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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3394829, member: 3535"] I'm with Geno and think you are way off base. First off- Aubrey and ONO can't even hit open free throws at an acceptable rate, yet you want them possibly taking 15 foot shots? If you're the defense-- you have little worry of them taking a 15 ft jump shot. You won't leave them completely open-- but enough so you can contest enough and not worry about much more about either. Third- they can't make decisions with the ball after putting the ball on the floor unless it is wide open. And it won't be. Look at their assist to TO ratio now - and it's not very good. So by putting more pressure on them you think it's going to improve? In terms of ONO-- she can't put the ball on the floor in any traffic. And for Griffin her strength is offense rebounding and now you've pulled her away from the basket. None of these players are efficient scorers from 10-15 feet nor are they efficient passers. So you want to take the ball out of more efficient players hands and give the ball to either player who is not very efficient at 15 feet and you think that's an improvement? ONO is not a very good shooter and Griffin is worse. The good teams aren't going to let you drive like you think. That's just fantasy. They have tremendous talent too. Bottomline is if you have one or the other in the high post - they are not much a triple-threat at all. They aren't even close to the passers or ballhandlers you think other than an occasional play. Sure long term get them a little practice every now and then and through experience see how they can evolve. But in a game like Baylor or to feature them in this set - no way. You want the ball as much as possible in Danger, CW and MW's hands. You want to limit the ballhandling and decision-making of players like ONO and Griffin vs the other 3. In addition, they aren't very good ft shooters. [/QUOTE]

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