Interesting. Didn't know about that. Wonder if it is considered for all time or just for the Olympics. And how Spain became the one.She became a naturalized citizen of Spain without having Spanish ties. FIBA allows this.
WNBA star and Port Wing native, Megan Gustafson to play for Spain In 2024 Olympics
Gustafson wants to bring Spain a gold medal home this year.www.northernnewsnow.com
List of naturalized basketball national team players - Wikipedia
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Megan Gustafson Pro Career
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Each country is allowed one naturalized citizen on their roster for international competition. The limit is in place to prevent countries from basically buying up all the top talent just to get medal. The USA has by far the most depth of talent so you often see Americans who probably won't ever make our own national team (or who don't want to endure the internal politics of the selection process, or who want a nice paycheck...) play for other countries. Astou Ndour Fall, another second tier WNBA post who has bounced around to a few teams like Megan, used to play for Spain. Megan replaced her. Unlike Megan, Ndour Fall did have actual ties to Spain though having moved their in her teens for basketball development. Ndour Fall won a silver medal with Spain at the 2016 Olympics.
As far as how Spain ended up with Megan specifically-- I assume Spain looked at their own roster, saw a need for a post who can score around the basket, know that Megan has put up huge numbers in European leagues and has WNBA experience, and reached out to Megan's agent.
As far as how Spain ended up with Megan specifically-- I assume Spain looked at their own roster, saw a need for a post who can score around the basket, know that Megan has put up huge numbers in European leagues and has WNBA experience, and reached out to Megan's agent.
They checked Gustafson's university report card and saw "Entry Level Spanish". Sweden did the same and didn't see "Entry Level Swedish".
If Megan were on this team no one would come within 30 of the hawks
EuroCup Finals tip off at 12:30 PM Iowa time and is free to watch live on YouTube here in the US...
Megan and the London Lions are Eurocup Champions!!! Megan had 18 and 7 in the final game. 10 of those points came in the last 6:05 of 4th quarter and her team needed every single one. Clutch
Gustafson with the key free throw to push the aggregate score difference to +4.
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It's a two game home and home series. Basically like playing an 8 quarter game spread across two days and locations. I think it's cool. The European leagues use that format quite a bit.
Didn't know Ticha is Gustafson's agent. Ticha is one of the all-time WBB greats.
I wish somehow Megan would end up with the Indy Fever
Likely not happening any time soon with LV just signing her, but I have seen a couple mock drafts where they take Kate Martin with their last pick.
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Here's what Kate Martin said about watching Megan Gustafson after arriving in Iowa City in 2018:
"When I got to Iowa and I saw somebody like Megan, who was the hardest worker I'd ever known and ever seen, I mean to see that in person, it was insane.
"She instilled a little bit of what it takes to get to that level, to be great like she was and I watched her workouts plenty of times and she never took a rep off in practice and I admired that about her.
"I was like, 'Oh shit,' I'm gonna have to bring my 'A' game every single practice next year when I get the opportunity because if you have one of the best players in the country doing that every single day in practice, then even the bench players are gonna have to do that as well. She raised everybody up to her level."
Here's what Kate Martin said about watching Megan Gustafson after arriving in Iowa City in 2018:
"When I got to Iowa and I saw somebody like Megan, who was the hardest worker I'd ever known and ever seen, I mean to see that in person, it was insane.
"She instilled a little bit of what it takes to get to that level, to be great like she was and I watched her workouts plenty of times and she never took a rep off in practice and I admired that about her.
"I was like, 'Oh shit,' I'm gonna have to bring my 'A' game every single practice next year when I get the opportunity because if you have one of the best players in the country doing that every single day in practice, then even the bench players are gonna have to do that as well. She raised everybody up to her level."
Kate’s odds are really low. As the 2-time defending champs their roster is stacked. 11 veterans and 4 draft picks vying for 12 spots. Not impossible, but she’s got to be great.
Megan started shooting threes a few years ago and did anyone think she wasn't going to succeed at that?
Megan’s game has seen huge growth the last two years. Her first game in the playoff series against Las Vegas a couple years back showed all that was lacking as an offensive threat was that, and her work on that since has seen a big payoff.
29 points!
67% from the field!
67% from the field!
