USA Basketball preps for the Olympics - Will Diana Taurasi or Caitlin Clark make the team?
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USA Basketball preps for the Olympics - Will Diana Taurasi or Caitlin Clark make the team? We talk about the minicamp roster #womensbasketball #espnw #ncaaw #womenscollegebasketball #dianataurasi #caitlinclark
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dont think we need to qualify since were reigning gold medalist
@QuitaLovesSports
4 ай бұрын
I misspoke in that live, we are already qualified, but we will still play in the February tournament
@bk6678
4 ай бұрын
Time for some turnover.
I normally think you have a very good grasp of your particular conversations each time. Today however, I think you’re way off on Caitlin. You think she’ll get beat up more because these players have been playing longer? She’s double and triple teamed every game. They try and hit her with hard screens, banging her has much as they can get away with, and with almost all eyes on her! WNBA will be trying to cover her with just one player. Want to talk about a recipe for disaster! These maybe pros and maybe they can lock down most college players one on one but really! Caitlin isn’t just any college player. They’re going to find out very quickly why the best of the best teams in college basketball still find it necessary to double and triple team her. Maybe you’re correct about college women in general, but that’s not what she is. She’s someone we have never seen, believe it!
Would love to see Clark.
@breeminor498
23 күн бұрын
CC defensive skills are too weak for the Olympics. Olympics players shoot the three just as well as CC. So, shooting the 3 is normal
If the USWNT and CANWN failures at the World Cup were anything to go buy, you cannot decide roster spots based on sentimentality Taurasi had her time and now its time for some new young blood
CC to the Olympics team. She’ll get more assists this time
There is no reason for Taurasi to make this team. Been washed for at least a couple of years now.
Diane, wants to own the record by herself.But if she is not going to play both sides of the game, then let someone else play.
@JuanVega-ns5ok
4 ай бұрын
I’ve enjoyed watching Diana T play for the last 2+ decades, but I wish she would take her flowers and bow out of the show gracefully. I still wish her the best.
@chrisminard3550
4 ай бұрын
She is too selfish to let someone else have a spot. She should have retired a couple of years ago.
I don't understand if you've won a couple Olympic gold medals why not leave a roster spot for someone else. C'mon Diane...
@marcusb.3038
4 ай бұрын
This is most likely her last go around before she retires!
@giizodamulla7492
4 ай бұрын
@@marcusb.3038She's 41, she shouldnt be oon the team
Caitlin still has 6 weeks of regular games, then the conference tournament, and hopefully the NCAA tournament. Her plate is full.
Caitlin Clark isn’t going to the WNBA but she should be on the Olympic Team for sure.
@giizodamulla7492
4 ай бұрын
She is absolutely going to the WNBA
@donnamoore2832
4 ай бұрын
Be surprised if she stayed in Iowa. She knows where she would be going in this draft. Next year she would have to go with whoever wins the pick. Indiana closer to Iowa...plus I think Kate Martin is gone after this year.
@thekenmiller
4 ай бұрын
I strongly believe that it would be advantageous for her to go and play with Aliya Boston, while also remaining in the Midwest due to her boyfriend's affiliation with the Pacers. This arrangement would undoubtedly result in a mutually beneficial outcome. However, I must admit that I have a slight inclination that she may choose not to pursue this opportunity.
@giizodamulla7492
4 ай бұрын
@@thekenmiller Yes she did turn down the Americup callup,but the Olympics is a different breed
@ranhill62
3 ай бұрын
@@donnamoore2832 Also, Clarks boyfriend is an assistant coach with the Pacers.
Taurasi needs to sit down somewhere and let these younger players get opportunity for gold. Shes got FIVE already.
I've just discovered your channel, really interesting content, congratulations!
Hoping to see Aliyah Boston and A'ja Wilson on the team. It would be lots of fun to watch them play together.
So glad to hear about the Olympics!! ❤❤ Will you be discussing it???
@QuitaLovesSports
4 ай бұрын
Yup, I will have full Olympic coverage of team USA this summer
CC's long 3's is a must for the Olympics style of basketball.
