MINNEAPOLIS — Kamilla Cardoso will return to the Sky with a silver medal and a spot in the FIBA AmeriCup record books.
The Sky center led Brazil in the AmeriCup championship game Sunday night in Chile, finishing with 19 points in a 92-84 loss to Team USA.
She ended the tournament just one block shy of the all-time AmeriCup record and became the sixth-leading rebounder in the event’s history.
The trip came just as Cardoso was finding her rhythm with the Sky, averaging 17 points over her last four WNBA games before leaving for international duty.
“I know our team can’t wait for her to get back, but she’s got business to deal with tonight,” head coach Tyler Marsh said before the Sky’s game against the Lynx at Target Center.
The Sky are still determining whether Cardoso will rejoin them in Washington for Tuesday’s game against the Mystics or meet them back in Chicago ahead of Wednesday’s matchup with the Wings.
Team USA was led by a trio of high-profile college stars — Hannah Hidalgo, Olivia Miles and Flau’jae Johnson — all projected to be top WNBA Draft picks in the next two years.
All-Star business
Hours after being named to her second straight All-Star team, Angel Reese launched a new All-Star edition of her “Mebounds” apparel line.
The phrase started as a dig from online critics — that she only scores off her own misses — but Reese flipped it into a brand of her own.
“I try to make as much money when I’m sleeping as when I’m awake,” she said before the game.
She also sees a link between her entrepreneurship and what players want in the league’s next collective-bargaining agreement.
“Revenue share is something that we’re negotiating in our CBA,” she said. “Why not be able to do it with my own brand right now?”
There’ll be plenty of business on the table during All-Star festivities, too.
After the league and the players’ union rejected each other’s initial proposals, CBA negotiations will reportedly continue through All-Star weekend July 18-19 in Indianapolis.
The deadline to reach an agreement is Oct. 31.
