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Message: [QUOTE="hjoerring, post: 2126674, member: 3630"] Was YK99 being so negative? If we are to be more than a knee-jerk entity it should be possible to offer critique (NOT CRITICISM) of player by pointing to relevant things. I think s/he is right in questioning KLS defense and other parts of her underdeveloped game. If the two transfer were available today, I would see no justification for KLS starting. A lot of good shooters come off the bench in the NBA and WNBA- although less today than before, given that there are many good shooters. Next year, I cannot see Geno convincing Kia and/or Gabby to come off the bench- that would be a scandal. So, suddenly you can have too many riches. That said, Pheesa coming off the bench would not make sense. It should not be lost on US that Geno wants KLS to become a scorer and not just a shooter. Unless she enters her Jr year as a scorer and can hold her own, I see her getting her minutes but coming off the bench. There are countless interviews in which Geno talked about the Califonia mentality, etc. REMEMBER. Chong was a scorer in HS, but her defense (better than KLS) was not making it, and the team had enought scorers to send her on the bench. That Samuelson is an AA means not a whole lot, but points and hype may play a lot! Having said the above, it is clear that KLS is the darling of the onlookers. [/QUOTE]