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Message: [QUOTE="The deacon, post: 4163072, member: 11559"] I have hesitated to enter the fray about Nika because of what a following she has here, but I'm with Sluconn. In a different context, the faith in and lofty praise for her that many of you offer might be said to be based on urban legend, or some such expression. I believe I like her as much as any of you, but Nika right now just doesn't bring much to the court other than her enthusiasm and tendency to overreact every which way. Unquestionably she fires up her teammates, and I'll cheer her occasional three-pointer, and the steal and breakaway layup. Yet generally her role is to dribble the ball up the court, 95 percent of the time without defensive pressure, hand it off to someone and then let her four teammates figure out an offense. For the Huskies to win much of anything, they'll need either Nika to significantly upgrade her contributions, or a different point guard. I know, I know, Geno loves her. Yes, she might be the starting point guard at the moment, but I truly believe she will be about eighth in the rotation if and when Azzi and Paige come back. I would agree with Littlemin that Nika played one of her better games vs. SC last winter, but to term it an excellent 35 minutes is overstating. And Postie, yes, she wasn't on the court at crunch time in OT in that game, but she was out there to throw away a pass with about 20 seconds left in regulation. As many of us often say, IMO. [/QUOTE]