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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4027724, member: 1131"] If Caitlin Clark is a selfish player who never looks to pass, how did she get 7 assists in yesterday's game? Do you remember that for much of last year, Geno was trying (with limited success) to get Paige to be less unselfish and more of a gunner, since she had the best jump shot on the team? I agree that Caitlin would not have needed that feedback from her coach, but that is a good thing as long as she hits a good percentage. In the first half of yesterday's game, she was shooting 3's from Honolulu and they were going in the basket. As long as that is the case, she should keep shooting, because then the opponent will have to guard her at extreme distance from the basket, grievously distorting the defense. In the second half, when she stopped hitting, she probably should have dialed back her 3-point shooting attempts a bit more than she did, but by that time the game was in hand thanks to her first-half scoring. I think that if Azzi had been shooting well in the first half and Caitlin's shot was not working, Caitlin would have passed to Azzi. That may have been the original game plan, but when it was apparent that Azzi's shot was not falling, Caitlin put the team's scoring on her back -- exactly what she should have done. [/QUOTE]