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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3680080, member: 2117"] I think that's quite inaccurate about offensive stars not being contenders for DPOY. The best offensive players were usually stalwarts defensively too. Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith, Katie Douglas, Tamika Catchings, Yolanda Griffith, Angel McCoughtry, and Nneka Ogwumike are examples of players who were MVP/All-WNBA for their offense and also All-WNBA for DPOY/All-WNBA Defensive Team for their defense. Being a good defender usually comes more easily if you're a great athlete. Brunson is definitely a lot stronger/more powerful but I thought her legacy was on the defensive end, which will likely be Turner's too. I think Turner will likely develop a better face up game as her career unfolds, but I don't ever see her being a real focal point offensively or strong back to the basket post. I think she's physically too small to be a back to the basket post offensively and doesn't have good handles to take opponents off the bounce if she's creating from 15 feet out. I think she could absolutely be a strong 3rd option in the pros and put up 10-14 ppg but I'll be surprised if she ever blossoms into a high level scoring option. [/QUOTE]