[81alum]

Thinking how this is interesting for us fans and we want to be helpful, yet Tara and staff must find our tendency to comment/suggest at times exhausting and other times very entertaining. Nonetheless, I'm going to be controversial and wonder if we need to do something like move Haley away from guard -- so something like Brink 5 - Jones 4 - Demetre 3 - Jump 2 - Lepolo 1. Feels like having Jones as one of the guards means they are sagging off her anyway as described above so if we leave her at 4 and away from the ball initially then our 1-3 can hit a 3 given that the defense has to guard Jones at the 4 (otherwise she can incur max damage).

That sounds reasonable, in accordance with the other Demetre for Iriafen swaps we've seen and some have advocated for.  If Iriafen could hit the jumper from the high post it would open other options.  And of course we need to see Demetre hit shots as well as she did early in the season.

A lot of this also has to do with Brink's great early season progress in hitting the three--suddenly vanishing.  If she heats up from three point range, her defenders cannot sit in the paint but must come out to guard her, leaving her free to go around them or pass to others like Jones who have room to penetrate.  As it stands, we might as well put Brink at the low post and play the triangle, as in Chiney's day.

[81alum]

Thinking how this is interesting for us fans and we want to be helpful, yet Tara and staff must find our tendency to comment/suggest at times exhausting and other times very entertaining. Nonetheless, I'm going to be controversial and wonder if we need to do something like move Haley away from guard -- so something like Brink 5 - Jones 4 - Demetre 3 - Jump 2 - Lepolo 1. Feels like having Jones as one of the guards means they are sagging off her anyway as described above so if we leave her at 4 and away from the ball initially then our 1-3 can hit a 3 given that the defense has to guard Jones at the 4 (otherwise she can incur max damage).

That sounds reasonable, in accordance with the other Demetre for Iriafen swaps we've seen and some have advocated for.  If Iriafen could hit the jumper from the high post it would open other options.  And of course we need to see Demetre hit shots as well as she did early in the season.

A lot of this also has to do with Brink's great early season progress in hitting the three--suddenly vanishing.  If she heats up from three point range, her defenders cannot sit in the paint but must come out to guard her, leaving her free to go around them or pass to others like Jones who have room to penetrate.  As it stands, we might as well put Brink at the low post and play the triangle, as in Chiney's day.