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Message: [QUOTE="Conndog, post: 3935444, member: 5939"] I'm not on the Nika bandwagon, sorry. What good effects that happened when she was point would happen if anyone was point- namely, that Paige & others are more free to move & shoot. That Nika can play tenacious defense and is true against the other league teams and average opponents, but against a high quality team and dynamic opponent, too often I would see the other player blow past her & get to the basket. I haven't seen Nika shoot much except for maybe a couple of games, so I'd say her offense contribution is quite limited. Again, if she is setting up others, so should any other competent point guard. What I like about Azzi being the point is that Azzi can flat out shoot it which Nika can't or doesn't. How many times would Nika take it into the lane and then not shoot? Azzi would unleash her deadly pull-up jumper. How about a compromise? Let Nika start while Azzi picks up the finer points of Geno's game plan, give Azzi increasing minutes as the season progresses, and when it's time for more offense, get Azzi in as soon as possible. What I don't know about Azzie is 1) can she play defense well , and 2) how quickly will she become comfortable with running Geno's offense? [/QUOTE]