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Post by billthebeav on Oct 24, 2022 15:02:14 GMT -8
For OSU WBB to exceed BEAVERNATION's expectations, I think we need an "unexpected" "surprise" season performance from one of our freshman guard/wings. Not that we don't have expectations for our two freshmen BIGs. The one thing we have missed the past couple of years is the post up 3 point shooter like Kat Tudor. It opens up the paint and gives the point a pressure relief option. I vote for Adlee Blacklock. |
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Post by greybeav on Oct 25, 2022 6:56:09 GMT -8
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Post by lotrader on Oct 25, 2022 7:18:01 GMT -8
Her shooting motion, the way she sets up, reminds me so much of Syd Weise. |
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Post by jimbob on Oct 25, 2022 13:24:43 GMT -8
My pick for the "Kolbie Leap" player this year is AJ. Players going from their freshman to sophomore years often improve greatly and AJ already has the athleticism in place and had shown some streaky good shooting last year....so with her knowing the system now and a years worth of weight training under her belt and hopefully a summer of working on her shooting I'm thinking/hoping she will have a breakout year!
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Post by grad1973 on Oct 26, 2022 10:39:19 GMT -8
One thing about how Rueck runs his half court offense. Is if he intends to run petrovic as post he seems to defeat the purpose in games at the end of last season. He had her play away from the basket like a three or two to much. If you recall a lot of the movement in this offense has the post come up to the top side of the key to screen the ball defender off the guard with the ball. if post doesn’t go back down to the block rolling down for a give and go, Jalena is stuck up top and way far from the block. Not really apart of the post job that needs take passes down low so she can score. Don’t we need her down low? Well watch some of the games re played in the last couple of days on pac 12. She is up top a lot way far from her ability to rebound or post up. I’m worried the added body up top messes with continuity. Isn’t the guards first look to start half court offense is to look down low for the high percentage shot first? It tires a big kid for one thing plus is not available to take block passes for easy shots. At her height being what we need her to get plenty of low post shots! Yes no?
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Post by Werebeaver on Oct 27, 2022 8:34:13 GMT -8
One thing about how Rueck runs his half court offense. Is if he intends to run petrovic as post he seems to defeat the purpose in games at the end of last season. He had her play away from the basket like a three or two to much. If you recall a lot of the movement in this offense has the post come up to the top side of the key to screen the ball defender off the guard with the ball. if post doesn’t go back down to the block rolling down for a give and go, Jalena is stuck up top and way far from the block. Not really apart of the post job that needs take passes down low so she can score. Don’t we need her down low? Well watch some of the games re played in the last couple of days on pac 12. She is up top a lot way far from her ability to rebound or post up. I’m worried the added body up top messes with continuity. Isn’t the guards first look to start half court offense is to look down low for the high percentage shot first? It tires a big kid for one thing plus is not available to take block passes for easy shots. At her height being what we need her to get plenty of low post shots! Yes no? Mitrovic, not petrovic. |
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Post by hoopheritic on Oct 27, 2022 10:45:48 GMT -8
I think the best player on this current team is far from settled. We'll see.
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Post by wbosh15 on Oct 27, 2022 12:03:32 GMT -8
I think the best player on this current team is far from settled. We'll see. If the best player on this team is far from settled that's really good news, because as I see it we don't have anyone on this roster close to TVO right now. If we have some players performing as well as TVO we would be quite good. |
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Post by beavsteve on Oct 27, 2022 13:18:56 GMT -8
I think the best player on this current team is far from settled. We'll see. 100% agree. I’m really looking forward to the exhibition Sunday, after which we’ll have a lot more information to base opinions upon. |
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Post by beaverstever on Oct 27, 2022 16:47:18 GMT -8
For OSU WBB to exceed BEAVERNATION's expectations, I think we need an "unexpected" "surprise" season performance from one of our freshman guard/wings. Not that we don't have expectations for our two freshmen BIGs. The one thing we have missed the past couple of years is the post up 3 point shooter like Kat Tudor. It opens up the paint and gives the point a pressure relief option. I vote for Adlee Blacklock. . Sorry, maybe a typo, but I don’t know what a “post up 3 point shooter” is. I assume you mean a spot-up shooter (picks a spot and waits for the ball to be swung to her? If so, I totally agree it’s been a gap -we used Taya for that some historically, and she had a slump of a shooting year from distance. Not having that type of player (which Kat was great at) allowed the defense to shrink their coverage area. All 5 of the incoming freshman come in with good to very good 3pt shooting capabilities, so if that translates, we could quickly be back to watching an offense that gets more open shots and and makes a lot more of them. |
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Post by finleybandbeav on Oct 27, 2022 17:38:05 GMT -8
And Kat is killing it overseas, doing the exact same thing. We need that back big time.
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Post by greybeav on Oct 27, 2022 17:40:06 GMT -8
barely related but here ya go:
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Oct 27, 2022 17:52:49 GMT -8
I really thought Greta was going to be a really good spot-up shooter for OSU, ideally with a slightly more versatile offensive game than Kat. She was good coming off and reading screens in high school and had a nice release and was generally pretty accurate. Unfortunately she really struggled to put the ball in the bucket last season.
I really hope Adlee or Lily can fill that role. Shalexxus was known as a very good shooter in her two years at USC, so hopefully she can knock down shots for us too. I think our subpar three point shooting (and shooting in general) was a major reason why we struggled so much last season.
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Post by rmancarl on Oct 27, 2022 19:11:50 GMT -8
I think the best player on this current team is far from settled. We'll see. If the best player on this team is far from settled that's really good news, because as I see it we don't have anyone on this roster close to TVO right now. If we have some players performing as well as TVO we would be quite good. Totally agree. If someone else this season plays as good as TVO, this will be a much better team than I expect them to be. |
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