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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4081268, member: 1131"] You have provided a very detailed argument for your position, which I certainly appreciate. However: [LIST=1] [*]Have you considered the possibility that Christyn, Evina, and/or Nika could have improved their 3-point accuracy over the offseason to the point where it is at least in the high 30's (percent) range? I think that is most likely for Evina, who was hampered by injury last year. If that has occurred, then finding another 3-point shooter for the starting 5 is unnecessary. [*]Although Azzi (based on her hyped reputation) is probably a 40% to 45% 3-point shooter over her entire college career, it seems to me quite unlikely that she will be at that level from Game 1 of her freshman year. There will be just too much of a glare of visibility/pressure on her, and unlike Paige, she is not immune to that. I expect that her freshman year shooting will be like KLS's: bad for the first 10 games or so, then pretty good for the rest of the season, but never stellar until later years. [*]But if you are right and I am wrong about both of the above points (i.e., the returning guards are no better in their 3-point accuracy than last year, and Azzi is above 40% starting in Game 1), I still think that Geno will wait to see that be proven in competitive games before he alters the starting lineup. I think the same applies to Liv and Dorka -- even if Liv is unimproved and Dorka is an All Hungarian-American, Geno will wait until about mid-December to replace Liv with Dorka in the starting lineup. [*]Either way, everyone named in this conversation will get significant minutes (15-20 minimum) throughout the season, as will Caroline if she is as advertised. If Aubrey now has a mid-range jump shot, she also will get those minutes; otherwise she will occupy the end of the bench until she is needed to defend a particularly fast opposing guard. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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