Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4420302, member: 9844"] In the little bits and pieces of getting to see Amari play, I sometimes wonder how her stats would be if she was given significant playing time. The categories that I think might be pretty good for a C would be blocked shots and assists. She is not just tall but long and appears to be a good shot blocker and clearly she has some talent finding cutters to the basket. As for scoring some say she is a good shooter, and maybe she could hit a decent percentage of jumpers from mid-range, but I don't think she would ever be a high volume scorer, because I can't see her getting many baskets from close range on offensive putbacks, and it seems like she never posts up. It seems she plays very vertical, doesn't get low and spread out for low post position, or for boxing out on rebounds. I could be way off, but I suspect her rebounding numbers for a long, mobile (if not quick) 6-5 player would be very low, and suspect she would be pushed around by shorter but more physical C's inside. For every talent that suggests a good upside there seems to be a downside. 6-5 and long shot blocker sounds like a good foundation for a very good defensive player, but not if you can't play good position defense, and get overpowered on the inside. Some great passes get our hopes up, but those are often followed by a careless turnover, and when you have a 6-5 good perimeter spot up shooter you think, wow combine that with inside scoring and you really have something, but she does almost nothing around the basket. She remains an enigma and my expectations for her are sinking, but when we get those blowouts against some Big East teams, I will remain very interested in the last few minutes hoping to see signs of life from Amari in mop up minutes. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach