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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2288098, member: 5823"] A few days ago I got jumped on for saying this team s going to be hurt by not having the UCONN players available. So let me try and flip that. A'Ja was going to need to some help in this tournament anyway, now with Lexie Brown and A'Ja being out several people are going to have to step up. Japan is hosting playing at home & Australia will field a good team that will likely included Chantel Horvat -UCLA signee & 2016 U17 MVP Ezi Magbegor. Up front the US is going to have to rely on Brown, Billings & Russell & none of these players have the ability to step away from the basket even a few feet and still be effective. At the guard/ wing position US has too many similar type player that all need their shots to be effective ( Durr, Ogunbowale, Mitchell, & McPhee) The addition of harper to the team makes some sense because she is the only "adequate" perimeter defender. Put me in the skeptical category for now. [/QUOTE]