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[QUOTE="wingsfan055, post: 4600187, member: 12354"]
Nika had a good year, but IMO, Nika is a perfect "6th man" coming off the bench at PG. She is a good facilitator, defender, and brings high energy. Obviously, she was asked to do too much this year (36 minutes a game!) due to all the perimeter players' injuries. But, she also has weaknesses that good teams exploited.

She had way too many forced TOs, trying to do too much when nothing was there. She's not quick or strong enough to consistently beat her man off the dribble and attack the rim as a scoring threat. She hasnt developed a mid-range shot to keep the defenses honest. As a result, defenders would lay off of her and double team the "shooters" or the passing lanes inside. And, her defense really tailed off during the season. She's not long, and frankly the fatigue factor probably caught up with her.

Again, as I've said before, Geno needs to get much faster and athletic on the perimeter. Hopefully, we get reinforcements next year that will help Nika out.
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