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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4385542, member: 12088"] Zero confidence in Amari? Where on earth did you get that from? I’ve been defending her for a year now. Disagree with me that we need a 4 and a 5 in ‘23 or ‘24. I think we need someone to replace Dorka after this year, to be Amari’s backup, and a big 4 to backup Ice and Aaliyah for the future. Aaliyah will graduate at some point after all. Or do you think in ‘24 we should stand pat with Ice and Ayanna at the 4 with no backup? Disagree with me about this, if you like. But don’t tell me who I have confidence in. Or at least get it right. And your reasoning elsewhere in your comment is perverse. Who’s the big bad wolf? It’s not a forward. It’s a guard. On the one hand we run a switching help defense, I think you concede this, but you then seem to conclude that this will mean Ayanna playing the 3 will never find herself switched on to the opposition’s 1 or 2. Huh? Any team who plays us when we have Ayanna at the 3 will run plays to force us to switch to create exactly this mismatch. I like the idea of playing Ayanna at the 3 in certain special situations. But I don’t think this is a viable unit for most game situations. Against slow teams like Tennessee or Oregon it could work well. Or maybe even against SC if they try to go to a twin towers set with Boston Cardoso Saxton (or Amihere) on the floor at once. This is not why I think we need to recruit a 4 and a 5. It’s why we want guards. Fortunately, we are set with guards for ‘23. But when folks say that [I]this[/I] [I]year[/I] we’ll be able to play Ayanna at the 3, I can’t help but worry that we won’t be quick enough as a team to contain quicker opponents. Now please don’t repeat the perverse error of accusing me of saying Azzi is slow. I’m talking about team quickness, which matters for our switching D. I’ve explained this several times already, so I’m not going to bother again. So, now clarified: two different issues that you conflated and then attributed the confusion to me. Disagree with me, please. I’m interested in hearing what you think. But get what I’m saying right. Otherwise, take up someone else’s points. [/QUOTE]

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