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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5080976, member: 13453"] DT was the best offensive guard on her UConn teams and can play point guard. Yet, Sue Bird and Maria Conlon were her point guards on her national championship teams. Even when in the past few seasons UConn was short-manned, and by your logic Paige should have played point guard to preserve her, Geno chose otherwise with Evina, Nika and KK as her point guards that brought up the ball. Paige will be harassed wherever she plays because she is UConn’s best player. But she has managed it. As noted [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/pg-for-this-season-paige-azzi-kk-kaitlyn-morgan.202465/post-5080313']above[/URL], contrary to your claim, being the primary ball handler and table setter is very physically demanding. You probably don’t want more defensive attention on Paige. Paige can play 1-4 efficiently and Paige did play the most point guard minutes her freshman year. But players in her freshman season tend to Paige-watch when she’s the point guard, impairing the motion offense. Geno moved her from point guard because he needs the offense to flow better and he needs her to score in the motion offense that will find her the best shot. There are times when Paige will play point, such as in crunch time (of any game including big games), when the other team is pressing or to settle the team in a deliberate offense. But overall Paige plays fewer possessions as a point guard than at other positions. As noted before, Carla Berube chose Azzi as the point guard in the U17 super team that featured Azzi, Paige, Haley Jones, Horston and Boston as its starting five. So it’s not just Geno. But it is Geno’s team and it is his predilections that matter here. [About Caitlyn. Her most effective game is being a ball-dominant point guard which worked for Iowa and the Fever]. [/QUOTE]

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