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RE: triangle2 - martyup - 09-05-2021
(09-05-2021, 05:26 PM)triangle2 Wrote: Just bumping this to note that Nneka is good enough to make the WNBA Top 25 players of all time, and yet…??
https://sparks.wnba.com/news/nneka-ogwumike-named-top-25-wnba-player-of-all-time/
Let the memes begin…
Just how many of that made the Olympic roster were not on that list?
RE: triangle2 - CompSci87 - 09-05-2021
(09-05-2021, 07:59 PM)martyup Wrote:(09-05-2021, 05:26 PM)triangle2 Wrote: Just bumping this to note that Nneka is good enough to make the WNBA Top 25 players of all time, and yet…??
https://sparks.wnba.com/news/nneka-ogwumike-named-top-25-wnba-player-of-all-time/
Let the memes begin…
Just how many of the 2020 US Womens' Olympic basketball team were also on that list?
I count 6.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wnba.com/news/wnba-continues-celebration-of-landmark-25th-season-names-greatest-players-in-league-history-the-w25/amp/
https://www.usab.com/womens/national-team/roster.aspx
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - UltimateCard - 12-01-2021
Candace Parker dishes on Geno and the Nneka snub (at 2:30 mark)
https://mobile.twitter.com/taylorrooks/status/1465842616487063561?s=21
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - 81alum - 12-01-2021
(12-01-2021, 09:24 AM)UltimateCard Wrote: Candace Parker dishes on Geno and the Nneka snub (at 2:30 mark)My respect for Candace continues to grow and my disdain for Geno continues to grow.
https://mobile.twitter.com/taylorrooks/status/1465842616487063561?s=21
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - Maple Leaf - 12-01-2021
(12-01-2021, 09:41 AM)81alum Wrote:(12-01-2021, 09:24 AM)UltimateCard Wrote: Candace Parker dishes on Geno and the Nneka snub (at 2:30 mark)My respect for Candace continues to grow and my disdain for Geno continues to grow.
https://mobile.twitter.com/taylorrooks/status/1465842616487063561?s=21
Taylor Rooks is a former Stanford Basketball player who transferred to Harvard (or another one of the ives)
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - BobK - 12-01-2021
Rooks then a Grad transfer to Michigan after Harvard.
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - WBB fan - 12-01-2021
Fascinating interview. I remember wondering what was going on in the London Olympics (2012). We were there and saw every single one of the games the US played in. Geno was the coach and Parker was outstanding, at times clearly the star of the team, when she was on the floor, and that when is important. As I recall, she wasn't a starter, maybe for any of the games. Not sure about that, but certainly not for a lot of them. It didn't make sense to me, but after seeing this interview, I understand better. I wondered at the time if it was a Geno/Parker dynamic at issue. Now I'd conclude, it probably was.
Interesting comment that you don't have to like someone to play for him/her. Parker really displays a lot of maturity. But apparently if he/she is the coach and doesn't like you, he/she may not give you a chance to play. Good for Parker for speaking up for Nneka -- a woman that she knows really well as a player, knows how good she is from being her teammate for so many years.
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - fullmetal - 12-07-2021
Why does USA Basketball allow a cancer like Geno to continue building his fiefdom? He doesn't seem to be accountable to anyone.
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - 2006alum - 12-07-2021
Parker has grown on me a lot from the era of the "ice" and "ace" Candices in 2008. And like her laser focus on promoting the women's game.
Incidentally, I think that's a different Taylor Rooks than the one who briefly suited up for the Card.
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - jonnyss - 12-07-2021
(12-07-2021, 07:21 AM)2006alum Wrote: Parker has grown on me a lot from the era of the "ice" and "ace" Candices in 2008. And like her laser focus on promoting the women's game.
Incidentally, I think that's a different Taylor Rooks than the one who briefly suited up for the Card.
our taylor rooks has an mba from michigan and works as an emerging markets analyst at credit suisse.
RE: Four reasons Nneka Ogwumike is the biggest snub in Team USA’s Olympics history - CompSci87 - 12-07-2021
The Taylor Rooks who does that podcast is a journalist who went to UIUC: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Rooks