EDD: Pinch Me

[easttexastrash]

I kept expecting to see a true alley-oop play for Brittney, where she catches a pass over the rim and dunks it in the same motion. That wouldn't be just showmanship -- it's an impossible play to defend (and obviously a difficult play to execute, since the pass has to be timed exactly to allow a catch at the peak of her jump.

I wondered why I never saw it (at least on highlight film) in her play at Phoenix, and I wondered again why it never happened in Rio. I still wonder.

Because women's coaches don't know how to coach for it and female players cannot make that pass because they never practice it. What women's coach has ever drawn up a play for a female to dunk?

 

[Orangutan]

Because women's coaches don't know how to coach for it and female players cannot make that pass because they never practice it. What women's coach has ever drawn up a play for a female to dunk?

ND has been running lob plays since Jewell Loyd and run a lot of lobs for Turner. The only thing preventing either of them from dunking those lobs is a couple inches more height/vertical that Griner probably has.

 

[UcMiami]

Because women's coaches don't know how to coach for it and female players cannot make that pass because they never practice it. What women's coach has ever drawn up a play for a female to dunk?

There were I think three plays during the Olympics that I almost expected a dunk on - one or two with Griner and one or two with Stewart - they were open, clear under the basket and could have, but neither did.
And the players do practice it, though not the coaches - there was video pre practice of Tamika videoing EDD setting up Breanna for dunks.

 

[Aluminny69]

Nice Touch!

WNBA player who won gold in Rio gave every child born at a Delaware hospital a new pair of shoes and a powerful message

 

[Kibitzer]

Well, I am not in Waco but I have seen them. It is no secret, at least to me, that BG has a special bond with Geno and loves him as a person and a coach. I am thrilled that she was able to play and learn from Geno and I only wish she could have more time with him.

We wish she had had more time with him.

 

[UcMiami]

Nice Touch!

WNBA player who won gold in Rio gave every child born at a Delaware hospital a new pair of shoes and a powerful message

Really fantastic!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Nice Touch!

WNBA player who won gold in Rio gave every child born at a Delaware hospital a new pair of shoes and a powerful message

Just awesome!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

For Nike it's a marketing coup. With EDD you know it is genuine; a committed human being.