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Message: [QUOTE="ubasketball, post: 3676323, member: 9530"] While players are the game, each is an individual who is free to make life decisions only she can judge are right for her. As fans it is best for us merely to wish them well as I did Megan. While there are many sides to being a basketball fan, after almost 70 years of first playing and then watching, what's most important to me is the beauty, skill, and athleticism of the game and the discovery, development, maturing, and aging of talent. Judgements based on those factors are more than acceptable; they are the essence of being a fan whether on the micro level (Was that a good shot, a wise pass, a smart coaching move?) or on a broader plane (Was that a good trade, Will she help that team, Is she ready for the next level or is it better to wait?) There is nothing personal about such judgements. Making them is what we fans do, and it is for the good of the players and the game In recent years, there have been two players in particular who I think would have benefited from a talent-development perspective if they had waited another year. After two struggling learning years, Megan was finally finding her game and confidence. I think she needed another. The other, a more compelling case, is Azure. I think bigs have the hardest transition since there is nothing special about being a big in the WNBA as her performance has shown. I think her development suffered significantly because she tried to transition to the WNBA rather than from the "sixth man" to a starter at UCONN under Geno. Yes, I think it probably cost us a title, but it cost her too, and basketball is poorer because of it. [/QUOTE]

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