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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3011940, member: 1052"] [USER=26]@EricLA[/USER] , with all due, consider a few things. Team USA tryouts did not have a full complement of players. Yes, Napheesa Collier was one of the final 14 players for the 2018 Women's World Cup. But the following WNBA players (non-exhaustive list) either turned down invitations or were not asked to participate in the tryouts: [LIST] [*]Maya Moore [*]Sylvia Fowles [*]DeWanna Bonner [*]Angel McCougtry [*]Allie Quigley [*]Chelsea Gray [*]Chiney Ogwumike [*]Candice Dupree [*]Kristi Toliver [*]Natasha Howard [*]Alyssa Thomas [/LIST] In addition, one must factor in the international players or American players who play for international teams, who, obviously, were not part of Team USA tryouts: [LIST] [*]Liz Cambage [*]Jonquel Jones [*]Courtney Vandersloot [*]Emma Meesseman [/LIST] Using the fact that Collier was one of the 14 finalists for Team USA does not tell the entire story, when the above list has 11 players -- who are established WNBA stars and who elected not to participate in tryouts or did not try out -- who would have been ahead of Collier. And that is not factoring in the international players in the WNBA on various teams. The individual and collective talent level is so much greater in the WNBA than it is in college. [/QUOTE]