Cameron Brink offered an angry response to a fan who accused the WNBA player of prioritizing ‘red carpets and schmoozing’ over her injury rehab.
Brink, the No. 2 pick in last year’s WNBA Draft, has been sidelined since she tore her ACL in a game last June.
And with the forward yet to play for her LA Sparks this season, one fan suggested on social media that her focus was in the wrong place.
‘She should’ve been back on the court now, and something tells me that if she put as much work into rehab as she puts into walking down red carpets and schmoozing, she’d be back by now,’ the fan wrote in the comment, which Brink shared to her Instagram story on Monday. 
The commenter also wrote that Brink made ‘public appearances with no brace, crutches or anything’ after her left ACL procedure last year.
And while the former Stanford star claimed she ‘usually’ doesn’t ‘give energy to this type of stuff,’ she wrote to her 1.4million followers that the commenter was ‘not a real fan.’
Cameron Brink hit back at a fan who claimed she was putting ‘red carpets’ before injury rehab
Brink, seen posing for SKIMS last year, has been sidelined since she tore her ACL in June 2024
‘I’m working INCREDIBLY hard every day,’ Brink wrote. ‘I would give anything to be out on the court right now. Basketball is my passion and everything to me… to say this you aren’t a real fan.
‘Thank you to those who understand ACLs can take a year & giving me grace. I cannot wait until I get to play again.’
Brink, who became a massive beneficiary of the new NIL rules while in college, has kept busy off the court while recovering from her injury.
Last year, she posed for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 2025 issue and also went to France for Paris Fashion Week.
More recently, she graced the cover of PLAYERS magazine, as she donned a black suit and opened-up grey undershirt with a cigarette in her mouth.
Skims also modeled for SKIMS last year alongside fellow WNBA players like Skylar Diggins-Smith and Kelsey Plum.
Brink played in just 15 games during her rookie season before tearing the ACL in her left knee
She has still showed up to cheer on the Sparks despite not being able to play yet
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Although Brink has missed her team’s first 10 games of the season, she has traveled with the team and cheered them on in some eye-catching outfits.
Her coach, Lynne Roberts, said after a practice earlier this month that Brink was doing on-court work, but added that there was no date set for her return.
The Sparks lost in overtime on Monday to the Valkyries to fall to just 3-7 on the year.
Their next game is at the Aces on Wednesday.
