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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4769785, member: 11664"] I don't know how Amari will get more exerienced if she doesn't get to play much. Practice just isn't the same as real game time. What I like about Amari's height & finesse as a defender is that she doesn't need to move as much as a shorter player does to block shots or obstruct shots taken by another big. In that respect it's good that Amari isn't overly aggressive because she won't tend to foul as much. She also has a really big wing span & long arms. She only needs to put her hands up & be on her toes whereas the shorter defended needs to leap & then come back straight down to the floor to not foul. And then because of her long legs she can cover a lot of ground with a single step on both offense & defense. Plus Amari can be a good shooter too. So Amari has pluses & minuses like every player does. I figure that Geno will be damned if he does & damned if he doesn't play her depending on the final score of big games. But I do expect Amari to average 5-10 meaningful minutes because I expect Geno to be platooning more players this year & her specialization seems to be needed. Plus she offers some passing ability from the high post & in traffic that Paige may be able to coax the best out of her. Paige has a way of elevating the level of play of those around her. The chemistry connection between Paige & other players shouldn't be discounted because Amari was never really able to play with Paige before. Maybe Geno has taught Amari few new plays that we don't know about yet. I can't help but think that Geno will be giving her more opportunity because he needs to incorporate her into the offense to be more effective for the team. It would be a waste of a needed weapon if he doesn't so I'm betting that he will. Amari needs to rise to the expections of being a Junior, & I think that she has a do or die attitude. We saw glimpses of it last year that she can have an edge like when she got clocked in the jaw. We saw Amari block a shot by palming the ball while in the player's hands & the player bent over backwards almost to the floor. She's a powerful women,don;t let her slender muscles fool your. She has those slender explosive muscles that Paige has. [/QUOTE]

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