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[QUOTE="cancontent, post: 4135865, member: 10709"]
I feel like this is a BY version of South Park's "Blame Canada" bit.  A couple things:

1)  The Canadian teams (Olympics and U19 squads) had a very different training experience this year compared to previous years.  Players spent a lot more time in isolation due to COVID protocols than they typically would.  I don't know if this was the same for other teams but it definitely left them a tad more restricted than other programs from what I observed.

2)  The same could be said about players competing for USA Basketball if we're going to look at Aaliyah's participation from this perspective.  Both Paopao and Fudd are dealing with nagging injuries since the summer/U19 tournament.  Diamond Miller has been dealing with issues since competing for USA at the Americup.  Maybe I've missed it, but I haven't seen the same comments being brought up in their case.  And if it has, my apologies for the oversight.

These players made the decision to represent their countries.   Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.  We're still in the early part of the season and Aaliyah can play her way through this in my opinion.
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