S.C. Gamecocks 2023 off season

[cancontent]

Preview of USA vs Brazil/ Raven vs Kamilla. My question is who is gonna guard Cardoso? Is it Betts?

Not initially I think as Betts has been coming off the bench, but who knows? This will be an very interesting chess match. Too bad I have to wait until later tonight to watch it.

 

[Creature]

Preview of USA vs Brazil/ Raven vs Kamilla. My question is who is gonna guard Cardoso? Is it Betts?

OMG just being honest. Captain Will is not a good source for Gamecock information. Clueless- he and Lucky Murray are just capitilizing on WBB notoriety. No true Gamecock fan would post this as inside info on SCar WBB.

 

[Fowlball]

IMO team runs better with Raven at the point guard

 

[cancontent]

Preview of the upcoming season?

 

[GamecockFam]

IMO team runs better with Raven at the point guard

USA did not have a good game against Brasil. Betts was good defensively against Cardoso and I thought Rikea Jackson has an alright first half. Other than that...guard play was atrocious. Raven was one of the better ones of the bunch but it wasn't pretty. She had a good pull-up jumper with 1 second on the clock before halftime and a good high-low feed to Angel Reece that perfectly positioned Reece for two easy points. She had a few flashes of brilliance but also had her share of bad plays.

I only watched the first half and Deja Kelley and Charisma Osborne were absolute liabilities on the court. If this game is indicative of the team USA players at the next level, then I don't see many players making a WNBA roster. The shots were not falling for Rickea but she was making good decisions and seemed to be the only one that could weave through the defense for an open look. To me, she looked like the best player on team USA and the only player that is WNBA ready.

Back to Raven... I can tell she has been working on her 3-pointer. She shot it with confidence and it has a more rounded arc. She was 0-3 during the first half but they all looked good and were bouncing off the rim. I expect she will be a 30-40% 3-point shooter this next season with a modest amount of takes (like 4 to 5 per game).

 

[Bone Dog]

USA did not have a good game against Brasil. Betts was good defensively against Cardoso and I thought Rikea Jackson has an alright first half. Other than that...guard play was atrocious. Raven was one of the better ones of the bunch but it wasn't pretty. She had a good pull-up jumper with 1 second on the clock before halftime and a good high-low feed to Angel Reece that perfectly positioned Reece for two easy points. She had a few flashes of brilliance but also had her share of bad plays.

I only watched the first half and Deja Kelley and Charisma Osborne were absolute liabilities on the court. If this game is indicative of the team USA players at the next level, then I don't see many players making a WNBA roster. The shots were not falling for Rickea but she was making good decisions and seemed to be the only one that could weave through the defense for an open look. To me, she looked like the best player on team USA and the only player that is WNBA ready.

Back to Raven... I can tell she has been working on her 3-pointer. She shot it with confidence and it has a more rounded arc. She was 0-3 during the first half but they all looked good and were bouncing off the rim. I expect she will be a 30-40% 3-point shooter this next season with a modest amount of takes (like 4 to 5 per game).

I think Raven will be fine in November. This was not a team set up for her strengths. I agree about Rickea. She’ll be a first round pick, especially if she picks up her defensive game. She’s got the rest of the package. As for Osborne and Kelly, they may not realize that their style of play — crash into a defender on a drive and hope for a foul call — won’t cut it in the W. There are simply too many little guards with much better perimeter shots. As for Angel, I'm sure she'll go high in the first round, and she'll find some success at the next level. But I don't expect she'll be a star, not unless she develops a consistent midrange game, and maybe a perimeter shot. Otherwise, she's just an undersized post with good energy trying to outrebound the tall trees.

 

[cancontent]

I think Raven will be fine in November. This was not a team set up for her strengths. I agree about Rickea. She’ll be a first round pick, especially if she picks up her defensive game. She’s got the rest of the package. As for Osborne and Kelly, they may not realize that their style of play — crash into a defender on a drive and hope for a foul call — won’t cut it in the W. There are simply too many little guards with much better perimeter shots.

In fairness, they're not the only players guilty of driving into multiple defenders hoping to score. I'm seeing this a fair bit with Prosper and Fields for the Canadian team during this tournament. While Fields has been effective, it hasn't been that way for Prosper. And don't take the stats against Columbia too seriously. A lot of her points came when the game was well in hand last night.

