Candace Parker's Life in Russia

[@exfromtheleft]

great opportunity for this little girl learning russian, maybe learning some french because of where dady plays... maybe she did not have choice but Candace putting her baby in an all Russian school is very smart... it is good for kids cognitive development to have to touch so many cultutures and languages...

[@Kingthatneverwas]

It's amazing how Candace can balance taking care of and having a healthy relationship with her daughter whilst playing basketball professionally year round (WNBA & Overseas). Sheldon seems like he's a great husband and father as well. What a beautiful family (:

[@Anzomax2]

Ok this what yall are missing. WNBA seasons are during the summer. Most women professional basketball players play overseas from OCT-MAY. Some of you don't realize that the money they make over there is huge compare to WNBA salaries. They just play WNBA to play in the states and it keeps them in basketball shape all year. Plus and extra salary to go with it. Some WNBA players stay in the U.S. during the traditional basketball season, but don't play ball (etc Kara Lawson, Swin Cash and others) who does NCAA women's basketball for ESPN

[@arlichar11]

thanks for fillin us in

[@maxjullian570]

I think WNBA should market season tix to schools or sports teams to get more in attendance

[@maxjullian570]

Also WNBA SHOULD schedule international teams in a deal to globalize sport but if other countries pay more get paid

[@timhoward5]

You're the only dumb ass who think other wise, idiot.

[@mic1ex415]

Her child is smart...The whay shes going she can get a good paying job especially if shes learning complex languages she can get a job working for the cia or something very good...Great parents...

[@chrisshep45]

Mic1 ex probably have her that pipe and she couldn't say no

[@thehoneyeffect]

Or she can work for herself

[@louiscollins6365]

Mic1 ex really..lol...how about if she open up her own Russian school with only black kids..........CIA REALLY

[@Mbrun678]

She wanna play soccer

[@desireea9821]

“Rules you know the rules” Ah a mother at finest 🥺

[@yodaddyson5733]

Her baby sounded cute when she said she loves Russia

[@keithcollins8482]

It's crazy that even the top players have to take 2nd jobs in off season.

[@Rspsand07]

They don't. They almost double the wage you need to be in the top 5% of earners. However, they do it for the money. They make more than NBA players, in Russia and China, and from 10 to 20x more than they do in the US.

[@thejabisking5426]

Max WNBA salary recently was $109,000. Median American salary in Russia league is approx $350,000.

[@fidelmercado2621]

The WNBA is the second job

[@erockstoenescu6171]

What you mean have to? She makes 100k a year from the WNBA for only 4 months of work! Which equates to 25k a month

[@akhilelias8649]

No they don’t make more moeny than nba players in Russia or China , to go check it without commenting bullshit

[@karinajackson8806]

Amazing child and amazing story. Thank you for being soooo respectful 🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@naimrandolph1892]

Candace Parker is so beautiful!

[@timhoward5]

But, the idiot

[@bxndzcookies8500]

@@timhoward5 little bitch

[@taytaynatlie7172]

She's so smart

[@rose4mvp2012]

An NBA player dad and a WNBA superstar for a mom that lil girl got basketball written all over her DNA literally

[@Hoops-br9sg]

This is awesome! Thanks for posting this.

[@StevenGregoryJayy]

Man she looks just like her pops

[@christinafuller8629]

I love Candice "The rules, you know the rules" lol super mommy mode tho. she did that look too

[@williame.person8126]

As...People Of COLOUR, We All Kno THA RULES...While N ESAU'SWorld..."

[@rikkigrooms]

The WNBA should do more things like this. As fans, we don't see the players unless it's in season. Even then, in some cities the players aren't highlighted at all. Some of the best athletes in the world call the WNBA home and are so much more approachable than many other professional athletes, why not showcase them better?

[@DorianOwens-ou6dt]

This literally brought tears to my eyes.... Love you CP

[@ryanb7833]

Honestly these players should just play in Europe. IDK if the low ratings of WNBA cause the low pay, but I mean women's basketball players deserve 5 million max contracts at least. it is obvious Europe has better quality than the WNBA and are treating their players right.

[@lmuhoja]

But the WNBA loses money every year. They're paid a fraction of the revenue they make.

[@rachitghadiya9104]

NBA literally have to give them 10 mil every year just to stay afloat.

[@ChrisDotBih]

How did Sheldon Williams manage to get Candace Parker??

[@khambrelmathis6101]

HeatNation954 😭😭😭😭

[@stiffjabzz4237]

Her brother

[@abeast100]

CDotBih954 man i said the same thing lol wtf

[@myhandscold]

Bruh..hoooowwww?

[@winninglane3671]

Basketball !!!

[@MsMichelle104]

I didn't click on this vid until it said Candace Parker on it.

[@chriscurley1478]

watched you dunk twice against Army in Norfolk at the Ted. Was the best time; go Lady Vols!

