Paige's Wings Page (merged thread)

[BobbyJ]

Not according to Nancy Lieberman she's not and she knows a lot better than you or I would about passing the ball

Get on the phone with every coach and GM in the league and ask them what they think of Bueckers' game and passing and then get back to us. They might not agree that much with Clark's Aunt Nancy.

 

[Basingstoke]

I thought about creating a new thread, but, instead am just adding this thought to the current one.
In the back and forth about whether Paige or Citron (or Iriafen for that matter) should be ROY, it struck that me that even if stats were equal, there is no comparison when you consider the responsibility of the position played, the quality of support for them in terms of other high-level options on offense and defense, and lastly: who besides Paige constantly gets double and triple-teamed on a regular basis (no one else gets that treatment).
IMO there really is no comparison, and Paige should be the runaway choice for the award.

 

[WiseWillie]

I have been meaning to write this for a while. So bear with me Boneyard.

There's the UConn Standard and there's the Paige Standard.

When Paige steps on the floor she plays at a high level and expects the same from her teammates. There's no slouching or negative mental lapses if you miss a pass or a basket. It's just something that didn't work that time but you immediately forget it and move on ready for the next play.

Paige's mindset is to be the best at whatever she's doing whenever she steps on the floor and whatever her team and teammates need at any particular point whether its passing to an open teammate, setting a screen or pick, running around a defender, rebounding - or scoring. Like all the great players, she expects excellence from herself in everything she does on the court and uses that to motivate excellence in her teammates. She is confident in her abilities yet strives to improve in every facet of the game.

Quite simply, Paige as a rookie is the ultimate professional serving as an example for so many young players of what hard work and dedication can accomplish in celebrating the ups with gratefulness and pushing through with determination the downs of a sport.

And now back to the regular discussion. 😊

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

• How many guards in the WNBA have a higher win shares per 40 rate than Paige Bueckers? Four. Only Allisha Gray, Jackie Young, Kayla McBride and Kelsey Mitchell are higher – and three of them are ahead of her by 0.01.
• How many guards average more points per game than Bueckers? Two. Kelsey Mitchell and Kelsey Plum.
• How many guards that take 10 or more shots per game have a higher shooting percentage than Bueckers? Zero.

LINK (Her Hoop Stats)

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Get on the phone with every coach and GM in the league and ask them what they think of Bueckers' game and passing and then get back to us. They might not agree that much with Clark's Aunt Nancy.

For literally forever now Nancy has simply spewed what she is told to spew.