Liz Cambage
{{Short description|Australian basketball player (born 1991)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Liz Cambage
| image = Cambage 2019.jpg
| caption = Cambage with the Las Vegas Aces in 2019
| number = 18
| team = Sichuan Yuanda
| position = Centre
| league = Women's Chinese Basketball Association
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| nationality = Australian
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lbs = 216
| high_school = Padua College
(Mornington, Victoria)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2011
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 2
| draft_team = Tulsa Shock
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
| years1 = 2007
| team1 = Dandenong Rangers
| years2 = 2007–2008
| team2 = Australian Institute of Sport
| years3 = 2009–2012
| team3 = Bulleen Boomers
| years4 = 2011
| team4 = Tulsa Shock
| years5 = 2012–2013
| team5 = Zhejiang Chouzhou
| years6 = {{WNBA Year|2013}}
| team6 = Tulsa Shock
| years7 = 2013–2014
| team7 = Beijing Great Wall
| years8 = 2015–2016
| team8 = Shanghai Swordfish
| years9 = 2017–2018
| team9 = Melbourne Boomers
| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2018}}
| team10 = Dallas Wings
| years11 = 2018–2019
| team11 = Shanxi Flame
| years12 = {{WNBA Year|2019}},
{{WNBA Year|2021}}
| team12 = Las Vegas Aces
| years13 = 2020
| team13 = Southside Flyers
| years14 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}
| team14 = Los Angeles Sparks
| years15 = 2023
| team15 = Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
| years16 = 2024–present
| team16 = Sichuan Yuanda
| highlights =
- WCBA champion (2024)
- WNBA Peak Performer ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
- 4× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- All-WNBA First Team ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
- All-WNBA Second Team ({{WNBA Year|2019}})
- WNBA scoring leader ({{WNBA Year|2018}})
- WNBA All-Rookie Team ({{WNBA Year|2011}})
- 2x WNBL Champion (2011, 2020)
- WNBL MVP (2011)
- 4x All-WNBL First Team (2010, 2011, 2018, 2020)
| wnba_profile = liz_cambage
| medal_templates = {{MedalCountry|{{bkw|AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Spain|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Team}}
}}
Elizabeth Folake "Liz" Cambage ({{IPAc-en|k|æ|m|ˈ|b|eɪ|ʒ}} {{Respell|kam|BAYZH}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1xY-0xZzow|title=10 Things LA Sparks' Liz Cambage Can't Live Without | GQ Sports|work=YouTube|date=28 June 2022|accessdate=18 April 2024}} born 18 August 1991GRO Register of Births 1991 15 151 SOUTHWARK - Elizabeth Folake Cambage, mmn=Cambage) is a British-born Australian professional basketball player for the Sichuan Yuanda of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She won the Women's National Basketball League in 2011 and 2014 and the Women's Chinese Basketball Association championship in 2024. Cambage currently shares the WNBA single-game scoring record with A'ja Wilson, with her 53-point performance against the New York Liberty on 17 July 2018.{{cite web |title=Cambage scores WNBA-record 53 points for Wings over Liberty |url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/boxscore?gameId=401018913 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38242136/las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson-scores-53-points-tie-wnba-single-game-record | title='Generational talent' Wilson's 53 ties WNBA record | date=23 August 2023 }}
She played for the Australia national team, the Opals, between 2009 and 2021, winning a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, silver in the 2018 World Cup, and bronze in the 2012 Olympics.
Early life
Cambage was born on 18 August 1991{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |title=Bulleen Boomers: Elizabeth Cambage |publisher=WNBL.com.au |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213028/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead}} in London to a Nigerian father and Australian mother. Her parents separated when Cambage was three months old and she moved to Australia with her mother. First settling in Eden in New South Wales, the family moved to Melbourne when Cambage was 10 years of age and later the Mornington Peninsula.{{Cite news |title=Liz Cambage the next Lauren Jackson |url=http://www.thevine.com.au/sport/news/liz-cambage-the-next-lauren-jackson20110311.aspx |access-date=11 April 2011 |newspaper=The Vine |date=11 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322110022/http://www.thevine.com.au/sport/news/liz-cambage-the-next-lauren-jackson20110311.aspx |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2982018.htm |title=Behind the News – 17/08/2010: Next Big Thing |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=7 May 2012}}
Cambage is {{convert|2.06|m|ftin}} tall.{{Cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=London 2012 – 2012 Australian Opals squad named |work=Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214515/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |archive-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/cambages-tall-order-20120323-1vpq4.html |title=Cambage's tall order |work=The Canberra Times |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=1 May 2012}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/opals-graf-think-big-20120502-1xzjk.html |title=Opals, Graf think big |work=The Canberra Times |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=7 May 2012}} She was teased about her height in school. At the age of 10, she was {{Height|m=1.83}} tall, reaching {{Height|m=1.96}} by the time she was 14. She started playing basketball at her mother's suggestion when she was 10 as a way to make friends.