[@kimneufseventyone]

I watched it twice ! :) Thanks for sharing this .

[@johnmanning4097]

It's a damn shame the women have to go overseas to play basketball they make a lot more money than in the United States

[@vangroover1903]

They really should try and organise a women's professional basketball league in the US. They could call it the Women's National Basketball League, or WNBA.

[@powerinself]

How did shelden get this beauty?

[@fightatrufighter733]

powerinself His beard

[@worldhealthrn]

Probably because she is a "beauty" from the inside out and values people who value her as a whole person. Some women/people, especially those who have established their own goals and purpose, look for a whole person to pour their love, time, energy into.... may seem unbelievable, but try to change your own thinking and what you think is worthy of love...or make sure to hook up with someone who shares your same values :-)

[@neilpm12]

Shoot your shot, shoot for the stars And hopefully keep it

[@diggingmystyle]

Because he made millions and is nice to her?

[@lambsquad_9047]

Personality

[@shogunpk]

I agree they push gender equality here so much but yet they pay female athletes more in Russia than in America. For me the best most watchable women's sport is definitely tennis, those women are true professionals and good at what they do. it's also the highest paid as far as I know.

[@91gt306]

Ratings and ticket sales might have alot to do with their pay. But it makes me wonder if womens basketball is alot more popular in russia since they are paid more? Idk

[@silktheshocker200]

So her husband is a HATIAN now since he is a BLACK FRENCH😂😂😂

[@gioswazyhaiti1931]

You almost got it, it's Haitian. Me being one myself, I thought I might as well help lol. I gotta go to France one day though. It's a whole world out there I still haven't seen yet.

[@terrellrichard2240]

I love me some Candice Parker 😍💙

[@PopsieLouisiana59]

She is single now.

[@thomkhosi5857]

@@PopsieLouisiana59 No she married

[@PopsieLouisiana59]

@@thomkhosi5857, she was single. Now married to a woman.

[@loueretabrown9956]

I'm happy for Candace, her husband and daughter

[@jmar385]

Huh! She isn’t with her husband she been with another woman for two years & married

[@coastalcapybara]

0:12, achiri!!! 😍😍😍 Я надеюсь, что она может пойти в Новосибирск в будущее.

[@2endsformacircle762]

Damn. She be grindin. Mad props.

[@jamiyahhoskins2459]

I'm ur biggest fan I came to one of ur games in msu u was with Tennessee me and my sister got a autograph ball

[@tjmatthews6783]

The Wnba needs to give the players a much longer season than they have, maybe add some new expansion teams too

[@vangroover1903]

And make it good enough that people other than their grandparrents want to watch it.

[@mariomejia1701]

Cute little girl is so smart and already knows a lot of Russian.. my man Sheldon Williams from DUKE.. is the daddy.. did not know that.. great job Sheldon and Candice 💯🙏

[@dg3167]

bro there was a guy riding a horse in the middle of the city

[@nuknuknuk111]

dg31 lol

[@issa.israel]

dg31 happens all the time in downtown Denver.

[@PopsieLouisiana59]

Happens all the time on Houston.

[@biz20072008]

She found her a Russian wife

[@mcalways]

I would say a little of both. But its true that they make a WAAAYYY better paycheck overseas

[@MikeLoveThyself]

Her daughter looks just like Sheldon adorable little girl

[@734THOOKS]

"The rules. You know the rules."

[@MsPhrase]

She is still in the wnba but during offseason many wnba players choose to go overseas to play.

[@captk153]

Candace doesn’t seem happy at all, and I understand. She’s basically a single professional mom and dad. Lelia seems happy and that’s the bottom line. I’m from Illinois so Candace is an iconic baller here, however it seems that particular professional life isn’t that different from most people

[@ranaair]

So where does she really play now. Does she play in Russia or in L.A. This is so confusing.

[@Womenballin]

That guy was so lucky to have Candace, imagine having CANDACE PARKER as your wife!!

[@BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree]

Yeah, but now she's married and has a child with a Russian woman... So that makes you think what was going on while she was playing basketball out there doesn't it?

[@callanmac94]

She plays in Russia during the WNBA offseason.

[@cuzitsnecessary]

This is so great and inspiring

[@cbascaran]

Great video

[@SimShard]

I'm confused..she starts on the sparks in Los Angelos but lives in Russia?

[@jimlcarter]

Very nice video.

[@eXtectiX]

this video was awesome

[@carmelcapricorn5583]

A reality version of Love and Basketball.Cool! 🎬📽️🏀😎

[@daniellemelle8615]

Who else got here from thunderstruck

[@Chocolate1337]

It is both a race and nationality, you are right since there are lots of different ethnicities in Russia, but the majority is still Slavic Russia. Dude please check wikipedia before saying stuff like this, before Russian they spoke Old Church Slavonic which is from the 9th century. Then they spoke Old Russian from the 10th. Before that they were mostly tribes and such to my knowledge without written languages. To Azndestroya77 he was 1/8 black, his mom was 1/4 and grandfather 1/2.

