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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4429028, member: 9844"] Boston may actually want to play another year, but there is another possible scenario here. If she wants the WNBA but not Indiana, as the clear #1 choice she has leverage, particularly since the NCAA made it so easy to get another year, and with income possibilities from NIL deals. It is playing hardball, but she can tell Indiana if you don't trade the number 1 pick to a team I like, I go back to South Carolina. True in theory Indiana could get the pick next year too, and even then, Boston could take a big European deal, and say trade my rights and I will come back. If Indiana doesn't mind Haley Jones or another alternative, they may not care, but they might be wise to explore shopping the pick just to see what it would bring, presumably with a team that would need assurances from Boston before the deal was finalized. Being a better prospect than most number 1 picks, having another year as an option, and NIL deals for income if she stays, gives Boston more negotiating power than any graduating women's basketball player has ever had. [/QUOTE]