Kia Nurse eager to have a direct impact on young fans through the upcoming WNBA exhibition in Edmonton
When Kia Nurse was growing up in Hamilton, the nearest professional basketball that she could see in person was the Toronto Raptors. Although superstar Vince Carter was her favourite player, she couldn’t see herself in him.Nurse will lead the Los Angeles Sparks against the Seattle Storm at Edmonton’s Rogers Place in a WNBA exhibition game on May 4. She said on Tuesday that the pre-season event is a real opportunity to inspire the next generation of Canadian talent.
The exhibition in Edmonton will be the second WNBA Canada Game after a sold-out crowd at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena saw the Chicago Sky defeat the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 on May 13.“If somebody follows in my footsteps and make it to professional sports, great. If they don’t and they play in college, great. If they don’t and they play just in high school, great,” said Nurse.
“Whatever team I’m playing on is an opportunity to play in the WNBA,” said Nurse. “There’s only 144 of those opportunities so I’m going to take each and every one of those and be grateful for it.” Although the Nurse family is from Hamilton, they have deep roots in Edmonton. Both Kia and Tamika have played for Canada’s national women’s team, which often trains in the Alberta capital, and brother Darnell Nurse is a defenceman for the NHL’s Oilers.
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