Candace Parker Reveals Wild Reason for Alleged Beef With Geno Auriemma

Parker was a member of Team USA at the 2008 Olympics, where she won her first gold medal.

But shockingly, she was left off the team's 12-player roster for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro — a decision she blames then-USA Basketball head coach Geno Auriemma for.

"I don't think Geno wanted me on the team," Parker said in an interview. "He doesn't like me. I don't like him. We don't like each other."

She added onto her personal dislike of Auriemma in a June 18 interview with Complex Sports.

"The best feeling is knowing you don't like each other ... I grew up in an era where if you wronged my brother, I didn't like you. It's just like that," Parker said. "[Former Tennessee coach] Pat [Summitt] did not mess with Geno. So therefore, I didn't mess with him. It was a rivalry — and then it kind of boiled over into putting on the same USA jersey.

"We have to be in a place where people understand and respect that," she added. "There's so many men out there that don't like each other ... It's so okay in society for people to not like each other."