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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4329607, member: 10763"] I believe these two will be the leaders of the team moving forward, and are most likely already seen as serving that role by the players and coaches. Many here have suggested the same. Some have speculated that Paige will solely serve in that role. This discounts the fact that, by Geno's account last season, Nika was the voice that the players listened to on the floor, that she was confident and indiscriminate in directing her teammates (even the older players) and that they listened to her because she knew what she was talking about. Couple that with her own comments before leaving this spring 'that it was time to grow up some and take on a larger responsibility her junior season'. Given that she just returned to the court after battling a non-covid illness (as per Geno) coupled with the quoted comment above, that she and Paige have taken a much, much bigger role in terms of leadership it seem to follow that, for Nika at least, that bigger role has not been by example on the practice court but rather in terms of other forms of leadership. Others may join this duo but I feel both Paige and Nika see themselves as assuming this role and are both fully willing and capable to do so. [/QUOTE]