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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2856357, member: 5798"] Some of the responding posters in this thread view Stevens' leaving through the same lens. In short, because of the team's desperate need for height in the paint, she was asked to play a position she was not comfortable with, or necessarily wanted to play. She was a wing a Duke. Elizabeth Williams played the post position while Azura was there. She comes to UConn and Geno asks her to play in the paint. I'm sure that dynamic was explained to her in detail during the face to face interview that took place BEFORE a final decision was made by both parties. Whether she liked it or not, her 6'6" frame was needed in the general paint area. Geno did not have anyone else. The next tallest player Lou (6'3") is not a post player. Stevens did what she came to Storrs to do, play another year, and get her degree. I suspect she never fancied herself being a square peg in a round hole, but that was the offer. At the end of post-season play this past season, Stevens had traversed the rice paper without leaving any footprints. She also snatched the pebbles from Geno's hand. It was time for her to go. And go she did. The 6th overall pick in the first round. In a preseason interview in Dallas, she was asked if she had any regrets about leaving UConn, she said no! She said she has always felt she made the right decision without any remorse. The fact that she left suggests that she felt she had nothing else to prove, and nothing else to gain. So she closed that particular chapter of her life, turned the page and began a new one. What position did she play this past season for Dallas? That's right, a wing. She was able to return to her comfort zone and get paid for it. Even though she was on the second team, she made the WNBA all-rookie team. When one takes in all things about her being at UConn and leaving into consideration, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out why she left (reasons that probably will never be made public). In her mind, there was really no reason to stay. [/QUOTE]

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