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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 4010609, member: 6620"] Richard Cohen of "Her Hoops Stats" weighs in on some aspects of the All-Star Game. Please go to the link for his views on the U.S. "3" spot and Breanna Stewart being in. I've cut and pasted the segment about a person that "wants the ball," as Arike (no surprise) and Courtney Williams did. We've seen variations on this take on The Boneyard, but interesting to see it from another source. "The other primary element that Wednesday night seemed to highlight about Team USA was their lack of a player like the MVP of the game, Arike Ogunbowale. The US obviously have a lot of people who can get their shot whenever they want. But they have a lot of guards who are willing to sit back and wait, or pick their moments. Jewell Loyd, Ariel Atkins, Sue Bird, Chelsea Gray and even modern-day Diana Taurasi are often willing to play a secondary role offensively to high-scoring teammates - Ogunbowale wants the ball and wants to shoot. "This obviously comes with negatives as well - when the ball isn't dropping, that kind of player can shoot you out of games just as easily as they can win them - but Ogunbowale is the sort of player who forces the action. Team USA sometimes feels just a little bit too [I]nice[/I]. Everyone recognizes how good everyone else is, and wants to make the extra pass or the 'right' play. Sometimes you just want them to illustrate that they're the best basketball players on Earth and go get a bucket. "Of course, none of this is likely to matter. There are some good teams going to Tokyo, and on a bad night for Team USA an upset isn't beyond the realm of possibility. But typically, talent wins out. And player-for-player, as usual, the Americans are comfortably the most talented team heading to the Olympics. However, as Wednesday night illustrated, a motivated opponent can be a dangerous thing, even against a team that's won the last six Olympic gold medals." I'll be interested in who "go gets a bucket" against Australia.... ;) [URL unfurl="true"]https://herhoopstats.substack.com/p/wnba-dissected-week9-nneka-olympics-allstar?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjY2Nzg3NywicG9zdF9pZCI6Mzg4MjQwMjgsIl8iOiIxZkk0QiIsImlhdCI6MTYyNjQ0NzkyNiwiZXhwIjoxNjI2NDUxNTI2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjEzMDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.YBobUP49IjcWoknafFPgIA_H8lgTkzOmaZnf0u56nEc[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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