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Message: [QUOTE="Outrigger, post: 4414848, member: 12261"] It's fun to analyze how Bueckers compares to the greatest UConn women basketball players to grace the court while at UConn, by a combination of measuring each player's level of play and the number of individual and UConn team awards that each have received (number of times named ALL this and that and MVP of this and that, plus the number of national championship teams they led, etc.). Most agree (and me too) that Bueckers currently falls well short using those metrics. But more interesting to me is, which of these UConn women's basketball superstars is overall the best player of the bunch while they played for UConn? The answer is already Paige Bueckers. Her total on-court offensive and defensive skill set is superior to those that Taurasi, Stewart, and Moore (and Bird) possessed at UConn, great as these players were when at UConn. Bueckers is the best of Taurasi and Bird combined when they played at UConn, but she comes in one package, which in a way says it all. Delving deeper regarding Taurasi, Stewart, and Moore (plus Bird), I consider Bueckers [B]better than all of them when at UConn[/B] in the following categories: Overall court generalship, court sense, and anticipation. Passing ability - best at execution of passes that lead or should lead to baskets. The ability to shoot and score at a high level from anywhere/everywhere on the court under intense defensive pressure (scoring from outside the three-point line, mid-range, and inside (inside includes the array of bank shots, floaters, layups, etc.). Clutch big game, big moment shooting prowess (shares Number 1 with Taurasi). Level of destructive defensive presence due to Bueckers' highly aware defensive positioning and anticipatory movement, reflected in her number of steals, blocked shots, and frequent ball deflections that lead to opponent turnovers, and dependably delivered in big-time games too. Not part of my criteria above, but when you add in Bueckers' innate ability to both raise and settle her teammates play and also supercharge the Husky crowd with her charismatic style, you have the best, whole ball of wax seen to date in Husky WBB Blue. [/QUOTE]

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