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Message: [QUOTE="AussieHusky, post: 2143667, member: 6731"] Excellent analysis! The LT analogy is especially brilliant! 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. At the next level she will probably thrive at the 3 (sf) so she needs to work on that consistency in her mid-range shots. She needs to also work on shooting off the dribble, that is dribble pull-ups. Currently she is a spot up or a rim shooter. At the next level she will have to be able to take a dribble or two and then pull up consistently. 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]