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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2837273, member: 26"] Agreed. As you and [USER=15]@UConnCat[/USER] have said in different ways, there is no reason to "lock her down" for Team USA (Ionescu), nor should Team USA behave like they need to pander to any one individual. IF Sabrina is so self-oriented that she feels she NEEDS to be on the team now, and if not, then she will get herself on a different national team, THEN she's not Team USA material. Her situation is nothing like others who have gone and done that - Becky Hammon was about 30 when she was in negotiations to play for Russia, and at that time, she felt that she was not close to being selected for Team USA. Courtney Vandersloot was a finalist for the 2016 US Olympic team, but did not make the final cut. In 2017, she became part of the Hungarian national hoops team. She was 27 at the time. My point is, those 2 players were not only well past their college days, but also apparently (from their perspectives), not ever going to be a part of USA Basketball. Sabrina is all of 20 and entering her junior year of college. Her time will come, it's just not yet. Then again - maybe the committee will decide her time is now. But if now, that decision should be based on evaluating if she's the best player for the team, not because the team is worried she might go play for a different country if not chosen. [/QUOTE]