I said “Nika is probably a 35% 3 point shooter which is decent”. In other words I think she probably will shoot 3 pointers at about a 35% rate which is good for most teams. It will fluctuate from game to game but that’s my estimate of her abilities.
Most teams don’t have Azzi and Lou available and would be relatively happy with 35% but Lou and Azzi look capable of shooting 3 pointers at a 45% rate. I’d take the 45% personally but I guess that makes me a “hater”
And if you don’t see her throwing her hands out on virtually every drive maybe some of YOU should watch the video again. She flops just like world class soccer players flop. It’s part of the game and especially the international game. I’m GLAD she flops as it helps her get to the line more often.
I really don’t hate her. I admire how much she has improved and how hard she works. She’s obviously doing a great job leading the team.
As I’ve said at least 3-4 times I just think this team is going to need to be firing on all cylinders to beat teams like SC and to me that means Azzi at the point breaking down the defense in the same ways Paige used to do, with Lou as the shooting guard and Caroline/Aubrey alternating at the 3 providing tons of movement and other strengths. A team like SC is just going to put Beal on Azzi and someone else on Lou to shut them down at the 3 point line and force Nika, Aubrey and Caroline to shoot from the perimeter. SC will win the rebounding battle. We need to convert at a high percentage or we lose. It’s that simple.
Do you want to fix the problem or just ignore it? We have to shoot extremely well to beat teams like SC and Stanford.
Even when I give you a
link to the stats, you won’t look at them. You’re using your subjective eye test to determine how well someone is playing. Your use of the words “probably” and “estimate” - when the actuals were hand fed to you - means you stubbornly refuse to accept facts and choose to use your skewed perception instead. That completely negates any faux statistical analysis you present.
Once more, even though it’s been explained many times - Nika’s job isn’t to score, it’s to facilitate. She creates points by passing to the most open scorer. She is literally the best in the country at facilitating.
Have you never noticed Geno shifting Paige from point guard to shooting guard? That’s because it
is the shooting guard’s job to shoot. When Paige plays point she - wait for it -
passes the ball, the way a point guard is supposed to do. When Geno shifts her, he wants her to take more shots.
And, by the way, you like Caroline better than Nika but at this point, Nika’s fg% is 43.1% overall and 38.2% from three while Caroline is 41.0% and 36.4%. Their points per game are similar at 6.5 and 7.6.
What is “the problem” you want to fix? What, exactly, is your solution? Pull Nika and put in….who? Freshman Ines? If you shift Azzi to point guard, she’s not going to score anywhere near as many points and there would be more pressure on Lou.
Honestly, I’m not sure why I bothered answering. I hope I’m not turning into this guy