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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 4475839, member: 26"] Couldn't disagree more with people who have Boston at #1. She MAY be one of the most dominant players in the country in the past few years, but her numbers are not there this season so far. Let's look at it differently. Diana Taurasi - greatest player all time, and it's not really close. BUT she didn't make the all star team this year and was left off the Olympic team. Why? Her numbers were down. Why? She's lost a step and is getting older. Now, Boston is not "getting older" or slowing down, but her numbers simply are not there. To reward her as a potential NPOY candidate is simply not right (IMHO). She's not even 2nd team AA this season, unless you want to reward her for either hype, publicity, or past performance. Would I want her on my team in a NC game? OF course. But her numbers are simply not strong this season and to say "but she's still the best even tho her numbers are down" is a disservice to every other great player out there who is putting up gaudy numbers, often against really good competition. "OH but her team is so good she's not getting the opportunity to put up big numbers". OK then let's look at non-scoring numbers. Rebounds per game. 9.6. currently 37th in the country. She is averaging 24 minutes per game, highest on the team. I get that SC is deep and her numbers would be better if she played 30+ MPG, but you can't have it both ways. Now granted that list was clever and listed the "best players" in WCBB, not the NPOY candidates so you can make the stats morph however you want to justify her as the best player. And she will go 1st in the WNBA draft I would think, so that boosts the opinion as well. Bottom line i just think it's unfair. Maybe as SC's schedule gets into SEC play she will play more minutes and her numbers will go up. But right now, she may be the "best" according to popular opinion, but she shouldn't be on any AA lists at this point. And BTW, fans could blame the HC for SC for not playing Boston enough. Side note - the "experts" are talking about LSU as a possible 1 seed. Really? LSU may be undefeated, but their SOS is 261. So it's nice that they are undefeated and ranked in the top 10, but they have done zero to show anything deserving, other than having a HOF head coach and a bunch of hyped players. Play the schedule UCONN or NC State or even Tennessee or Texas and see where LSU would be with the losses. My point is the experts need to look at more than hype, past performance, cupcake schedules, etc. and be better experts. Just my $.02. [/QUOTE]

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