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Kahleah Copper talks new supermax contract to stay with Sky ahead of playoffs

Kahleah Copper talks new supermax contract to stay with Sky ahead of playoffs
Kahleah Copper talks new supermax contract to stay with Sky ahead of playoffs 01:40

CHICAGO (CBS) – Kahleah Copper missed the Sky's regular season finale win over the Connecticut Sun with an ailing toe.

But she told CBS 2 Sports Director Marshall Harris that she's fully good to go when the sky start their best-of-three playoff series with the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday night.

Copper talked about her decision to sign a new two-year supermax contract extension to stay in Chicago.

"I think that Chicago's the place where I've grown into who I am," she said. "I've set records. I've broken some records. I'm climbing. I'm chasing records. So it's really where I've grown into myself. When I first got here, I wasn't the player that I am. So just looking back on that, it's tough to leave in that position. Also, the grass is not always greener in other places."

That supermax contract will pay her $490,000 over the next two years.

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