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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 3336079, member: 6485"] I've regularly posted how I felt the national team in 2016 should have brought in a young guard to groom, thinking it would be the last cycle for Bird, DT, Augustus and Whalen. We saw on that team that Catch was not used but she was making the team if she wanted to go based on her contributions to the national team over all the years. Sloot should likely have been given an opportunity but unfortunately was not. I do believe we could pick another dozen players who just miss the cut or aren't in the pool and still likely medal. We know Whalen won't be back and it's debatable if Augustus and McCoughtry will be, but if Bird and DT are healthy and want to play they will be there. I was skeptical they still had "it" but the 16 Olympics and 18 World Cup performances eliminated any doubts. Health will always be a factor and this is my team if everyone is healthy and wants to play, likely not all of them will. Not I won't say who the starters should be and this list is in no particular order. Griner Delle Done Stewart Charles Fowles Nkea Moore (no idea what she will have going on but I wouldn't leave her off if she wanted to play) Bird Tauraisi Diggins-Smith Ionescu (yes she isn't in the pool right now but I would take her in a minute if possible) Gray Alternates Plum (if Ionescu doesn't enter the pool) Wilson (if health is a factor for any of the front court players) Collier (if Moore elects not to play I would give her the spot as a small forward) [/QUOTE]

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