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[QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4371149, member: 9844"]
I think we are getting hung up on the starting part. Paige is a great point guard and great off the ball. Nika is far more effective as the point guard and frankly is not nearly as good off the ball. So if Paige and Nika are both in the game, it works much better with Nika at the point and Paige as the SG. When Nika is not in the game Paige is the obvious choice at PG.

It wasn't that Nika was a better point guard, or that Paige is better off the ball than on it. Rather it is because Paige is great at both and her versatility allowed us to play two point guards some of the time without playing Nika out of position. Elite scorers may be able to score reasonably well to the extent they can create their own shot, but if Azzi is playing the point her shots will be harder to come by because she has to do it on her own, and a major part of her job will be to get the ball to Caroline and Lou where she will probably be less effective than Nika, making their opportunities harder as well.
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