{"id":640050,"date":"2026-05-01T04:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640050\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:46:11","slug":"cameron-brinks-preseason-photoshoot-sparks-wnba-buzz-as-she-aims-for-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640050\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Brink’s Preseason Photoshoot Sparks WNBA Buzz as She Aims for Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former No. 2 overall pick Cameron Brink<\/a> played just 19 games for the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> last season. The 6-foot-4 forward returned for the latter part of the campaign after recovering from a devastating left ACL injury<\/a> that cut her rookie season short.<\/p>\n

Brink did not have a major impact on the Sparks last season, though. Her return for the final stretch required a significant ramp-up following her lengthy spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

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Brink averaged 5.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 12.8 minutes off the bench last season. She did not exactly take the WNBA<\/a> by storm in her comeback, but her return to the court<\/a> was a step in the right direction for the former Stanford Cardinal star.<\/p>\n

\"LALA Sparks forward Cameron Brink leaves the floor after the game against the Las Vegas<\/a> Aces.Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Brink is looking to change the narrative in 2026. She is now fully healthy and is looking to pick up where she left off prior to her season-ending injury in her rookie year.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Brink put on a retro Sparks jersey for the customary preseason photoshoot. The 24-year-old quickly caught the attention of the WNBA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBrink, OG edition \ud83d\udd25 Cameron Brink rockin\u2019 the original @la_sparks jersey for Media Day!\u201d the league posted on Instagram, sharing a video of Brink posing for the camera.<\/p>\n

With Brink sidelined for the most part of the season, the Sparks finished 2025 with a 21-23 record for 10th in the league. This marked the fifth straight year that L.A. had missed the WNBA playoffs.<\/p>\n

Brink will do what she can this year to help break the Sparks\u2019 postseason drought.<\/p>\n

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Related: Sparks Star Cameron Brink’s Physical Appearance Draws Attention<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 30, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former No. 2 overall pick Cameron Brink played just 19 games for the Los Angeles Sparks last season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,12189,48,1483,632,82,23259,35344,630],"class_list":["post-640050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-cameron-brink","tag-canada","tag-las-vegas","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-sports","tag-stanford-cardinal","tag-the-sparks","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640050","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=640050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}