I definitely agree your points on the potential injuries. Especially you are playing against players who thought Olympic games is the most important games in their lives. They are playing really hard... I see CC in team USA next Olympic
What makes CC an extraordinary player is that her mind hasn't been n poisoned by the WNBA constant involvement in irrational social/media issues. Going to the olympics means that you absolutely love both your country and your sport, WNBA players love none.
The last Olympics was 2021 because of the pandemic, so it wasn’t that long ago. If the Olympic Committee didn’t want Taurasi on the team because of her age, they wouldn’t have invited her to camp in the first place. You don’t embarrass and disrespect Taurasi, who has meant everything to Team USA and women’s basketball. All Taurasi has to be is healthy enough to play, and she’ll be on the team. I expect she’ll be taking it easy during the first half of the 2024 WNBA season, so as to not risk injury.
@giizodamulla7492
4 ай бұрын
Go and catch up on the story of CP3 if you think USA is above humiliating legends
Get Diana T. out. They should add Caitlin Clark to be on the US team for the 2024 Olympic. I totally agree with Lisa Leslie wanting her to be on the USA team.
I'd like to see CC play with the OT to bring more eyes to it. As far as the injury goes, I disagree on the recipe for injury. She is just one player surrounded by professional superstars. She will play less minutes than what she's used to. I'd rather see CC than DT.
Clark must go. IS the BEST player 😂
NO DIANA TAURASI! She's had plenty, Allow others.and she isn't one othe 12 Best either. This is one of the things that makes me absolutely sick with Women's basketball, and they make sure there's an even distribution of White Players and a predominantly lesbian team, Diana Taurasi and people promoting her being given a spot like this!
Ionescu is fire. That comment was wilding out. Lol😂 And you got a point with the injury. Especially with the way Caitlin plays. Lol She likes to fall.
@chrisminard3550
4 ай бұрын
Ya, can u say 3point contest.
Good point about injuries, Quita. Caitlin doesn’t need that; no rookie does. Diana, of course, will be sitting and yucking it up in the bench. No chance for injury but just plenty of Holly Rowe reverential interviews.
Caitlin
Caitlin clark is going to put the goat in the pen😂😂😂
Cut the Bully Goat 🐐
In a team as balanced as that team…if you want to bring attention to the olympics and to woman basketball and sports in general, I would keep sabrina and send clark as well..DT has been able to play at that level at 36 or 37, because of this…but it is one in a life time thing, she has done it more than anyone already and she is old…we need to give young talent opportunities to gain the experience ….Clark is 22 , she is not 18 or even 20…she is ready..
The moment you decide you have players that are simply above being considered to be cut......you're begging for problems.
CC has games on Feb 8 and Feb 11. Story over.
@QuitaLovesSports
4 ай бұрын
The comment was about her playing in the Olympics this summer not the February tournament
Diana needs to retire. A few of them in the W need to retire.
Could anyone explain to me why the committee never chooses any college players?
@mwtroupe
4 ай бұрын
Because their season is still ongoing,
@born9god7
3 ай бұрын
Because the world uses professional players.
It will be a mistake not to add Clark, WNBA players can fuss, but she has brought attention to a dead league.
I do not understand why all the veterans who should be throwing their full weight of their support behind Caitlin Clarke, simply do not wish to do so??
Iowa could be its own country grab a few alumni and a few 5 state girls and Clark and win the gold.
Stewy and Caitlin for sure. Maybe Diana.
Taurasi and BG need to retire!!
@strength9621
4 ай бұрын
After the Russia situation she was a lock to be in
@renzdealexandria1189
4 ай бұрын
BG is not selected due to Russian incident
CC will score 45 again
@laideevalynteena8172
4 ай бұрын
I would love to see that, but CC wouldn't have the freedom take that many spot attempts. The system wouldn't be built around her.
@CelesteDillworth
4 ай бұрын
Won't happen because of the other players around her. She's deserving however, she's on a team where she has to put up those numbers in order to put them in the win column.
@renzdealexandria1189
4 ай бұрын
@@laideevalynteena8172she will have more assists
Injury shouldn't be an issue or topic to why she should or shouldn't play as you can get injured walking to the car
What happened to Elena Delle Donne?
I don’t think DT is the GOAT. It's a matter of opinion
It's time for Dana to go home she's like 87yrs old👀
DT should help coach.
