so Parker is named one of the 20 greatest/influential WNBA players of all time

[Darth_Vol]

But currently, in the prime of her playing career, isn't one of the 12 best players for the Olympic team? The entire list FYI:

Seimone Augustus — Minnesota Lynx (2006-Current)
Sue Bird — Seattle Storm (2002-Current)
Swin Cash — Detroit Shock (2002-07), Seattle Storm (2008-11), Chicago Sky (2012-13), Atlanta Dream (2014), New York Liberty (2014-Current)
Tamika Catchings — Indiana Fever (2002-Current)
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke* — Houston Comets (1997-2000, 2003)
Yolanda Griffith* — Sacramento Monarchs (1999-2007), Seattle Storm (2008), Indiana Fever (2009)
Becky Hammon* — New York Liberty (1999-2006), San Antonio Stars (2007-2014)
Lauren Jackson* — Seattle Storm (2001-12)
Lisa Leslie* — Los Angeles Sparks (1997-2006, 2008-09)
Maya Moore — Minnesota Lynx (2011-Current)
Deanna Nolan* — Detroit Shock (2001-09)
Candace Parker — Los Angeles Sparks (2008-Current)
Ticha Penicheiro* — Sacramento Monarchs (1998-2009), Los Angeles Sparks (2010-11), Chicago Sky (2012)
Cappie Pondexter — Phoenix Mercury (2006-09), New York Liberty (2010-14), Chicago Sky (2015-Current)
Katie Smith* — Minnesota Lynx (1999-2005), Detroit Shock (2005-2009), Washington Mystics (2010), Seattle Storm (2011-12), New York Liberty (2013)
Sheryl Swoopes* — Houston Comets (1997-2000, 2002-2007), Seattle Storm (2008), Tulsa Shock (2011)
Diana Taurasi — Phoenix Mercury (2004-2014, Current)
Tina Thompson* — Houston Comets (1997-2008), Los Angeles Sparks (2009-11), Seattle Storm (2012-13)
Teresa Weatherspoon* — New York Liberty (1997-2003), Los Angeles Sparks (2004)
Lindsay Whalen — Connecticut Sun (2004-09), Minnesota Lynx (2010-Current)

 

[Amb3096]

But currently, in the prime of her playing career, isn't one of the 12 best players for the Olympic team? The entire list FYI:

Seimone Augustus — Minnesota Lynx (2006-Current)
Sue Bird — Seattle Storm (2002-Current)
Swin Cash — Detroit Shock (2002-07), Seattle Storm (2008-11), Chicago Sky (2012-13), Atlanta Dream (2014), New York Liberty (2014-Current)
Tamika Catchings — Indiana Fever (2002-Current)
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke* — Houston Comets (1997-2000, 2003)
Yolanda Griffith* — Sacramento Monarchs (1999-2007), Seattle Storm (2008), Indiana Fever (2009)
Becky Hammon* — New York Liberty (1999-2006), San Antonio Stars (2007-2014)
Lauren Jackson* — Seattle Storm (2001-12)
Lisa Leslie* — Los Angeles Sparks (1997-2006, 2008-09)
Maya Moore — Minnesota Lynx (2011-Current)
Deanna Nolan* — Detroit Shock (2001-09)
Candace Parker — Los Angeles Sparks (2008-Current)
Ticha Penicheiro* — Sacramento Monarchs (1998-2009), Los Angeles Sparks (2010-11), Chicago Sky (2012)
Cappie Pondexter — Phoenix Mercury (2006-09), New York Liberty (2010-14), Chicago Sky (2015-Current)
Katie Smith* — Minnesota Lynx (1999-2005), Detroit Shock (2005-2009), Washington Mystics (2010), Seattle Storm (2011-12), New York Liberty (2013)
Sheryl Swoopes* — Houston Comets (1997-2000, 2002-2007), Seattle Storm (2008), Tulsa Shock (2011)
Diana Taurasi — Phoenix Mercury (2004-2014, Current)
Tina Thompson* — Houston Comets (1997-2008), Los Angeles Sparks (2009-11), Seattle Storm (2012-13)
Teresa Weatherspoon* — New York Liberty (1997-2003), Los Angeles Sparks (2004)
Lindsay Whalen — Connecticut Sun (2004-09), Minnesota Lynx (2010-Current)

What have Seimone Augustus, Deanna Nolan, Lindsay Whalen, and Cappie Pondexter done to make this list...unless you count the # of "foot-in-mouth" idiotic statements, in which case Pondexter would the runaway winner.

Given the publicity surrounding their WNBA debuts and the amount of media attention it generated, I'm surprised that Chamique Holdsclaw and Britney Griner were excluded.

 

[SayNoToJorts]

I counted 9 players on that list that are current players. I think Candace deserves to be on the team but using that list as evidence really isn't overly convincing. If those players were ranked and she was in the top 5 maybe then

 

[tonybologna]

Where is Delle Donne? She's not been playing long but she already has put up numbers to place her in the top 20.

 

[Darth_Vol]

I counted 9 players on that list that are current players. I think Candace deserves to be on the team but using that list as evidence really isn't overly convincing. If those players were ranked and she was in the top 5 maybe then

You should look at the evidence again. Aside from Parker there are 8 active WNBA players on the list. Six of them are on the Olympic team. The other two are aging Swin Cash, who clearly a shell of the player she once was, and Cappie Pondexter who will never play for a US team again after the idiotic comments she made a few years ago. That just leaves Candace Parker, one of the faces of the WNBA in the prime of her career who has never embarrassed the country, inexplicably left out....