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Hopkins vs St. Michael Albertville - Dec 6, 2016


A game never posted here before from Paige's freshman season. Paige had 21 points and 6 assists while sitting out big chunks of the second half.


 
Two things concerned me. Azzi clearly had a problem with her leg or legs and Paige was not wearing a mask. Fudd could not move well on defense.
 
eebmg said:
If we measure the angles spanned by the different colleges, UConn is at 90 degrees (as well as being at the top and closest to her brain), all other schools 45 degrees.
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Yeah, but all her attention is focused on Stanford....the "eyes" have it.
 
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donalddoowop said:
Two things concerned me. Azzi clearly had a problem with her leg or legs and Paige was not wearing a mask. Fudd could not move well on defense.
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Not to be a totally wet blanket but to add a third concern. This AAU team (GTS Fusion) is Under Armour affiliated. Azzi formerly played AAU for the Fairfax Stars. The Fairfax Stars are Nike affiliated. Azzi won Nike Nationals with the Faixfax stars in 2017. Both Katie and Tim were coaches for the Stars. Had Azzi returned to the Fairfax stars this season her teammates would have been Kiki Rice and Saylor Poffenbarger.
Maybe those MD shorts that Azzi keeps wearing.... Nah..... I'm not even going to finish the thought-too depressing to think about.
 
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So her parents stopped coaching AAU and she moved to a different team. "Yawn".
 
CocoHusky said:
Not to be a totally wet blanket but to add a third concern. This AAU team (GTS Fusion) is Under Armour affiliated. Azzi formerly played AAU for the Fairfax Stars. The Fairfax Stars are Nike affiliated. Azzi won Nike Nationals with the Faixfax stars in 2017. Both Katie and Tim were coaches for the Stars. Had Azzi returned to the Fairfax stars this season her teammates would have been Kiki Rice and Saylor Poffenbarger.
Maybe those MD shorts that Azzi keeps wearing.... Nah..... I'm not even going to finish the thought-too depressing to think about.
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Have you been watching and listening to a lot of this deep state conspiracy stuff that's so popular right now? Just checking to see if you're OK. ;)
 
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Alydar said:
So her parents stopped coaching AAU and she moved to a different team. "Yawn".
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Katie and Tim are still coaching her new AAU team. Get some coffee if you need it.
 
CocoHusky said:
Katie and Tim are still coaching her new AAU team. Get some coffee if you need it.
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They own and run GTS Fusion. Does that mean she is going to go to an Under Armor school IDK. Kevin Plank went to the same high school as Azzi. But I have no idea if that has any meaning in her decision.
 
Jibariqua said:
They own and run GTS Fusion. Does that mean she is going to go to an Under Armor school IDK. Kevin Plank went to the same high school as Azzi. But I have no idea if that has any meaning in her decision.
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Thanks. I did not know any of that. Is GTS Fusion an entirely new organization-recently started?
 
hoophuskee said:
Was there a game that her team played Amari DeBerry's team?
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Sluconn Husky said:
Not that I'm aware of. There was a scrimmage against the U16 Philly Belles but DeBerry plays for the U17 team.
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The two teams must have played recently maybe not at Penn State but in this clip is Olivia Miles who Plays on Amari Philly Belles team.
 
donalddoowop said:
Two things concerned me. Azzi clearly had a problem with her leg or legs and Paige was not wearing a mask. Fudd could not move well on defense.
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I know this is going to be considered blasphemy on this board, but Fudd is extremely overrated right now. I realize that it is extremely tough coming back from a bad injury like Fudd suffered, but she just does not look anything close to the best player in the country. Don't get me wrong, she is still as smart and savvy a basketball player as you will ever find, she has an amazing pull up, she is lights out if left open behind the arc, she is a tremendous leader the way she is always picking her team up, and she plays extremely hard! She just doesn't have that "it" factor that she used to have! She is obviously not fully back yet, but she looks extremely slow right now, she was never really an elite athlete, it's just that her lack of athleticism really stands out now. She doesn't have the handle or speed to play the 1 in college like some have suggested. She is a below average defender at this point, lacking the length to alter shots and the foot speed and lateral quickness to defend the drive. She struggled to get separation to get open and was very inactive without the ball on offense. Again, I know it is very early in her recovery and I hope she really gets back to form as time goes on because she has worked so hard and deserves it. I still would like her to commit to UConn, but I wouldn't be heart broken if she went somewhere else.
 
