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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2824998, member: 26"] Not sure where you got that quote from. The podcast is in interview with Dawn Staley by David Seagal. He mentions his opinion of 5 locks, but it wasn't his official "list" per se, but just a casual list of players off the top of his head, and clearly he missed some (Fowles, Charles and Moore are all locks for sure). He mentions that Whalen has retired and McCaughtry will not be on the team due to injury, so clearly she's not a lock. 3 for sure won't be there - retired Whalen and Catchings, and injured McCaughtry. There should be 8 locks. Moore, Fowles, Stewart, Charles, Taurasi, Bird, Griner, and Delle Donne. I would leave Augustus off the team but that's just my opinion - to me she's a bubble player, which means the 3 who aren't going to be there leaves 4 openings (which Augustus could get one of). People will debate who the 4 should be. For who they lose, I would think a pure PG, a combo guard, a guard/wing, and a forward. Out of the 4 spots, I think Wilson takes one which leaves 3. Unless Nneka has a phenomenal camp, I think her play this past year for the Sparks pushed her off the team. I hope they give McBride and Hayes serious looks. And I hope they take Thomas or Gray as the back up PG... I know some think Skylar should be given the spot, but given that she's a volume shooting PG combined with the chemistry issues on her team, I don't think she's a good fit. Just my $.02... [/QUOTE]