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I have watched many Paige videos...You Tube, Boneyard bits, etc.....In my many yrs involved in women's bb, I have never seen a kid more impressive. She appears to be incredible..bb and personal. I am excited & can't wait to see what Geno will do w/her. I am sure he has the plan. She knew to choose the right college. I love Anna & I think I 1st coined the term 'Watch Anna Bloom...The Azzi kid could be just as good as Paige..hope Geno is able to land her....will be watching the Maya N. kid from Hopkins, I like her.
This is a jigsaw puzzle & coach will figure it out...excitement from an old old fan...Especially these days.
 
da60 said:
I have watched many Paige videos...You Tube, Boneyard bits, etc.....In my many yrs involved in women's bb, I have never seen a kid more impressive. She appears to be incredible..bb and personal. I am excited & can't wait to see what Geno will do w/her. I am sure he has the plan. She knew to choose the right college. I love Anna & I think I 1st coined the term 'Watch Anna Bloom...The Azzi kid could be just as good as Paige..hope Geno is able to land her....will be watching the Maya N. kid from Hopkins, I like her.
This is a jigsaw puzzle & coach will figure it out...excitement from an old old fan...Especially these days.
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So you've never seen Taurasi, Moore, Stewart, Parker, or EDD to name more than a few?
 
da60 said:
I have watched many Paige videos...You Tube, Boneyard bits, etc.....In my many yrs involved in women's bb, I have never seen a kid more impressive. She appears to be incredible..bb and personal. I am excited & can't wait to see what Geno will do w/her. I am sure he has the plan. She knew to choose the right college. I love Anna & I think I 1st coined the term 'Watch Anna Bloom...The Azzi kid could be just as good as Paige..hope Geno is able to land her....will be watching the Maya N. kid from Hopkins, I like her.
This is a jigsaw puzzle & coach will figure it out...excitement from an old old fan...Especially these days.
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You need to watch a few EDD 8th grade videos. I mean OH MY GAWD!!!
 
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mhshuskies said:
And to think what might have been if EDD stayed at....., awwwww, finally enough of that what if!
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The basketball Gods would not allow it. It would have been unfair. Facts
 
da60 said:
I have watched many Paige videos...You Tube, Boneyard bits, etc.....In my many yrs involved in women's bb, I have never seen a kid more impressive. She appears to be incredible..bb and personal. I am excited & can't wait to see what Geno will do w/her. I am sure he has the plan. She knew to choose the right college. I love Anna & I think I 1st coined the term 'Watch Anna Bloom...The Azzi kid could be just as good as Paige..hope Geno is able to land her....will be watching the Maya N. kid from Hopkins, I like her.
This is a jigsaw puzzle & coach will figure it out...excitement from an old old fan...Especially these days.
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I love Maya Nnaji's game as well, but it is going to be tough finding a spot for her at UConn. They will have Edwards and DeBerry on the roster, as well as a commitment from fellow 2022 post and #2 overall ranked player Isuneh Brady. Just not a lot of minutes to go around.
 
soxfan23 said:
I love Maya Nnaji's game as well, but it is going to be tough finding a spot for her at UConn. They will have Edwards and DeBerry on the roster, as well as a commitment from fellow 2022 post and #2 overall ranked player Isuneh Brady. Just not a lot of minutes to go around.
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Agree on Nnaji. I’m sure after being on the receiving end of so many of Paige’s dimes, she would enjoy being teamed up with her again. Unfortunately, she and Ice play pretty much the same position, and as good as Nnaji is, Ice is better.
 
soxfan23 said:
I love Maya Nnaji's game as well, but it is going to be tough finding a spot for her at UConn. They will have Edwards and DeBerry on the roster, as well as a commitment from fellow 2022 post and #2 overall ranked player Isuneh Brady. Just not a lot of minutes to go around.
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GOOD POINT
 
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soxfan23 said:
I love Maya Nnaji's game as well, but it is going to be tough finding a spot for her at UConn.
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oldude said:
Unfortunately, she and Ice play pretty much the same position, and as good as Nnaji is, Ice is better.
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da60 said:
GOOD POINT
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I agree that Brady is the best and will be a stud. But I have to disagree there is no room/minutes for Maya At UCONN. If UCONN doesn’t pick up a big forward in 21, Maya would be ideal. Not that long ago UCONN had Stevie, Tuck, Dolson and Stokes manning the 4/5 and things seem to work out just fine.
 
CocoHusky said:
Not that long ago UCONN had Stevie, Tuck, Dolson and Stokes manning the 4/5 and things seem to work out just fine.
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Those four barely played together as an entire group. Neither Stokes nor Tuck played a whole lot during Dolson's junior season and the following year Tuck played 8 games before going down with injury. A log jam situation never developed.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Those four barely played together as an entire group. Neither Stokes nor Tuck played a whole lot during Dolson's junior season and the following year Tuck played 8 games before going down with injury. A log jam situation never developed.
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Exactly my point. After Dolson graduated it was Stewie, Kiah and Morgan. All three certainly played a lot. After ONO graduates it will be Amari, Ice and Maya if she decides to come. Three is not exactly a logjam unless people want to cling to that fantasy where Edwards morphs into a post player.
 
