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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4221004, member: 9844"] I don't care as much about which specific 5, but I hope and expect Geno to use a full rotation of 9 as he has seen the benefits of it the last few games. I would be open to 4 guards for certain situations, but not as a regular diet, and I would try to have at least 2 from Paige, Azzi and Caroline on the floor at all times. My reason for that is we need more than one serious 3pt threat on the floor to open it up inside for the bigs and penetration. A combo of Nika, Christyn and Evina for example does not work well in my opinion, despite all three being fine players. If I were an opposing coach I would not lose sleep over the prospect of those three jacking up occasional open 3's. I would guard against inside instead. Paige will play significant minutes in time, but unless she is teamed with Azzi or Caroline she doesn't have a "great" 3pt shooter to pass to. With one or even better, two of those with her the opposing defense has to stretch to the perimeter. When they do, the nice thing is Paige, Azzi and Caroline can all take it to the hoop, and all have effective pull up jumpers. Triple threats if you will, and Liv, Dorka and Aaliyah can feast on far more easy opportunities. [/QUOTE]