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At her peak, Lauren Jackson was the best player in the world.
She won WNBL titles with the AIS and Capitals before conquering the WNBA with Seattle, claiming world championships, most valuable player awards and Olympic silver and bronze medals.
But Jackson’s body has been screaming at her after a career of travelling the world to competitions in the US and Europe on her way to becoming one of Australia's greatest female athletes.
As unlikely as a WNBL return would be given her injury history, Jackson desperately wants to repay Canberra and Fairfax Media believes she still holds onto a faint hope of returning for the Capitals if her body makes it through the Olympics.
Jackson's release by the Capitals comes four years after she signed a deal constructed by third-party sponsors to offer her almost $1 million to play three seasons between 2012 and 2016.
It ends what was a record domestic contract for an Australian female athlete.