Looks Like Sky Is In the "Core" Group

of players that will attend all these segments. Given that she has not been on a senior-level U.S. Nat'l. Team competition of this ilk, this is a good move on Sky's part.

Interesting that Taurasi and Bird seeming precipitated this:

Headlining the program are longtime USA National Team members Sue Bird (Seattle Storm) and Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), who own a combined eight Olympic and seven FIBA World Cup gold medals and collaborated with USA Basketball on the expanded national team program.

“I’m very excited about this program,” said Bird. “It’s the right amount of training so we can gear up and get ready for the Olympics, and also it gives us the right amount of exposure where we can really create some momentum heading into the Olympics. It’s not only about trying to win another gold medal, it’s about trying to win our seventh in a row, that’s the story. It gives us a chance to do all of those things, but above all it gives us a chance to get together as potential Olympians and play.”

“As we know, every year it gets tougher,” said Taurasi, who first suited up for USA Basketball in 2000 on a U18 team. “Every competition gets a little bit harder. So, this is a great opportunity to train, play, be in competitive situations with a team that hopefully is going to Tokyo to win a gold medal."

And Sky appears to be part of the next group that Bird/Taurasi/U.S. Basketball reached out to:

Also committed to USA Basketball for the five segments are: three-time Olympic and 2010 World Cup gold medalist Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx), 2016 Olympic and 2018 World Cup gold medalist Elena Delle Donne (Washington Mystics), two-time World Cup gold medalist Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks), 2018 World Cup gold medalist A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and USA National Team members Skylar Diggins-Smith (Dallas Wings) and Chelsea Gray (Los Angeles Sparks).

Jewell played on the World Cup team last year and was kind of Dawn Staley's "jack of all trades," who did everything from defend the other team's toughest guard, to rebound as a "big" guard to run the break early and often.

K-Mac's main calling card is her shooting, both three-point and those uncanny floaters she unleashes. I could see her spelling and being heir apparent to Taurasi.