💥Candace Parker Husband: Why Is She Splitting From Shelden Williams?💥

Candace Parker is an American basketball player. Candace has formerly played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She previously played for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia from 2010 to 2015.

Parker is widely regarded as one of the best players in WNBA history, and she was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2008 WNBA draft. Parker spent 13 seasons with the Sparks before moving on to the Chicago Sky for two seasons, earning a title with both clubs.

Candace Parker Husband
Since 2019, Candace Parker has been married to Russian basketball player Anna Petrakova. Parker was previously married to retired NBA star Shelden Williams from 2008 to 2016.

Parker and Williams have a daughter named Lailaa Nicole Williams, who was born in 2009. She and Petrakova also have a son named Airr Larry Petrakov Parker, who was born two years after their marriage.


From 2002 to 2006, Williams was a collegiate standout for Duke University. A year later, the Blue Devils retired his No. 23 jersey. The Atlanta Hawks drafted him fifth overall, but his NBA career never took off. In six seasons, he played for seven different teams. Shelden Williams, an ex-NBA big man, has filed for divorce from his wife, Candace Parker, the reigning WNBA Finals MVP.

Shelden Williams and Candace Parker, meanwhile, were collegiate standouts for Duke and Tennessee, respectively. On November 13, 2008, the pair married, and their daughter Lailaa Nicole Williams was born a year later, during Parker’s WNBA rookie season.