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Message: [QUOTE="Buzzyboy, post: 2278405, member: 1364"] I don't agree at all. Maria Conlon was an afterthought until she got an opportunity to play and then gained confidence through her ability to produce. Her court savvy and confidence trumped her limited speed and quickness and the staff was quick to let her know how important she was to the team. Why isn't Diana's strength of will enhancing her WNBA team more than it is? You are doing a disservice to Maria and the rest of that team to suggest that they only played good fundamental basketball and showed poise because of DT. I think the fact that they had a team of good, solid players rather than All-American potential players might have actually been a positive. The team played at an optimum level where some teams don't seem to develop the right chemistry. Another factor to their title runs was matchup situations. Can you say that had Maya been on those two teams rather than DT, that they would NOT have won those championships? No way. As mentioned, the talent level wasn't what it was 8 years later and one of the few loaded teams was a Tennessee team that almost perennially never plays to their potential. [/QUOTE]