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Message: [QUOTE="PvP, post: 4215519, member: 9955"] What games do I watch? Well, let's start with last night against Marquette. Nika, also characteristically, got in immediate foul trouble less than 2 minutes into the game and therefore was replaced early on. But later she was still Nika. You will recall you took offense at my comment that "Nika almost Invariably will just dribble up the court" rather than passing. Well, why don't we look at the facts. In all, Nika brought the ball upcourt 19 times. She dribbled the ball across midcourt on 18 of those 19 times. Only once did she pass the ball over the midcourt line, finding CW for open shot. 18 of 19 times seems to be to be "almost invariably" but maybe you see things differently. I mentioned Paige's propensity to look to get a jump on the defense by frequently passing ahead (which I think even you will agree gets the ball upcourt faster than dribbling), but is she unique in that? Well, again, looking at real life facts, Caroline brought the ball upcourt last night four times and chose to look for opportunities to get the ball upcourt faster by passing it ahead 3 out of the 4 times she brought the ball upcourt. The fact is that Nika does exactly what I said, dribbling the ball across midcourt, then often picking up her dribble and completely bogging down our offense. That is what I see in the games I watch (which is all of them.) [/QUOTE]