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Is Jana out for the season?

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Has Geno -or anything official from UConn- definitively stated that Jana is out for the season?
 
Yes, Jana is out for the season. I do get your question. We could certainly use a skilled BIG right now. But we’re going to have to wait until next season before we finally get to see Jana perform her magic for the Huskies. :(
 
I guess I get why this comes up from time to time. Geno is so unlikely to burn a whole year of her eligibility for half a season even if she is perfectly healthy it is really not a thing IMO. Maybe if she were other than a freshman and had a bunch of experience. It’s pretty much in the same realm as expecting Amari to suddenly become something she hasn’t shown in 2 1/2 years. Boy would I love to be wrong about her.
 
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cohenzone said:
I guess I get why this comes up from time to time. Geno is so unlikely to burn a whole year of her eligibility for half a season even if she is perfectly healthy it is really not a thing IMO. Maybe if she were other than a freshman and had a bunch of experience. It’s pretty much in the same realm as expecting Amari to suddenly become something she hasn’t shown in 2 1/2 years. Boy would I love to be wrong about her.
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It did occur to me that Aubrey’s injury might just resurrect Amari as a possibility for a few minutes a game during the regular rotation. Obviously, Q & Ice have first dibs on additional PT. But against teams with real size, having a 6’5” post that can play a little defense, set screens and grab a rebound or two would be a real plus.
 
cohenzone said:
I guess I get why this comes up from time to time. Geno is so unlikely to burn a whole year of her eligibility for half a season even if she is perfectly healthy it is really not a thing IMO. Maybe if she were other than a freshman and had a bunch of experience. It’s pretty much in the same realm as expecting Amari to suddenly become something she hasn’t shown in 2 1/2 years. Boy would I love to be wrong about her.
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If she is healed and cleared if you were to give her an opportunity to play part of a season for possibly play for a NC what would her choices be? Next year no Aaliyah, Nika, Aubrey, maybe Paige.
 
npignatjr said:
Isn't Aaron Rodgers practicing?
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There seems to have been some “grifting” going on with Rodgers as to whether and how much he was practicing as well as a possibility that he could return this season. Some of the grifting occurred on his weekly appearance on the Pat McAfee show, in the free wheeling dialogue between Rodgers and the host, that has created a number of other problems for the show & ESPN. The Jets eventually confirmed that there was no plan for Rodgers to play again this season.
 
oldude said:
It did occur to me that Aubrey’s injury might just resurrect Amari as a possibility for a few minutes a game during the regular rotation. Obviously, Q & Ice have first dibs on additional PT. But against teams with real size, having a 6’5” post that can play a little defense, set screens and grab a rebound or two would be a real plus.
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It is really unfortunate but as we haven't seen anything encouraging from Amari to this point I do not think we will going forward.
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cohenzone said:
Aaron Rodgers is at the end of his career. and the Jets are going nowhere. Totally different circumstances.
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He is an athlete wants to compete? That is what drives them all. Yes he is older, slower to heal, heavier, would put more stress on the Achilles.
 
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oldude said:
It did occur to me that Aubrey’s injury might just resurrect Amari as a possibility for a few minutes a game during the regular rotation. Obviously, Q & Ice have first dibs on additional PT. But against teams with real size, having a 6’5” post that can play a little defense, set screens and grab a rebound or two would be a real plus.
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I think the few minutes a game is possible, maybe mostly if the other two bigs have foul trouble. But if her contribution gets beyond giving someone a rest, that would be unexpected. I would be perfectly happy if she just rebounded and defended the post and never scored a point (I would not be upset if she could score) but it’s defense that would help and ditto for Ice right now, who showed signs vs. Creighton. People would not be talking about Jana if Ice gets up to speed.
 
npignatjr said:
Isn't Aaron Rodgers practicing?
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Practicing =/= playing.

Rodgers is also a 40-year-old at the tail end of his career. And he's a QB, where the demands on an achilles are much less intense than for, say, a running back or a wide receiver or, yes, a basketball player.

Different demands on the body, different risk/benefit calculation based on age and career horizon.
 
oldude said:
It did occur to me that Aubrey’s injury might just resurrect Amari as a possibility for a few minutes a game during the regular rotation. Obviously, Q & Ice have first dibs on additional PT. But against teams with real size, having a 6’5” post that can play a little defense, set screens and grab a rebound or two would be a real plus.
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She has yet to do this consistently against teams without size, so...
BTW Did you notice her play near the end of the Creighton game where (I believe) Inês passed into Amari, and the pass was off the mark? That reaction is why the Amari ship has sailed.
 
npignatjr said:
Isn't Aaron Rodgers practicing?
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Aaron Rodgers had a special type of surgery that put a rod in his leg to stabilize his ACL. The surgery is a experimental type and the Jets were willing to pay for it hopping that he would be able to play this year. I don't think that UConn would be able to take the risk of that type of surgery on any of their basketball players.
 
