Former teammate reveals true cost of Cambage fiasco

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Liz Cambage's disfigured exit from the Australian team connected the eve of the Tokyo Olympics inactive haunts erstwhile Opals skipper Jenna O'Hea.

Australia is competing successful its archetypal large planetary tourney since Cambage's infamous meltdown which started with a disappointing 70-57 nonaccomplishment to France to unfastened their FIBA World Cup run connected Thursday night.

The fallout from the warm-up crippled against Nigeria up of the Olympics resulted successful Cambage dropping retired of the squad days retired from contention but the interaction was dense connected her teammates.

"A batch has changed, inactive thing that I'm dealing with contiguous … 7 days earlier that archetypal crippled astatine the Olympics past year, she near our team," O'Hea told ESPN.

"Rough is an understatement to say."

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The Opals went down to the USA successful the quarter-finals successful Tokyo, a effect that was profoundly linked to Cambage's exit, according to O'Hea.

"Such a main subordinate leaving, each our offences were geared astir her, our antiaircraft schemes, overmuch were geared astir here," O'Hea said.

"So for her leaving successful the circumstances that she near in, it truly shook america and I deliberation that showed with our show and with our effect astatine the end."

The 31-year-old announced successful August she had "decided to measurement away" from the WNBA aft she divided from her WNBA squad the LA Sparks.

As for the Opals, rising prima Ezi Magbegor and seasoned comeback leader Lauren Jackson person been tipped to springiness the squad an edge, contempt the team's disappointing opening performance.

"I deliberation there's a much cohesive radical now," erstwhile Opal Jennie Screen said.

"The vigor isn't directed conscionable astatine 1 player. We get to dispersed the load successful presumption of what happens connected the court, wherever the vigor is directed disconnected the court.

"There conscionable seems to beryllium a bully strategy close present and you tin spot that the girls are ready. They're excited to play and I deliberation that chapter's gone, we're done, we privation to determination connected and we get to bash it connected location soil."

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