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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5316744, member: 12088"] [B]Ice[/B] has already proven she can absorb contact with the solid screens she sets at the top of the key. She has flattened quite a few opponents that way. One issue is that she doesn’t seem best at low post offense, though she plays defense there just fine. But frankly, I don’t think she needs to be a back-to-the-basket low post scorer for Geno as long as she starts hitting more of those elbow jumpers and drives the lane more often. He always says “Do what you’re good at,” and this was her game in high school. It’s one of the things he recruited [B]Ice[/B] for. Jana also needs to develop an elbow jumper, as Geno said a few times in pressers last season. When Sarah comes out of a game, [B]Ice[/B] and Jana can’t draw defenders out of the paint if they can’t hit this shot. Early in the season, [B]Ice[/B] drove the lane well, and Jana had a few brilliant drives later in the season. If the two of them can open up this part of the game, it will change the dynamics of Geno’s substitution patterns. Last season, Geno worried about who would pick up the slack when Paige sat down. This season, the same question will apply to Sarah: who opens up the offense when she sits? Of course, Azzi, Ash and Serah can be relied on to make shots. And he’ll have even more answers if [B]Ice[/B] and Jana step up too. [/QUOTE]