Pick your Olympic team

[HuskyNan]

These are the 25 finalists. Pick your 12 member Olympic team then pick a second team, an opposing starting 5 you really don't want to play, out of the remaining players.

G Seimone Augustus (Lynx)
G Sue Bird (Storm)
G Skylar Diggins (Wings)
G Briann January (Fever)
G Jewell Loyd (Storm)
G Kayla McBride (Stars)
G Danielle Robinson (Stars)
G Odyssey Sims (Wings)
G Diana Taurasi (Mercury)
G Courtney Vandersloot (Sky)
G Lindsay Whalen (Lynx)

G/F Elena Delle Donne (Sky)
G/F Angel McCoughtry (Dream)

F Tamika Catchings (Fever)
F Candice Dupree (Mercury)
F Maya Moore (Lynx)
F Chiney Ogwumike (Sun)
F Nneka Ogwumike (Sparks)

F/C Candace Parker (Sparks)
F/C Breanna Stewart (UConn)

C Tina Charles (Liberty)
C Stefanie Dolson (Mystics)
C Sylvia Fowles (Lynx)
C Brittney Griner (Mercury)
C Jantel Lavender (Sparks)

 

[hoophuskee]

I changedmy 12 slightly.

Taurasi, Augustus, Bird, Whelan, EDD, Angel, Maya, Catchings, Parker, Sewart, Tina and Griner.

Starters - Bid, DT, Maya, Tina and Griner.

Five I don't think should be on trying to think of it as different positions in aslight way-- Lavender, Stef, Chiney, Jewel and Danielle Robisnon (she's hurt). If not hurt Vadersloot.

 

[meyers7]

Bird, DT, Augustus, Whalen
Moore, EDD, Parker, Stewart,
Charles, Griner
Fowles, NOgwumike

Starters - Bird, DT, Moore, Parker, Charles

But I'm not looking at chemistry or how they'll work as a team, just the best players (imo).

 

[Roundball fan]

Just for fun, Stewie, Morgan, Mo and Lou with D starting.

 

[UConn79]

My 12 from after the Feb practices at Storrs.

G Bird, Whalen, Taurasi, McCoughtry, Vandersloot
SF Moore, Della Donne, Stewart
PF/C Griner, Parker, Charles, N Ogwumike

Trying to get a bit younger by omitting Catchings, Fowles, Augustus. Very surprised Parker left off.

Of the 12 leaked, my starters, Bird, Tairasi, Moore, Della Donne, Griner.

5 left off I would not want to face, Diggins, McBride, Dupree, N Ogwumike, Parker.

 

[Kaizen]

G Sue Bird (Storm)
G Diana Taurasi (Mercury)
G Lindsay Whalen (Lynx)
G/F Elena Delle Donne (Sky)
G/F Angel McCoughtry (Dream)
F Candice Dupree (Mercury)
F Maya Moore (Lynx)
F/C Candace Parker (Sparks)
F/C Breanna Stewart (UConn)
C Tina Charles (Liberty)
C Sylvia Fowles (Lynx)
C Brittney Griner (Mercury)

Start 5: Bird, DT, EDD, Maya, Griner

 

[hoophuskee]

an opposing starting 5 you really don't want to play, out of the remaining players.

I had to run out the door and didn't read this correctly from before. The 5 I wouldn't want to see knowing players like Robinson, Simms, Diggins etc are hurt -

January PG Very underrated.
McBride SG Tremendous basketball player. Can shoot score with ease.
Chiney and Nneka -- They are interchangeable. As long as Hiney is healthy-- they can guard anything with their height range from inside or out.
Fowles -- I'd have the big girl as a defensive anchor in the post. The other 4 players can be ballhawks.

 

[JSB60]

Bird, Whalen, Taurasi, Augustus, Mccoughtry, DellaDonne, Moore, Stewart, Parker, Charles, Griner, Fowles. I don't care who the opposition is against that team.

 

[mdakota]

Bird, Whalen, Dee, Augustus, EDD, Moore, Stewart, Parker, Dupree, Charles, Griner, Fowles...

Bird, Dee, Moore, Parker and Griner start

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

G's- - Bird*, Whalen*, Taurasi*, Augustus*
G/F- - Della Donne
F- - Catchings*, Dupree, Moore
C- - Charles, Fowles*, Griner
F/C- - Stewart

* = Last Olympics/World Team

 

[TFintheMix]

Taurasi, Augustus, Bird, Whelan, EDD, Angel, Maya, Catchings, Parker, Stewart, Tina Charles and Griner.

Starters - Bird, DT, Maya, EDD and Griner. (I want shooters around my big!)

2nd Team (starters) - Whelan, Angel, Parker, Stewart and Charles (my second wave of players are big, athletic and great defenders)

 

[EricLA]

For me it's easy - add Parker and remove McCaughtry. I think Siemone adds more than Angel.

Starters are easy too. Bird, DT, Maya, Tina, Griner

 

[Bayareahusky]

I want a spot for Pulido on the team