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With a blend of criticism and support following USA Basketball\u2019s decision to leave Fever star Caitlin Clark off the women\u2019s national team roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello \u2014 who will coach the Australian national team again \u2014 doesn\u2019t think that\u2019ll translate to viewers not watching the sport on the international stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the Olympics,\u201d Brondello said before the Liberty defeated the Mystics, 93-88, at Barclays Center on Sunday. \u201cI mean, jeez, it doesn\u2019t get much better than that \u2026 It\u2019s the USA team. They\u2019ve won 70 and lost three games, so who do you kick out? That\u2019s tough decisions for their selection committee.\u201d<\/p>\n
Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu \u2014 with the latter appearing in her first Olympics \u2014 will represent the Liberty on a roster that also includes the Mercury\u2019s Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, the Sun\u2019s Alyssa Thomas and the Aces\u2019 A\u2019ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum. <\/p>\n
Jewell Loyd, Chelsea Gray and Napheesa Collier, who\u2019ve all also logged Olympic appearances across their careers, will return, too. <\/p>\n
But Clark, the former Iowa star and No. 1 overall pick who has averaged 16.8 points and 6.3 assists in her first 12 WNBA games, was left off the roster.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would mean everything,\u201d Ionescu said. \u201cLike, I was 15 years old and I made the U16 team the first time as an uninvited member. I just remember, like, showing up there kind of like a deer in headlights, but just believing in myself and wanting to go out there and compete with the best and I made that team. And just continue to stick with it and kind of bet on myself every single year and to be able to see that come full-circle, if I am able to make this team, would just mean so much to me and just the journey that I\u2019ve had with USA Basketball just as an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking with reporters Sunday, Clark said she had \u201cno disappointment\u201d and knows the decision \u201ccould\u2019ve gone either way.\u201d <\/p>\n
She\u2019ll watch from afar, enjoy a multiple-week break and use the snub as motivation to make the next roster. <\/p>\n
Fever head coach Christie Sides said that Clark told her USA Basketball\u2019s decision \u201cwoke a monster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team USA has won nine gold medals in women\u2019s basketball at the Olympics dating back to 1976 \u2014 including the last seven \u2014 and secured its latest with a 15-point win over Japan in the Tokyo Olympics. <\/p>\n
Clark, though, won\u2019t add to the spotlight for now. <\/p>\n
Her contribution to that layer of the international buzz and growth of the sport will have to wait until 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I\u2019ll have tough decisions to make as well, too,\u201d Brondello said. \u201cYou can\u2019t keep everybody happy. You do what you think is best at the moment, and it\u2019s Olympic games. Everyone will get their opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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