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The final 3 players for the women’s USA basketball team have been announced; Tamika Catchings from Indiana, Kara Lawson from Sacramento, and DeLisha Milton-Jones from Los Angeles.

Catchings would have been added to the first 9 players if she had recovered sooner from an Achilles’ tendon injury from last September. Catchings returned to the court for Indiana on June 15 and has averaged 10 points this season.

In the front court for USA we have: Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson, Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles and DeLisha Milton-Jones.

For the back court: Sue Bird, Katie Smith, Diana Taurasi, Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Tamika Catchings, and Kara Lawson.

The Olympic Women’s Basketball Team will meet at the end of July when the WNBA takes a brake for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

• Lisa Leslie - Los Angeles Sparks
  6-5 Center from USC
  10 years in WNBA
  averaging 16.8 points, 9.40 rebounds, 2.2 assists
• Tina Thompson - Houston Comets
  6-2 Forward from USC
  11 years in WNBA
  averaging 17.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists
• Candace Parker - Los Angeles Sparks
  6-4 Forward from Tennessee
  WNBA Rookie
  averaging 18.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4 assists
• Sylvia Fowles - Chicago Sky
  6-6 Center from Louisiana State
  WNBA Rookie
  averaging 10.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 0.6 assists
• DeLisha Milton-Jones - Los Angeles Sparks
  6-0 Forward from Florida
  9 years in WNBA
  averaging 13.8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists
• Sue Bird - Seattle Storm
  5-9 Guard from Connecticut
  6 years in WNBA
  averaging 12.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists
• Katie Smith - Detroit Shock
  5-11 Guard from Ohio State
  9 years in WNBA
  averaging 16 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists
• Diana Taurasi - Phoenix Mercury
  6-0 Guard from Connecticut
  4 years in WNBA
  averaging 24.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists
• Seimone Augustus - Minnesota Lynx
  6-0 Forward from Louisiana State
  2 years in WNBA
  averaging 18.8 points, 4 rebounds, 3.2 assists
• Cappie Pondexter - Phoenix Mercury
  5-9 Guard from Rutgers
  2 years in WNBA
  averaging 22.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists
• Kara Lawson - Sacramento Monarchs
  5-9 Guard from Tennessee
  5 years in WNBA
  averaging 10.5 points, 2.50 rebounds, 2 assists
• Tamika Catchings - Indiana Fever
  6-1 Forward from Tennessee
  6 years in WNBA
  averaging 10 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists

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