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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5288695, member: 12088"] As for UCLA, Lauren Betts just had her best season yet, by a significant margin, and I expect she'll surpass it next season, if only because her sister will be by her side. What I mean is, Sienna will probably get some minutes and I expect great things from her down the road. But her most important contribution next season may be moral support for Lauren who has gone on record about her struggles with depression over the last few seasons. Having her sister near may give her an important emotional boost. A fully engaged, happy Lauren Betts could be pretty amazing. The only real question for me is whether Kiki can become the leader this team needs. She has all the physical skills, but whether she can be the PG for a championship team is still an open question. She'll have another important weapon in Kneepkens alongside Betts, Dugalic, Gardner and Jaquez. Now can she use her to best advantage? I know some folks think Leger-Walker will completely change the picture at UCLA, but I really don't see it. Her best seasons at WSU aren't as good as Kiki's, though she's scored more. But that is mainly because she was the primary scorer on the team. It doesn't tell us much about how her skills as a PG will fit at UCLA, which is loaded with better scoring options than her. She was also used to getting >36 minutes at WSU, which will definitely not happen at UCLA. Kiki got 28 mins last season, and I expect that to continue, which means ~12 mins for Leger-Walker. Whatever she adds to UCLA will probably have to happen in those reduced minutes as the backup PG. And she has no experience piloting a top-4 team through the tournament. [/QUOTE]

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