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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5332359, member: 7511"] Honestly, it was amazing that Paige managed to get off 8 shots against a junk defense that doubled and tripled her every time she had the ball, and then started doubling her when she didn’t have the ball when she was trying to get open in the paint. The defense the Sparks played last night was a defense you would never see against any other team in the W with at least one more capable shooter besides Paige. LA dared anyone not named Paige Bueckers to beat them. The Sparks literally chose not to defend the 3-pt line other than when Paige had the ball. Paige did not attempt a 3-pt shot against LA’s smothering defense. But she frequently passed to wide open teammates who took uncontested 3’s. As a team, the Wings were an abysmal 5/23 from the arc. Maddy hit one then went cold. Hines-Allen is not a 3-pt shooter. But she seems to frequently end up with the ball in her hands at the arc with nobody guarding her. She may have hit one and then clanked a bunch. Haley Jones is not a 3-pt shooter either. She missed a bunch and also turned it over a bunch. This Wings team is just not very good. As for Miller and Koclanes, the jury is still out imo. The Wings have had 20 different players on their roster this season. Of the 9 players who played last night, 6 were not on the roster at the start of the season. Miller needs to core the right 6 players in the expansion draft. I don’t know if that includes Arike or not. Then he needs to draft an “impact player” with his lottery pick. I don’t know if that is Betts. Finally, he needs to bring in a group of solid, talented veterans in free agency with the significant cap space the Wings will have. [/QUOTE]

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