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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 4201283, member: 5823"] UCONN basketball is not exactly a democracy where players get to choose to only do those things that they "prefer". Kiah Stokes was a world class defender who did not want to be fully engaged on the offensive end of the floor although she was very capable and had averaged well over 20 points per game and was a McDonalds AA in HS. Kiah Stokes only started a handful of games at UCONN and she could have been an AA. Moriah Jefferson is yet another player that had to learn to become a better deep shooter to make UCONN a better team. Nika is not being asked to do these things for herself she being asked to do them to make UCONN a better team. Sticking to her "preferences" in this situation would be rather selfish. Relax people, I'm not calling Nika selfish-quite the opposite that kid would run through a brick wall to help UCONN win. I refuse to believe she would "prefer" not to shoot more if that is what is required of her for UCONN to become a better team. Last season shortly after she became a starter Geno said of Nika paraphrased: "[I]She needs to make enough shots to keep the defense honest."[/I] Not only is Nika taking fewer shots per game this season than last (4.36 vs 4.56) FGA/G, as I mentioned in the prior post Nika is shooting less accurately this season especially from deep. Every team UCONN is playing is conceding the deep ball to Nika and leaving her wide open. They will continue to do that until she steps up and make them pay. [/QUOTE]

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