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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 3263647, member: 250"] Candace Parker, like a certain Big from Australia, just may be too much work to be around, especially when that place does not revolve around her. Lots of very, very skilled atletes are like that. I suspect, without knowing of course, that that had everything to do with her being left off the Rio Olympic team and all sorts of rumors swirled around her and the London team. Short answer, as suggested above, is that the players have spoken ...disagree as some are wont to do., but we weren't asked. After the shock of not being selected she said she'd never play for the USA program again. Maybe she has had a change of heart, because ... check this out: [URL='https://sports.yahoo.com/candace-parker-says-people-dont-root-for-team-usa-because-they-are-too-dominant-183403342.html']Candace Parker says people root against Team USA because they are too dominant[/URL] "Now that Parker has put that quote out there, she better hope the women’s team delivers in 2020. Anything less than a gold medal is a major disappointment. Based on Parker’s comments, even a win by a small margin would be an embarrassment." Or maybe no change of heart, just a Candace attention getter and a bit of a bird sent USA Basketball's way?? [/QUOTE]