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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 5304837, member: 1220"] I don't care what Dawn Staley did initially for the Olympics. We need to remember she used her far less in the last Olympics. I like to watch individual players on defense when I see something that strikes me about their play. I can not speak for Loyd's early time in Seattle because I did not pay that much attention to her play. I have been watching her with the Aces. She seems to get herself out of position especially on switches or when the team double teams. One example of this was the last play in their last game. The Aces were up by three with 7 second seconds to play. The defense needed to defend against the three. You play up close becaue it does not matter if they get around you for a drive. However not only did Loyd play off her man on the inbounds but she got caught initially reacting and and going the wrong way then having to recover, leaving her man for a wide open three, which she was missed. That was horrible defense to end the game. She was fortunate she got bailed out. I have watched her make simular mistakes thoughout the season. She even gets beat quite a bit on the ball. Often fast and quick players never develop good defensive foot work and spacing. Another player who, for a while, had a rep as a good defender but in reality was not was Odyssey Sims. I watched her during her first season with the Sparks and she would constantly lose her man. That was only on switches or inbound plays. I figured out she probably had a peripheral vision issue. When a player got out of her narrow field of vision she lost them. I do not think that is loyds issue though. [/QUOTE]

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