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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3994289, member: 9844"] My take on the 3pt shooting issue is this. We were pretty good but not by Uconn standards, and it was totally due to Paige. After her we have three mediocre 3 pt shooters in Christyn, Evina and Nika. When they have an open three, fine take it, but I'm sure most opposing coaches are relatively unworried about giving that up, compared to Paige, or the bigs down low. Azzi , probably Carolyn and even Saylor can potentially be the kind of players you cannot afford to leave open. One of the reasons for Nika being the lead guard when playing with Paige, is at least she had one great three point shooter to pass to (Paige). When Paige was the PG she had that group of mediocre 3pt shooters to pass to, not terrible options but not great either. If Paige is in with Christyn and Evina it will be the same this year. Azzi and Carolyn can change that dynamic if one or both are teamed with Paige for part of the game. Paige is a great passer/scorer/and shooter. She has inside options to pass to, but deserves at least one very good to great three point shooter option in the game with her IMO. That might mean Christyn or Evina starting the game on the bench. If Carolyn could earn minutes on the second unit at the 3, that could also give Nika a good to great three point threat to pass to as well. Of course the best lineup for generating high percentage threes would be Nika at the point teamed with Paige and Azzi, two great passers and two great shooters. Azzi also being a good passer and Nika ok from the three. That may not make sense for other reasons, but I would hope both Paige and Nika can have a great shooter in the lineup with them when they are on the floor. Paige didn't have that her first year. This year we add two very good shooters on the perimeter, and in Dorka and Amari two more options inside. The two great passers added last year have far more to work with this year, but they have to play with them to take advantage of that more often. [/QUOTE]

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