Yes that's correct. Both islands will be celebrating tonight.
Hopefully they'll have a YouTube video that chronicles everything he's done in detail. He genuinely enjoys sports and I think he's done a great job providing the US Olympics squads a lot of exposure.
Those +/- numbers are telling.
Plum and Young were a +26.
I seem to recall the two players most questioned for being picked were DT and Gray, who clearly wasn't back in her best playing shape coming off injury.
Options A and B are sufficient. Aja and Brianna.I know I've been critical of Jackie at times this season, but there's no way that the coaching staff sees her in practice and then sees this performance and come to the conclusion that, "yup--that's our 12th woman!"
Some people may be clamoring for the "A'ja and Stewie Show", but having a bona fide third option would really make this team unstoppable. Doesn't have to be Jackie. It could be Phee, BG, AT (the likeliest choice), KP, Sabrina--but it has to be someone.
I was thinking about +25 for Plum, so I was really close. That was in only 15 minutes, imagine if she would've played more. But yeah Thomas had a good game too, she really changed the momentum when she came in and played tough D and disrupted Germany.
Jackie had a solid game. Her and Copper had a nice showing out there. I still think that there needs to be an adjustment with the starting lineup though. When that 2nd unit came in for Team USA, the energy changed up offensively and defensively. On a side note, when Phee and Coach Reeve get back to Minnesota, I better not hear anything about Phee dealing with "plantar fasciitis". Out there logging 25 minutes? Phee better massage them feet. Slap some Dr. Scholl's arch support up in them sneakers! The Lynx need herI know I've been critical of Jackie at times this season, but there's no way that the coaching staff sees her in practice and then sees this performance and come to the conclusion that, "yup--that's our 12th woman!"
Some people may be clamoring for the "A'ja and Stewie Show", but having a bona fide third option would really make this team unstoppable. Doesn't have to be Jackie. It could be Phee, BG, AT (the likeliest choice), KP, Sabrina--but it has to be someone.
I take back everything I said about AT earlier. She has been the key to our whole turnaround in both games 2 and 3 - smothering defense gets us fast break opportunities, which gets our offense in rhythm. She, Jackie Young, and KP should be starting for Collier, DT and Gray. Gray is still not her pre-injury self, and I'm honestly not sure why DT is on this team. It's kind of appalling that she's taking a spot from any of our young guards who could benefit from the experience.
I know the coaching staff breakdown the game later in the day. They have to see how the team flows and where the energy comes from. I would definitely swap DT, Gray, and Phee out. AT should be in that starting unit with A'ja and Breanna, but we will see what happens going forward.
25-10 second quarter for the U.S. and 28-17 in the third for the Yanks. And those three you mention were omnipresent during those stretches. Young is not as visible a disruptor as Alyssa Thomas, but she makes players work very hard for anything, which tires them out. And Ms. Young does not wear out, like Thomas. JY had 4 steals to go with 5-8 shooting from three.
Ask the committee who invited DT to join the team why she's there. It's not like Dee had the last word on joining. She's played basketball her entire life. And a lot of it was for her country. If the committee says ok, I don't have a problem with it. She's #12 on the roster and will probably end up playing the fewest minutes, outside those who might be injured, anyway.
