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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 3842875, member: 3834"] Westbrook is not 100% healthy and consequently has days where she simply doesn’t have it. Williams has had trouble her entire career in really big games. Remember these top high school players often dominate in high school because they are head and shoulders better physically than anyone else in the game. When they get to college they suddenly find that everyone is good. Now a lack of fundamentals, poor shooting mechanics, perhaps a lesser amount of basketball knowledge, less competitive fire, even less love for the game, suddenly becomes a big deal because they can no longer dominate simply because their physical abilities are so much better than everyone else. Some rise above this and are able to work hard and improve their weaknesses and the non- physical part of their game enough to separate themselves from the field again. Others have a harder time doing that. Then of course you have a few, a very few, that are simply on a different plane than the mere mortals. These are players like Diana, Maya, Breanna, and (I believe) Paige. Cheryl Miller, Candace Parker, and Holdsclaw are some examples of non UConn greats. I really feel for Christyn as I believe she is a victim of poor mechanics and fundamentals and every year that goes by makes it more difficult and less likely that she can change those weaknesses to strengths. I think this situation with Paige being so incredible is probably hard for her to deal with as well. She strikes me as a proud person who likely has been dreaming of this being her team only to now be faced with a different reality. She wants to be the alpha but simply does not have it in her. I am pulling for her to really bear down and finish out this season strong and then go find a strong shot doctor and spend next summer fixing her shot and remaking her body for her senior season. I wish her all the best. Are you aware that she was playing with an injury? [/QUOTE]

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