Kia Nurse is ready to have a bounce back season in 2024 with the Los Angeles Sparks and she will have the opportunity to start it on a high note, as her preseason debut with the Sparks will happen in Edmonton against the Seattle Storm at Rogers Place on May 4.
Kia Nurse - Getty ImagesKia Nurse is ready to have a bounce back season in 2024 with the Los Angeles Sparks.
The 28-year-old struggled offensively with the Storm last season, averaging a career-low 5.9 points with just under 20 minutes of playing time per game. “I’m excited about that and that opportunity to just be out here and get on the board and play better than I played last year,” Nurse said in a media conference call. “Ultimately I’m more hard on myself than anybody else could be possibly and I know that so giving myself a little bit of grace for last year but wanting to be a lot better than I was.”
With her knee stronger, Nurse wants to return to being a player that can be more dynamic in the offensive end but also solid defensively. Calling herself a bully in the paint earlier in her career, she wants to get more involved in that area of the game. Nurse’s preseason debut with the Sparks will happen in Edmonton, where they will tip off against the Storm at Rogers Place on May 4. Nurse has a long history with the city, having spent time there participating in national team camps, as well as visiting brother Darnell, a defenceman for the NHL’s Oilers.
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