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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 1991917, member: 7548"] It may be true if you add up the combined contributions of offense and defense that Naphessa is the best overall player on UConn. Offensively, I think it is generally accepted that Lou is the offensive leader while defensively Gabby is the most dominant force. The very term "silent assassin" indicates that her contributions are often unnoticed by fans but it can be argued that these contributions are not "felt" by opponents either. Making it look easy may not hurt the opponent as much as a flurry of high visibility plays My point is that there is psychological value in creating spurts of offense (a barrage of 3's) or consecutive kamikaze defensive plays that can totally demoralize a team. Of course the fact that Gabby is getting better offensively every day and Lou is getting better defensively (her footwork and anticipation has really gotten so much better) , makes it even harder to differentiate. I am glad I do not have to choose among the three since every game, I seem to change my mind. I imagine once Azure joins the mix, we will have even more headaches deciding. [/QUOTE]