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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4033912, member: 10763"] In regards to Liv, imo if she just hit the the gimmes at the basket she would greatly improve her scoring average. That doesn't address all her deficiencies or her propensity to not show up against top tier competition but would certainly help the team. I think both Edwards and Dorka will cut into Olivia's minutes this season. She definitely has to come back an improved player to continue as a regular starter, given that there are real options to replace her on this years rooster. I rewatched several of the games from the second half of last season with an eye, at the time, to see how many missed completions of potential assists from Nika occurred. To my eye Liz was a decent contributor in that regard, not just from feeds from Nika but Paige as well. She was exceptional at being in a good position and receiving perfect set-ups and yet missing the gimme at the basket. Not a lot of additional work is required beyond focus and confidence to finish those shots. With the addition of Azzi and Caroline (increased outside threat, accuracy and spacing) on top of the return of everything we had last season she will get more rather than less of those opportunities. If sh's not finishing this season on those she may want to get a cushion so she is comfortable with more time on the bench. I'm hoping she makes the adjustments she needs to. [/QUOTE]