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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5218040, member: 13453"] It is Geno’s team after all. There is that. And he has honed the team into vintage peak postseason form and sure knows what he is doing. There is that. I am not sure why there is an urge to phrase things in a way to [B]denigrate a player to praise another[/B] (and simultaneously [B]engaging in a wild conspiracy theory of favoritism[/B]) when the roster’s strength is having 10 starters/ prior starters (9 of whom had good regular season games and can be a difference makers for any postseason game) that can give a [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/were-goin-all-the-way.206149/post-5215303']40-minute barrage of mix-match diverse offense and relentless defense[/URL]; [LIST] [*]The urge to “vote off the island” is rather pointless (see attached pic), when Geno specifically takes advantage of the Big-3 and connected high quality depth to win games; [*]Geno’s beautiful basketball is predicated on winning possessions with a team of “basketball players” collectively instinctively making basketball plays for 40 minutes; [*]So while the Big 3 have lately been able to match or outscore opponents by themselves, it is only made possible by other players making possession-efficient basketball plays, not all of which are captured by boxscore, or appreciated by average fans on a board; [*]Geno and CD are the most successful coaches in WCBB, with methods that prepare the most players for the next level; and they see much more than fans do with their rigorous practices that [URL='https://vault.si.com/vault/2003/11/24/geno-auriemma-diana-taurasi-love-italian-style-a-pair-of-paisans-at-uconn-share-a-passion-for-hoops-that-makes-a-perfect-match-of-cocky-coach-and-fearless-player']Diana[/URL], [URL='https://youtu.be/C57JZta7Dwo?si=6bOMHPBFqsewUWXu']Paige[/URL] and [URL='https://youtu.be/H5RfaLFciuQ?si=uP9Wk5hnflUfS4DJ']Nika[/URL] have credited for their development. [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full"]107695[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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