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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 5084615, member: 3535"] 1--- I don't want to reference too much on this but I can't help it. Let me get this straight - you won't acknowledge that Paige as a "Wing" [B]yet you are willing to say Strong will play the [U]2[/U][/B]? I've had arguments with others and I think even with you arguing with me when I callee Paige a "Forward" (whether it be point-forward or anything else associated) this past year to her as a "Forward", yet you are referring to Sarah as a possible 2? 2---I[I]n regard to you say that Shade and Arnold you expect to be better despite not being elite[/I]. Yet both players beat out Ice for minutes forcing UCONN to play extreme small ball. Yet you've referred to Sarah as a probable top Wing candidate which when you do this and have Azzi and Paige in the game, where does this leave Shade and KK? So, who is the other big (until Aubrey comes back)? You have Jana at center no doubt, so who is beating out Shade and KK? You think Chen will and she'll be moslty the 2 and play behind Azzi? Or? 3--- If you assume Shade and Arnold will be better, and they were good enough to help UCONN get to FF and seconds away from the Finals, then why isn't their improved play which you expect to happen won't translate into a more potent offense for this year? 4--- As I've said many times imo you (and others) vastly underrate Paige. ,You are referring to a team needs a pg to be a major scoring threat yet you minimize that Paige had pg responsibilities last year. Again I refer to watch the entire 4th qtr vs SoCal. How is it that anyone can't see that Paige was playing pg quite a bit of the time? In addition, you say the PG needs to be scoring threat, yet Muhl only averaged 7 ppg, and you have also acknowledged that KK and Shade weren't elite scorers, and if Paige wasn't playing pg, then doesn't this highlight how extra-ordinary Paige was not playing pg in your view? So, if she is that exceptional and she has Azzi coming back you don't think she is capable of getting open enough to be even greater this year if she isn't the #1 pg? 5---- UCONN wants to run the ball. Hoop is not halfcourt only. No way KK plays as much as she did last year. But UOCNN probably runs better when either KK or Chen are in playing alongside Paige. And in this manner they will probably mutually share pg responsibilities (KK or Chen playing alongside Paige) just as they have done this past year whne UCONN had Nika and KK play (instead of using for example Ice or Q more). [/QUOTE]

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