This probably isn't worth fussing over -- and I wouldn't bother except that we're all so prone to intemperate threads on Nika, so precision may matter in this one case.
The segment you're thinking of begins at 13:21 in the video you linked above, and it begins with a reflection on Azzi's skills as a PG. Then he switches to a general remark about how they don't like to have rigidly defined roles in the backcourt. He explains this as follows:
"For us, when you have the ball in your hands, you have to dribble the ball up the floor, if you don't you run up the floor..."
Nika then becomes an example of someone who might happen to bring the ball up the floor ("...because that's what she does really well"), but he quickly switches to a more inclusive remark about "those other guys, Azzi especially" bringing the ball up.
This is why I didn't think he was identifying a specific PG tandem. The context is his confidence in letting Azzi do whatever she wants if she brings the ball up the floor, "because I know something pretty good is going to happen." But he also seems to be referring to the entire group: to Azzi Caroline Lou Nika Ines ("those other guys"), as people who might have the ball in their hands and dribble it up the floor. I don't want folks to think Geno has made a declaration of who is going to be PG in this presser. His remarks were more general, except insofar as they refer to Azzi being able to do pretty much anything.
I'm sorry if I've misinterpreted you, and maybe you meant something other than that Geno had suggested Nika and Azzi were going to be his PG tandem. And I apologize to everyone else for my absurd fussiness.
Like everyone here, I've also been watching & reading the other interviews where Azzi has said that Geno wants her to be more like Paige, and he wants to run more of the offense through her.
There's more context than this single interview.
In another post, when I mentioned that Nika averaged about 21 minutes last year, someone was kind enough to inform me that,
"Slight tweak to your Nika stat of playing time. Overall, she played 21 minutes a game.
1. However, when she started, and was healthy, she played 28+ minutes a game.
2. The other 14 non-starting games she played an average of just under 13 minutes per."
In part that was probably because Paige returned from injury and started playing again, and foul trouble.
But it's still included in the history of which players started for UConn last year & their PT.
Personally I think that Nika may be able to score more points by changing her role a little bit & allowing her to mix it up offensively.
She's made a lot of shots from outside of the arc as if she were playing in the 3 position, and Carol or Lou could effectively become the SG when Azzi has the ball in her hands.
I think that they're going to mix it up a bit, but with the ball in Azzi's hands more often, then Azzi will become more of a leader and a playmaker.
That seems to be what Geno wants from her this year in order for her to become more like Paige.
That's been a theme mentioned in several interviews by both Geno and Azzi.
I can't help but think that it's more about making decisions and what will each do with the ball when they get it, than about who is the PG & the SG.
They're all need to learn how to score together as a team.
That's the only way that UConn is going to succeed against the tougher teams.
And Azzi also needs to learn how to be a PG when Nika is not on the court.
Azzi has said that she's comfortable doing it and looking forward to it.
They're like sisters and will get along, and Nika should end up scoring more points too by making shots that are comfortable for her, by receiving the ball in a spot where she feels that she can make the shot count.
I don't think that Nika has been very comfortable or confident taking shots on the move off her dribble.
