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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5081409, member: 13453"] My post is in response to the statements in the quoted Sun’s post that said (paraphrased): [LIST] [*](a) “if the best offensive player (Paige) who happens to also be a point guard is having to exert a lot of effort to receive a pass, she would probably better off being the point guard”; [*](b) “if Paige were to avoid the abuse that Lou experienced, she’s better off being the point guard”; [*](c) “since Paige is the best player who is also the best point guard, the offense would work better if she is the point guard”. [/LIST] [B]Geno has already decided[/B] that (a), (b) and (c) don’t hold water for him based on how he has utilized Paige, the other point guards and the other players. Re: Sue. DT is the analog to Paige in (a) in 2000-2003. DT was not the point guard in DT’s championship years. Full Stop. [LIST] [*]That Diana / Paige was the better shooter in their teams, while true, was not the main point in Sun’s point (a) (a point which Hophuskee has pointed out to be dubious). [/LIST] Re: Paige as PG. Geno said a while back in Paige’s freshman year that all the players said Paige was the best player. [LIST] [*]He also said in jest that Paige is the best passer and the best scorer and that the offense would be best if she could pass to herself to score; [*]In the same vein, he said the players tend to watch Paige (which we could all see); [*]And, of course, he decided to move Paige off-ball (more below) and exhorted Paige to be aggressive. [/LIST] Re: Nika as PG because she is not a lethal shooting guard. [LIST] [*][B]Geno said[/B] he likes Nika as point guard since Nika pushes pace and the resulting offense moved better; [*]it is also true that Nika was not lethal as a shooting guard; [I]yes, both things can be true at the same time[/I]; [*]Geno’s official reason is what he says. [/LIST] Re: your [B]assertion[/B] that Paige would be point guard if everyone were healthy and there are enough scorers: [LIST] [*][I]how do you know[/I] for certain that would be Geno’s thinking? [*]this is [I]arguing a hypothetical[/I], and nothing you or I say [I]at this point[/I] # can be dispositive; [*]I could point out that in DT and Sue’s two Superteams, DT was not the point guard as a window into Geno’s thinking; [*]I could also point out that whenever Geno had another point guard, he has decided to move Paige off-ball with his official reasons noted above. [/LIST] # I am aware that you have always thought Paige should be the point guard. [B]We will know by this season[/B], on Day 1 as well as when Azzi returns whether Geno would use Paige as the point guard [B]instead of both[/B] Kaitlyn and KK. === Re: Point guard duties being overblown. [LIST] [*]Have you seen Swin defend Tamika Catchings (who is not a point guard)? [*]Have you seen Nika defend Caitlyn Clark? [*]If a player has that kind of season-long intense defense focus, it will wear that player down. [*]And Geno expects Paige to be the best scorer. [I]Do you remember Sue to be the best scorer on her teams?[/I] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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