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She’ll be there at next Olympics if she is interested and makes the commitment to US basketball, but this time there are players ahead of her with more experience who deserve it.

Not my point.  And who knows what 4 years bring.  

From a basketball perspective, hard to believe that someone with her skills, on a team where she isn’t the only one a defense has to deal with, would not help.

From the perspective of promoting the sport.  It’s, to me, a no-braner.

But see the 30 for 30 'Dream On' episode involving the Tara-coached 1996 Olympic team. I hadn't realized how much controversy there was about putting Rebecca Lobo on the team. Lobo was popular, visible, and probably not ready. As a result, she got placed on the roster and then got basically no meaningful minutes. It doesn't sound like that was a pleasant experience for her or for the coaches.

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She’ll be there at next Olympics if she is interested and makes the commitment to US basketball, but this time there are players ahead of her with more experience who deserve it.

Not my point.  And who knows what 4 years bring.  

From a basketball perspective, hard to believe that someone with her skills, on a team where she isn’t the only one a defense has to deal with, would not help.

From the perspective of promoting the sport.  It’s, to me, a no-braner.

But see the 30 for 30 'Dream On' episode involving the Tara-coached 1996 Olympic team. I hadn't realized how much controversy there was about putting Rebecca Lobo on the team. Lobo was popular, visible, and probably not ready. As a result, she got placed on the roster and then got basically no meaningful minutes. It doesn't sound like that was a pleasant experience for her or for the coaches.