Angel McCoughtry Never Stops Working
Check out some of the people and organizations USA Basketball is following with this week’s USA Basketball Social Media Roundup:
Look at my face. This guy freddy o is wearing me out. https://t.co/PRS4TgOuLF
— Angel McCoughtry (@angel_35) April 20, 2015
There’s a reason Angel McCoughtry has won four gold medals with USA Basketball, most recently at the 2014 FIBA Women’s World Championship. Even after winning the World Championship gold medal in October and then playing in Turkey in the EuroLeague, McCoughtry hasn’t stopped working as she prepares for the 2015 WNBA season.
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Humbled and honored to visit Cuba and teach the game I love - basketball is universal!! @usabasketball
— Don Showalter (@dshow23) April 22, 2015
Six-time USA Basketball gold medalist head coach Don Showalter will again lead the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team, which will gather in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in late May before heading to Argentina for the FIBA Americas U16 Championship. As this tweet indicates, Showalter was out of the country this week, too – working at a youth basketball clinic in Cuba.
Relive the 10 best plays from a 3-game night in the #NBAPlayoffs
WATCH: http://t.co/DsVN4waaqD pic.twitter.com/boiUBqUJx0
— NBA.com (@NBAcom) April 22, 2015
Hard not to keep an eye on the NBA’s social media channels during playoff time.
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KILLER NEW EPISODE: The future of @USABYouth Division with @CoachJayDemings: http://t.co/d4Q5owSkQG pic.twitter.com/hYDKpd6Ynu
— Hardwood Hustle (@Hardwood_Hustle) April 21, 2015
Our friends at Hardwood Hustle talk youth basketball with USA Basketball’s youth development program director, Jay Demings. ---
Thanks for all the love! I'm in a hotel in Russia and the internet is HORRIBLE. So I will get back to everybody when I get service šš
— Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) April 19, 2015
@USABasketball was one of the many Twitter accounts to wish two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker a happy birthday on April 19. Based on this tweet from Parker, we will hear back from her soon.
Great memories from the weekend hosting China's U19 National Team including @L_Queeny31 's 4 month old Nolan. pic.twitter.com/rkVS3D8n06
— WSSTEALERS (@WSSTEALERS) April 21, 2015
That is the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Stealers, a women’s basketball AAU program founded and directed by Bishop McGuinness High School head coach Brian Robinson. Robinson has been involved with USA Basketball since 2007, most recently as an assistant coach for the 2014 USA Women’s U17 World Championship Team.
