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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3535748, member: 9844"] Wondering what posters think are the best positions for our recruits and how they would fit with others? Here are my thoughts. Nika- Pure point guard and probably just point guard, but could play with Paige playing the SG. Could do the same with Westbrook or CW. As a pressing defense & fast-breaking unit with unbelievable ballhandling/passing, I would find a combo of Nika, Paige, Ana, Aubrey and Alliah very interesting. Paige- Great pure point guard but could be very good at SG as well. That probably only happens when in the game with Nika. When she and Westbrook are both on the court I think Paige is the point. Mir- Hard to figure out. Somewhat like smaller Aubrey and has been compared to Gabby as a leaper, but Gabby had a stronger body to bang with the bigs. At PF I believe Alliah and Aubrey would be ahead of her. Maybe she could find a role at SF with a very different skillset from Ana. When you want defense and rebounding use her and Ana for shooting and passing. Alliah- I think she will be a natural PF who could also back up Olivia at C and play some at SF as well. Ideally I think she beats out Aubrey for starting PF and when Olivia sits Alliah moves to C and Aubrey comes in to play PF. I think her versatile game insures she will get significant minutes along with Paige. If Piath is better than hoped for early on Alliah might not need to play C much, but I consider that more of a hope than an expectation. Piath- I haven't seen enough video to have much of an opinion, but I presume she will be considered just as a C who depending on her offensive skills might be possible with Olivia but probably not. I suspect she won't get regular minutes but who knows. If you have enough size and can run the floor you might be able to contribute with rim protection and rebounding right away. As for the other newcomer Westbrook, I believe her best position for Uconn will be shooting guard, but she can play PG and if playing smallball, SF as well. If she earns a starting position it is more likely to be at PG or SF instead of Ana. I am hoping she is not used much at point guard, because we already have Paige and Nika. I hope with the anticipation of a much deeper bench, the starter minutes come way down and we press and fast break far more often. With these pieces you can put together units that emphasize ballhandling, shooting, defense and rebounding depending on what is needed. I hope next year at least 9 get regular minutes. [/QUOTE]

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