 

[Fowlball]

USA did not have a good game against Brasil. Betts was good defensively against Cardoso and I thought Rikea Jackson has an alright first half. Other than that...guard play was atrocious. Raven was one of the better ones of the bunch but it wasn't pretty. She had a good pull-up jumper with 1 second on the clock before halftime and a good high-low feed to Angel Reece that perfectly positioned Reece for two easy points. She had a few flashes of brilliance but also had her share of bad plays.

I only watched the first half and Deja Kelley and Charisma Osborne were absolute liabilities on the court. If this game is indicative of the team USA players at the next level, then I don't see many players making a WNBA roster. The shots were not falling for Rickea but she was making good decisions and seemed to be the only one that could weave through the defense for an open look. To me, she looked like the best player on team USA and the only player that is WNBA ready.

Back to Raven... I can tell she has been working on her 3-pointer. She shot it with confidence and it has a more rounded arc. She was 0-3 during the first half but they all looked good and were bouncing off the rim. I expect she will be a 30-40% 3-point shooter this next season with a modest amount of takes (like 4 to 5 per game).

I think Cardoso and Betts canceled each other out. IMO... Betts scored on Cardoso twice and Cardoso scored on Betts three times. The only reason Betts had more rebounds is because she played more minutes than Cardoso. I believe the coaching staff will take all this film and make adjustment to improve Cardoso game. Cardoso won't play many players that will match her size next season so she still will demand a double team. Same with Raven Johnson.

 

[GamecockFam]

I think Cardoso and Betts canceled each other out. IMO... Betts scored on Cardoso twice and Cardoso scored on Betts three times. The only reason Betts had more rebounds is because she played more minutes than Cardoso. I believe the coaching staff will take all this film and make adjustment to improve Cardoso game. Cardoso won't play many players that will match her size next season so she still will demand a double team. Same with Raven Johnson.

I could definitely tell it was a wake up call for both Cardoso and Betts. I don't think either player has been paired up with someone at their height and their inability to use it as an advantage showed. I would agree that they cancelled each other out, from what I saw but Cardoso was better at defending guards, whereas Betts seemed a little more flat-footed and had late reaction times when switching.

 

[Creature]

Hopefully this is not a bad trend for USC. This is the 2nd June committment in as many years that has not reveald themselves in 72hrs after giving Coach Staley their pledge. My personal belief is that it was KK Arnold last year 2022 that was the June committment that never went public.

 

[Bone Dog]

I could definitely tell it was a wake up call for both Cardoso and Betts. I don't think either player has been paired up with someone at their height and their inability to use it as an advantage showed. I would agree that they cancelled each other out, from what I saw but Cardoso was better at defending guards, whereas Betts seemed a little more flat-footed and had late reaction times when switching.

I think it’s pretty common for bigs to have a sort of culture shock at the D1 level since they’re not always used to playing against kids their size. These two just managed to avoid kids their size for longer.

And I agree that Betts seemed a bit lumbering. I was surprised that she was ranked #1 out of hs because of this. Kamila runs the court much better and has since her Syracuse days.

 

[SEbluebood]

I think Cardoso and Betts canceled each other out. IMO... Betts scored on Cardoso twice and Cardoso scored on Betts three times. The only reason Betts had more rebounds is because she played more minutes than Cardoso. I believe the coaching staff will take all this film and make adjustment to improve Cardoso game. Cardoso won't play many players that will match her size next season so she still will demand a double team. Same with Raven Johnson.

I am not clear on what you were meaning in your last sentence on Johnson. Are you suggesting that her offensive game will result in other teams needing to double team her?

 

[Cockygirl]

Hopefully this is not a bad trend for USC. This is the 2nd June committment in as many years that has not reveald themselves in 72hrs after giving Coach Staley their pledge. My personal belief is that it was KK Arnold last year 2022 that was the June committment that never went public.

Have no idea if this is commitment related but on our On3 site the WBB reporter stated today that some sort of an announcement is coming tomorrow. It may be team related and not an announcement from a commit. He mentioned it in his story about the newcomers who had their media day today.

I still have a hunch that Madisen McDaniel is the commit and she could be coming in early. I say that bc something pushed Talaysia out the door and Madisen McDaniel had her recruit pics taken in a 23 jersey instead of 24 which would be her class.

I could be completely off base but that is my guess.

 

[Creature]

Wow!! This Google Ad algorythm is good. Every search for USA FIBA WBB brings up Angel Reese.

