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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:29 am    ::: Katie Douglas denied Lithuanian citizenship. Reply Reply with quote
http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16154/

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Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has rejected an application for citizenship from U.S. basketball player Kathryn Douglas, making it impossible for her to join the national team.

Douglas, the leading player of the Vilnius TEO women’s basketball club, had applied for citizenship in order to represent Lithuania at the women’s world championships in Brazil in September. Douglas, 27, had been invited to the US national team but rejected the invitation, saying she wanted to represent Lithuania.
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:33 am    ::: Re: Katie Douglas denied Lithuanian citizenship. Reply Reply with quote
stever wrote:
http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16154/

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Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has rejected an application for citizenship from U.S. basketball player Kathryn Douglas, making it impossible for her to join the national team.

Douglas, the leading player of the Vilnius TEO women’s basketball club, had applied for citizenship in order to represent Lithuania at the women’s world championships in Brazil in September. Douglas, 27, had been invited to the US national team but rejected the invitation, saying she wanted to represent Lithuania.
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I find that second part VERY hard to believe.
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:34 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Shocked WTF? I second that shit! What is her f'n problem?
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:36 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
SHOW TIME! HERE WE GO! Or should I say "What is YOUR f'n problem?"

You believe everything you read! If it is correct, you don't think there's more to the story? Rolling Eyes Puhleeezzze.....
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:36 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Are you kidding me? Confused



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:39 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Who would she have been offered a spot over? Alana Beard or Semione Agusutus?

The answer? Neither one.
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:39 am    ::: Re: Katie Douglas denied Lithuanian citizenship. Reply Reply with quote
PUmatty wrote:
I find that second part VERY hard to believe.


I do, too. If this is true then... Confused Shocked



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:39 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Is KT official title: Knight Katie Douglas Giapalakis? Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:40 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Yah, Katie told the U.S. team to f*** off. Rolling Eyes

I'm sure.



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:41 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Well if she doesn't want to rep the USA, that her choice and right...Isn't it?? I' think I've seen players representing countries that wasn't their nationality but, I could be wrong Embarassed



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:42 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Call me crazy, but I'd take Katie over both of them!! She's not a ball hog and while Alana gets more circus shots made, KT is a solid player. Seimone is an unproven ballhog! There I said. Now let the shit begin to fall!

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Who would she have been offered a spot over? Alana Beard or Semione Agusutus?

The answer? Neither one.



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:43 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
KeiraNY wrote:
Call me crazy, but I'd take Katie over both of them!! She's not a ball hog and while Alana gets more circus shots made, KT is a solid player. Seimone is an unproven ballhog! There I said. Now let the shit begin to fall!

Rolling Eyes


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Who would she have been offered a spot over? Alana Beard or Semione Agusutus?

The answer? Neither one.


I would take her over both too, but a good part of that is because she is my favorite player. I would take her ahead of most anyone. But I find it real hard to believe that USA Basketball would, particularly given that she hadn't participated in any of the prep tournaments.
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:43 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Perhaps she was asked to TRY OUT FOR the US team, with nothing like a guaranteed spot? Or perhaps the Baltic Times is, simply, wrong.

Oh, and Seimone's not a ballhog. Confused
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:44 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
dtsnms wrote:
SHOW TIME! HERE WE GO! Or should I say "What is YOUR f'n problem?"

You believe everything you read! If it is correct, you don't think there's more to the story? Rolling Eyes Puhleeezzze.....



Maybe there is more and when I read it i'll respond to it as well. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:45 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs...
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:48 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
p_d_swanson wrote:
Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs...


Does she know? Shocked



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:53 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I doubt they asked her out-right to come and join the team. Maybe they asked her to tour with the group they sent to Australia or they called her for a tryout/workout type of deal. Even then, I doubt she just said no. She probably had a legit excuse.
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 11:59 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
p_d_swanson wrote:
Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs...


Pending citizenship approval, which didn't happen? It seems very unlikely her name would appear there sans her knowledge or approval.
This would make a lot more sense if she had married Arvydas Sabonis! Wink



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:04 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Yeah and I'm the Queen of England!
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Oh, and Seimone's not a ballhog. Confused



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:09 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
KeiraNY wrote:
Yeah and I'm the Queen of England!
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accommodatingly wrote:


Oh, and Seimone's not a ballhog. Confused


And here I thought you were the Queen of NY..... Wink
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:15 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
The whole Lithuanian thing has confused me since day one. Greece, I could understand (and wouldn't mind). But I would find it very hard to believe that she applied for Lithuanian citizenship.

I'm also a lil bit surprised they turned her down, actually, if there's any grain of truth to the entire story. Lithuania's a bit hoops-mad.

(Oh, and if the knighthood thing is true, she'd be Dame Kathryn. Sounds like a nifty nickname, actually. Wink)



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
p_d_swanson wrote:
Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs...


Does she know? Shocked



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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
chienboo wrote:
KeiraNY wrote:
Yeah and I'm the Queen of England!
Rolling Eyes


accommodatingly wrote:


Oh, and Seimone's not a ballhog. Confused


And here I thought you were the Queen of NY..... Wink


No she just lives in Queens Laughing
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PostPosted: 08/21/06 12:26 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
KeiraNY wrote:
Yeah and I'm the Queen of England!
Rolling Eyes


accommodatingly wrote:


Oh, and Seimone's not a ballhog. Confused


If you've been watching this year's Lynx, please tell me who you'd like to take the shots Seimone should have (in your view) passed up.

Back to Katie: I find it hard to believe she'd bag on a clear invite to join USA Basketball, but the rest of the story makes perfect sense to me: she has Lithuanian ties, they wanted and expected her on their team, but the Prez of the country applied the law and decided he just couldn't find a way to do it. If the USA invite she turned down was "come try out," rather than "we want you," I believe the whole thing.
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PostPosted: 08/22/06 3:19 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
A little clarification on the story and props to accommodatingly who basically got it right. This was in the bottom of a story in the Norwich Bulletin about Douglas' injury.

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Douglas, an overseas star the past two offseasons playing for Lithuanian club TEO and a native of Indianapolis, has no family connection to the Baltic nation. She turned down an invitation to participate in three U.S. training camps across March and April, which conflicted with her European schedule.

"She was never offered a spot on the World Championship team," Caroline Williams, director of communications for USA Basketball, said Monday night by cell phone. "She was asked to be in the pool of players under consideration for the team and that's a pretty large group."


http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/SPORTS/608220336/1006
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