So are you the coach? What if Geno wants her to do other things and leave the shooting to Paige, AE, Ash and KK while she facilitate's that, play defense and help get rebounds.
I don’t believe in a brawl, but as I said earlier, I like the supportive spirit of the team. Personally, I am, and I’m sure they are too, sick and tired of being everyone’s beating stick(s). However, from my couch, it appears that they stood up for themselves last night, and I’m happy to see it.
Scott, I didn't do anything other than suggest the team might be better served if Nika shot more... how is that making it a negative? A 'villain player'? Come on, Scott.
I'd like her to make more of the shots she takes. I'm not sure she needs to take more shots.
I never said a lot of points. I said simply 10-15. For a guard, that means 4-5 baskets and maybe some foul shots.
Sure of course. I was more thinking about guards outside be able to load a side because they aren't worried about Nika to score.
That doesn't jive with Geno's statements. He's discussed her shooting challenges and that she's been working on it. It seemed to be really doing her good for a while but the last couple weeks I've noticed a regression. For me, that seems to track with Shade and Arnold's challenges in scoring....seems related.
Assists also contribute to reliable and efficient production. To get an assist somebody had to score. Nika has been unparalleled as an upperclassman in amassing assists. She holds the records for most assists in a game and a season and will finish her career at a minimum in the top five in career assists (with a good chance to finish first on that list) and will be the only Husky to ever have two 200 plus assist seasons. She has had more double digit assist games (by a large margin) and is first in assists/game among all Huskies.
As I noted on another thread, officials are not permitted to call a common foul after video review if they didn't call it during live action. So if they didn't judge that Dalce committed an intentional or flagrant foul in their video review, their only option was a no-call.
Scoring is not the true measure of Nika’s value. Her defense is more important than how much she scores. She was the primary defender on the top scorers from Georgetown, Creighton, and Villanova and shut them down.
Muhl’s 3% is 40.6, second only to Bueckers at 42.3, and almost five percentages higher than third place Samuels at 35.7. Shade is fourth at 34.8.
Maybe because she is the only one that you consistently rag on about shots, turnovers and whatever, you did it even when she broke the single season assists record. She has stated from the start of her Freshman year that she believes in getting the assists is her priority and have the other players score. She has improved her shooting this year, but that is not what she believes that is what makes the team its best. This is the last post that I will bother with addressing your obsession on putting Nika down.Scott, I didn't do anything other than suggest the team might be better served if Nika shot more... how is that making it a negative? A 'villain player'? Come on, Scott.
MSGRET, from the numerous threads on the BY to the Chatroom, you continually put me down for my alleged 'hatred' of Nika. I hold no such 'hatred' for Nika and value her as an important player for the Huskies.
You need to take a deep breath and understand the Boneyard is a forum for varying opinions. I do not put Nika on a pedestal as you do. That is my right, correct, or am I not allowed to say anything that might offend your acute need to serve as Nika's defender?
No, I'm not the coach, MSGRET. I suspect you know that. I have always appreciated the qualities Nika brings to the Huskies which make her such a fan favorite... however, I just don't understand the fanatical passion any statement about Nika short of compete adoration arouses such bitter antipathy from her cabal of fans.
I guess I should be used to it by now. As always, I'll root hard or Nika and her teammates, and shrug off the vindictive barbs some of my BY compatriots fire at me.
That's exactly what happened. There was no foul called on the play. The stiff arm is what caused Liyah to fall but none of the refs were in position to see it.
great post! love it/I think everyone should lighten up on @The deacon, whose point is not to criticize Nika but to encourage the rest of us to trash Caitlin Clark. It’s a Zen thought: whenever someone approaches an important milestone, we ought to criticize them rather than praise them.
I don’t have the time just now to trash Caitlin. But thanks to @The deacon’s encouragement, I’ll be sure to get on it at some point. There’s so many untapped areas to criticize. All of us will have to pitch in.
Thank goodness. I appreciate that, MSGRET.
Running out of material, are you, my friend?I think everyone should lighten up on @The deacon, whose point is not to criticize Nika but to encourage the rest of us to trash Caitlin Clark. It’s a Zen thought: whenever someone approaches an important milestone, we ought to criticize them rather than praise them.
I don’t have the time just now to trash Caitlin. But thanks to @The deacon’s encouragement, I’ll be sure to get on it at some point. There’s so many untapped areas to criticize. All of us will have to pitch in.
I've put them on "ignore" for nearly 3 years. I must have missed one.
Blocking someone from saving a ball going out of bounds is legal. Question might be the ferocity or failure to keep in mind possibility of injuring the other player.
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I can't put people on ignore during the basketball season due to the Prognosticator's Predictions. It is open to all who wish to participate and if I ignore someone their prediction will not be seen by me. I may be a bit brass and let people know how I feel, I don't hold punches, some people don't like it, but that's their problem and not mine.I've put them on "ignore" for nearly 3 years. I must have missed one.
Yes, I agree, and the premise that scoring more has anything to do with her being a good teammate was either tongue in cheek or, let’s say, an interesting take on what it takes to be a good teammate. For the record, in the league, they trounced everyone with whatever she scored and in their losses she would’ve had to be Caitlin Clark for them to win. I’m pretty sure that not only do her teammates think she is a great teammate, but also that she is a major contributor to the scoreboard.
Well that is certainly over-reacting to legitimate, objective UConn fan analysis with no rancor intended. There have been many threads where Nika was praised where there was no carping in about her scoring.
