What they say about Maya Moore

May 29, 2011 at 4:49AM

"She will go down as the greatest women's basketball player to ever play. The way she's carried teams, the way she's played on great teams, she's really done it all."

-- Diana Taurasi, former Connecticut guard and 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player with Phoenix

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"I'm always amazed at the stuff she does. Even something simple, like one of her pullups, or a rebound. Amazing things like that have been going on ever since I've been here. I'm like a fan of somebody on my own team. I have no choice but to be in awe."

-- Kemba Walker, who led UConn's men's team to the 2011 NCAA championship

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"She's such a great player. She does things on the floor that you would see a guy like LeBron [James] do one night; she might play like Kobe [Bryant] one night, Carmelo [Anthony] the next night. She has a lot of different styles in her game. She's exciting to watch."

-- Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder star and the NBA scoring champion the past two seasons

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"It's been great coaching her. Maya gets that it's more than just putting the ball in the hole. She plays so hard, and she's everywhere; in every play, Maya more than likely had a hand in it. And she can shoot that thing."

-- Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve

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