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I just hope that she is able to do well financially. It's hard out there. Hopefully her book deal will be successful. Hopefully she will be part of an ownership group on management of an NBA team somewhere. I could see her coaching also.
 
Hopefully this is not getting old, but this is a good day to point it out. Through 4 year of high school, 4 years at UConn, and 8 years at Minnesota in the WNBA, Maya Moore missed 1 game--as a precaution. At UConn, she played all of the 154 games, scored in double-figures an NCAA record 149 times, and won 150 games. Her 149 double-figure scoring games is still the record and may last a very long time.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
She seems happy (on GMA with Robin Roberts this morning). I think her family means more than any accolades from basketball.
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I'd say "seems" is the definitive word.

I just think she could have done so much more. Positively affected so many more people.

I'm just sad for her.
 
She retires as an icon, legend, winner, philanthropist and an exemplary woman. If there are any statues created around Storrs it should be of her. UConn's all time leading scorer and she stands on a pedestal all on her own, wishing her a wonderful retirement.
 
I used to have a sequence of photos of a great move Maya made at the XL-Center,
must have been 2010-11. We saw it live and just gasped.

Of course I can't find it now, but if I do, I'll post it

What a monster performer and an estimable human being.
Godspeed.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Hopefully this is not getting old, but this is a good day to point it out. Through 4 year of high school, 4 years at UConn, and 8 years at Minnesota in the WNBA, Maya Moore missed 1 game--as a precaution. At UConn, she played all of the 154 games, scored in double-figures an NCAA record 149 times, and won 150 games. Her 149 double-figure scoring games is still the record and may last a very long time.
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Maya could very well go down as the most durable elite athlete in our time, an amazing fact that takes a back seat to her phenomenal basketball acumen. But I think she excelled best with her unconditional devotion to universal human rights, a focus she will continue for the rest of her life. This aspect of her character is the reason she is my overall favorite GOAT and my most favorite UConn basketball graduate.
 
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I pretty much expected it. Sad to see her go, but I think she owed it to her team to let them know when she did, so that they can plan based on her not being there.
 
Wilyum19 said:
We have not reached that moment whereby we cannot simply appreciate one who displayed greatness as an athlete and a compassionate/caring human being without unnecessary backhanded comments.
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I told you I loved watching her play..Your the one that said she was The Goat of Uconn..you also brought up what Geno said ..I just brought up another thing Geno said..I would never have said anything if you hadn't emphatically said she was the Goat..to this day DT's peers call her the Goat..like Brady's peers call him that
 
browns said:
I told you I loved watching her play..Your the one that said she was The Goat of Uconn..you also brought up what Geno said ..I just brought up another thing Geno said..I would never have said anything if you hadn't emphatically said she was the Goat..to this day DT's peers call her the Goat..like Brady's peers call him that
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He didn't say that. Go to the 24:18 point in the video. His pick for the last shot isn't Taurasi or Moore. It's Kerry Bascom.

 
BobbyJ said:
He didn't say that. Go to the 24:18 point in the video. His pick for the last shot isn't Taurasi or Moore. It's Kerry Bascom.

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The interview I saw he was asked who he would pick between Maya and DT to take the last shot
 
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Maya Moore is my favorite basketball player. When she stepped away four years ago I figured it would be the end. Learning what she sacrificed her career for, made her my favorite even more. So many athletes talk the talk, but she walked the walk. Thank you Maya
 
browns said:
I told you I loved watching her play..Your the one that said she was The Goat of UConn..you also brought up what Geno said ..I just brought up another thing Geno said..I would never have said anything if you hadn't emphatically said she was the Goat..to this day DT's peers call her the Goat..like Brady's peers call him that
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As long as there's a Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird, the debate on Goat of UConn will remain a debate. There's no clear winner and it's all preferences. Now if we're talking the Mt Rushmore of players, Maya is there, most likely front and center and there's no debate there.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
Need 5 years after playing. Maya is eligible next year.
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Is it five years after last plane or five years after officially retiring?
 
I don’t know much, if anything, about Moore as a player or the details of her journey with her husband but how can one not applaud and respect a person who walks the walk as she does?
 
uconnfan68 said:
Mongo just repeat things he hears.
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I took a quick look in the rule is that a player must be “completely retired“ for at least four years. In Maya’s case, since she didn’t play after her retirement, I think she’ll meet the criteria.
 
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