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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4537381, member: 9844"] There are several probable factors here. Nika is having a very good year, but she is a high reward high risk type of passer. Nothing to change there, it is what it is, if you want to get the creativity that produces so many easy shots for her teammates you have to live with a few more turnovers. Her assist to turnover ratio is still pretty good, so on balance her aggressive passing is a good thing and you live with it. Also look at who is not playing, mostly Paige and Azzi who both have very low turnover rates relative to how much they handle the ball. Dorka even has a low turnover rate for a big and of course she missed 7 games herself. Then the multiple lineups and fatigue are factors too. In addition, I think turnovers happen more frequently when many of your best scoring options are missing. You then have other scoring options having to try to do more, and create shots as opposed to fitting into a smooth running offensive system. All those things are factors IMO, but it could be somewhat better later this year if Azzi returns and next year looks to be much better. Nika will probably share some ballhandling duties with Paige and not have to be as aggressive with her passes with more offensive options. Just having Paige and Azzi consuming a major portion of the minutes help, and the other returning players have another year of experience. One potential negative factor though is at C where we lose a low turnover player in Dorka, and probably replace her with a relatively inexperienced player next year. An experienced C in the portal might potentially address that. [/QUOTE]

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