Professional career
Cambage plays at the centre position in basketball.{{cite journal |journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series |edition=2010/2011 |year=2011 |publisher=Basketball Australia |editor-first=Diane |editor-last=Smith-Gander |pages=4–5 |title=Bulleen Boomers; Official Programme}} In 2009, she played in the Under-20 Australian National Championships,{{cite journal |journal=Play up |publisher=Basketball Australia |edition=19–25 February |year=2012 |title=On the Rise; Official Event Program |page=16 |location=South Melbourne, Australia |editor=Brad Graham Creative}} and the ABC suggested she could be the next Lauren Jackson. The only international players surpassing Cambage in height at the time were Margo Dydek, at {{Height|m=2.18}}, and Sue Geh, at {{Height|m=2.05}} tall.Kasmarik, Morgan (15 October 2009). [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/stories/2009/10/15/2714808.htm?site=melbourne Towering Cambage on the up and up]. ABC Grandstand Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
=WNBL=
Cambage played her junior basketball with Dandenong Rangers, joining their WNBL team for the 2007–08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS),{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |title=Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212073754/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |archive-date=12 February 2014}} and played for the AIS team, based in Canberra, in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), for the remainder for the 2007–08 season and the following one{{cite book |page=59 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra |quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Cambage |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |work=Player profile |publisher=Women's National Basketball League |access-date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113213028/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead}} In August 2020, Cambage made her return to the WNBL, signing with the Southside Flyers for the 2020–21 season.[https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/liz-cambage-signs-with-southside-flyers-returns-to-wnbl-20200818-p55mnw.html Liz Cambage signs with Southside Flyers, returns to WNBL]
=WNBA=
File:Cambage-Fowles2-20180523.jpg of the Minnesota Lynx]]
In March 2011, Cambage expressed a reluctance to play for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team that drafted her, the Tulsa Shock, stating, "I don't want to play at Tulsa, I've made that clear. They want to make me a franchise player, but I'm not going to the WNBA for that. I'm going there to learn and improve my game. But what can you do?"{{cite news |last=Bernard |first=Grantley |title=Liz Cambage keen to get WNBA show on the road |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/liz-cambage-keen-to-get-wnba-show-on-the-road/story-e6frfglf-1226030928435 |access-date=11 April 2011 |newspaper=Herald Sun |date=31 March 2011}} She played in the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |title=Opals count down to Olympics |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170542/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |archive-date=24 July 2011}}
File:Liz Cambage 2011 WNBA All-Star VIP Party.jpg
After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cambage was due to head back to the United States to complete the WNBA season with the Tulsa Shock, but announced on the morning her flight was due to leave, 27 August 2012, that she would not be returning to finish the 2012 season. Her agent released a statement saying she was exhausted after playing for the national team.[http://www.wnba.com/news/cambage_shock_082812.html WNBA: Liz Cambage Will Not Return to Tulsa Shock For the Remainder of the 2012 Season]
Cambage returned to play for the Shock for the 2013 season, but did not return to the WNBA for five years after.{{Cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/9283732/wnba-liz-cambage-says-return-tulsa-shock-season |title=Voepel: Cambage's return to WNBA brings tempered expectations |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 October 2017}} In February 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with the Dallas Wings.[https://www.sbs.com.au/news/liz-cambage-ends-five-year-break-from-wnba Liz Cambage ends five-year break from WNBA]
=[[Women's Chinese Basketball Association|WCBA]]=
In June 2012, Cambage signed with Zheijang Chouzhou basketball club in China, reportedly for a salary of AUS$400,000, which made her one of the highest-paid female basketballers in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/liz-cambage-the-next-great-wall-of-china/story-fnanosvn-1226406443234 |title=Liz Cambage the next Great Wall of China |work=Herald Sun |date=24 June 2012 |access-date=24 June 2012}} Yet in an article in the Australian newspaper The Age published on 8 March 2019, Cambage reported being poorly compensated and unable to meet her mortgage payments, noting that she had not been paid since September 2018 after an injury prevented her from playing in China. She was quoted as saying: "It's funny, we make all these sacrifices for our nation, but are we getting looked after properly at the end of the day?"{{cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/i-couldn-t-pay-my-mortgage-how-liz-cambage-was-pushed-to-the-limit-20190307-p512gu.html |title='I couldn't pay my mortgage': How Liz Cambage was pushed to the limit |last=Robinson |first=Georgina |date=7 March 2019 |newspaper=The Age |access-date=8 March 2019}}
