@Zarathustra Could you elaborate?
FROM Zarathustra a (type of) elaboration: I watched the FIBA U 18 Women's
World Championship tournament ( in Part ) this summer. While watching the
Egypt vs Madagascar semi final and the Egypt vs Mali final I found that I was
not impressed by the caliber of the overall play. Jana was almost the MVP,
but her team, Egypt, lost convining to Mali in the final, so the Mali won the MVP.
My suggestion, in my previous post, was to watch those two games and judge for yourself ( google
the FIBA web page for U 18 WOMEN's Africia etc ). The ball handling, passing,
three point shooting ( some spurts of nice 3 point shooting, but not well defended), the
ability / inability of teams to break down the press, and the "style" of play ( a visual thing,
but this was more of a subjective issue for me ). Jana hit some nice threes , she was
effective in the paint, but then again, she got a lot of points in the second half of
the Madagascar game when the opponents were in EXTREME foul trouble. So I considered
Egypt's extra half points as less an indication of their "strength" but merely an
indication that Madagascar was forced to play the " end of the bench"!!
The semi final game was competitive in the first half. So beyond that elaboration,
I VERY glad to have JANA El Alfy! I just don't think she will be an immediate impact
player. Sincerely, Z GO UCONN beat NC State, Beat Duke, Beat IOWA!!
Be strong DORKA!!