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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 3768641, member: 6819"] Agreed. It just amazes me that I'm one of the few that criticizes Liv's incredibly small shot variety. People today and yesterday on the BY criticized how flat her fadeaway was, her lack of strength on put backs, her 4 shot put back failure etc. Guys, she only has 3 shots: The fadeaway, right side layup, and put backs. When the better teams overplay her hard to her right that takes away the layup and makes her fadeaway really tough. What is she then left with? As a 5 you just cannot be effective if you never (never!) use a left leg drop step. At 4:38 of the first quarter Liv dribbles entirely across the lane to her right to make a left handed layup. Yeah, it was a strong move, but she made her life so difficult because she didn't stop, shoulder fake continuing to her right, and put it in with her right hand over her left shoulder. Liv will never be a Shaq. Without more variety around the basket UConn is going to have a lot of ineffective post entries this season. There may come a time this season when both Liv and Aaliyah are on the court and Geno puts Liv at the high post just to get score from the post and take advantage of two of Liv's strengths, height and good passing. CW's lack of consistent shooting is a puzzlement to me. She's better than that, and I just feel her 3pt averages will go up. They'll have to when teams start to pack the paint and force UConn to shoot from the perimeter. [/QUOTE]