The junior is the only true point guard on the Huskies’ roster, which means she’ll need to cut down on fouls and turnovers while improving her scoring ability.
uconnn has gotten lots of scoring from the 1. so, is it the scoring or playmaking that will be missed the most? will lou lopez help fill the scoring void (also how is her handle)? tbd. running the offense might have to be a shared affair. nika some, azzi some, dorka is a good passer and so is caroline. curious to know how ice passes out of the post to the perimeter? is patterson primarily a slasher/scorer or does she have drive and kick out to shooters in her game? let nika keep getting shots up and give her a chance; keeping in mind that there is only one PAIGE.
Did tell you that - (it's Nika - not Azzi). Read (with trepidation) the diss's of Nika in the other comments. Even as much as I've been watching UConn (25+ years) I know very little about the game - so don't feel like riposting.
Nevertheless - Nika's a warrior and someone who's never backed down from a challenge - and while the early season games against tier-1 teams might be (mmmmmm) "dicey" - as the year progresses she'll rise to the occasion.
Azzi is more than a shooting guard as her passing and ball handling is often overlooked. She like Diana came to UConn with a misconception of being just a pure shooter when in fact she was the complete guard with al the tools as evident she won the Liberman after Sue left and she took over the point. Azzi, not just in a pinch, but legitimately can be a true point guard. Her versatility and all around court skills is why she was unprecedentedly name NPOY as a sophomore in high school.
I don't have a lot of confidence in Nika so I hope I'm wrong. Last season I noticed that she almost never passes upcourt to a breakaway "wide receiver" which Paige would do regularly. Even Caroline passed from the backcourt far more often than Nika who would just dribble across the mid stripe losing all chance for a fast break.
uconnn has gotten lots of scoring from the 1. so, is it the scoring or playmaking that will be missed the most? will lou lopez help fill the scoring void (also how is her handle)? tbd. running the offense might have to be a shared affair. nika some, azzi some, dorka is a good passer and so is caroline. curious to know how ice passes out of the post to the perimeter? is patterson primarily a slasher/scorer or does she have drive and kick out to shooters in her game? let nika keep getting shots up and give her a chance; keeping in mind that there is only one PAIGE.
Did tell you that - (it's Nika - not Azzi). Read (with trepidation) the diss's of Nika in the other comments. Even as much as I've been watching UConn (25+ years) I know very little about the game - so don't feel like riposting.
Nevertheless - Nika's a warrior and someone who's never backed down from a challenge - and while the early season games against tier-1 teams might be (mmmmmm) "dicey" - as the year progresses she'll rise to the occasion.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Azzi is more than a shooting guard as her passing and ball handling is often overlooked. She like Diana came to UConn with a misconception of being just a pure shooter when in fact she was the complete guard with al the tools as evident she won the Liberman after Sue left and she took over the point. Azzi, not just in a pinch, but legitimately can be a true point guard. Her versatility and all around court skills is why she was unprecedentedly name NPOY as a sophomore in high school.
if she is our point guard we are in for a long year,
she can,t shoot at all,
then the other teams will not have to cover her,
we heard she was practicing a lot on her]
out side shot, that is good,,
but maybe she should had done this years ago not as a junior,
the people announcing the games will tell us how good she is,,
funny,,
we will miss Paige too much,
I don't have a lot of confidence in Nika so I hope I'm wrong. Last season I noticed that she almost never passes upcourt to a breakaway "wide receiver" which Paige would do regularly. Even Caroline passed from the backcourt far more often than Nika who would just dribble across the mid stripe losing all chance for a fast break.
She just doesn't think.