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WNBA star pays it forward  by holding training camps, growing the game  WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu feels blessed to have visited the Philippines for a three-day tour under a shoe brand. The WNBA and Olympic champion discussed with the media in Makati on March 11, 2025 on what it's like to pay it forward by holding training camps and the importance of growing the game of basketball, especially in the women's side of things.  VIDEO BY NIEL MASOY  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews  #WNBA  #Sports

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00:00Yeah, it's amazing because that's kind of part of the platform that you have at this point in your career is

00:08understanding you have to give back. And so for me, it's been kind of an honor to be able to have so many camps and clinics and

00:15providing younger kids the

00:18mentor that they can look up to and see in real life and hope and dream of

00:23accomplishing whatever it is that they want to do. So it's been an awesome opportunity and one that I definitely don't take for granted.

00:29You first visited Manila in 2018 as a collegiate student-athlete. From the time then until now, has your career played out the way that you'd hoped, the way that you'd expected?

00:40Yeah, I mean, I don't think I really had any expectations on

00:44what my career would look like from 2018 to where I'm at now.

00:49Obviously something that you can never really dream of or

00:53you know, really think about. For me, it's been really exciting to see that's not that long ago and to be able to see how

00:59much has changed from then and

01:01being, you know, back here in Manila is really exciting.

01:05Obviously, just being around the fans and seeing how much the game has grown is something that you actually have to see in person.

01:12So it's been a blessing to be here.

01:14It's not that far from when you were last year and you're still quite early in your WNBA career,

01:21but already there seems to be like this next generation that's coming up. What can you say about that new wave of talent?

01:27Yeah, it's exciting. I mean, I think

01:30every year there's a new kind of generation of athletes that

01:34kind of step into a professional level and are able to impact and change the game, bring new fans to the game

01:40and grow the game.

01:41And I think that's the fun part about playing a professional league is the older players

01:45pave the way for the younger players to come in and kind of do their part and, you know, impact the next generation of athletes.

01:51And so it's been fun to kind of be a part of that and see that and obviously a really fast-growing league.

WNBA star pays it forward by holding training camps, growing the game

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