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Post by beaverstever on May 31, 2022 22:17:29 GMT -8
You can see a lot of her games on thence under 16 FIBA European championship games on YouTube. She starts for Germany at the point. Example: She averaged 8.7ppg, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in that tournament. www.fiba.basketball/europe/u16women/2019/player/Martha-PietschWatching her play, she’s a good ball handler and consistent heads-up passer that presses the ball into then post. She spots up for 3s and likes to slash, but her size limits her scoring opportunities at both. She shot their technical in the game vs Greece, suggesting she’s their best ft shooter. Overall looks like a player that can contribute in Rueck’s offensive and defensive styles. |
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Post by greybeav on Jun 1, 2022 6:24:31 GMT -8
Thanks for digging that up Beaverstever ! A great video showing her skills. Anyone else notice that the team from Turkey is high-five crazy at the opening. They even high-fived the scorers.
Martha P. seems very confident and comfortable at her role.
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 1, 2022 7:09:16 GMT -8
Not from the transfer portal. A direct hire.
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Post by beaverstever on Jun 1, 2022 9:00:58 GMT -8
Was looking to see if any of the top players in the FIBA U16 are now in the NCAA. Looks like most are playing pro in Europe, but a few have moved to the NCAA:
Eleni Bosgana - Stanford
Marta Morales - Wake Forrest
Chiso Okafor - Miami
I suspect it's tougher now to get players over to the US, given the increased pro opportunities and improved level of play. Free tuition never was a draw for European players.
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Post by beaverstever on Jun 1, 2022 9:23:31 GMT -8
I don't want to be a 'downer' here but stat-wise Martha Pietsch does not sound like the second coming of Destiny Slocum. During her appearances in U16 Women's European Championships in 2019 for her native Germany, the 5-5 Point guard averaged 8.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per contest and totalled 12 steals in six games. Worse yet, the last stats I can find, from Nov. of 2021, has the soon-to-be-19-year-old playing only 5 games, scoring 8 points on 1-6 FGs, 2-10 on 3's, 9 rebs, 2 assists, and 3 TOs. You can find those games here: basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Martha-Pietsch/Germany/Eisvogel-USC-Freiburg/525555?Women=1I trust Coach SR to be a good judge of talent, but she looks like Faustino 2.0 I hope I am wrong, as I often are, and have prejudged this. Noelle Mannen looks more ready for PG minutes than she does. I agree with your concern - Faustino's game didn't translate. She moved onto Western Kentucky, and isn't tearing it up there either: wkusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/teresa-faustino/3975Faustino played in the U16 championship and was the starting PG for Porugal, which did well in the tournament. If you watch her play, she seems pretty solid then as well: On the other hand, I'd love to have a player like Ioanna Krimili out of Greece who has developed into one of the better shooting guards in the country (including dropping 27 on us last year when we played USF). So I'm all for taking flyers on some of these kids that the coaches see has having upside. Bringing in Faustino really had no negative impact as far as I can tell; she came in, collectively realized it wasn't a good situation for her and promptly transferred. |
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Post by lotrader on Jun 1, 2022 10:50:34 GMT -8
Martha's 2019-20 game film link provided by GreyBeav show a point guard who could be of benefit to our PG deficit team. I'm guessing the U16 FIFA video shows a younger Martha? Martha wasn't too impressive in those game films.
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Post by beaverstever on Jun 1, 2022 10:59:32 GMT -8
Martha's 2019-20 game film link provided by GreyBeav show a point guard who could be of benefit to our PG deficit team. I'm guessing the U16 FIFA video shows a younger Martha? Martha wasn't too impressive in those game films. Yes - the FIBA tournament videos are from 2019, where she had just turned 16. She's not on the U18 roster for Germany, so I wasn't able to find good videos that were more recent. |
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Post by bvrbooster on Jun 1, 2022 11:54:23 GMT -8
Agree with beaverstever. When you only have 10 players on the roster, what's the harm in adding one? If she can't play at this level, it's not like she's taking a roster spot from someone who could. If it turns out she can play some, she enters the portal and leaves in a year or two. No problem either way.
What, by the way, is a Global Moderator?
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 1, 2022 11:55:54 GMT -8
Agree with beaverstever. When you only have 10 players on the roster, what's the harm in adding one? If she can't play at this level, it's not like she's taking a roster spot from someone who could. If it turns out she can play some, she enters the portal and leaves in a year or two. No problem either way. What, by the way, is a Global Moderator? One step down from Galactic Moderator. |
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Post by beaverstever on Jun 1, 2022 12:40:39 GMT -8
Agree with beaverstever. When you only have 10 players on the roster, what's the harm in adding one? If she can't play at this level, it's not like she's taking a roster spot from someone who could. If it turns out she can play some, she enters the portal and leaves in a year or two. No problem either way. What, by the way, is a Global Moderator? One step down from Galactic Moderator. My moderation authority is indeed quite moderated. |
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Post by bvrbooster on Jun 1, 2022 13:23:53 GMT -8
Agree with beaverstever. When you only have 10 players on the roster, what's the harm in adding one? If she can't play at this level, it's not like she's taking a roster spot from someone who could. If it turns out she can play some, she enters the portal and leaves in a year or two. No problem either way. What, by the way, is a Global Moderator? One step down from Galactic Moderator. No Sector or Cluster Moderators? One goes directly from Global to Galactic? That's a tall leap. Was Terry Baker the first Galactic Moderator? |
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Post by rmancarl on Jun 1, 2022 14:27:11 GMT -8
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Post by sparty on Jun 1, 2022 14:46:55 GMT -8
Agree with beaverstever. When you only have 10 players on the roster, what's the harm in adding one? If she can't play at this level, it's not like she's taking a roster spot from someone who could. If it turns out she can play some, she enters the portal and leaves in a year or two. No problem either way. What, by the way, is a Global Moderator? One step down from Galactic Moderator. The rest of us are space cadets? |
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Post by rmancarl on Jun 1, 2022 19:42:19 GMT -8
Perhaps she'll develop as well as this guy.
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Post by hoopheritic on Jun 2, 2022 8:43:12 GMT -8
Anyone know why official channels for WBB haven't posted about Martha?
I'm assuming it's a compliance thing.
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