=Return to WNBA=
In February 2018, Cambage signed a multiyear contract with the Dallas Wings.{{cite web |title=Dallas Wings sign Liz Cambage |date=5 February 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |website=WNBA.com |url=http://www.wnba.com/news/dallas-wings-sign-liz-cambage/}} On 17 July 2018, in a game against the New York Liberty, Cambage scored a WNBA record 53 points (the mark was later tied by A'ja Wilson). The Wings won the game, 104–87.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/game/20180717nyldal/#/game-story |title=New York Liberty @ Dallas Wings |website=wbna.com |publisher=WNBA |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018}} Cambage was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her second all-star appearance. Following her 53-point performance, she scored 35 points in a 90–81 victory over the Washington Mystics, making it the highest two-game point total in league history.[https://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2018/07/20/cambage-breaks-wnba-s-two-game-scoring-record-88-points-44697 BASKETBALL Cambage breaks WNBA's two-game scoring record with 88 points] By the end of the season, Cambage led the league in scoring and the Wings finished with a 15–19 record as the number-eight seed in the league. In the first-round elimination game, the Wings lost, 101–83, to the Phoenix Mercury.
On 22 January 2019, Cambage requested a trade from the Wings.[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2817093-liz-cambage-reportedly-requests-trade-from-dallas-wings Liz Cambage Reportedly Requests Trade from Dallas Wings] On 16 May 2019, she was traded to the Las Vegas Aces. During the 2019 season, Cambage was voted into the All-Star Game, making it her third all-star appearance. At the end of the season, the Aces finished 21–13 and the number-four seed, receiving a bye to the second round. In the second-round elimination game, the Aces advanced to the semifinals after defeating the Chicago Sky, 93–92, off a play by teammate Dearica Hamby in which she came up with a steal and nailed a desperation three-pointer from half court. In the semifinals, the Aces' playoff run came to an end as they were defeated by the eventual champions, the Washington Mystics, in four games.
On 5 July 2020, the team announced that Cambage would sit out the 2020 WNBA season due to health concerns and pre-existing risk factors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic after an evaluation by the team doctor.[https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2021-wnba-free-agency-tracker-top-available-free-agents-key-dates-timeline-things-to-know/ Las Vegas Aces star Liz Cambage to sit out 2020 WNBA season][https://www.thescore.com/wnba/news/1982522 Aces expect superstar Cambage to sit out 2020 season] Without Cambage, the Aces finished the season 18–4 with the number-one seed in the shortened 22-game season, they reached the finals, but were swept by the Seattle Storm. On 23 May 2021, during a game against the Connecticut Sun, opposing coach Curt Miller lobbied the referee for a foul call on Cambage, while hyperbolically claiming Cambage was "300 pounds". Cambage responded with a post on Instagram, calling out Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller, calling him a "little white man".{{cite web |title=WNBA star Liz Cambage branded racist on Twitter for calling coach 'little white man' |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021 |website=tech-gate.org |url=https://www.tech-gate.org/usa/2021/05/25/wnba-star-liz-cambage-branded-racist-on-twitter-for-calling-coach-little-white-man//}}
Cambage signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on 15 February 2022. During the 2022 season, though, at Cambage's request, she was released on 26 July by the Sparks from her contract.{{cite web |url=https://sparks.wnba.com/news/los-angeles-sparks-agree-to-contract-divorce-with-liz-cambage/ |title=Los Angeles Sparks Agree to Contract Divorce with Liz Cambage}}
Three weeks later, on 15 August 2022, Cambage announced she was stepping away from the WNBA.{{Cite news |title=Former Sparks star Liz Cambage steps away from WNBA 'for the time being' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/15/liz-cambage-leaves-wnba/}}{{Cite web |title=Liz Cambage will 'step away' from WNBA following Sparks exit to focus on 'healing and personal growth' |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/liz-cambage-will-step-away-from-wnba-following-sparks-exit-to-focus-on-healing-and-personal-growth-162307619.html |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=sports.yahoo.com |date=15 August 2022 |language=en-US}}
