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willtalk
Joined: 13 Apr 2012 Posts: 1106 Location: NorCal
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Posted: 08/09/21 12:28 pm ::: |
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Paige has not played againt above college level teams. Even Sabrina has not played that many games healthy in the WNBA. You can not just assume how much and what level their sills will translate playing at that higher level. There are a lot of good and capable players who have succeeded in the WNBA who have not even had a chance to play for the NT. The Olympics are 3 years off and thats a long ways away. New and better players can com onto the scene and a lot of other thngs can transprie till them.
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justintyme
Joined: 08 Jul 2012 Posts: 8407 Location: Northfield, MN
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Posted: 08/09/21 1:22 pm ::: |
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Both Fowles and Charles need to opt out. if not they should be forced out. Steward had to play 34+ minutes against Japan and she was gassed at the end of the game and had to come out. Fowles coul not make simple layups. You could tell by the players who got the minutes during the Gold Medal game who the coach trusted. Neka O should have been on the team instead of Fowles. she contributed very little. |
"Trusted". This wasn't a team where the coach had a few rookies that she couldn't "trust". These were All-Pro/MVP level players she held on the bench. Fowles leads the WNBA in FG%.
That she didn't play 12 deep was 100% about the coach doing a shitty job.
I think most of us here are breathing a sigh of relief that she announced her tenure is over.
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toad455
Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 22478 Location: NJ
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Posted: 08/09/21 1:25 pm ::: |
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I'd be concerned about them not getting a young post on this team for 2022. They should really grab McCowan for 2022 if Fowles and Charles are done and if Delle Donne never suits up for Team USA again. After McCowan would be some 2022 prospects in Smith, Austin and Jessica Carter. Aliyah Boston might get a look for the 2024 team.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 67122 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 08/09/21 2:26 pm ::: |
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Dawn Staley should be the NBA’s first woman head coach
https://deadspin.com/dawn-staley-should-be-the-nba-s-first-woman-head-coach-1847450867
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Staley is the hottest name in coaching |
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undersized_post
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Posted: 08/09/21 2:47 pm ::: |
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willtalk wrote: |
Both Fowles and Charles need to opt out. if not they should be forced out. Steward had to play 34+ minutes against Japan and she was gassed at the end of the game and had to come out. Fowles coul not make simple layups. You could tell by the players who got the minutes during the Gold Medal game who the coach trusted. Neka O should have been on the team instead of Fowles. she contributed very little. |
Agreed -- Syl and Tina are having great WNBA seasons but each looked sluggish in the Olympics. Syl on offense and Charles on defense.
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pilight
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Posted: 08/09/21 2:56 pm ::: |
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Why would anyone think Ogwumike would be any better under Staley than Fowles was?
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Richyyy
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Posted: 08/09/21 3:10 pm ::: |
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I also don't really see why anyone would want to 'grab' McCowan for Team USA. She's spent three years as a pro showing virtually no progression or improvement, and she's still a vastly inferior player to the likes of Fowles. If that's the best option for a new young post, stick with the fogies. |
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snlMINAJ
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Posted: 08/09/21 4:18 pm ::: |
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in 3 years, paige and sabrina will have played more. and as we have seen TEAM USA doesn't necessarily bring in new players to the program, so regardless of paige's experience, i most certainly think she is on the short list.
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Howee
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pilight
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Richyyy
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Posted: 08/09/21 7:47 pm ::: |
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Problem is that Jonquel Jones likely makes a lot of her yearly salary playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Assuming FIBA retains the same sort of qualifying system next time around, when is she going to find the time to play in a load of 3x3 tournaments to get enough ranking points to play? Even then Bosnia would still have to qualify.
Anyway, Bosnia finished high enough at EuroBasket this year to make the Worlds qualifiers in the proper game; same level they'd have to finish to make the Olympic qualifying tournaments (assuming the system stays fairly similar). |
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huskiemaniac
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Posted: 08/09/21 8:41 pm ::: |
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Uconn fans still wanna tell us there isn’t bias with Geno on the selection team? |
I wonder if Nneka will wait until the W season is over before going on her "Geno robbed me of my rightful position on TEAM USA" diva melodrama sob story tour.
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myrtle
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Silky Johnson
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Posted: 08/09/21 11:28 pm ::: |
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myrtle wrote: |
huskiemaniac wrote: |
Libra_Girl wrote: |
Uconn fans still wanna tell us there isn’t bias with Geno on the selection team? |
I wonder if Nneka will wait until the W season is over before going on her "Geno robbed me of my rightful position on TEAM USA" diva melodrama sob story tour. |
:shock: Wow, where does this hate come from? Nneka is not Parker. She won't need to flaunt that aspect of being left off the team... |
Probably from the same place that your hate of Parker comes from: a black soul. #HateHard Approved!
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scullyfu
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Posted: 08/10/21 7:48 am ::: |
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Does anyone know if Dawn Staley wore #10 when she played on the national team? Always wondered why Sue didn’t get her #10 & Staley was the best option for the player I could come up with. Thanks.
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pilight
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 08/10/21 10:58 am ::: |
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willtalk wrote: |
Both Fowles and Charles need to opt out. if not they should be forced out. Steward had to play 34+ minutes against Japan and she was gassed at the end of the game and had to come out. Fowles coul not make simple layups. You could tell by the players who got the minutes during the Gold Medal game who the coach trusted. Neka O should have been on the team instead of Fowles. she contributed very little. |
Since somebody already mentioned Parker, we could have had her on the team this year instead of Fowles or Charles, if her USAB career hadn't been torpedoed before Rio.
Good thing we have a big selection of good players to choose from so the coaches can play politics with impunity.
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myrtle
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