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Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker has announced her retirement after 16 seasons of pro basketball as she vowed to own 'both an NBA & WNBA team' in a lengthy social media post on Sunday.
'I promised I'd never cheat the game & that I'd leave it in a better place than I came into it,' Parker partially wrote as a caption to an adorable photo of herself as a young girl with a basketball on Instagram, Sunday. 'The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it's time. My HEART & body knew, but I needed to give my mind time to accept it.'
Parker, 38, played her first 13 seasons in the league with the Los Angeles Sparks, establishing her dominance early as a No. 1 pick who won Rookie of the Year and league MVP in the same season.
She was the first WNBA player to accomplish that feat, averaging 18.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists while helping the Sparks to a 10-win improvement in 2008.
Parker earned her second MVP award in 2013 and won her first title
