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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:49 am ::: |
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Linzin wrote: |
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I find it a little bizarre how few minutes Diggins and Atkins are getting. Seems like Japan would be a good game to try out a smaller quicker lineup, no? |
The question is: do you try to fight fire with more fire.. or do you counter with water? |
Eh... but the switch was to put in Loyd, pushing DT to the 3 and Stewart to the 4. So it's not like they decided to stick with the big line-up, she's just favoring Jewell heavily over the other backup guards. Which is fine, Staley's choice, but you'd think with their advantage being depth they'd use their backup guards a bit more.
That said, as a Storm fan, I'm not opposed to having Bird, Loyd, and Stewart in!
ETA: Ah, so injuries playing a part. |
After watching the start of the 3rd, you've totally convinced me. Yikes this is bad. |
Jewell is not producing. Dawn is really pushing it.
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undersized_post
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Aja and Stewie with a ton of minutes and I must side eye. |
We were arguing about the 12 that got to go and we won’t even play more than 8 women. |
Very well said.
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SCook
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mercfan wrote: |
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Aja and Stewie with a ton of minutes and I must side eye. |
We were arguing about the 12 that got to go and we won’t even play more than 8 women. |
Exactly! We were bamboozled!
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:50 am ::: |
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Dawn out BG and Aja back in. What is this?
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Conway Gamecock
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:51 am ::: |
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Sue Bird......she's clearly heads and shoulders above all other guards on this team in terms of floor generalship, leadership, ball handling and distribution, but she cannot buy a bucket in this Olympics. And when Dawn puts in Tina Charles WITH Bird, we're playing 3 versus 5 on the court offensively, which is surprising with Charles at least, as she never seemed to have any problems with her offense in seasons past.
Wilson, Stewart, and Griner have been pretty unstoppable. Need to keep them rotating in at all times, and hopefully keep at least 2 of the 3 on the floor at all times.....
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mercfan
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:54 am ::: |
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Has Bird made a basket yet?
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Conway Gamecock
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Dawn running the reserves with Bird for the 4th Qtr. against Japan's starters, and they are holding their own thus far.....
Maintaining a 9-10 point cushion......
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:56 am ::: |
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Wow. This lineup that was on the floor is not a good look. What is going on?
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undersized_post
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:56 am ::: |
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You can tell a lot of these guards haven't given serious thought to how to break a press since their college days...
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Linzin
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:56 am ::: |
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Has Bird made a basket yet? |
She has not. 0 for I don't know how many in two games.
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Conway Gamecock
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:57 am ::: |
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SCook wrote: |
undersized_post wrote: |
Linzin wrote: |
undersized_post wrote: |
Linzin wrote: |
I find it a little bizarre how few minutes Diggins and Atkins are getting. Seems like Japan would be a good game to try out a smaller quicker lineup, no? |
The question is: do you try to fight fire with more fire.. or do you counter with water? |
Eh... but the switch was to put in Loyd, pushing DT to the 3 and Stewart to the 4. So it's not like they decided to stick with the big line-up, she's just favoring Jewell heavily over the other backup guards. Which is fine, Staley's choice, but you'd think with their advantage being depth they'd use their backup guards a bit more.
That said, as a Storm fan, I'm not opposed to having Bird, Loyd, and Stewart in!
ETA: Ah, so injuries playing a part. |
After watching the start of the 3rd, you've totally convinced me. Yikes this is bad. |
Jewell is not producing. Dawn is really pushing it. |
Lloyd with 12 pts on 5-6 shooting, and 3 rebounds....
Now Wilson, Taurasi, and Stewart come back in with about 5 minutes to go and a 10-pt lead. The nails in the coffin for Japan......
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:58 am ::: |
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Aja, Stewie and DT back in but no BG.
Dawn I see you and I'm done with you already.
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Linzin
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Posted: 07/30/21 12:59 am ::: |
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And Bird finally hits one. The look on her face lol.
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 1:03 am ::: |
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Now she puts in Atkins!!!
Dawn is a joke. I'm done.
Anyways, every team should be pressing Team USA.
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Conway Gamecock
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Posted: 07/30/21 1:07 am ::: |
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USA wins 86-69. A good decisive win against the host team in front of their nation....
