Top 10 Best Female Basketball Players of All Time

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Teresa Weatherspoon

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Sue Bird

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Sylvia Fowles

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Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

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Lauren Jackson

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Maya Moore

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Lisa Leslie

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Tamika Catchings

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Diana Taurasi

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Sheryl Swoopes

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