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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5108851, member: 13453"] This ranking strikes me as an unserious ([URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/paige-2.203210/post-5108130']hate-trolling[/URL]?, [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/paige-2.203210/post-5107635']click-bait[/URL]?) one with its headline result. Clearly, Paige and Juju are the top two returning players from last season. However, in my opinion, Paige is still better than Juju based decisively #1 on their pivotal only [URL='https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401637609']head-to-head[/URL] matchup: [LIST] [*]Paige is more efficient (Table 1a: EFFiciency) than Juju; [URL='https://www.nba.com/stats/help/glossary#pfd']PIE[/URL], a cousin of EFFiciency, shows Paige is the [B]best player on the more efficient winning team[/B] (Table 1a: PIE); [*]Paige has better [URL='https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/pages/advanced-basketball-statistics-formula-sheet']cohort composite statistics[/URL] than Juju (Table 1b); [*]Juju’s 29 points came mostly from isolation (11 points), dribbling to a spot and taking a shot (including drives) (15 points); Juju does not have a catch-and-shoot FGA; on other structured plays (pick-and-roll, multiple screens, pass-and-cut, etc.), Juju only had 3 points; (Table 4G); [*][Unstructured dribbling-to-a-spot / basic offense shots are typical of USC players, particularly Forbes and Marshall]; [*]Paige’s 28 points were distributed apropos of a player with a mature versatile and efficient game: catch-and-shoot (6 points), structured plays (9 points), drives (7 points), isolation (2 points), dribbling to a spot (4 points); (Table 4G); [*]With a 1-point lead in the fourth with 4:17 minutes left, Paige scored 7 points (which Juju couldn’t match) in the decisive 11-3 late run; [*]One of Juju’s go-to moves is the drive-to-a-defender and flail shot — whether or not it was a make-able shot; Juju has above-average free throws (9 in made free throws in this game) in this major part of her offense; [*]Paige’s offense does not include Juju’s go-to move because she consistently looks for the best open shot for herself and her team — Geno wants Paige to relax her exacting offensive standards; [*]At bottom, the ranking compares incoming fifth-year, former NPOY and exceptional Paige vs a less-seasoned exceptional player Juju. [B]Paige is the better exceptional player at this point in time, imo.[/B] [/LIST] #1 Pre-head-to-head, Juju’s gravitas (freshman reviving a USC program reaching the Elite Eight) matched Paige’s gravitas (post-injury out-of-position play in an injury-depleted 7-player roster with 4 effective freshmen making the Final Four). Head-to-head end-of-season performance is the most reachable tangible way of comparing the two players. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0334.jpeg"]104544[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0337.jpeg"]104545[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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