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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 5287061, member: 26"] Some great quotes about Paige too - Dee said she's Paige's biggest cheerleader... “[I]These kids are growing up in a different era of basketball and a different era of technology – for me to give her advice on how I grew doesn’t really register. I want her to figure it out. The sky is the limit for Paige because she can galvanize a group of players, which is a huge thing. [B]She prepares in the best way I’ve seen any player prepare in a long time, the way she goes about it. She’s so grounded and patient and she has a lot of grace[/B][/I].” Dee nailed it. I know some people think maybe she'd not make a good coach because she was so intense on the court, but every time I've heard her talk about others (teammates, friends, other players, etc.), she's not only spot on with her observations and what she says (and fairly blunt and oftentimes funny), she's never demeaning or mean. She has incredible insight and is eloquent in how she says it. I doubt she wants to go into coaching anyway, and Lobo had an interesting take: [I]Last week, [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/espn-analyst-pitches-diana-taurasi-as-next-charles-barkley/ar-AA1EVEhK?ocid=BingNewsSerp']Rebecca Lobo said[/URL] Taurasi, who has hosted a popular [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2025/04/04/bird-taurasi-alternate-womens-final-four-broadcast/82799965007/']ESPN2 show with Sue Bird[/URL] during the Final Four, could be the next “Charles Barkley” on TV. “She’s sort of our Charles Barkley in terms of what she could bring to a studio, in particular a studio show, either in the NBA or the WNBA,” Lobo said on a media call[/I]. When she talks about Paige "galvanizing" teammates, it's the same thing Dee did - leading Maria Conlon, Jess Moore, Barb Turner, Ann Strother and Ash Battle (off the bench) to a pair of NC's. [/QUOTE]

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