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#Occasionalwnbafan
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| No Ruth Hamblin. Maybe it's because she's from Houston, and no one believes there is a Houston in British Columbia. |
Ruth Hamblin is part of the Development Women's National Team program, she is currently playing with the exhibition team in China and will be representing Canada in the World University Games. |
I'm a big fan of Ruth Hamblin, She plays with a high IQ. |
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| Posted: 06/24/15 5:21 pm ::: |
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Just an FYI for those who may not be aware....Kim Gaucher is the married name of former WNBA player, Kim Smith.
Kim played for the Sacramento Monarchs from 2006-2008.
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| Posted: 04/29/16 5:29 pm ::: |
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| Any chance they win silver this year? |
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| Posted: 04/29/16 6:45 pm ::: |
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| #Occasionalwnbafan wrote: |
| Any chance they win silver this year? |
I think it's wide open for silver this year. No reason it can't be Canada IMO.
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GEF34
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| Posted: 04/29/16 7:12 pm ::: |
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| #Occasionalwnbafan wrote: |
| Any chance they win silver this year? |
I think it's wide open for silver this year. No reason it can't be Canada IMO. |
I agree. I think Canada has a great chance to win the silver medal, especially if the team comes ready to play, they had a great showing at the World Championships and Pan American Games and I think the team will have a lot of momentum coming in. But as you say it's so wide open, so it should be a fun competition. I enjoyed watching them play in the World Championships and Pan American Games and I'm looking forward to watching them in Rio as well.
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| Posted: 04/30/16 5:19 am ::: |
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| #Occasionalwnbafan wrote: |
| Any chance they win silver this year? |
a chance yes but i would take the Opals, Serbia, France and Spain over them tbh
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| Posted: 04/30/16 8:23 am ::: |
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| Michelle89 wrote: |
| #Occasionalwnbafan wrote: |
| Any chance they win silver this year? |
a chance yes but i would take the Opals, Serbia, France and Spain over them tbh |
In other words... no chance. Too young and inexperienced. They're fun to root for though.
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| Posted: 05/10/16 3:56 pm ::: |
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The other day Canada announced the 24 players invited the Women's National Team Phase 1 Camp from May 21-30.
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“After a tremendous 2015, we’re excited to get the 2016 senior season started as we prepare for our second-consecutive Olympic games,” said Denise Dignard, Director, Women’s High Performance. “Our players have all had great seasons with their respective clubs or schools and have been looking forward to 2016.”
Canada will re-group on June 28th in Edmonton for the second phase of training, where they will host China for the Edmonton Grads International Classic (EGIC) from July 9th-11th at the Saville Centre in Edmonton, AB. Tickets are now available, click here to purchase.
The final phase of training will begin July 22 in Toronto, ON. The team will then head to the U.S. for an exhibition tournament before heading to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympic Games from August 5 -22. |
Natalie Achonwa, Indiana Fever (WNBA)
Miranda Ayim, Basket Landes (France)
Adut Bulgak, New York Liberty (WNBA)
Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (NCAA)
Shay Colley, Pittsburgh (NCAA)
Laura Dally, Saskatchewan (CIS)
Quinn Dornstauder, Arizona State (NCAA)
Nirra Fields, Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)
Kim Gaucher, Mondeville (France)
Saicha Grant-Allen, Dayton (NCAA)
Ruth Hamblin, Dallas Wings (WNBA)
Miah-Marie Langlois, Dynamo-Guvd Novosibirsk (Russia)
Lizanne Murphy, Angers (France)
Kia Nurse, UConn (NCAA)
Katherine Plouffe, Nantes Reze (France)
Michelle Plouffe, Mondeville (France)
Emily Potter, Utah (NCAA)
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, Wasserburg (Germany)
Karly Roser, Neuss (Germany)
Tamara Tatham, Townville Fire (Australia)
Shona Thorburn, Nantes Reze (France)
Jamie Weisner, Connecticut Sun (WNBA)
Korissa Williams, Dunkerque (France Div. 2)
Dakota Whyte, Wisconsin (NCAA)
http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-article/24-athletes-invited-to-attend-womens-national-team-phase-1-camp
With training camps taking place throughout the WNBA season, it will be interesting to see what the WNBA players do and if the WNBA teams and Canada Basketball can workout something for those players to do both.
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| Posted: 05/10/16 4:22 pm ::: |
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| So it looks like Bulgak, Achonwa, Hamblin, Fields & Weisner will miss some WNBA games.
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| Posted: 05/10/16 4:23 pm ::: |
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| I wonder why no Kayla Alexander. She has history with Team Canada, having played on the U19 team.
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| Posted: 05/10/16 5:38 pm ::: |
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| I wonder why no Kayla Alexander. She has history with Team Canada, having played on the U19 team. |
Maybe she doesn't wear Nike
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| Posted: 06/07/16 10:48 pm ::: |
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Maybe France realized that the warm-ups don't matter and are saving their best for the Americans in Rio.
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| Posted: 06/08/16 8:36 pm ::: |
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Not going to post this in both threads so I will just go with the winning team's thread:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/FFBB/296827/index_en_AU.html
With all the talk about the new generation, Kim Smith and Miranda Ayim do not want to be forgotten.
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Maybe France realized that the warm-ups don't matter and are saving their best for the Americans in Rio. |
They still have to qualify for Rio. With the qualifiers at home, they should have no issues, but obviously you don't want to be playing too badly at this time.
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| Posted: 07/11/16 10:46 pm ::: |
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Kia Nurse, whose outstanding performance at last summer's Pan Am Games made her a household name, is recovering from a sports hernia that required surgery.
But coach Lisa Thomaidis said the 20-year-old is on pace to be fully recovered in time for the Rio Olympics.
"Timeline is she's 100 per cent by Tuesday, and cleared for everything," Thomaidis said. "We're confident she'll be good to go when we get together in Toronto."
The Canadian women, ranked No. 9 in the world on FIBA's most recent rankings, host No. 8 China in three exhibition games at Edmonton's Saville Centre on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. |
http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/basketball-star-kia-nurse-recovering-from-hernia-surgery-1.2979226
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