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[Fowlball]

I am not clear on what you were meaning in your last sentence on Johnson. Are you suggesting that her offensive game will result in other teams needing to double team her?

I was saying that kamilla will not face other bigs her size very often this season. So she will still demand a double team. IMO

 

[Creature]

Have no idea if this is commitment related but on our On3 site the WBB reporter stated today that some sort of an announcement is coming tomorrow. It may be team related and not an announcement from a commit. He mentioned it in his story about the newcomers who had their media day today.

I still have a hunch that Madisen McDaniel is the commit and she could be coming in early. I say that bc something pushed Talaysia out the door and Madisen McDaniel had her recruit pics taken in a 23 jersey instead of 24 which would be her class.

I could be completely off base but that is my guess.

Thanks for the insight. ..I also learned something regarding the pictures.. So the Jersy they wear represents the siging year..got it.. .

 

[UConnCat]

Hopefully this is not a bad trend for USC. This is the 2nd June committment in as many years that has not reveald themselves in 72hrs after giving Coach Staley their pledge. My personal belief is that it was KK Arnold last year 2022 that was the June committment that never went public.

KK Arnold committed to UConn in November 2021.

 

[Creature]

Whats Kamilla saying? You think she is being cocky after the win over Team USA ?

 

[cancontent]

Whats Kamilla saying? You think she is being cocky after the win over Team USA ?

The Tweet translation works out to: "One of the highlights of Brazil in the @americupw until here, @Kamillascsilva also spoke about the triumph against the USA". She talks about passing the ball, which was key in their success yesterday. Brazil's ball movement was really good. Wouldn't try to read into it more than necessary.

 

[GamecockFam]

I wonder if Kamilla will take player interviews this season. I don't recall her taking questions after games or before events and I always wondered if that was intentional because of a lack of confidence in her English skills.

 

[Fowlball]

I wonder if Kamilla will take player interviews this season. I don't recall her taking questions after games or before events and I always wondered if that was intentional because of a lack of confidence in her English skills.

She's shy

 

[JDuro]

KK Arnold committed to UConn in November 2021.

Creature’s off by a year. Emma Risch and KK were in Columbia on 6/26/21. That birdie announcement dropped the next day.

 

[UConnCat]

Creature’s off by a year. Emma Risch and KK were in Columbia on 6/26/21. That birdie announcement dropped the next day.

And on July 1, 2021 KK released a top 12. I don't follow the birdies but thinking it was KK doesn't make sense.

 

[JDuro]

Whats Kamilla saying? You think she is being cocky after the win over Team USA ?

I found myself pulling more for Brazil yesterday. Was wanting to see Cardoso to impose herself over Team USA’s frontcourt.

I’m sure she’s not totally comfortable being the upfront mouthpiece of a team giving English is not her natural language. But with Boston, Cooke, and Beal she didn’t need to be. We should definitely see more from her talking to media. The best spokesperson on this team is Breezy. She’s a total natural in front of a microphone.

 

[triaddukefan]

I found myself pulling more for Brazil yesterday. Was wanting to see Cardoso to impose herself over Team USA’s frontcourt.

I’m sure she’s not totally comfortable being the upfront mouthpiece of a team giving English is not her natural language. But with Boston, Cooke, and Beal she didn’t need to be. We should definitely see more from her talking to media. The best spokesperson on this team is Breezy. She’s a total natural in front of a microphone.

Should we start looking into Columbia to Sao Paulo fights for you?

 

[Creature]

And on July 1, 2021 KK released a top 12. I don't follow the birdies but thinking it was KK doesn't make sense.

She had just visited . Its just my hunch because somebody committed to us June 2021 but did not go public.

 

[visitingcock]

She had just visited . Its just my hunch because somebody committed to us June 2021 but did not go public.

She?

McDaniel or someone else?

 

[Cockygirl]

She?

McDaniel or someone else?

I think he’s referring to Arnold here.

I did just see this from Dawn about the shine 2023 birdie …

 

[UConnCat]

She had just visited . Its just my hunch because somebody committed to us June 2021 but did not go public.

It would sure be weird to go from being a birdie to announcing a top 12 four days later. Therein lies one of the problems with the birdie thing. It leads to needless and potentially inaccurate speculation about a kid making an important decision. Here you are 2 years later speculating about a UConn player on a UConn message board.

 

[Cockygirl]

Here is the announcement I referred to yesterday …