Hopkins vs Minnetonka - 3/14/17 - State Playoffs

Bueckers makes the game look way too easy even as a freshman. Driving layups, floaters, backdoor cuts, a couple highlight-reel passes; IOW the usual.

Paige finished with 31 points (12-17 FG), 5 rebounds, 5 assists



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I only watched the game against Riverside. She definitely was injured towards the the end of the first half. She didn’t play in the second half and wasn’t even on the bench for a lot of it. About 12 points and 3 steals isn’t too bad for 1 half of a game.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Hopkins vs Minnetonka - 3/14/17 - State Playoffs

Bueckers makes the game look way too easy even as a freshman. Driving layups, floaters, backdoor cuts, a couple highlight-reel passes; IOW the usual.

Paige finished with 31 points (12-17 FG), 5 rebounds, 5 assists



www.prepspotlight.tv

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www.prepspotlight.tv
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Did a little research and this is interesting. Hopkins and Minnetonka HS are both public and in Minnetonka. Bueckers played as a freshman at Hopkins even though it is listed as one of the only HS in Minn. still offering classes in only grades 10 thru 12. So I wonder how she did that. Minnetonka is much larger with 3300 students to 1600 for Hopkins.
 
Wow-- I have a complete different view 100% than donald and soxfan. I didn't see her favoring her leg(s) at all though I only saw 3/4 of the Indy Gym Rats Game game and 1st quarter of the Riverside game. In the Riverside game she was leading the press. They couldn't let the player Azzi was defending bring the ball up if she was pressuring her. So Azzi is at the front of the press but she has bad knees???

And as for redsox fan-- I agree when he says--

she is still as smart and savvy a basketball player as you will ever find, she has an amazing pull up, she is lights out if left open behind the arc, she is a tremendous leader the way she is always picking her team up, and she plays extremely hard!

I mean IS THAT ALL? That’s tremendous what he is saying. But what he didn’t add was that she is a terrific ball handler and passer. Vs Riverside as an example look at the pass she makes while on the ground over her shoulder after she steals the ball from the defender she is pressing off-the-dribble. At the 5 minute mark vs Riverside harassed defender enough where she made a poor pass that got picked off. Yet he's knocking her defense in these exhibition games? And at 12:22 she steals the ball again.

Further regarding passing around the 8 minute mark she is playing good d on the outside grabs a rebound and about at 7:50 mark comes over halfcourt and off-the-dribble makes a gorgeous left-handed pass for a player to hit a layup (but she missed.).

As for 3 pt shooting- So why would she take any 3's when she is covered in these types of games? It would be poor decision-making. SO he is actually knocking her a bit because he wants to see her make poor decisions hoisting up 3's? How many 3's are you supposed to take with players hanging all over you? So imo we can say a player like Azzi with her handle along with passing and ability to hit pull-up jumpers and has a deadly 3pt shot - that makes her ELITE. Then look at the 3:54 mark vs Indy Gym Rats - she knocks down a 3 so effortlessly off-the-dribble.

And the thing is -- she has "power." You can't knock her off-the-ball. Which means it's extremely hard to direct her where to go. You can't "ride her" right or left.

So I've seen no evidence of her favoring her legs. Go ahead and watch the 2nd half of the Indy Gym Rats game-- they are sending a sending a 2nd player at her 20-25 and plus feet from the basket on several occasions. Does that sound like "she has leg problems" or she doesn't have "it?" They also did it at 17:25 1st half and at 24:15 or so and after that as well. That double teaming isn’t someone with leg issues nor is it any way to believe she doesn’t “have it.” It’s the opposite. This tells you what the opposing team with their stars think of her.

