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Message: [QUOTE="ConwayGmck, post: 3436716, member: 10442"] I agree: someone else in this thread also referred to A'ja Wilson as a "more traditional and not generational" player. Let's compare Wilson to Stewart, who is hands down considered a generational player here: B.S.: .530 FG%, .355 3PFG%, 17.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.7 bpg, 1.5 spg A.W.: .550 FG%, .375 3PFG%, 17.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 2.6 bpg, 1.0 spg Now, I'm being a little disingenuous here: Stewart attempted 428 career 3-pt FGs, while Wilson attempted only 16. Stewart's perimeter offense is truly what separates her from Wilson, but is that enough based on the other stats? And of course, the fall-back is, "Stewart won more championships than Wilson", but Stewart did NOT win CT WBB it's first ever Big East/AAC conference tournament title, did NOT lead CT to it's first ever #1 national ranking, did NOT lead CT to its first ever Final Four, and did NOT lead CT to its first ever national championship, nor be CT's first ever consensus NPOTY, Wooden, Naismith, Wade. They both own their program's career blocks record, but only Wilson owns her program's career points record. But Stewart is generational, and Wilson is traditional? We also need to look at the caliber of teams players that we consider to be generational play on. As a fan of an SEC school, this is a very healthy debate when it comes to college football, and the talent that Alabama has, and whether or not they are generational players. Running backs rushing for Heisman-level yardage, but that play behind offensive lines full of 1st-round NFL talent. This is by no means an attempt to diminish Stewart's talent - I consider her definitely a "generational" type player. But in considering Wilson, for example: Stewart played alongside other players such as Doty, Hartley, Dolson, Mosqueda-Lewis, Jefferson, Tuck, Williams, Edwards, Ekmark, Nurse, KLS, and Collier. All high 5-stars. Wilson played with Cuevas, Harris, White (2 yrs), Duckett (1 yr), Davis (1 yr), Gray (1 yr), Bradshaw (1 yr), Grissett, Jackson, Williams. Because so many of those at USC were for just 1 year each, they never stacked up on the roster, so Stewart played with a combined 25 player-years with other 5-star talent, compared to Wilson playing with 15 player-years with other 5-star talent. Over 4 years, that's an average of 2.5 more 5-star caliber teammates per year that Stewart played with, than what Wilson played with. At USC, Duckett, White, Bradshaw, and Williams hardly contributed at all before they moved on. Same with Jackson I guess... [/QUOTE]

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