Nika myth should be dumped

[Skeets]

I believe that Caitlin Clark would attest to Nika being an excellent and exasperating defender (remember her in-game statement of something like: can someone get that defender off of me).

I'm not 100% sure but I think it was something like "get that #10 out of my face".

 

[Skeets]

By the end of that year, according to Geno, Nika was indispensable. “I’m not as happy as if we had Nika 100 percent, … If we had Nika 100 percent, we’re a different basketball team. Much different basketball team.”

Expressed in the language of analytics, Nika is a multiplier, kinda like the umami ingredient in a recipe. By itself, it is under appreciated. But without it, a recipe is not the same.

Nika wasn't a force, she was a force multiplier. Everything was better when Nika was on the court. And it's not just assists. It's energy, attitude, leadership, and a bunch of other stuff you're not going to find on the stat page.