Los Angeles Sparks rookie Cameron Brink awoke from surgical procedure this week with a recent face, regardless of what followers would possibly suppose.
Brink’s rookie season got here to an abrupt finish after she tore the ACL in her left knee throughout a recreation towards the Connecticut Sun final month.
Cameron Brink, #22 of the Los Angeles, Sparks reacts throughout the third quarter towards the Seattle Storm at Local weather Pledge Area on June 11, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Pictures)
“You by no means suppose it can occur to you. And regardless of all of the arduous work typically it does,” Brink wrote in an Instagram publish addressing her damage.
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“That is arduous to fathom however I do know it can solely make me stronger. I can’t be derailed and I’ll proceed to like this life — I’m not outlined by basketball, however it’s one thing that I like deeply and I’ll work on a regular basis to get again to it. It’s not goodbye basketball it’s only a so long. I’m all the time so grateful to your ideas and prayers.”
This week, Brink shared an replace on social media, saying she was “feeling extraordinarily inspired” after a profitable surgical procedure. However followers could not assist noticing how nicely put collectively Brink seemed within the photos she shared from instantly after the surgical procedure.
Brink tore the ACL in her left knee throughout a recreation towards the Connecticut Solar final month. (Cameron Brink through Instagram)
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“She doing make-up within the hospital mattress,” one individual wrote in a publish shared by SportsCenter.
“Who wears make-up to get surgical procedure,” one other replied.
However relatively than be bothered by the feedback, the previous Stanford standout took it as a praise.
“I like that [people] suppose I’ve a full face of make-up on,” she wrote on social media, through Web page Six.
Cameron Brink, #22 of the Los Angeles Sparks, appears to be like on forward of a recreation between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Phoenix Mercury at Crypto.com Area on July 7, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Pictures)
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The second total decide within the 2024 WNBA Draft, Brink was averaging 8.1 factors, 5.7 rebounds and a couple of.5 blocks after 15 video games. She was chosen for the U.S. ladies’s 3×3 group for the Paris Olympics however was changed by Sparks teammate Dearica Hamby.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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