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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4768617, member: 9844"] I think there are several things you can look at to find rays of hope in Amari's game, but thus far she has offset that with significant negatives, often times related to those positives. Take blocks for example, she has an excellent rate of blocks per minute, but also a terrible rate of fouls per minute. It is the relationship of one to the other that is most important, so she effectively has turned a potential strength into more of a neutral because of her excessive fouling. The same is true on passing. In her statistics and by just observation you can tell she has passing skills, but she neutralizes that potential asset with way way to many turnovers at the same time. One of the men practice players said she was a great shooter. That may be but it hasn't happened in her limited game time as she hangs out around the three point line and doesn't even try to score around the basket at 6-6. It is easy to see how Amari was a highly ranked prospect. At first glance a 6-6 shot blocker, with shooting and passing skills makes quite an impression. If I remember right, however, her ranking dropped from around 5 or so down to 15. Over time the weaknesses became more apparent as well. For her size she was not a very good rebounder and rarely got easy points inside, along with too many fouls and turnovers. The good news is some of those things are fixable, and a certain level of improvement in my opinion is a reasonable expectation. We also don't know how much Amari was affected by playing with an injury last year, maybe that was a significant factor. But at this point I just hope she can be a pretty good sub and warrant being part of a rotation. Better court sense and decision making could go a long way to getting more out of her talents IMO. Hoping it happens! [/QUOTE]

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