Angel Reese sends a passionate message to the Sparks star player.

The basketball landscape as fans know it has changed as a result of the 2024 WNBA Draft. Even though they are starting a rivalry in the league, they still love and respect each other. With good reason, Cameron Brink is one of the most well-known players in this draft class. Unfortunately, an injury versus the Connecticut Sun may prevent her from playing her entire debut season with the Los Angeles Sparks. When Angel Reese of Chicago Sky saw this, he could only wish her the best.

It appears that Cameron Brink was hurt without making contact. The Sparks will be without their rookie for a considerable amount of time as her knee will still need to be evaluated in the coming days. She barely played for four minutes before getting knocked out by the Sun, and the only item she had in her stats was a foul.

However, Cameron Brink’s season has seen a good deal of action. She was selected by the Sparks with the second overall pick, and since then, she has participated in 14 games, starting all of them. Brink scores 8.1 points per game at a 39.% clip across all three scoring tiers. Every night, she also pulls down 5.7 rebounds and dishes out 1.8 assists.

The Sparks have been receiving the finest version of her when it comes to ball defense as well. Because she is so alert to her opponents’ passing lanes and on-ball actions, Brink now averages 1.1 steals each game. She transferred to the Sparks from Stanford, where she excelled at shot blocking. 2.4 times each game, she reaches the peak of the opponent’s shot and blocks it.

Her presence on the floor will be much missed by the Sparks. It was simply too bad that she had to be lost in the battle with the Sun. In actuality, the Sparks were defeated by a slim margin of 79 to 70.

Reese and Brink have been friends from their early playing days. Although these two have had numerous on-court confrontations, their most recent one took place in the WNBA. In their matchup in the final week of May, the Sky thoroughly defeated the Sparks, winning 83 to 73. Even though it was not as thrilling as their previous year’s showdown, the two nonetheless put up excellent displays.

In this game, Brink scored seven points despite having to deal with the Sky’s aggressive coverage. Conversely, Reese scored six points, four of which came in the last minutes of the game to ensure the victory over the Sparks. Both on and off the court, these two have a great rapport. Brink’s return to the Sparks system will take some time, but she might make an appearance during their upcoming matchup with the Sky. The world should be shocked by their large-scale appearances then.

Brink must take her time healing for the time being in order to prevent significant setbacks for her profession.