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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 2791376, member: 6620"] [COLOR=#8000ff]I agree [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]with you that Sam is certainly not a 3 and I'm not even sure she's a stretch 4 in the way that say, Erin Boley, was/is. I've said this on this site and another but I think she's a 4 who is tailor-made for the high post role in ND's offense, which has been manned by the likes of Natalie Achonwa and, most recently, Katherine Westbeld. That role requires a fundamentally sound, basketball-smart player who knows where she is in the offense and on the floor. That person can then make decisions: keep the offense moving, dump it down low to the low post, drive or shoot the jumper from the foul line or elbow. I've seen Sam setting up outside the line and think she'd benefit from moving that shot more than a few feet towards the basket. As pointed out, this role is not the big point-producing one in ND's offense, but a very valuable one. Think its' a good match for both player and position. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#00b300]Also agree with your observation on Paige Bueckers. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]To some degree, that's one of her strengths...she can create her own shot (love her dribble to the pull-up jumper) or pass off. She also runs the break wonderfully. If she works with a guard who is sympatico with her team-first-with-fundamental flair approach, it's a whole lot of fun. And efficient. While I've seen her work recently with Fudd and Hailey Van Lith, I loved the occasions when she was working with Clark. Fire and ice. And you can guess where I think they'd work best. ;)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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