Wait don't they have a age limit
@QuitaLovesSports
4 ай бұрын
There isn’t an age limit, the USA just tends to not pick current college players, it’s mainly just seasoned WNBA players who make the team
Taurasi is one of the four players that have a guaranteed spot on the roster.
@anthonytaylor7928
4 ай бұрын
Thats plain selfish give a young player a chance
No Caitlyn Clark?
Biggest lost for US team is not to bring the biggest star now Caitlyn Clark amd to put on a team dinosaurs that don't bring joy of the game.
Can we have the new young gun.
😲 u mean to tell that they couldn't get the best of the best from college 🏀 & take ❤ of winning the 🇺🇸 a gold 🏅 @ the Olympics instead of the pros come on 👨. SMDH.
@redbeardandfriends
4 ай бұрын
@aloysiusfee1687 the USA can't take the chance with NCAA players because the international competition @ that level is ferocious the USA needs the players that have played at that level against those teams. China, Spain, Serbia and Nigeria are beasts on the international court! The evidence is what happened @ the Americup games USA got beat ! @ the World Cup the men lost and the were NBA players!
no AT in the thumbnail is crazy
@QuitaLovesSports
3 ай бұрын
Wasn’t intentional
@womxncentrism
3 ай бұрын
@@QuitaLovesSports i know i just love that woman down 😭😭 keyboard warrior for (soon-to-be) Mrs. Thomas
The oldest one should step aside and let the the young talented have a chance. Tired of her. Look at Sue Bird.
Why they keep picking the same people to represent Team USA. Diana plays five times give somebody else a chance to play what pick somebody that's not going to play that long is just stupid and corny
#POORJUDGEMENT
Diana needs to retired. The spot needs to go to Clark. The new goat of women's basketball is Clark
@SULLYtheSojourner
3 ай бұрын
Calling someone the GOAT before they play pro is dumb.
@albertbowen6197
Ай бұрын
How can you declare Clark the GOAT when she hasn't played her first WNBA game?....that's not logical.....Clark has a lot to prove and it will take years for her to be in the GOAT debate.....
Age shouldnt matter..but when u have women BB all stars who have not gone before to the olympics plus are playing better they should get to go...🇺🇸.
@written12
4 ай бұрын
I can’t agree with you more, Kentucky.. Diana has played in 5 Olympic Games. How dare she take away a position that could go to a player who’s never played in one. Is her ego so gigantic? Doesn’t she have two kids to raise?
@written12
4 ай бұрын
Why even let Diana try out? Five Olympic appearances already. Enough. Even 4 years ago, she and Sue Bird should have made way for other players.
@written12
4 ай бұрын
I follow the WNBA but what a desperate for attention league officially declares a “Goat”. And now they have to worry about embarrassing her and the league by cutting her ego-maniacal self
@kentuckylucky5762
4 ай бұрын
@@written12 and sue did retire..i understand wanting to be the best, the first the records..but when you play a team sport...and not an individual sport...you have to put the team first!!! In this case those who are better should get to play...age isnt the factor..ability is..
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 No Clark Low Views If She Is Picked they will freeze her out She Not Gay
Taurasi is only averaging 16 points per game currently, she has been around a very long time and certainly, her best was several years ago so it's time to bring in some new blood. Clark will not be there this time around but will be there for the next Olympics for sure barring injury.
If Diana Taurasi makes it over Kaleeah Copper, Alisha Gray, or Arike Ogumbowale, I will be protesting and pulling for another country (Nigeria or Brazil)
Diana Taurasi should NOT be on the 2024 Olympic team. She was injured 15 games last year. Has had enough opportunities to go in previous years. She is ruining her reputation being so narcissistic that she deserves it over younger healthier better athletes.
Don't need Clark and Taurasi should step away
Who gives a doo doo
Aliyah Boston isn’t even from America so there should be a spot open there. She shouldn’t get a spot because she is from an American associated island country.
I am a black American. If the USA want the gold medal or any medal, they need Caitlin Clark..!!! Too bad Iowa couldn't be the South Carolina gamecocks. I am from South Carolina, so the Gamecocks are my team.. It's going to be difficult for the USA men team to get a gold medal..!!!? I played basketball in Europe, trust me, they are balling😂😂😂😂
There should be no wnba players on team usa they should just have college player's