03 October 2014
First-World Basketball Problems
From Mechelle Voepel's chat:
kevin (macon ga): If Sue Bird was Australian she would already be guaranteed a spot on the 2020 roster. If Breanna Stewart came up in any other country the only debate would be whether anyone else should be allowed to touch the ball. Isn't debating whether Bird or Stewart or any of the other serious contenders should make the Team USA roster the very definition of a First World Problem?
Mechelle Voepel: *Every* debate about the US national team is a first-world problem. :) What I understand is that there may be a feeling that it didn't matter how well other guards played in training camp or how much better they may be now as WNBA players, nothing or no one was going to knock Bird out of her spot. And some may say that's justified because of all she's done for the national team, and that she's very reliable. I understand that point of view. But it's also understandable that it be questioned because there are a lot of good guards.
kevin (macon ga): If Sue Bird was Australian she would already be guaranteed a spot on the 2020 roster. If Breanna Stewart came up in any other country the only debate would be whether anyone else should be allowed to touch the ball. Isn't debating whether Bird or Stewart or any of the other serious contenders should make the Team USA roster the very definition of a First World Problem?
Mechelle Voepel: *Every* debate about the US national team is a first-world problem. :) What I understand is that there may be a feeling that it didn't matter how well other guards played in training camp or how much better they may be now as WNBA players, nothing or no one was going to knock Bird out of her spot. And some may say that's justified because of all she's done for the national team, and that she's very reliable. I understand that point of view. But it's also understandable that it be questioned because there are a lot of good guards.
Labels: Olympics, Seattle Storm, UConn basketball
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