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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 4200867, member: 5823"] I don't think you are being negative. I think your critique of "Nika's play" is very reasonable with the exception of I would change the word "anything" to "very little" and delete the entire last sentence. For some reason critique of Nika play seems to hit many BY posters differently that critique of some other UCONN players and I don't know why that is. For example last season when Aubrey was fully healthy may BY came to the realization that the reason Aubrey was not a starter was because the UCONN offense stalled when she was in the game. With Nika you have a different but equal issue and it is simply this: As the primary ball handler Nika needs to be more of an offensive threat while she on the floor and that means; shooting the ball more often, shooting more accurately and shooting from more spots on the floor. From this critique I was asked this rather silly question: [I]Do you think Nika is contributing anything to this team?[/I] Of course I do. I also fully understand that many of the things that Nika is contributing are things that will not show up in a box score. Here is the irony: The things than I'm asking of Nika are things that will show up in a box score so there really should be any argument when/if they happen. Nika is playing very good basketball lately. Despite a scoreless full 40 minute game today improved play from Nika will be critical for the remainder of the season and next. [/QUOTE]