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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 2539507, member: 1131"] As some of you may recall, I have always seen a close parallel between Kia Nurse and Kelly Faris as basketball players. I wonder if that will continue at the next level. If it does, Kia's pro career is likely to disappoint some of those who are writing here, just as Kelly's career disappointed (and surprised) me. I really thought that after she learned to shoot the 3 reliably as a UConn senior, she would be able to score enough in the WNBA to be an important contributor to her team. But for whatever reason, her 3-point shot deserted her in the pros, and as a result (although she still played good defense and made plays) there were too many games where she had a goose egg in the points column, or maybe 1 or 2 points. You can't survive and contribute in the WNBA if that is your profile. Kia does have a better 3-point shot now than Kelly did as a senior, so that may not happen to her. Still, she is hardly an offensive artist (any more than Kelly was), and she may not be fast enough to defend pro guards. I think she will go late in the first round, just as Kelly did. I hope she doesn't go to the Sun, because it will look like they took a UConn player just because she was from UConn (again). [/QUOTE]