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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4892084, member: 12088"] It’s so true, driving the lane worked well for her in HS, and she hasn’t figured out how to make it work at the next level. But I don’t think it’s because of height. MoJeff was only 5’6” and was a terror in the lane, and more recently Hidalgo is 5’6” and is a major threat to drive and score. Hannah may be a little quicker, but I think KK is quick enough to make it work. I think the real problem is she’s not quite as skilled as Hannah, or MoJeff… yet. Her midrange game is not developed enough to open up the lane for her. And when she does get to the rim, she misses makeable bunnies. It’s always about having more than one threat. If they don’t have to cover you close enough to challenge a perimeter shot or a midrange shot, you can’t blow by anyone. And if you’re not a threat to blow by anyone, they can challenge your perimeter shot. That’s what MoJeff and Hannah have — they’re very quick, but mainly they’re scoring threats at every level. KK needs to develop her game to that level. The lesson I take from all this is KK needs to work on every aspect of her offense and the DePaul game is the perfect opportunity for her. I’m including driving the lane and not missing the bunnies she ought to make. And hitting those dribble-stop jumpers she’s capable of, and hitting from the perimeter. She has the potential to do it all. On a related note, I watched a replay of last year’s tournament game against Baylor in which Azzi and Aubrey took the game in the 3rd quarter. Aubrey was a rebounding menace in that quarter — she might as well have been wearing a cape. Aaliyah had just gotten her 4th foul and had to sit and the situation looked dire. Until Azzi and Aubrey stepped up. Azzi had just returned from that injury and her shooting touch hadn’t quite returned, probably because her leg didn’t feel strong enough yet. But teams had to respect her perimeter shot simply because there was no telling when she might find the range and light them up. In that third quarter, Azzi took advantage of this and hit several midrange jumpers and drove the lane really well, and eventually hit a couple 3s. I think she scored 14 in the 3rd and the game was effectively over. [/QUOTE]

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