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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4372163, member: 12088"] I go back and forth on this. With Nika at point we can play a lineup like Azzi and Caroline at sg and sf, and Aaliyah and Dorka at pf and c. This lineup makes sense, though it looks a little “plain vanilla.” It’s big across the front with 6’2” 6’3” and 6’5” and not too slow with Nika and Azzi at the perimeter. We can play some tough D with this lineup. Similarly, we can play 4-or even 5-out with Nika at point, and we might not want to do that with Azzi at point. When I think about a lineup like Nika Azzi Caroline Lou and Aaliyah/Ice, I can’t help thinking how scary that would be for opponents. Not too small with 6’2” 6’1” 6’3” across the front, and a lot of quickness and lights out perimeter shooting. We might be able to run a 4-out set without Nika for a little while. Azzi Caroline Lou Ayanna and Dorka/Aaliyah/Amari/Aubrey. We don’t lose much on offense with those shooters, and our D may be quick enough if Aubrey’s in. But the plain vanilla lineup without Nika would probably be Azzi Caroline Lou Aaliyah Dorka. This looks like the main option with Azzi at point, and I think it could be really effective. It loses a little something in quickness, but on offense it will be formidable. As I say, I think we can run various lineups without Nika. But they don’t strike me really better than the ones with her at point. And the fatigue factor means we need to have at least some minutes from her. I’d guess at least 20. [/QUOTE]

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