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[QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 2474865, member: 4946"]
11 of 12 players from the last Olympic team are in the pool (Catchings retired).  They could easily add someone (N. Ogwumike?) to those 11 and call it a day.  Here is the ages those players will be next September when the World Cup is played:

Stewart - 24
Griner - 27
Delle Donne - 29
Moore - 29
Charles - 29
McCoughtry - 32
Fowles - 32
Augustus - 34
Whalen - 36
Taurasi - 36
Bird - 37

Is this the tournament where USAB finally brings in youngsters or do they kick that can down the road to 2020?  Realistically, I think they have to let some of the older players go.  Unless Taurasi or Bird experience a major decline in performance, they are not leaving either of them out.  I'd guess Whalen and Augustus are as good as gone.  McCoughtry is a question mark but I think she's still very good.

Who gets in will be interesting.  One thing I noticed:

Jewell Loyd PER 2016 - 18.1
Jewell Loyd PER 2017 - 19.1

Diana Taurasi PER 2016 - 18.3
Diana Taurasi PER 2017 - 19.0

Across the board, 2017 Loyd and 2017 Taurasi are *very* similar based on their WNBA statistics.
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