Becky Hammon

Becky Hammon speaks no Russian, has no Russian ancestry, was born in the US, grew up in the US, and will play for the Russian women's basketball team at the Olympics this Summer.
Some background:
1. According to the WNBA MVP system, she is the second best player in the WNBA.
2. She, like many other WNBA stars, can and does play in Russia during the offseason (for 8 months out of the year she lives in Russia). Each Russian team can have only 2 American players.
3. She got fasttracked for Russian citizenship - probably because she was willing to play for Russia at the Olympics. How you can have dual Russian and American citizenship, I have NO idea. Many countries dual citizenship, I get. Just not Russia...
4. A list of 23 candidates for the US national team came out sometime. Hammon was not on that list.
5. Hammon agreed to play for Russia and signed a 2 million dollar 4 year contract with the club team she plays for. This deal was to sweeten the package to convince her to play for Russia. It is also 6 times what she gets playing for the WNBA
6. After she signed the contract, an expanded 30 player list that did include Hammon was released, inviting her to try-out for the US team.
7. Some people, including the US Women's team coach, considers this nonpatriotic and labeled Hammon a traitor.

So, what I'm getting is that somebody sold out to play for a sport no real American cares about. I think that includes Becky Hammon. Because, really, what could be more American than selling out?
Feel free to disagree