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Linzin
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Posted: 07/30/21 1:32 am ::: |
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Honestly, for all the pessimism here after the 1Q, the US was pretty comfortable the rest of the game. Japan wasn't going to keep hitting 3s at 60%*, nor can they keep up a hard press for 40 minutes.
* Like, they kind of did against France, but France's defense...
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hyperetic
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Posted: 07/30/21 3:04 am ::: |
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A thought crossed my mind. It maybe off-base but theoretically plausible. Could Diggins-Smith minutes (seconds) be so limited because of her lack of international play experience? Then again, Stewie didn't have international experience last Olympics, right? OK, I give. I don't get it. And that injured in practice story seems kinda suspect. |
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Posted: 07/30/21 9:15 am ::: |
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AJa is playing well offensively , but why this team does not run its offense through Stewie or BG is beyond me. I get the politics of making your college star the Olympiad star as history says but DAMN . Aja is good and all , but shes not the best on the team IMO.
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 10:20 am ::: |
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AJa is playing well offensively , but why this team does not run its offense through Stewie or BG is beyond me. I get the politics of making your college star the Olympiad star as history says but DAMN . Aja is good and all , but shes not the best on the team IMO. |
I've been saying the same thing. Dawn played BG 15 minutes and she's the tallest player on the court. We saw against Nigeria that she opens up the floor because of her size. But it is what it is at this point.
It's not going to change and the same players are going to be getting blown by because Dawn refuses to make the adjustment. She's going to run Sue, Aja, and Stewie into the ground and honestly, with all BG's responsibility at Phoenix, I'll settle for the 15 minutes and a gold medal.
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SCook
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Posted: 07/30/21 10:27 am ::: |
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Does anyone else feel like this Team feels disconnected?
The starting lineup is working because Stewie, BG and Aja are just that dominant. Diana's experience with BG comes in handy because they ultimately just run the plays that are similar to Phoenix with BG screening for the 3's or rolling to the basket. But the 1st unit doesn't even seem to be enjoying themselves.
The 2nd unit is so poorly constructed and they play as if they don't know each other at all. How are Chelsea and Jewell just as horrendous on the defensive end as DT and Sue? Why are Tina and Syl struggling to mesh so badly?
Skylar, Atkins, and Collier just don't play at all and they seem to have no pulse on the bench.
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Posted: 07/30/21 10:43 am ::: |
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If Dawn can't figure out how to mesh a squad of some of the best players in the world together so that we can actually play some of our bench, then I wonder how that loaded Gamecock squad will be or rather not rotated in and out
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mercfan3
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Posted: 07/30/21 10:55 am ::: |
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SCook wrote: |
Does anyone else feel like this Team feels disconnected?
The starting lineup is working because Stewie, BG and Aja are just that dominant. Diana's experience with BG comes in handy because they ultimately just run the plays that are similar to Phoenix with BG screening for the 3's or rolling to the basket. But the 1st unit doesn't even seem to be enjoying themselves.
The 2nd unit is so poorly constructed and they play as if they don't know each other at all. How are Chelsea and Jewell just as horrendous on the defensive end as DT and Sue? Why are Tina and Syl struggling to mesh so badly?
Skylar, Atkins, and Collier just don't play at all and they seem to have no pulse on the bench. |
Most of the shooters are in the first unit. As complicated as people can make it, basketball is pretty simple when players can shoot, not as simple when they can't.
Stewart, Taurasi, and Lloyd to an extent are the shooters...the rest of the team are scorers that can have shot shooting at times. So a second unit with Syl and Tina, who occupy the same space, and Gray, Skylar (when she plays) and Lloyd is a mess. They need one of Diana or Stewie in.
I wouldn't make the mistake of thinking there is a lack of fun. I think they've just got their business face on.
I also don't have a problem with things running through A'Ja at the moment. She's playing the best, and it's not even close. Sue gets the ball to the players playing well.
Japan is a really fun team to watch.
My favorite thing about this game was that Kara was calling it. I'm happy for her that she's got a head coaching gig, but she's the best commentator in basketball and it's not close. So I was excited to hear her.
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Posted: 07/30/21 11:01 am ::: |
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I also don't have a problem with things running through A'Ja at the moment. She's playing the best, and it's not even close. Sue gets the ball to the players playing well. |
Seriously. "Is A'ja the best player on the team?" She's good enough to run the offense through, so what are we doing here?
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