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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4594229, member: 3834"] To be fair, comparing percentages between a 4-8 shot player and a 20-28 shot player is fairly meaningless. There are few unselfish players who are truly able to shoot without conscience. Clark is one of those players who does not seem to let her misses affect her willingness to take the same shot next time down the court. She could be 0 for 12 and still want to take the game-deciding shot. Bird and Jordan were like that. I believe Paige is as well and that Azzi is being coached that way by Geno. He wants his two truly generational players to understand that by not taking the open shot they are actually hurting the team. Having a 48% three point shooter passing off to a 36% shooter for essentially the same shot is not the way to win. The problem is, most really good players that come to UConn are unselfish to a fault so for the few transcendent ones Geno has to retrain their thinking from “I need to always involve my teammates” to “I have a better chance of making this (or any other) shot than anyone else on the team!” Finally, Azzi is simply, imo a different breed from Clark (and though it pains me to suggest) even Paige. While all three are clearly elite shooters (in various ways), Azzi is the one who is more likely to go on these backbreaking scoring streaks that basically break the other team’s spirit! I realize the other two occasionally do this as well but Azzi does it more often and more efficiently. I think Geno sees this as the devastating weapon it is and wants it to happen more often (as in every game):rolleyes: thus the emphasis on Azzi’s shot count. He knows what it does to the other team when they’ve played us even for one or two quarters and then Azzi suddenly makes three or four threes that don’t seem to even move the net! Suddenly, in three or four minutes, she snatches their hope away and decides the game! That, imo is the true greatness of Azzi Fudd! She is one of a very few players who can essentially decide a game’s outcome in the space of a few minutes. [/QUOTE]

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