{"id":8521,"date":"2024-04-29T01:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2024-04-29T01:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T01:29:23","slug":"candace-parker-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/2024\/04\/29\/candace-parker-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Parker, Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is she? Is she a center? Is she a guard? Nah, she\u2019s one of the greatest to ever touch a basketball court. I am the guy that, when in barbershops having the GOAT conversation, would have to throw in the name Candace Parker. While she may never get the credit for doing so, I feel the majority of NBA players today can see their game as a mirror to what Parker did on the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the announcement of her retirement, I just want to say thank you for what you did for women\u2019s college basketball, the WNBA, the NBA, and sports in general. You are my GOAT, and again, I want to thank you Candace Parker for opening the eyes of so many who enjoy the sport today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is she? Is she a center? Is she a guard? Nah, she\u2019s one of the greatest to ever touch a basketball court. I am the guy that, when in barbershops having the GOAT conversation, would have to throw in the name Candace Parker. While she may never get the credit for doing so, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1947,8],"tags":[2143,1176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8523,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions\/8523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}