=Maccabi Bnot Ashdod (2023)=
On 3 March 2023, it was announced that Cambage had signed a contract with the Israeli women's basketball club Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, marking Cambage's first appearance in an Israeli basketball league after playing for teams in Australia, the United States and China.[https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=414&docID=430970 Liz Cambage had officially signed with Israeli side Maccabi Ashdod]
=Sichuan Yuanda (2024–present)=
In 2024, Cambage returned to the WCBA and signed with Sichuan. In 18 games, she averaged 23.1 points and 11.3 rebounds, helping the team to the WCBA championship.{{cite news |title=Sichuan keeps Cambage for another season |url=https://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/879253/Sichuan-keeps-Cambage-for-another-season |access-date=12 January 2025 |work=Eurobasket.com |date=30 June 2024}} In June 2024, she resigned with the team for the 2024–2025 season.
National team career
File:Opals Training Camp 19.jpg
In 2009, Cambage was a member of the Australian junior women's national team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification series,{{cite book |page=46 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page. and a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan. The following year, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand.{{cite book |page=45 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.
Her first call up to the senior national side was in 2008, and she had her first cap for the Australian Opals in 2009 in a test series against China,{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |title=Opals look to shine against China |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222023454/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=844548 |archive-date=22 December 2014}} went she played in the third game in the series.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/opals-limp-to-decider-with-china/story-e6frf9if-1225764562349 |title=Opals limp to decider with China |access-date=13 November 2013}} On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship,{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |title=Opals side selected to take on Kiwis |publisher=Nine MSN |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209190142/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=854089 |archive-date=9 December 2012}} and she was a member of the Australian senior women's team that won a gold medal at the Oceania World Qualification Series. She was a member of the national team again in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |title=Jackson, Taylor to again lead the Opals |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314081839/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1026769 |archive-date=14 March 2010}} In June 2010, she was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe.{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archive-date=22 July 2015}} In 2010, she participated in the Salamanca Invitational Basketball Tournament in Spain. Her team beat Spain 85–64. They also beat the United States. She scored 20 points in the game against Spain.{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230151022/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=7963781 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Opals down Spain in final tune-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012}}
In 2010, she was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. She was important to the team's success.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205094639/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2012 |title=AUS — Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |access-date=6 May 2012}} In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in Connecticut, but missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments. Nonetheless, she was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |access-date=1 May 2012}}
In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the 2012 London Olympics. In late April and early May 2012, she was one of four Australian "big" players to participate in a special training camp for the team, and participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. Cambage was seen as a key component if Australia was to beat the United States in London.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/lauren-jackson-says-others-must-fill-void-left-by-injured-penny-taylor/story-fn9dirj0-1226345953945 |title=Lauren Jackson says others must fill void left by injured Penny Taylor |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia |access-date=5 May 2012}}
At the 2012 Olympic Games on 2 August, Cambage successfully dunked the basketball with one hand in a 70–66 victory over Russia. Cambage and the Opals won a bronze medal in London with an 83–74 win over Russia.
