The Bills have been in the playoffs in each of the last five years and have won seven playoff games during that stretch.
These are all very valid points. The only thing I would add is, having worked with these athletes for months during the course of this season, are any of them projectable (as so many of this season's exciting players have far exceeded the level of play they displayed when first drafted)?
Well, I think they should probably keep Maddie. She may not be starter level but I think she’s a quality bench player. Obviously they want to get the best players they can. I would think Paige would be a fairly strong draw for a lot of players. Who doesn’t want to play with someone that passes the ball as well and as willingly as Paige?
As I said build your team around Paige, and see which veterans would like the opportunity to compete for a championship with her. Unlike most of the really good guards Paige plays defense. To people like Stewie, Emma, JJ, Nneka that could be a selling point.
You conveniently overlooked the 2+ decades of no play-offs, a lot of bad free agency and coaching decisions. Over that period, your Giants won 3 Superbowls (this includes wide right), drafted Eli to replace Phil, and made Tom Brady miss out on a couple Lombardi trophies. As a Giants fan, I'm not sure if you're authorized to provide a comparison. 😉
Per herhoopstats, Lou:
We should add that she only had 1 turnover and ended the season with a 2.7/1 assist to turnover ratio.
All indications are that Paige will not play overseas, so the next time we’ll see her playing on the court will be with Unrivaled.
Please help Kamilla escape the Chicago locker room.
On the plus side, the Wings are clearly Paige’s team now. Just about everyone likes Paige, many players know her personally and most would love to play on the same team with her.
Paige’s personality is literally kinda magical. Pretty much every player in the league knows her now, has experienced her kindness and generosity all bundled up together with a relentless competitive spirit. It must be very tempting to want to play on her team. I’m struck by how happy Maddy and Hayley and Grace seem to be just hanging out with her, much less playing with her. And Yueru seemed genuinely astonished at her good fortune to find herself on a team with such a generous spirit.
Just a brief post script on this forum. What I have been particularly impressed with is the way that Paige took on the leadership on the Wings. No bravado. No in your face stuff. No attitude. Just pure talent and joy in playing the game with fierce determination and skill. She let her unbridled motivation to be the best that she and her teammates can be as an example for her teammates to follow. She is a leader in the best way: not just by what she says but what she does and how she does it by putting in the hard work to get better every day.
I know Curt Miller knows Geno and has probably consulted him on occasion. I doubt this would ever happen, but Curt might take a page out of Geno's book and ask a cadre of his players, say Paige and 2-3 others, about the players he's serious about pursuing. That has certainly worked for Geno/CD. OTOH, if he does it and word gets out, that would be bad, so it's probably an awful idea, but in my perfect world of Totoros, giant wolves, and moving castles, it would work.
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