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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3066733, member: 1673"] The short answer? Depends on where they land. The context of team always matters. For example, does Collier play the 5 on Baylor or any other team with a legitimate big? Samuelson is taller and has great hops (where does this narrative of she is not athletic come from?), yet Collier plays the 5. Some of the reason is Samuelson has better skills as a perimeter player, but it is also because of Collier's relentlessness and dependability, important characteristics for the post. There's no reason to think, given her height and hops, that Samuelson could not grab a rebound as often as Collier, but we know that is true. We don't know for sure how well Collier could play out on the wing. She plays the 5, sometimes may get to be more like a stretch 4. In comparison, Charles (or Dolson) anchored the 5 during the Moore era. Though Moore played the 4, she did have abundant opportunities to show what she could do on the wing, unlike Collier. If I had to guess, I suspect that Samuelson could end up a starter on a greater variety of teams but, if Collier lands in the right place, she could be more of a star. But that's a pure guess, better made after seeing where they land. It would be a better educated guess if, like with Moore, we had more evidence of what Collier could do as a wing at the college level. [/QUOTE]