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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3399571, member: 1131"] At the Memphis postgame news conference, I thought Geno made a telling comment on this subject: "We can't afford for [Olivia] to be a 6-5 jump shooter. We need her to be an aggressive defensive presence and aggressive offensive player in the lane, and she's lost some of that aggressiveness. She's struggling with it, but she got it back a little bit, so maybe the second half was a good step." I know some people on the Boneyard think that because of her thin physique, she can never be an effective post player. I think that is nonsense -- please see my above post on this thread (at 5:21 PM EST Monday) for several other examples of thin-bodied players who were all-star posts in the WNBA. One of them plays for the Connecticut Sun: Jonquel Jones. But the best example is DaWanna Bonner of the Phoenix Mercury, who has had a 10-year WNBA career and has been an all-star despite (at 6-4) weighing only 143 pounds! I see no reason why Olivia should have less career potential than any of these players. Isn't Bonner related to ONO in some way? I thought I recalled hearing that. [/QUOTE]