[@azndestroya77]

1st thing is she is over there cause Russia's women's premier league pays women's basketball players more than the WNBA. So she plays all year round. Second dude what u said is not true, Pushkin was only part black, I think 1/4, this is because he had an ancestor named Abram Gannibal who came to Russia under Peter. Pushkin was a poet and the Russian language was around for hundreds of years before he started writing. Anyway cute vid :)and most russians have big hearts and are friendly people.

[@marcell5055]

I love me some of Ms. Parker.

[@in2win2382]

I hope my subscription allows her to come home.

[@reindav72]

Some Americans think that the world is a jungle until they travel now realize that the world has better stuff than they oops

[@tjls123]

Is there really two a's at the end of laila or is that a typo?

[@magnoliaskogen]

There are two

[@moskito5864]

Diana Taurasi is in Russia too :(

[@Martytoofree]

so what?

[@cl5619]

What I find interesting is how Russians like womens basketball, way more than anyone else

[@fafapissoulatifi5926]

Good luck, Go Go Candace

[@Jmacatac]

I absolutely looooooooove her

[@1MNUTZ]

"i LUV RUSSIA" so adorable

[@andydufresne567]

It's a shame WNBA salary is less than a 2 year degree salary and they have to do this.

[@MrDeeboi1775]

Good video

[@egor.kuznetsov]

Good job!

[@markcamara3089]

I love that . And god love Russia , bless .

[@SocaTrain]

its not for the money, its to keep in shape during the wnba offseason

[@dsdavis1977]

Candace if you read this I'm so in love with you.

[@TheRealeconomics]

and was proud of it

[@largec]

Shelden couldn't cut it in the NBA, so he had to take his game overseas.

[@trillwithers1050]

You couldnt cut it at all hater bitch

[@HthrTylr]

How can anyone dislike this video? Who is that idiot? Good luck CP3! Go Sparks.

[@newarknjlife6500]

We're her father at

[@forrestrodgers9348]

No, not literally.

[@b.g.4266]

Now we know who was teaching that baby Russian 👀

[@Nikkibball]

She is over there because a lot of WNBA players play overseas during the off season.

[@cicicitron]

it doesn't mean you are afraid of lesbians it means you don't consider them, and don't respect them. You really need to read about sociology

[@Rhaseanw]

Where is Sheldon at?? Another brother who is being kept from his child

[@ChiefKene]

RLW retired and asking for spousal support from Candace

[@alexandergallant6444]

It's great to see this but the WNBA should pay the athletes!

[@TheGotgame]

Why did she leave the wnba!?

[@AquariusLeviathanProphecy]

They filed for divorce I think Candace Parker did

[@carleighreeves5063]

awwwwwww......... Lailaa is so pretty..... Thats a youn candace parker

[@87kickz]

We have a very inward focused society. So most know little about what goes on outside our borders.

[@miastankovska766]

what about her husband did they split

[@vanagsss]

Im guessing they didnt but the husband plays ball in france while she plays in russia

[@francisclark6937]

Where is the baby's father

[@ClaptonDennis]

Her Eyes ar just... boy, let me sit down and find my strength to go on 🤣. Can't take my Eyes off of her.

[@classyyoungman35]

Last time I checked the Russians would've been speaking French if the language wasn't created,Opps!

[@Egghead1199]

U know that kid is gonna be tall

[@classyyoungman35]

All concede to your point..My next question is why don't women in the US..Support the WNBA as much as they should want,Because its funded by the NBA.Because we here in America that women can do what Men can do,And better.How come alot of women in the US don't support it the same way they do the NBA?

[@i.UNusual_Viivii1]

Thats my homework for school.

[@TheMicredible1]

Why was she in russia

[@danielpark8003]

Plan for the future. Ask yourself. Would you start a basketball academy school for boys and girls? Kobe Bryant doesit Los Angeles. It can happen in Europe.

[@beverlyx9546]

Now this is the Perfect Marriage.

[@brucelau2023]

Damn , well this didn’t age well

[@ultimatetbawesomness]

why is she in russia?? why not wnba??

[@georgetate2320]

Awesome

[@tonymaserati2549]

Shes a soldier!!!

[@Mrepifany]

at 1:35 are shoulder are HUGE!!! Almost looks like they dont fit her body for the size of her head... thank GOD shes pretty.

[@jamesharris30096]

She looks like her dad

[@truthsterwakeupworldplease8875]

She beat LeBron James in the slam dunk contest. LoL 🤣

[@classyyoungman35]

Russia is not a race it's a nationality.And also ialthough he is mixed I agree,And how come whites don't call him white?

[@tyrellross5593]

Didn't her husband play in the nba

[@tamarichaniece]

Yes

[@MultiMamba24]

Beautiful