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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5163654, member: 12088"] [B]A little Paige perspective.[/B] Since we’re thinking about historical comparisons, here’s one. Paige has played [B]100[/B] games, and is currently the all time PPG leader at UConn at 19.8. She is slightly ahead of Maya. If this is her last season, she will likely end up with a total of ~[B]120[/B] games played. At her current pace, she’ll end up with ~[B]2400[/B] pts for her career, which would put her ~3rd on the all time list behind only Maya and Stewie, and ~tied with Phee. But she’ll have done it in ~30 fewer games than any of the greats. Also, in terms of durability, Paige is second in minutes/g with 32.3 behind only Christyn Williams. Maya comes in 7th with 30.4 mpg. If this is an indirect measure of how indispensable she’s been, given the talent assembled around her, Paige has been more of a workhorse for Geno than any of the all time greats. If Paige were somehow to get to [B]150[/B] games (which would require her to return next season) she’d be very close to matching or surpassing Maya’s record. So, as a general rule, I think we should remember that Paige’s accomplishments are likely to have occurred in the equivalent of 3 seasons, while the other greats had 4 seasons to notch their records. NB: I haven’t said anything about the greater competitive parity of WCBB in Paige’s era. In other words, a case could be made that Paige is one of the UConn GOATs. [/QUOTE]