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CocoHusky said:
Exactly my point. After Dolson graduated it was Stewie Kiah and Morgan. All three certainly played a lot. After ONO graduates it will be Amari, Ice and Maya if she decides to come. Three is not exactly a logjam unless people want to cling to that fantasy where Edwards morphs into a post player.
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...and let's not sleep on the idea of Lauren Betts as a Husky. There is a very real chance that young lady will come to Coors...uh, Storrs.
 
JordyG said:
...and let's not sleep on the idea of Lauren Betts as a Husky. There is a very real chance that young lady will come to Coors...uh, Storrs.
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Let's also not sleep on Maya. The pick and roll game that her and Paige have mastered in HS is not a trivial thing to develop. It took Ruthy and Sabrina 2.5 years of working together to perfect it at the college level.
 
CocoHusky said:
Let's also not sleep on Maya. The pick and roll game that her and Paige have mastered in HS is not a trivial thing to develop. It took Ruthy and Sabrina 2.5 years of working together to perfect it at the college level.
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Both sounds good to me. Unlikely, but oh so good.
 
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CocoHusky said:
Exactly my point. After Dolson graduated it was Stewie, Kiah and Morgan. All three certainly played a lot. After ONO graduates it will be Amari, Ice and Maya if she decides to come. Three is not exactly a logjam unless people want to cling to that fantasy where Edwards morphs into a post player.
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I guess Piath doesn’t count, :confused: and yes, Aaliyah will play a lot at the 4. While I would be ecstatic if Maya joined the party, that would amount to 5 players for the 4/5 spots, unless Amari or Aaliyah can also play on the wing effectively.
 
CocoHusky said:
Exactly my point. After Dolson graduated it was Stewie Kiah and Morgan. All three certainly played a lot. After ONO graduates it will be Amari, Ice and Maya if she decides to come. Three is not exactly a logjam unless people want to cling to that fantasy where Edwards morphs into a post player.
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Edwards has terrific post skills. Not likely she'll be a post player strictly, but that is one of her strengths. I don't see Amari stuck in the post that much either. She'll go there, but she likes the perimeter and midrange more, again similar to Azura Stevens. And actually, the versatility of those two will help keep things from getting clogged.
 
CocoHusky said:
I agree that Brady is the best and will be a stud. But I have to disagree there is no room/minutes for Maya At UCONN. If UCONN doesn’t pick up a big forward in 21, Maya would be ideal. Not that long ago UCONN had Stevie, Tuck, Dolson and Stokes manning the 4/5 and things seem to work out just fine.
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I agree. IMO, you take quality bigs whenever you can get them. I always want to have at least 3 to roll in and out and help insure against injuries. And if I wind up with 4, no problem. I’ll figure out what to do with any 3 of DeBerry, Brady, Betts, and Nnagi. I see Edwards as a very good 3 down the road.
 
oldude said:
I guess Piath doesn’t count, :confused: and yes, Aaliyah will play a lot at the 4. While I would be ecstatic if Maya joined the party, that would amount to 5 players for the 4/5 spots, unless Amari or Aaliyah can also play on the wing effectively.
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My bad! :eek: you are right. I should have said Dolson, Stewie, Tuck, Stokes and Heather Buck. Keep clinging to that fantasy.
 
CocoHusky said:
My bad! :eek: you are right. I should have said Dolson, Stewie, Tuck, Stokes and Heather Buck. Keep clinging to that fantasy.
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Just to be clear, you are suggesting that Piath will never be a major contributor at UConn, either as a starter or, like Kiah Stokes, as a key reserve?
 
oldude said:
Just to be clear, you are suggesting that Piath will never be a major contributor at UConn, either as a starter or, like Kiah Stokes, as a key reserve?
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I'm not "suggesting" anything, that is way too passive for me and "never" is a mighty long time.
 
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da60 said:
GOOD POINT
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You do realize coming out of HS Cash Jones and Williams all were the same height and had similar games. Today we see players who can play many roles on the court. If you can you will play. Look at the Baylor, and SC Rosters overloaded with size. Yes, someone may leave, but it seems players go to the school they really want to and worry about the rest later.
 
da60 said:
I have watched many Paige videos...You Tube, Boneyard bits, etc.....In my many yrs involved in women's bb, I have never seen a kid more impressive. She appears to be incredible..bb and personal. I am excited & can't wait to see what Geno will do w/her. I am sure he has the plan. She knew to choose the right college. I love Anna & I think I 1st coined the term 'Watch Anna Bloom...The Azzi kid could be just as good as Paige..hope Geno is able to land her....will be watching the Maya N. kid from Hopkins, I like her.
This is a jigsaw puzzle & coach will figure it out...excitement from an old old fan...Especially these days.
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Let's hope she lives up to ALL the hype.........and soon! We could use the boost in morale and moxie. :D
 
JordyG said:
They do have a lot of work to do however.
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Yes, but there are several factors that give me a great deal of confidence that Geno & CD will succeed:
  • Raw talent: Piath is big, strong and she runs the court
  • Potential: Piath has very limited basketball experience. Once she learns some of the basics under the best coaching staff in the business her upside is tremendous.
  • Genetics: Piath’s sister, who also had limited experience became a solid D1 player at BU. Her brother Wenyen is a spectacularly athletic player who has bounced back and forth between the D-League and the NBA.
 
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