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Douglas lost both her parents to cancer – father in 1997 and her mother less than three years later in 2000. She was awarded the first-ever Jim V Foundation Comeback of the Year Award in 2001 for her perseverance after a string of tragic, personal losses.
One week after the 2005 WNBA Finals loss to the Sacramento Monarchs, Douglas married Vasilis Giapalakis in Athens, Greece. Giapalakis is a sports agent who represents male and female basketball players. Douglas, who played for a Lithuanian basketball team in the WNBA offseason, met Giapalakis when she was playing for a Greek club.
Douglas played for Ros Casares Valencia in Spain during the 2007–08 WNBA off-season. She played for CSKA in Russia during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.
During the 2009–10 WNBA offseason, Douglas played in the EuroLeague for Galatasaray, a club based in Turkey.
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