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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5075569, member: 12088"] I agree completely. This is the essence of the positionless offense Geno likes to run. Having a dominant low post player is a powerful formula, but it’s not the only way to win. Also, I think it doesn’t prepare bigs for the W very well if they never develop perimeter skills. Jana shoots 3s more or less the way Dorka did. She’s not as proficient as Paige or Azzi from 3, but she’ll have to be guarded out there. And it’s an opposing big who’ll have to guard her, which means the low post can be occupied by a forward or even a big wing at such moments, and Geno’s got plenty of those: Ice Ayanna Caroline Aubrey Morgan Allie, even Q who might really flourish in that role. That’s the high-low game Geno also likes to run. Olivia passed really well from the high post and though I haven’t seen Jana do this, I expect she’ll develop this skill watching how Sarah does it. It was a weakness of Olivia and Aaliyah’s game that they didn’t develop their perimeter shooting at UConn. Aaliyah compensated for it by developing her off-the-dribble skills on baseline drives and drives down the lane. This was also a feature of Dorka’s game. Jana is already a feeocious driver, especially down the lane. I imagine it can be kinda scary for defenders to have to confront someone her size moving that quickly and confidently with the ball. These are reasons why I think the question of who Jana’s backup will be needs to be addressed quite broadly. I doubt Geno will use her simply as a low post banger, and this means it’s not so much a question of a single backup as of a complicated rotation. He’s got lots of pairs to go to, especially with a talent like Sarah expanding his options. Jana and Ice could make a tremendous pairing, or Jana and Sarah or Jana and Ayanna. But Ice and Sarah could be great. Or Sarah paired with Aubrey or Caroline… or Q. Of all of these options, I have a feeling we’ll all come to love seeing Sarah and Morgan in this pairing the most over the next 4 seasons. It could feel a bit like Phee and Katie Lou all over again. [/QUOTE]

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