Diana Taurasi and Elena Delle Donne named to Team USA at training camp

There are 11 gold-medal winners on the list of US basketball players for next month’s training camp, including veterans Diana Taurasi, Elena Del Donne and Angel McCourtrie.
The list, announced Tuesday, also includes Ariel Atkins, Nafesa Collier, Calia Cooper, Alyssa Grey, Sabrina Ionescu, Betonia Lanny, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, all of whom have previously won Olympic or World Championship gold medals with Team USA. .
Natasha Howard, Marina Mabray, Arike Ogunbovale and Brianna Turner also received training camp calls.
Taurasi is the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and is currently a free agent. His close friend Sue Bird retired last month. They have won a record five Olympic gold medals. Athens.
Two-time Olympian Britney Griner, who was released from a Russian prison in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange in December, is notably not on the list, but can be added at any time for consideration. The 2024 Olympic team is listed as it adapts to basketball. She has said she intends to play in the 2023 WNBA season, though her future in USA Basketball is unclear.
Delle Donne has dealt with past issues over the past few years, most recently representing Team USA at the 2018 World Championships. In total, she has played in 30 WNBA games over the past three seasons.
McCourtry, who was last on Team USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has played in just three WNBA games over the past two seasons. She has survived several serious knee injuries over the past five years, is currently a free agent and will play with the Minnesota Lynx for the last time in early 2022.
The camp will take place Feb. 6-9 in Minneapolis and will be hosted by head coach Cheryl Reeve and field coaches Kurt Miller, Mike Thiebaud and James Wade. The event is being used to evaluate teams of athletes heading to the Paris 2024 Olympics, where the US men’s basketball team will compete for an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
The fourth consecutive US Basketball World Championship gold medal included Atkins, Kerbo, Ionescu, Lenny and Plum.