserve it all!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongrats Queen. Well deserved. U the reason I started watching women college, Tennessee and WNBA,\u201d another fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep it coming CP!!!\u201d added another fan.<\/p>\n<p>Considering her contributions to the game and personal accomplishments, it\u2019s no surprise that Parker was recently honored as a Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18917564.jpg\" alt=\"Aug 23, 2022; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker (3) reacts after being called for a foul in the third quarter against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports\" class=\"wp-image-902476\"  \/>Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>Candace Parker played in the WNBA for 16 years and established herself as one of the greatest players to ever suit up in the league.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a two-time MVP, a seven-time WNBA All-Star and a one-time Defensive Player of the Year, among numerous other achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old also won the WNBA championship three times, all with different teams. She got her first title in 2016 with the Los Angeles Sparks \u2014 the team that drafted her first overall in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>She also won a championship with the Chicago Sky in 2021 as well with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/las-vegas-aces\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Aces<\/a> team led by A\u2019ja Wilson in her final season in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763242989_795_802c3003547685b578fd7f4e8a81a7dbe8d1cf2e4c476dec63817c479fdb718f\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tSince  his  first  foray  into  online  journalism  in  2019,  Peter  Okereke  has  written  widely  on  Entertainment  and  Pop  Culture  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/peter-okereke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Okereke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t                        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA legend Candace Parker is widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever to play in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,632,82,1276,630],"class_list":["post-285493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}