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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5361286, member: 9844"] I agree with those who believe Blanca's foreign experience gives her a step up compared to most freshmen. At the same time it seems she is going thru significant growing pains while trying to fit into the Uconn system. From the limited Geno comments about her I think Geno sees the skills and potential, and is excited about that, but the turnovers and mistakes at this point are holding her back. He knows she can defend at a high level and run the floor like a deer, on the receiving end, and pushing it up the floor herself. She looks to be a pretty good and willing passer, but at least so far has made too many risky or careless passes. As for her own offense in the half court she may be overthinking it. The standard for shooting efficiency here is very high. There are many shooters and scorers here, and Blanca has the ability to drive and finish, or pull up or fade back in the midrange almost on demand. Deciding when to go on her own vs. fitting into a ball movement system might be her biggest adjustment. She can be a good player contributing in multiple ways, but the potential greatness IMO depends on refining and defining her role in the half court offense. If her one on one forays are not efficient enough, or include too many turnovers, she might be reduced to an open three point shooter and maybe not a particularly good one at that. She has been in Europe a very efficient two point shooter who also draws a lot of fouls. I think that will happen here too in time, but I'm not as confident about her from the three point line, hopefully she can at least be adequate there. My main point is she is finding her way in this efficient half court offense. I hope her offense is not reduced to running the floor and shooting open 3's, but creating on her own is where she could be truly special, but it has to be efficient and with not too many turnovers. The potential is clearly there, but how that part of her game develops might be the difference between a good player and a great one IMO. [/QUOTE]

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