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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4337919, member: 10763"] As [USER=250]RockyMTblue2[/USER] alluded to above, I have also always felt a similarity between Nika and Kelly. Not in that their games were identical but rather in their intensity, defensive commitment and who they are/were as a teammate. I think Nika's main adjustment to increasing her offensive game has to happen on the mental side. I believe she is capable skill wise. I recall at one point during a presser she was asked 'if she believed she needed to shoot more to help her team'. Her response was 'No, she didn't see that as her role with all the great scorers on her team'. Geno has been trying to dissuade her of that belief, possibly since she arrived. This could be one of the areas that Geno has alluded to that Nika and he haven't seen eye to eye on, coupled with the fact that she is stubborn. Judging from what she has said, and seemingly is focusing on presently, she has come around to accept that she needs to be more of an offensive threat for the betterment of the team. She appears to be committed to making those adjustments. As she pointed out, she feels she needs to 'add that to her game' rather than change the role she has always played for her team (the energy guy, defensive leader...). Given her change in mindset, I believe she will do what she set out to do. After all as she said, 'He is the smartest man in the country, boss man'. [/QUOTE]