Just before the 2014 World Championships, she ruptured her Achilles tendon, causing her to miss eight months of playing time.{{Cite web |title=Basketball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Elizabeth CAMBAGE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/basketball/athlete-profile-n6030332-elizabeth-cambage.htm |access-date=25 September 2021 |website=results.gc2018.com}}
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she was the leading scorer and rebounder for the team that reached the quarterfinals.{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/Australia |title=Fiba women's basketball Australia - 2016 Rio}} She was also part of the Australian team that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
=Misconduct=
Cambage was named to the national team for the Tokyo Olympics, but withdrew from the team in July 2021, less than two weeks before the tournament. She stated this was due to mental health issues.{{cite web |url=https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/05/26/opals-named-for-tokyo-2020-australian-olympic-team/ |title=Opals Named for Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team}}{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/16/sport/liz-cambage-withdraws-from-olympics-mental-health-spt-intl/index.html |title=Australian and WNBA star Liz Cambage withdraws from Olympics, citing mental health |date=16 July 2021}} In May 2022, reports alleged that Cambage had racially taunted players on the Nigerian team during a pre-Olympics training game, telling the Nigerian players, "Go back to your third world country."{{cite news |title=Liz Cambage responds to claim she told rival: 'Go back to your third world country' |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/go-back-to-your-third-world-country-explosive-claim-about-liz-cambages-opals-split/news-story/a950e5985874da1e21d516769d5e661c |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=News.com.au}}{{cite news |title=Gaze fumes at 'disgusting' new Cambage claim |url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/liz-cambage-news-andrew-gaze-racism-allegation-basketball-australia-board/fc341815-5d66-4fc1-b2be-82e0e45b512d |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=wwos.nine.com.au |language=en}}
OnlyFans
She has now started her OnlyFans page.{{Cite AV media |url=https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/wshhp08O8eUru82SUxrB/liz-cambage-68-former-wnba-star-reportedly-retires-after-earning-1-5m-annually-on-onlyfans-made-more-in-her-first-week-than-her-entire-career |title=Liz Cambage, 6’8” Former WNBA Star, Reportedly Retires After Earning $1.5M Annually On OnlyFans...Made More In Her First Week Than Her Entire Career! |date=11 January 2025}} She has revealed that she made more money upon starting an OnlyFans page than in her entire basketball career.{{cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2521493/ex-wnba-star-joins-onlyfans-earns-more-in-first-week-than-entire-career|title=Ex-WNBA star joins OnlyFans, earns more in first week than entire career|date=11 January 2025}}
Statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=Liz Cambage regular season statistics}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| Tulsa
| 33 || 11 || 20.0 || .511 || .000 || .794 || 4.7 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 2.3 || 11.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| Tulsa
| 20 || 16 || 25.0 || .561 || .000 || .776 || 8.3 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 2.4 || 3.1 || 16.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas
| 32 || 32 || 29.5 || .589 || .324 || .738 || 9.7 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 2.7 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|23.0°
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 31 || 29 || 25.3 || .499 || .167 || .753 || 8.1 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 2.2 || 15.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 25 || 24 || 23.8 || .543 || .357|| .710 || 8.2 || 1.5 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 1.8 || 14.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022
| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles
| 25 || 24 || 23.4 || .509 || .286 || .784 || 6.4 || 2.1 || 0.6 || 1.6 || 2.3 || 13.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 6 years, 3 teams
| 167 || 137 || 24.5 || .539 || .280 || .758 || 7.5 || 1.6 || 0.7 || 1.6 || 2.4 || 15.8
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==Playoffs==
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=Liz Cambage playoffs statistics}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas
| 1|| 1 || 35.0 || .500 || .000 || .667 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|12.0° || 6.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 22.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 5 || 5 || 30.6 || .549 || .500 || .871 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|11.4° || 2.0 || 1.2 || 1.8 || 2.6 || 23.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas
| 5 || 3 || 20.0 ||.488|| .500 || 1.000|| 5.4 || 1.8 || 0.2 || 1.6 || 3.4 || 10.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 3 years, 2 teams
| 11 || 9 || 26.2 || .525 || .444 || .851 || 8.7 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 2.2 || 17.5
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=WCBA =
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=Liz Cambage WCBA regular season statistics}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"| Zhejiang
| 30 || – || 23.6 || .785 || 1.000 || .798 || 11.1 || 0.9 || 0.9 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"| 2.5° || 3.1 || 36.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"| Beijing
| 30 || – || 23.2 || .742 || .222 || .808 || 9.7 || 1.8 || 1.1 || 1.3 || 3.0 || 31.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"| Shanghai
| 31 || – || 20.6 || .698 || .304 || .827 || 11.7 || 1.6 || 1.1 ||style="background:#D3D3D3"|1.8° || 3.7 || 26.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 3 years, 3 teams
| 91 || – || 22.4 || .741 || .303 || .810 || 10.8 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 1.9 || 3.4 || 30.5
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