The bit I've seen so far- I see a superstar.
 
She was on the sidelines trying to get her legs loose when she went out of the game. Her handle was only fair and one game she had it either taken from her or batted away, and that was not against a good team. If you could not see her lack of quickness on defense I can't figure out why. Maybe we saw two different games. If I did not know who she was, I would not have noticed her. She did not stand out like she used to do and I think it had to do with her physical (legs) condition. I still hope she commits to UConn. For all the posters who wants her to hurry up and commit to UConn, how many of you would then start having concern about her keeping her commitment? The closer to LOI time she commits, the less the concern will be that she will honor it.
 
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Okay SORRY DONALD and JIBARIQUA. Looks like her jump shot - she couldn't jump/ get elevation near the end of the 1st half of Riverside game. After her 2nd flat jump shot-- they pulled her.

Up until this point she was terrfic.
 
donalddoowop said:
She was on the sidelines trying to get her legs loose when she went out of the game. Her handle was only fair and one game she had it either taken from her or betted away, and that was not against a good team. If you could not see her lack of quickness on defense I can't figure out why. Maybe we saw two different games. If I did not know who she was, I would not have noticed her. She did not stand out like she used to do and I think it had to do with her physical (legs) condition. I still hope she commits to UConn. For all the posters who wants her to hurry up and commit to UConn, how many of you would then start having concern about her keeping her commitment? The closer to LOI time she commits, the less the concern will be that she will honor it.
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Her handle was not "FAIR." It was terrific but then again I also saw the Indy game and this Riverside game so I'm adding the 2. But there is no such thing as a guard who doesn't occasionally get a ball swiped from them unless they are Jon Stockton etc. **When any player drives to the basket - sometimes they are going to get an occasional ball swiped away." A scorer driving inside is going to get an occasional ball swiped. She won't get the ball swiped away near as much if she doesn't drive at all. So imo the example you are giving is irrelevant.

I don;t know what to say about quickness. Did you watch the 1st half vs Riverside? The player she was defending struggled to handle the ball around her. And there is no such thing as playing good positional defense?-- You must be very quick otherwise you are a sub-par defender? You can't be "at least" "average" if you play good position defense?

And -- she didn't stand out like she used to? You have other summer league games from prior years to point as an example? She didn't even play an entire 1st half vs Riverside, looks like her team is getting beaten pretty good inside, and she got 12 points while being hurt for a bit (and missed two jumpers while probably hurt) yet she didn't stand out? What is she supposed to do-- get 20 in a half or she is not elite? And it looks like her team isn't very good either. Take a look at that Indy Gym Rat game-- they are DELIBERATELY leaving other players open and coming at her with her with a 2nd player 20 - 25 and plus feet from the basket. But she doesn't stand out????

And this isn't H/S regular-season hoop either in which the team wants her to take 25 shots I believe. I could be wrong. But I tend to think in these games one player doesn't take over. Am I wrong about that? SO how much is she going to stand out if team is also going to let other players also be featured?

Let me be frank-- I don't think you know what you're talking about regarding her leg other than she has had the prior injury and maybe it's related. That's a wild guess any of us can make. But that's just it-- it's a guess. But we don't know. You were right it seems she hurt herself. But conditioning? I guess one can make a statement and just claim any injury is "conditioning."

And yes we did see 2 different games. How many nice passes did she make and her teammates didn't finish? Her team just doesn't look very good. Am I wrong?

As far as keeping her commitment if she committed to UCONN early. Huh? I don't understand your point here. Any player that gives a verbal but without a LOI-- there is always some degree of concern, right? We've even had players who signed a LOI end up not coming, right? So what's your point? I am not arguing. Just don't understand your point unless it is just stating the obvious of --- "be concerned with anyone until they start to play?" We've even had a player after a few practices leave and go to Miss State, right?
 
hoophuskee said:
Okay SORRY DONALD and JIBARIQUA. Looks like her jump shot - she couldn't jump/ get elevation near the end of the 1st half of Riverside game....

