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Post by toad455 on Aug 2, 2024 7:51:49 GMT -5
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Post by toad455 on Aug 2, 2024 11:04:07 GMT -5
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Post by awhom111 on Aug 2, 2024 22:03:59 GMT -5
How competitive this field is in the tournament is one of the compelling things about 3x3 when there are no filler teams. You actually have to watch the whole tournament to see how it unfolds. I can't fault McBride since she has played so much for Fenerbahce. Carter was also focused on being able to make money, but I wonder if she got any interest from 3x3 club teams for the summer, which do exist in a few countries. Billings was too busy taking money in Russia, which the league's media just does not talk about. Siegrist actually has fairly recent experience, but who knows about interest in taking up more of the offseason for it. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think you may be overestimating the time investment required. My recollection is that a couple of weekends of playing in USAB sponsored tournaments was enough. Those NBA players on previous WC or Olympic teams certainly didn't spend entire summers playing 3x3. The two Top 50 spots are pretty easy to make so the AmeriCup would enough for those and that's not really a scheduling issue generally. The two Top 10 spots though generally require quite a bit of effort, depending on how well the U23 team does and how many non-WNBA Americans are playing high level summer events. I am assuming that USA Basketball was prepared to reward the most frequent participants with their initial inclusion of Brink, Burdick, and Van Lith because they did enough to move the United States up to an automatic qualifier spot in the team rankings, avoiding the qualifying tournament that they had to play last time to get to Tokyo. If Los Angeles follows the same format as the last two Olympics, the United States would only qualify one team as hosts and the other gender would have to go through the qualifying process. If the women's team takes up the host spot, they might feel more free to choose whoever is willing to play enough to get the rankings points since nobody would have been responsible for getting the team into the tournament. That said, I wonder how much 3x3 experience is minimally needed to at least get some of the nuances.
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Post by toad455 on Aug 3, 2024 12:43:15 GMT -5
USA will face China again later today in the elimination round.
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Post by toad455 on Aug 3, 2024 16:23:25 GMT -5
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Post by dreamfan12 on Aug 4, 2024 18:29:04 GMT -5
Yeah, HVL and Burdick shouldn't be on this team. Imagine Laney-Hamilton and Clark on this team instead. You were saying? Burdick has been HUGE for this team. And she’s the coach on the floor. HVL has hit quite a few timely shots as well. The team just needed time to gel and get their chemistry together.
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Post by toad455 on Aug 4, 2024 19:12:21 GMT -5
Yeah, HVL and Burdick shouldn't be on this team. Imagine Laney-Hamilton and Clark on this team instead. You were saying? Burdick has been HUGE for this team. And she’s the coach on the floor. HVL has hit quite a few timely shots as well. The team just needed time to gel and get their chemistry together. it's just surprising that most teams in the 3x3 tournament aren't "names". The women's tournament barely has anyone recognizable that played in the WNBA outside of team USA. The men's tournament has Jimmer Fredette and nobody else.
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Post by toad455 on Aug 5, 2024 11:04:00 GMT -5
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Post by toad455 on Aug 5, 2024 15:20:24 GMT -5
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Post by toad455 on Aug 5, 2024 15:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by artbest23 on Aug 6, 2024 20:40:34 GMT -5
And HVL compounds the embarrassment by being quoted in various news outlets saying “This was 1000% BS. Those refs wanted the U.S. to lose.”
Come on. You got a bronze medal. Go home and enjoy it, and show a little class.
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Post by clayk on Aug 7, 2024 10:35:26 GMT -5
If she could guard anyone, then and only then should she even consider saying something like that.
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