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I read recently that he was pulled off of IR simply so he could practice with the team. There was never any intent that he would play again this season.
 
Centerstream said:
She has yet to do this consistently against teams without size, so...
BTW Did you notice her play near the end of the Creighton game where (I believe) Inês passed into Amari, and the pass was off the mark? That reaction is why the Amari ship has sailed.
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What reaction by Amari are you talking about?
Amari didn't make any reaction, the pass was simply thrown a foot out of her reach.
The play begins at the 1:19:15 mark.

 
npignatjr said:
If she is healed and cleared if you were to give her an opportunity to play part of a season for possibly play for a NC what would her choices be? Next year no Aaliyah, Nika, Aubrey, maybe Paige.
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Bank on it. He is not going to use her. For all we know Caroline wants to play now. He is not going to burn a potential star freshman year with half a season left. And there seems to be some assumption that she would make an immediate impact, a total unknown. We are still waiting fir Ice to blossom (ice blossoming, a strange thought) and she had a big resume too. And for Aaron Rodgers, he has a HOF resume, a bit different in so many ways from Jana. Her only comparison right now is that they had more or less the ssme injury
 
oldude said:
It did occur to me that Aubrey’s injury might just resurrect Amari as a possibility for a few minutes a game during the regular rotation. Obviously, Q & Ice have first dibs on additional PT. But against teams with real size, having a 6’5” post that can play a little defense, set screens and grab a rebound or two would be a real plus.
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I am so confused as to why this year, most BYers would rather play with 4 players on the court rather than see Amari in the game.
 
Centerstream said:
She has yet to do this consistently against teams without size, so...
BTW Did you notice her play near the end of the Creighton game where (I believe) Inês passed into Amari, and the pass was off the mark? That reaction is why the Amari ship has sailed.
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Even more striking than that -- though pulling her hand down rather than a least stretching out for a high pass is pretty telling -- I thought there were two occasions when she didn't even contest shots in the low post. Even stretching out one of her long arms can make a difference. I suppose it could have been an artifact or a lingering twinge from the surgery.
 
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npignatjr said:
Isn't Aaron Rodgers practicing?
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I think Aaron Rodgers practicing is more a function of earning certain bonuses.

If the Jets are indeed hopefull of AR playing in 2024, why risk a reinjury of the achilles now and jeopardize the 2024 season?
 
my2cents said:
I am so confused as to why this year, most BYers would rather play with 4 players on the court rather than see Amari in the game.
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I wouldn't. I would like to see her play every minute once the game is out of hand. I would like to see them run a defense where she basically guards the basket and rebounds. Amari needs to decide she can find a gear that works for Geno or her future will look just like her past.
 
Centerstream said:
She has yet to do this consistently against teams without size, so...
BTW Did you notice her play near the end of the Creighton game where (I believe) Inês passed into Amari, and the pass was off the mark? That reaction is why the Amari ship has sailed.
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What I saw on that play was that Amari had established really strong position in the low post and Ines sailed the pass way to high for Amari to get to it. Put Amari in the same position with Nika, Paige or KK delivering the entry pass and it’s an easy 2 points.
 
my2cents said:
I am so confused as to why this year, most BYers would rather play with 4 players on the court rather than see Amari in the game.
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No one would want that, but she has shown over and over again that she is low on effort (a cardinal sin on this team), she has virtually no skills, and seems pretty disinterested in changing those two things! She seems to be a great person, intelligent, personable, and supportive to her teammates but as a basketball player, just does not seem to be there! Her size at 6’6“ seduces you into thinking; “well, she can just stand under the basket and protect the rim, block shots, stop drives etc.“ The reality however, is that the offense grinds to a lurching halt and the defense suddenly cannot make stops because she cannot be counted on to be where she is supposed to be.

This team, hampered as it is by a severe lack of size, rebounding, and bodies (that can actually contribute in a positive way), wins by becoming a well oiled machine on both sides of the ball. They are like a bearing that is rotating on a smooth film of oil! However, when one of the bearings is out of round, or gets sand in it, things quickly go awry. Amari has shown over and over that she is that out of round bearing and seems to be satisfied with remaining that way. When she does get on the court it is simply more of the same; low effort, as in the most recent example where she stood flatfooted as the pass sailed out of bounds, ( even though it was clearly overthrown, every other player on this team would have made some kind of effort to catch the ball) and a lack of basic understanding of positioning and aggression. The short answer, (too late:rolleyes:) is, that given all these basketball shortcomings, the team cannot play well when she is on the court.
 
Centerstream said:
She has yet to do this consistently against teams without size, so...
BTW Did you notice her play near the end of the Creighton game where (I believe) Inês passed into Amari, and the pass was off the mark? That reaction is why the Amari ship has sailed.
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I can't understand how a highly recruited post player spends 3 years at Uconn and can't contribute at all. Something is not right.
 
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