linkster
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 Posted: 10/23/17 6:23 pm ::: |
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| Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
| linkster wrote: |
| bballjunkie wrote: |
Sorry but your comparisons are off.
Gabby responsible for 528 pts her assists alone account for 380 pts which is only giving her 2s for those and there were a lot of 3s made but let's just say for argument sake they were only 2s 908pts
KLS responsible for 747 pts her assists alone gave team 236 pts and just counting them as 2s so a total of 983 pts
Collier 754 pts plus 166 pts off if assists giving team 920 pts
Shooting is not shooting not by a long shot. Hitting a negligible number of wide open 3s is not the same as KLS or Nurse for that matter. Never being in charge of creating or breaking the press or inbounding or setting up the offense is also an indicator of who Geno trusts. The other teams game planing around Gabby, KLS and even Nurse show who they respect. Most teams have trouble guarding 1/2 players and are left after that with terrible defender s especially in AAC. The difference is that the wide open lay ups around the basket, the easiest shot by a lot in basketball was due to Uconn's other players.
If shooting was just shooting then there would be many D2 and NAIA players in the W. |
Name all the teams that UConn played that had their best post defender out on the perimeter guarding KLS, Nurse or Williams? In fact they were down low guarding Collier (or Williams when she wasn't at the high post). The myth that Collier was just shooting open layups is just that, a myth. Collier, like her predecessor Tuck was highly skilled at creating position prior to getting a pass. And despite being guarded by taller and stronger players she used that position and a variety of low post moves to hit 71% of those shots while being guarded by the best low post defender on the opponent's roster.
And Williams, KLS and Nurse wouldn't have had nearly as many assists if Collier wasn't on the team. Nor would their shooting %'s been as good if the option of getting Collier the ball did't exist.
UConn's core four all benefit from playing with each other. I'm a lot more interested in watching how 5 players perform as a unit than in who is the best of the 5. I'd much rather watch 5 passes that result in a wide open shot than one player with a wicked ankle-breaking cross over that beats a defender one on one. There have been UConn teams in which one player was the key. Taurasi in 2003/4 are the only obvious ones. Even Moore, who was the focus when she played only won NC's when Charles was there. Last year there was not one preseason all-american on UConn. It was perhaps the best example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. |
I disagree. If the voters actually believed that, they wouldn't have voted for the those Huskies AFTER the season either. I think the reason that UConn had no preseason AA was because none of them had proven anything yet because of their limited roles during the Stewart/Jefferson/Tuck cohort. After the season, they received their deserved accolades. |
You make a good point but I have to wonder if any of them would have made an AA list without the others playing around them. Plum was a great shooter as a sophomore and yet wasn't an AA. IMO a lot of the recognition the UConn trio got individually was a result of the team winning.
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