BY MARK HALPERN W/ CONTRIBUTION FROM MIKE RIFKIN
The Olympics are right around the corner and the Woman’s USA Olympic team is set but, not with Caitlin Clark or Angel Reese. Both players are fantastic and have probably the biggest following in the WNBA right now. It will be Clark or Reese who will win Rookie of the Year. The team that is assembled has a dream team so to speak with stars like Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, and Chelsea Gray. Truly I would think it would have been advantageous to put one if not both for the reason of their play, not their stature. I asked Mike Rifkin who is the lead writer for the network and he gave a great answer “If you want to win you need your best players. Both bring youth and energy to any team. Both provide different skills that it takes to win.” I think Mike said it very eloquently and hit the nail on the head.
If you want to look at an example of this let’s step back in time to 1992 the “Dream Team” era of the Olympics. Stars such as Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and Karl Malone are just a few names but before the team was finalized there was one spot that wasn’t filled and speculation was either Alonzo Mourning or Christian “The Shot” Laettner. The Honor was given to Laettner because of the magic shot and it put some youth on the team. I understood why they put Laettner on but, there were other deserving players.
Nothing against any of the players that are on the current team as they all represent the greatest country in the world but, when you have these two youths who would put the ratings through the roof and force them to PLAY TOGETHER (sounds like a Disney Movie) maybe things might just get better from there.
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