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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3999169, member: 3535"] Why does it matter which team was deeper? You brought up the discussion of minutes. The point I've made for this year and many years is to play your best. This isn't grammar school where everyone has to play. Read on here as well when UCONN loses or they play lousy - there is little cheering for good effort. So when these threads come up regarding minutes- the question shouldn't be how much of a deep bench we have. It's what gives us the best chance to win. And - do we have elite players that deserve big minutes just as for example Sue Bird got. And DT got and Maya got and Stewie got etc.? The question I asked was about our superstar's minutes- it was specifically about Paige. She is one one of the players on the list to discuss. And unless Geno wants to bring her along slowly because of the ankle or she has some other injury - the superstar is going to get more than 23 minutes. Geno has made a promise to try to win championships. While he hasn't won one in a while- playing your best players is the best way to win championships. All the kids that come here- they talk about wanting to win championships. Why should Paige be punished for being the best in wcbb yet only give her 23 minutes? Why shouldn't the better players on this team have a better shot (i.e. more minutes) to play with her also in order to achieve that goal (by getting those necessary important minutes in which they learn how to work together with her to better execute as a team?) ? Geno made a promise to his teams; And playing the best players is a way to achieve that promise. That's why I asked why only give her 23? If you are saying it's because the other players are good enough - well that's why my 1st post was no-way-no-how Geno is going to let that happen and only give her 23 imo. The team will be better and better prepared vs the elite teams if you give her closer to 30 just as Geno seems to have done for the many years prior. [/QUOTE]

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