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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5199140, member: 12088"] I don’t entirely agree with this assessment. But you may be on to something when it comes to Paige’s shot selection. Last year Dawn praised her for not taking bad shots, and that may be something other teams can use against her — a strength made into a vulnerability. She doesn’t get many easy shot opportunities, so when she passes the ball and someone else ends up taking a difficult shot, it is tempting to think Paige should have taken a shot instead of passing. Meg Culmo always points out such missed opportunities, but there don’t seem to be more than one or two a game. We are so eager to see her shoot that we may be exaggerating this in our memory of games. What really strikes me is what you say about Paige’s “weak left hand.” You are right about this. She favors her right hand on jump shots and even prefers finishing layups with her right. It’s not as marked as her main rivals, Hannah and Juju. But it is still noticeable and teams definitely play her accordingly. However unlike Juju, and Hannah less so, Paige is a supremely great ‘drive and dish’ player. She cheats the scout by passing to her left at a high rate. This is called taking what the defense gives her. If they overplay her right hand, she burns them by finding open teammates on her left. We’ve seen her do it hundreds of times. She dribbles right, takes the defender and the help that way, forces a defensive rotation and throws a skip pass or dish in the lane to her left. It’s practically a signature move and is virtually unstoppable as long as her teammates move in predictable ways. And they seem to be coordinating with Paige much better than early in the season. [/QUOTE]

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