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Strength in numbers
With the U.S. having until Sept. 21 to submit its 12-person world championship roster to FIBA, it's very possible that all the players currently in the U.S. training camp will come with them to Europe.
The 18-player roster may seem cumbersome but that's not really the case.
Sylvia Fowles is still recovering from minor knee surgery and U.S. women's national team director Carol Callan said there's a chance she could see time when the U.S. plays two warmup games in Salamanca, Spain (facing Australia on Sept. 17 and either Spain or Senegal on Sept. 18 or the Czech Republic on Sept. 20 in Brno, Czech Republic). With the WNBA finals lasting until at least Sept. 16 even if there is a three-game sweep or until Sept. 21 if the best of five series goes the distance, Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Angel McCoughtry could miss all the tune-up contests.
That would leave a roster of 14 traveling to Europe before six cuts need to be made by Sept. 21.
A while back I gave my picks for the 12-player roster and my opinion has not changed.
Here are my selections (assuming Fowles is good to go for the World Championships)
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Tamika Catchings
Tina Charles
Candice Dupree
Sylvia Fowles
Asjha Jones
Kara Lawson
Angel McCoughtry
Maya Moore
Cappie Pondexter
Diana Taurasi
The 18-player roster may seem cumbersome but that's not really the case.
Sylvia Fowles is still recovering from minor knee surgery and U.S. women's national team director Carol Callan said there's a chance she could see time when the U.S. plays two warmup games in Salamanca, Spain (facing Australia on Sept. 17 and either Spain or Senegal on Sept. 18 or the Czech Republic on Sept. 20 in Brno, Czech Republic). With the WNBA finals lasting until at least Sept. 16 even if there is a three-game sweep or until Sept. 21 if the best of five series goes the distance, Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Angel McCoughtry could miss all the tune-up contests.
That would leave a roster of 14 traveling to Europe before six cuts need to be made by Sept. 21.
A while back I gave my picks for the 12-player roster and my opinion has not changed.
Here are my selections (assuming Fowles is good to go for the World Championships)
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Tamika Catchings
Tina Charles
Candice Dupree
Sylvia Fowles
Asjha Jones
Kara Lawson
Angel McCoughtry
Maya Moore
Cappie Pondexter
Diana Taurasi
posted by Jim Fuller at
11:19 AM
2 Comments:
but now if we take out Pondexter that adds either Cash (very likely) or a PG (Harding or Montgomery)
Cash could certainly make it but Ebony Hoffman can't be discounted either. She started both games this weekend and was very solid when the U.S. and Australia scrimmaged back in July.
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