Sparks’ Lynne Roberts sounds off on early Cameron Brink ‘narrative’

LOS ANGELES – When the dust had settled and the Los Angeles Sparks fell short of completing a comeback against the Indiana Fever on Friday, they took solace in the fact that Cameron Brink reminded the world why she was the No. 2 overall pick in 2024. After the Sparks’ first game of the season, there’s been a slow-start narrative about Brink circulating in WNBA spaces, and head coach Lynne Roberts let it be known that it has no basis in reality.

“She didn’t have a slow start. We’ve played two games,” Roberts said during her postgame press conference. “She had a great game today. So the narrative of like, ‘what’s going on with Cam,’ it’s nothing. She’s doing great. So we got to stop the narrative.”

Cameron Brink didn’t have such a strong start during the Sparks’ opening night loss to the Las Vegas Aces. She played only eight minutes and went scoreless while finishing with three fouls and three turnovers.

But against the Fever, Brink was aggressive on both ends of the court, and was a big part of the team’s semi-comeback in the fourth quarter after falling behind by as many as 20 points. Despite the loss, Brink finished with 11 points, five rebounds, one assist, one steal and three blocked shots in 19 minutes.

One play that summed up Brink’s night was a thunderous block on Fever star Caitlin Clark late in the second quarter. Clark had blown past her defender and appeared on her way to an easy bucket at the rim. But Brink rotated quickly as the help and swatted Clark’s shot into the stands. The block left the home crowd buzzing long after the play.

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Brink’s toughness and physicality on the defensive end, while staying out of foul trouble, was the blueprint for how she needs to play moving forward.

“I’m a defensive-minded player so I feel like that’s what gets me going,” Brink said during the postgame press conference. “If I’m super locked in and just loud and talking on defense, I feel like that’s can fuel the team. I’m really proud of the way we fought back today. We’re going to be better.”

After the Sparks’ opening night loss to the Aces, Lynne Roberts spoke about Brink only playing eight minutes. She mentioned needing Brink to produce and to play with confidence, but her entire quote was taken out of context on social media.

Roberts had also acknowledged how important Brink is to the team and how much faith and belief the coaching staff has in her. That part of the quote was not widely shared and has helped fuel the false narrative that Roberts pushed back against after the loss to the Fever.

Before the Fever game, Roberts shared that her message to Brink after the first game was to shut out all the noise coming from outsiders and focus on herself. The message resonated and resulted in one of Brink’s best practices leading up to her strong game.

Now, she’s brimming with confidence and is eager to continue to help her teammates and help the Sparks get wins.

“You always got to be confident. My teammates aren’t going to trust me if I don’t think of myself, the coaches the same thing,” Brink said. “I’ve had a slow start, but I’ve put in the work. The coaches, they work with me every day and watch film, shooting extra … I’m just gonna keep growing.”

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