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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3850070, member: 3535"] 1--- No-- LeBron won it that year in 11-12. That year his team beat the Thunder 4-1. So when LeBron wins we can see that ball dominators can win. 2-- LeBron is also more than a scorer too, and he lifts his teammates too. Thus Paige can do the same thing. 3-- UCONN showed you can beat a top tier team with one ball dominator In the SC game. I felt they also had a lot of backdoor cuts - and setting a lot of picks etc. As a result, Imo, the UCONN players overall were not just standing around. UCONN wouldn't have gotten as many OREB's as an example if their bigs were just standing around. 4- Ball dominators can win championships. Not only did LeBron show it, did Melo show it, but also Kemba showed it. 5-- When UCONN is facing a team with a legit shot to beat them, they need to worry about the game at hand. Not how their offense might have to play in the game(s) following. As a result, the best way to win is to feed the best player in WCBB who is showing extreme rarefied play not seen in many years. 6-- [B]Just to reiterate: Others can step up. I never argued that point/ I had always said when other players get hot- feed them too. This is why the exhibition games vs a team like GTWON are so valuable to build up others. And that is why those that bash UCONN being in the conference as if it is near so awful,-are so wrong. [/B] [I]7-- [/I]Yes "dare to be great." But in order to achieve being great- the best way to do it is by giving your team the best chance of success toward that particular game in which you are going to be threatened. And the best way to do it-- is the game we saw vs SC. The exhibition games UCONN is going forward in now in the Big East will help the other players better prepare for the next encounter vs a threatening team. If no one shows they are stepping up in terms of efficiency then not allowing Paige to do what she did in SC is not "daring the others to be great" but it's showing stubbornness which often will result in a team going down in flames much earlier than anticipated. 8-- Melo was exactly forced to carry the team. If you are so tied to Melo not carrying the team - then maybe we can reach a compromise? [B]I want Paige to do what Melo did if her teammates are not showing much better efficiency in these upcoming exhibition games[/B]. And if we were to look at the NCAA Tourney Melo averaged 2 assists per game. Not 10. 9—Paige can’t get that many assists and then we'd expect UCONN to win vs the elite teams if her teammates can’t shoot. But UCON has shown they can beat them when Paige is taking many shots. Force the defense to react to Paige-- then the assists will follow. :) [/QUOTE]

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