USA Basketball announced a loaded women's roster for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on Monday. But one omission is drawing some heat.
Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike missed the cut — again. The six-time WNBA All-Star and 2016 league MVP has been a regular for Team USA, playing in 59 international games including gold medal runs in the 2014 and 2018 FIBA World Cups.
But she's never played in the Olympics. She didn't make the 2016 Team USA roster in the same year she was named WNBA MVP. And she won't play in Tokyo next month despite her regular presence with Team USA since 2017.