Aia he 11 mau mea lanakila mekala gula ma ka papa inoa o nā mea pāʻani kinipōpō hīnaʻi o ʻAmelika no ke kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa o ka mahina aʻe, me nā mea pāʻani kahiko ʻo Diana Taurasi, Elena Del Donne lāua ʻo Angel McCourtrie.
ʻO ka papa inoa, i hoʻolaha ʻia i ka Pōʻalua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Ariel Atkins, Nafesa Collier, Calia Cooper, Alyssa Grey, Sabrina Ionescu, Betonia Lanny, Kelsey Plum lāua ʻo Jackie Young, nā mea a pau i lanakila mua i nā mekala gula ʻOlumepika a i ʻole World Championship me Team USA.
Ua loaʻa pū iā Natasha Howard, ʻo Marina Mabray, ʻo Arike Ogunbovale lāua ʻo Brianna Turner nā kāhea no kahi hoʻomoana hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
ʻO Taurasi ka mea helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka WNBA i nā manawa āpau a he ʻelele manuahi ʻo ia i kēia manawa. Ua hoʻomaha loa kāna hoaaloha pili ʻo Sue Bird i ka mahina i hala. Ua lanakila lākou i ʻelima mau mekala gula ʻOlumepika. ʻAtenai.
ʻO Britney Griner, he mea pāʻani ʻOlumepika ʻelua manawa, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai kahi hale paʻahao Lūkini ma kahi hoʻololi pio kiʻekiʻe i Dekemaba, ʻaʻole ia ma ka papa inoa, akā hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i kēlā me kēia manawa no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. Ua helu ʻia ka hui ʻOlumepika 2024 i kona hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka basketball. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ʻo ia e pāʻani i ka kau WNBA 2023, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo kona wā e hiki mai ana ma USA Basketball.
Ua hana ʻo Delle Donne i nā pilikia i hala i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻo ka mea hou loa i pani ʻia ma Team USA ma ka 2018 World Championships. Ma ka huina, ua pāʻani ʻo ia i 30 mau pāʻani WNBA i nā kau ʻekolu i hala.
ʻO McCourtry, ka mea i komo hope loa ma ka Hui USA ma nā ʻOlumepika Rio 2016, ua pāʻani ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau pāʻani WNBA i nā kau ʻelua i hala. Ua ola ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻeha kuli koʻikoʻi i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, he ʻelele manuahi ʻo ia i kēia manawa a e pāʻani me ka Minnesota Lynx no ka manawa hope loa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022.
E mālama ʻia ke kahua hoʻomoana ma Pepeluali 6-9 ma Minneapolis a e mālama ʻia e ke poʻo kumu aʻoaʻo ʻo Cheryl Reeve a me nā kumu aʻoaʻo kahua ʻo Kurt Miller, Mike Thiebaud lāua ʻo James Wade. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka hanana e loiloi i nā hui o nā mea pāʻani e hele ana i ka ʻOlumepika 2024 ma Palisa, kahi e hoʻokūkū ai ka hui kinipōpō kāne o ʻAmelika no ka mekala gula ʻOlumepika ʻewalu i ka lālani.
ʻO Atkins, Kerbo, Ionescu, Lenny lāua ʻo Plum ka mekala gula ʻehā i ka lālani o ka US Basketball World Championship.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Pepeluali-01-2023
