Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="BruinGold, post: 5044040, member: 11533"] As a UCLA fan, I appreciate the high ranking. A couple of notes: 1. Charlisse Leger-Walker has an unknown timetable for a return to play. So, she may, or may not, factor at all. 2. Kendall Dudley, incoming freshman, over Angela Dugalic, 5th year senior, is an interesting call. 3. Other than Betts and Barker, the Bruins are thin in the post, and may play smaller much of the time. 4. Predicting how players will mesh into new arrangements is a crapshoot, and there are a lot of new parts here, so... I, obviously, pay more attention to crosstown USC than some other teams. I think their talent level is extremely high (love TVO and Iriafen), but I am not sold on Juju's ability to make other players better, or for other players to complement her in a meaningful way. Last season, USC sometimes looked better with Watkins off the floor, especially when teams forced her to her off-hand. I think the best version of USC is one where Juju A) works on the off-hand, because word is out, B) balances getting her teammates involved without losing her offensive lethality. She's a generational talent, but if she's driving to the hoop in traffic for the foul on every play it won't matter how good her teammates are. [/QUOTE]