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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4768793, member: 11664"] Admittedly Amari is an enigma because how she plays is like a riddle. I think we'd all like to see her play down low & score by receiving passes out of the reach of defenders like a traditional center would. But she doesn't seem to have been expected or taught to play that way by the UConn staff. It seems that she never really got a chance to develop any offensive chemistry with the other players. She must have a repertoire of shots & moves that we don't know about that she practices regularly. Like baby hooks, turn around shots & jumpers from inside the key that would largely be unstoppable if she would use them, but that would require a game plan that expects her to attempt those types of plays by receiving passes inside, down low or on the elbow. I don't think that it's all her fault because maybe the staff doesn't expect her to score, because Edwards is expected to make the scoring moves & plays. But if Edwards needs to leave the game then it would be helpful if Amari could step it up, if that's what Geno instructs her to do. We can't expect her to do what she's not told to do. If the staff expects Edwards to be available most of the time & not play in tandem with Amari, then maybe that's why she doesn't play down low & try to score around the basket. Maybe if asked Amari could tell us if she's been instructed to play high & on the periphery, & to make passes & assists instead of receiving passes in a position to score. Maybe we're expecting her to do some things that Geno doesn't expect or instruct her to do because he wants others to do it. Maybe that's why she only needs to complement the others by sticking to the offensive role that she's been instucted to play. It would be nice if UConn had a stonger inside game besides Edwards. Maybe Paige will experiment more with her passing & tell Amari what to do to make her more effective. [/QUOTE]

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