Amari DeBerry...question

[Blakeon18]

Granted she is real young...a rising soph....but a question for those who sure seemed to be at the trials for 17U...should we be a bit surprised that she didn't make it? My sense is that USABasketball generally tries to combine a bit of the future in their selections...just to get elite level kids familiar with international tourneys.

Example?? Christyn Williams making the 19U squad last summer as a rising senior.

 

[Blakeon18]

Toss in a couple of unrelated questions:

Was there a Geno-sighting out there?
Is Mikayla Coombs on campus for summer session #1?

 

[CocoHusky]

Granted she is real young...a rising soph....but a question for those who sure seemed to be at the trials for 17U...should we be a bit surprised that she didn't make it? My sense is that USABasketball generally tries to combine a bit of the future in their selections...just to get elite level kids familiar with international tourneys.

Example?? Christyn Williams making the 19U squad last summer as a rising senior.

Not surprised DiBerry did not the team because this was her first experience with USA basketball. She sent a very gracious thank you note to the committee thanking then for the experience. She'll be back at USA basketball and probably a fixture on future teams. As far USA basketball putting a bit of "future" in the selections that would be Azzi Fudd who is the same class as DiBerry and already a USA basketball fixture.

 

[Orangutan]

Granted she is real young...a rising soph....but a question for those who sure seemed to be at the trials for 17U...should we be a bit surprised that she didn't make it? My sense is that USABasketball generally tries to combine a bit of the future in their selections...just to get elite level kids familiar with international tourneys.

Example?? Christyn Williams making the 19U squad last summer as a rising senior.

She's a 2021 trying out against '19s and '20s. Sure, Fudd made it but she is sort of, to borrow from the Tour de France "Hors catégorie" - beyond categorization.

 

[meyers7]

She's a 2021 trying out against '19s and '20s. Sure, Fudd made it but she is sort of, to borrow from the Tour de France "Hors catégorie" - beyond categorization.

Yep, there she is wearing yellow.

 

[Fightin Choke]

Yep, there she is wearing yellow.

Not to start another height 'argument', but she looks sort of short standing next to Skylar. When was that picture taken?

 

[Fightin Choke]

Granted she is real young...a rising soph....but a question for those who sure seemed to be at the trials for 17U...should we be a bit surprised that she didn't make it? My sense is that USABasketball generally tries to combine a bit of the future in their selections...just to get elite level kids familiar with international tourneys.

Example?? Christyn Williams making the 19U squad last summer as a rising senior.

Haley Jones didn't make the cut until this year, and she's tearing it up. MoJeff's slow start with USA basketball was also brought up in a few threads. As long as Amari keeps a good attitude, she's fine. And as Coco pointed out, she seems to be taking it well. She just needs to channel her disappointment into working harder and learning more.

 

[JordyG]

The thing with bigs is they take a little longer to develop. It takes a while for their brains to catch up with their growth and athleticism. As others have said, Haley Jones, Ms. #1 didn't make the cut until this year. Give Amari a minute, she'll get there.

 

[JordyG]

Yep, there she is wearing yellow.

Yeah, but those shorts and headband are blue baby.