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Message: [QUOTE="AussieHusky, post: 2143586, member: 6731"] Excellent analysis! The LT analogy was especially brilliant. You said exactly what I think will happen next season. Starting 5 - Kia, Gabby, Lou, Pheesa & Azura! I have thought all along that Gabby is, using the normal basketball nomenclature, a 1/2 who has shown over the course of the last 2 years that she will be an effective 3 at the next level. During the just ended season she played the 4 or 5 (and succeeded to some extent due to her superior athleticism) out of necessity for the team but seemed to get worn out towards the end. She definitely has to work on her consistency to succeed at the 1/2. I agree with you and other posters that the 5th starter next season will be Azura. Her size (which we sorely lacked this past season) will allow the perimeter players to exert pressure (just as Moriah and Kia did with Stewie and Tuck behind them) and not worry too much about being beaten off the dribble and rebounding. It will especially allow Gabby to be more disruptive defensively without worrying too much about boxing out the other team's Bigs and protecting the paint. [/QUOTE]