Kamilla Cardoso and Julie Vanloo effectively dared their respective WNBA clubs to trade them when they chose to report for international duty. The Chicago Sky and Golden State Valkyries treated their players very differently.
One has complete autonomy in her timeline for return. One got cut.
Lets start with Vanloo. The Belgian national chose to leave Golden State in the middle of the WNBA regular season to play for her country at the European championship. The Valkyries were not keen on her departure but she decided to go anyway. Belgium ultimately won its second-straight EuroBasket...
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