Sparks make Cameron Brink contract decision ahead of 2026 WNBA season

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Fri, May 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM UTC ·

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After trading away Rickea Jackson to the Chicago Sky for Ariel Atkins , the Los Angeles Sparks still have one remaining lottery pick from the 2024 WNBA Draft on their roster for now and the foreseeable future. The Sparks exercised their fourth year contract option on Cameron Brink for the 2027 season on Thursday.

After the 2027 season, the Sparks will then be able to tender a qualifying offer to Cameron Brink with the potential to sign a longer deal as she will be hitting restricted free agency.

While the Sparks’ offseason moves signaled a shift from rebuilding with a younger core to being in more of a win-now mode, following the team’s annual media day, it was clear that the organization values Brink quite a bit and sees her as a pillar of their future .

Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts acknowledged that while Brink will begin the season coming off the bench, the plan is for her to play a major role.

“As I’ve mentioned many times, she played 33 games in two year and it was plagued with peaks and valleys of injuries. She’s healthy and she’s confident and she’s strong. She looks as good as I think she could look,” Roberts said. “I look at this as almost like her second season. Her first two years combined was like her rookieyear just with the ups and downs with injuries and stuff, coaching change … really excited about her and her headspace and where she’s at.”

This offseason has been a bit different for Brink since she’s joined the Sparks. After suffering a devastating ACL injury that cut her rookie year short, last offseason was all about rehab and getting ramped up to return to the court.

This time around, she was already healthy and could focus completely on improving her game rather than injury recovery. She spent the offseason playing at Unrivaled, and after that season ended, Sparks general manger Raegen Pebley was impressed that Brink immediately returned to the home market to begin workouts with team staff.

“What I love now is that she has been able to quietly build confidence. This offseason has been about basketball for her. It’s not been about her hamstring, quad strength and her mobility, it’s been about basketball. That’s the focus for her,” said Sparks general manager Raegan Pebley during media day.

“She’s just been grinding and just letting herself commit to the work. I’m excited this season for this season for her because I think there’s a lot of that noise that’s been dialed down that wasn’t about just being a basketball player, and now it’s all about that … it’s great to see Cam come into year three confident and without so much noise.”

Brink returned to the Sparks lineup last season after the All-Star break . She appeared in a total of 19 games at a little over 12 minutes per game. She averaged 5.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 42.7 percent from the field.

While she showed flashes of the player she was before the injury, and the player the Sparks hope she can be, it was clear that Brink was still trying to find her rhythm and role on the team. Now having been able to put in real offseason work, she’s excited to get the season started.

“It just felt really good to put that type of work in cause when you’re hurt, when I was rehabbing my knee, all I was doing everyday was just trying to get my knee back. So now I feel like have time to just play,” Brink said during media day. “I’m still super young and I know I’m making mistakes and I may not be living up to my potential yet, but I definitely think I’m on the right path.”