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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5323488, member: 9844"] With KK it is more than getting to be the starting point guard, it is also finally getting to concentrate on her point guard skills at her natural position. For that reason I hope we will see a significant jump in her junior year beyond just the normal one year progress. In her first year you could say she was the third PG option in the starting lineup. Clearly Nika ran the show, and Paige was a natural point guard too. KK was more a shooting guard that season, deferring to Nika and Paige, playing more off the ball than on it, and as a marginal 3pt threat, that didn't play to her strengths. In her second year, Kaitlin ran the point, and you still had Paige to play the point some of the time, so KK still didn't get to spend as much time at her natural position as is ideal. This year she can and presumably will play PG exclusively as the starter, which should suit her talents far better than how she was used the first two years. At least that is why I am hoping for a significant bump. I agree than Jana is also a very interesting story. She is talented, but very raw, and made far more mistakes that probably tested Geno's patience. Just from a decision making standpoint, she could elevate her game quite a bit. I think her transition from basketball in Egypt to here was particularly challenging. She was used totally differently, because on her teams there, the PG's didn't have a clue how to feed the post, and Jana frequently had to come out to get the ball and create her own offense. Here Geno had to in essence convert her into a traditional low post C, because that is what the team needed her to be. So her ability to make good decisions in the post and read the defenses should show a major leap, and going against Serah in practice should accelerate that growth as well. Blanca is my third major story. We have several candidates at the 3 who could be good to very good, but in my opinion only one in Blanca that could be great. Because we haven't seen her against top division 1 talent, the range of outcomes for her is wide. Maybe a solid backup learning the ropes is the downside, and a first year star starter is the upside. It will be fun to watch. [/QUOTE]

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