[TheFarm07]

I continue to worry about Brown's refusal to try to shoot from beyond the arc - she seemed to decline to take advantage of the open looks and instead plow inside and throw something desperate up and hope for a foul. I want to see her taking at least 2 jump shots per game, because otherwise she's going to develop the same reputation that Sniezek has - you can sag on her for miles and not worry about it, which closes down the lanes inside. I don't really understand it, because she was the National High School Coaches Association Senior Girls' Basketball Athlete of the Year. How does that player suddenly lose her ability to shoot? I have to think it's mental, and I hope the coaches will work with her in practice to get her confident in her jump shots.

I was paying close attention to Brown whenever she was in the game after you pointed out that disturbing pattern and noticed that she drove to the basket and missed wildly, going 1/6. We don't need to be a Karlie Samuelson from long range, but we need her to make jumpers, even within the arc, to keep defenses honest

A similar mystery confounds me with Sniezek too. Even though Marta was not a national player of the year, she was nonetheless a top-50 recruit winning DC Player of the Year and I think scoring 2K+ points in high school, and she never found her jump shot in college.

I hope the same thing doesn't happen with Brown. National title contenders can threaten at all 5 positions and our Achilles' heel during our run in the late 2000s and early 2010s (the late Wiggins-Appel-Ogwumike era) where we were world-beaters otherwise was at the one. Though JJ Hones, Lindy La Rocque and Melanie Murphy were all fine players, it was a significant difference from the other 4 players on the field. I know Pohlen manned the one too, but we still had the other guard position to fill.

If Kiana can play the one and/or we can get another top PG recruit in 2020 besides Van Gytenbeek, like a Paige Bueckers, then it won't be as big of a deal. But it would be nice to have that depth at one.

[TheFarm07]

I continue to worry about Brown's refusal to try to shoot from beyond the arc - she seemed to decline to take advantage of the open looks and instead plow inside and throw something desperate up and hope for a foul. I want to see her taking at least 2 jump shots per game, because otherwise she's going to develop the same reputation that Sniezek has - you can sag on her for miles and not worry about it, which closes down the lanes inside. I don't really understand it, because she was the National High School Coaches Association Senior Girls' Basketball Athlete of the Year. How does that player suddenly lose her ability to shoot? I have to think it's mental, and I hope the coaches will work with her in practice to get her confident in her jump shots.

I was paying close attention to Brown whenever she was in the game after you pointed out that disturbing pattern and noticed that she drove to the basket and missed wildly, going 1/6. We don't need to be a Karlie Samuelson from long range, but we need her to make jumpers, even within the arc, to keep defenses honest

A similar mystery confounds me with Sniezek too. Even though Marta was not a national player of the year, she was nonetheless a top-50 recruit winning DC Player of the Year and I think scoring 2K+ points in high school, and she never found her jump shot in college.

I hope the same thing doesn't happen with Brown. National title contenders can threaten at all 5 positions and our Achilles' heel during our run in the late 2000s and early 2010s (the late Wiggins-Appel-Ogwumike era) where we were world-beaters otherwise was at the one. Though JJ Hones, Lindy La Rocque and Melanie Murphy were all fine players, it was a significant difference from the other 4 players on the field. I know Pohlen manned the one too, but we still had the other guard position to fill.

If Kiana can play the one and/or we can get another top PG recruit in 2020 besides Van Gytenbeek, like a Paige Bueckers, then it won't be as big of a deal. But it would be nice to have that depth at one.