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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2722458, member: 2117"] Here's a summary of Parker's experience with USA basketball: 2003 Youth Development Festival Team 2004 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying Team 2006 Opals World Challenge 2006 FIBA World Championships 2007 FIBA Americas Championships 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament 2008 Olympics 2012 Olympics 2013 USA National Team Training Camp Here's EDD's summary: 2011 World University Games 2013 National Team Training Camp 2015 European Tour 2016 Olympics You make the call for who has been more dedicated. FWIW, back in 2007 EDD was withdrew from U18 trials due to personal reasons. If Parker missing one tournament in 2014 to have surgery means she's selfish and not dedicated to USA basketball after being an active member for 13 years, then I'm not sure how you can say EDD has shown more dedication when she has such a limited history on the roster. And in regards to players like Angel/Parker/DT sitting out for stretches in the WNBA season...all of those players play overseas and make big money over there. They sat out to rest after playing year round basketball for years and years. EDD was planning to sit out a full year and a half from any competitive basketball if she wasn't traded. That to me shows a different level of dedication from the players listed above. I know you're mainly concerned about dedication to USA basketball, but I do think that's worth noting. [/QUOTE]