WNBA明星坎迪斯·帕克宣布退役:“是時候了”

WNBA star Candace Parker is officially entering retirement.
WNBA球星坎迪斯·帕克正式宣布退役。

On April 28, the Las Vegas Aces forward announced in a lengthy Instagram post that she would be stepping away from the court after 16 seasons with the league.
4月28日，這位拉斯維加斯王牌前鋒在Instagram上發(fā)布了一篇長長的帖子，宣布她將在為聯(lián)盟效力16個賽季后離開球場。

"I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it. The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time," she wrote in part, alongside a photo of herself as a young child, holding a basketball in her hands. "My HEART & body knew, but I needed to give my mind time to accept it."
“我保證我永遠不會在比賽中作弊，我會讓它變得比我來的時候更好。我內(nèi)心的競爭心總是想要更多，但是時候了，”她寫道，并配了一張自己小時候拿著籃球的照片。“我的心和身體都知道，但我需要給我的大腦時間來接受它。”

Parker, 38, dealt with a foot injury during the 2023 season, and according to CBS Sports, after she underwent surgery for her fractured foot, she was sidelined in July for the remainder of the Aces' championship-winning season.
現(xiàn)年38歲的帕克在2023賽季期間腳傷，據(jù)CBS體育報道，在她接受了骨折的腳手術(shù)后，她在7月份缺席了ace贏得冠軍的剩余賽季。

"This offseason hasn’t been fun on a foot that isn’t cooperating. It’s no fun playing in pain (10 surgeries in my career), it’s no fun knowing what you could do, if only…it’s no fun hearing 'she isn’t the same' when I know why, it’s no fun accepting the fact you need surgery AGAIN," she added in the caption.
“這個休賽期對于一只不配合的腳來說并不有趣。在痛苦中打球沒什么意思(我職業(yè)生涯做了10次手術(shù))，知道自己能做什么也沒什么意思，如果……當我知道原因時聽到‘她變了’也沒什么意思，接受你需要再次手術(shù)的事實也沒什么意思，”她在標題中補充道。

Parker is one of the most decorated athletes in WNBA history, beginning her professional career in 2008 when she was selected as the No. 1 draft pick to the Los Angeles Sparks — just after she won NCAA titles in 2007 and 2008 playing for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols.
帕克是WNBA歷史上獲得榮譽最多的運動員之一，她在2008年以狀元的身份被洛杉磯火花隊選中，開始了她的職業(yè)生涯——就在她在2007年和2008年為田納西大學女子隊贏得NCAA冠軍之后。

After a championship win with the Sparks in 2016, she went to the Chicago Sky — her hometown team — for the 2021 season, winning the championship that year. She then went to the Aces two years later and took home yet another championship, the team's second in a row.
在2016年贏得火花隊的冠軍后，她去了家鄉(xiāng)球隊芝加哥天空隊，參加了2021賽季，并在當年贏得了冠軍。兩年后，她又去了王牌隊，并將另一個冠軍帶回家，這是該隊的第二個冠軍。