Jaws drop as Liz Cambage confirms payday bombshell

Aussie basketball star Liz Cambage has taken to Instagram just hours after news dropped about her staggering payday.

Liz Cambage attends the 2022 ESPYs. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

Liz Cambage has appeared to confirm the bombshell news she has signed a deal with a Chinese basketball team worth more than $1 million.

Jaws were dropping across the basketball world on Friday when The Herald Sun first reported the Aussie basketballer will earn the seven-figure sum for a three-month cameo in the local league with the Sichuan women’s team based in Chengdu.

The insane money is off the charts for women’s basketball with WNBA Supermax contracts capped at $234,936 per-season.

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The 31-year-old sensationally quit the Australian team and failed spectacularly in trying to be registered to represent Nigeria following the scandalous fall-out to her axing from Australia’s Tokyo Olympics campaign on the eve of the tournament.

Cambage was famously dumped by the Aussie team after allegedly telling Nigerian players to “go back to their third world country” during a scrimmage ahead of the 2021 Games.

Liz Cambage is getting paid. Picture: Steph Chambers/Getty Images/AFP

Liz Cambage in Hollywood. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

Cambage has repeatedly denied the allegations, despite numerous separate confirmations she made the comment — including from former Opals captain Jenna O’Hea.

She has made good so far on her promise to never represent Australia again.

Cambage’s career has been stalled for more than a year after she effectively ended her WNBA career last year when she walked out on the Los Angeles Sparks.

She most recently joined Israel-based club Maccabi Bnot Ashdod in March.

Liz Cambage hasn't worn green and gold since the Nigeria match. Photo: Instagram, @ecambage.

In recent years she has been known just as much for her career as an adult entertainer on a subscription website as she has been for her skill on the basketball court.

Now, it seems she is getting the last laugh.

Cambage appeared to confirm the insane value of her new contract with Sichun when she posted on Instagram stories on Saturday morning: “1 milly then I’ll perform” — while sharing a photo of a news report about her new $1 million contract.

The deal could be even richer with the report suggesting the contract is loaded with performance bonus clauses.

Liz Cambage has reportedly signed a deal worth $1 million. Picture: Instagram/ecambage

She’ll make a three-month cameo with the Sichuan women’s team based in Chengdu. Picture: Instagram/ecambage

“I have always loved my time in China and I am really looking forward to getting out onto the court again,” Cambage told The Herald Sun.

“It’s one of the strongest leagues in the world and I have played many seasons there over the years.

“Some of the best players in the world play in the league and it will be great to meet my teammates and the whole support team very soon.

“They have a great successful culture of embracing and backing everyone which is why they have been so successful as a club.”

Meanwhile, Cambage in August spoke at length about her infamous incident with the Nigerian team for the first time.

She said the reason players from both teams have said she said the ugly comment is because “a lot of girls don’t like me”.