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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4802879, member: 44"] In my opinion, Nika is the same player this year she was last year. The difference is the level of competition, and an additional scoring big down low. Nika is quick, but not as quick as a top high major guard. So, against the very best competition she will have more trouble guarding them or driving on them. I think this year's team suffers from the loss of Dorka. Dorka and Aaliyah, the double double twins, down low forced people to pack the paint to be able to stop them, but they also had to chase Dorka out to the arc. That is a whole lot of effort and focus on those two players. That benefited Aaliyah, and certainly opened up the floor which was a benefit for Nick for passing, driving, and taking the open shot. Sometimes, people look at the stats and say wow what happened to "player X" they're not the same player they were last year. Sometimes that's true, but more often than not it is a change in personnel changing spacing or scheme. That's what I think is happening this year. [/QUOTE]