DT not playing (Jewel Loyd didnt play either) yesterday was not a referendum on player selection. Its a numbers game. There are not enough mins in a 40 min gm to give 12 people meaningful mins so realistically someone (ideally 2 IMO) should sit every game. In the blowout wins they had earlier it was easy to get everyone 5-6 mins but in a tight one you try and find something that works and then stick with it, minutes be damned. BG only played 5 mins, Alyssa Thomas and Sabrina only played 10 each.
Its nice to have players who can be ready when they are called though. Copper and Ionescu didnt play until the 2nd half. Sabrina didnt really move the needle while Copper definitely did so she stayed on the court once she got on playing almost the entire 2nd half.
Now we have 4 yrs to make sure the next team is stacked like this one is. Aja and probably Sabrina are the only real locks given age. CC, Angel, Paige and maybe even Juju (especially with the games being in LA) will be ready. Will be interesting to see what the roster looks like by then.