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Ah, And, Of Course, the Financial Stipend Helps... by dillon77

...for these 8, as the Associated Press/NY Times reported.

"Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, who have led the United States to gold medals in the last four Olympics, are among eight players who will be paid $2,000 a day at each of five training camps and games leading up to the Olympics, with a chance to earn bonuses.

"Sylvia Fowles, Elena Delle Donne, Nneka Ogwumike, A’ja Wilson, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Chelsea Gray are the others."

It looks as if U.S. Basketball had discussions with those players who do not want to go overseas after the WNBA season, which is when most players make the bulk of their earnings. (Not Brittany Griner is not among these 8.)

"Getting paid gives players, who want the option, to stay at home and not go overseas in the winter,” says Sue Bird.

“It’s legitimate, they knew they had to do it that way,” said Ogwumike, who has played in Russia and China in the W.N.B.A. off-season. “That investment is what the players want. It’s quite amazing to afford that type of opportunity. Not just the investment in us, but the strategic nature of hitting different markets. We’ll have traveling tournaments."