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Is that official?
No. I would be shocked if they don't take the team that qualified. However they have not officially named the 3x3 team.
Is that official?
Faulty math . . . 5 times should be a 16 year gap, but with last year's postponement, it's 17.Guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have been named to the U.S. women's basketball Olympic team for the fifth time, while there are six first-time Olympians on the squad.
5 times is in a 20 years span. This is amazing ~~
What is the difference between a wing and a combo guard? Real question.The obvious "snub" is Nneka and the obvious surprise is Atkins.
Nneka joins Candace as the latest casualty of the great power forward glut.
Atkins fills a role as a true wing player on a team with a lot of point/combo guards (Bird, Taurasi, SDS, Gray).
To me a combo guard is a 1/2. A wing is a 2/3.What is the difference between a wing and a combo guard? Real question.
Dont forget Dolson and Lou on the 3 x 3 team, so 7 UConn players are going to Tokyo.
Is that official?
What is the difference between a wing and a combo guard? Real question.
USA 3x3 Women’s National Team
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My guess is you'll see a lot of sets with two bigs and three of these guards on the floor.
- The wing (3) was for old guys like me was a small forward. Now that teams are going to more three-guard sets, it could be the taller guard, who can hit the boards, drive, help out inside. I think Jewell Loyd is actually the wing/off-guard (3-2) combo on this team. (Atkins is 5'8").
Only my opinion, but it seems like she is ALWAYS recovering from something. Me thinks she has long had a problem with commitment. Nor making a joke here about her UConn tenure, that is only one example. Also, not discounting her Lyme disease issue. She had, and still has, potent talent on the floor. I would have loved to see her play as a full-time player. I better stop here.No EDD... guess she's still recovering from injury/surgery...
Who is their go to 3 point specialist? (DT yes...but,) Too bad Tiffany Hayes wasn't considered. Nneka would have helped. Are there any WNBA USA residents playing for other countries?
Should be announced this week. Hard to see USA BB making a change, unless someone is injured between now and Tokyo.Is that official?
EDD?...Early Departure Disease?Only my opinion, but it seems like she is ALWAYS recovering from something. Me thinks she has long had a problem with commitment. Nor making a joke here about her UConn tenure, that is only one example. Also, not discounting her Lyme disease issue. She had, and still has, potent talent on the floor. I would have loved to see her play as a full-time player. I better stop here.
Strange that they show the individual shot, of the 4 players who competed in Austria, yet the group shot has Phee in it vs Lou.USA 3x3 Women’s National Team
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Mostly she has a long time problem with her back and with Lyme.Only my opinion, but it seems like she is ALWAYS recovering from something. Me thinks she has long had a problem with commitment. Nor making a joke here about her UConn tenure, that is only one example. Also, not discounting her Lyme disease issue. She had, and still has, potent talent on the floor. I would have loved to see her play as a full-time player. I better stop here.
Well deserved congrats to everyone. And congrats to the rest of the team!
Side note - if the 3x3 team holds, UCONN will have 7 women's basketball representatives in the Olympics - adding in Dolson and Samuelson.
EDD and Nneka being injured opened up 2 spots. I am sure a health EDD wold have replaced Atikins. I wonder who they would have chosen had Nneka been healthy... Would have been interesting for sure. Also will be curious about the future - if/when EDD becomes healthy again, do they then remove Atkins? What about Nneka?
Atkins seems like an easy choice. But choosing between Phee and Nneka - much harder. Certainly a glut at the PF position. It will also be interesting to see what happens with Sabrina - she's back from her injury but was not in the pool this time around...
I think he meant just overall less injuries/ less missed time. Though she did play in 85% of her possible reg season games from 15-19.She's played full-time enough to twice win WNBA MVP so I don't understand the "would have loved" phrasing.
Well that certainly absolves Geno from all the accusations of favoritism during the last Olympics 5 years ago. Some fans, especially Tenn fans, went ballistic. (this is not directed at you)...I don't think Nneka's injury was bad enough to preclude selection. Based on her social media post, Chiney certainly didn't think so.
This is the biggest surprise to me. WOW! But I suppose that it would have been either Sue or De being dropped for Sabrina. Maybe Sabrina and Nneka are alternates. Are there alternates?Ionescu will be there for sure next time. Amazing talent.
Catch was the person to fill in for CPIt freed up space for EDD to make her first Olympic team and for Catch to have an Olympic swan song.