Up until this point she was terrfic.
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I don’t know why your apologizing to me, we basically said the same exact thing. I texted someone that’s at the tournament and they said she got bruised on her thigh going for a rebound and it was tightening up.



Jibariqua said:
I only watched the game against Riverside. She definitely was injured towards the the end of the first half. She didn’t play in the second half and wasn’t even on the bench for a lot of it. About 12 points and 3 steals isn’t too bad for 1 half of a game.
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Hopkins vs Eden Prairie - 2/23/17

Paige put on a show during this game during her freshman season. She missed a bunch of free throws and sat out the last 8+ minutes of the game yet still put up 25 points. But you have to watch to see the pure dominance on display. Besides a few ridiculous assists she hit a driving, Jordanesque scoop shot where she changed hands and flipped the ball about two feet above the hoop around 38:30 in.


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hoophuskee said:
Wow-- I have a complete different view 100% than donald and soxfan. I didn't see her favoring her leg(s) at all though I only saw 3/4 of the Indy Gym Rats Game game and 1st quarter of the Riverside game. In the Riverside game she was leading the press. They couldn't let the player Azzi was defending bring the ball up if she was pressuring her. So Azzi is at the front of the press but she has bad knees???

And as for redsox fan-- I agree when he says--

she is still as smart and savvy a basketball player as you will ever find, she has an amazing pull up, she is lights out if left open behind the arc, she is a tremendous leader the way she is always picking her team up, and she plays extremely hard!

I mean IS THAT ALL? That’s tremendous what he is saying. But what he didn’t add was that she is a terrific ball handler and passer. Vs Riverside as an example look at the pass she makes while on the ground over her shoulder after she steals the ball from the defender she is pressing off-the-dribble. At the 5 minute mark vs Riverside harassed defender enough where she made a poor pass that got picked off. Yet he's knocking her defense in these exhibition games? And at 12:22 she steals the ball again.

Further regarding passing around the 8 minute mark she is playing good d on the outside grabs a rebound and about at 7:50 mark comes over halfcourt and off-the-dribble makes a gorgeous left-handed pass for a player to hit a layup (but she missed.).

As for 3 pt shooting- So why would she take any 3's when she is covered in these types of games? It would be poor decision-making. SO he is actually knocking her a bit because he wants to see her make poor decisions hoisting up 3's? How many 3's are you supposed to take with players hanging all over you? So imo we can say a player like Azzi with her handle along with passing and ability to hit pull-up jumpers and has a deadly 3pt shot - that makes her ELITE. Then look at the 3:54 mark vs Indy Gym Rats - she knocks down a 3 so effortlessly off-the-dribble.

And the thing is -- she has "power." You can't knock her off-the-ball. Which means it's extremely hard to direct her where to go. You can't "ride her" right or left.

So I've seen no evidence of her favoring her legs. Go ahead and watch the 2nd half of the Indy Gym Rats game-- they are sending a sending a 2nd player at her 20-25 and plus feet from the basket on several occasions. Does that sound like "she has leg problems" or she doesn't have "it?" They also did it at 17:25 1st half and at 24:15 or so and after that as well. That double teaming isn’t someone with leg issues nor is it any way to believe she doesn’t “have it.” It’s the opposite. This tells you what the opposing team with their stars think of her.

The bit I've seen so far- I see a superstar.
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Watch this and then tell me she has a good handle. The first play of the game, she immediately picks up her dribble and turtles at the first sign of a double team. She repeatedly gets beat off the dribble on defense, she has trouble getting to the spots she wants to with the ball in her hands on offense, she is just not the same player! Yes, she is well built, but she is too undersized to take advantage of that at the next level! She is really going to struggle with the length at the 3 in college, both offensively and defensively. She was invisible for the majority of this game, that should never happen for the #1 ranked player in the country playing against mediocre talent! Is she still a good player? Yes, of course she is, she is just not the same player that she was!

 
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