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Betts to the transfer portal is surprising and definitely not good.  But it just means that our program isn't immune from the same forces that are causing mass transfers everywhere else.  So here is my attempt at looking for positives from Betts' transfer:

1.  The post rotation becomes a lot clearer and potentially simpler.  You have Brink and Iriafen playing the 4/5.  They have similar games in that both rely on their speed and athleticism to score.  In contrast, Betts had a much different post style, slower and more low-post power based.  So instead of the team having to develop two contrasting styles, its just one and Iriafen will get a lot of reps.

2.  The stretch 4's will get a lot of playing time.  This is Demetre and Agara.  They are both good three-point shooters and hopefully this will create a lot of space for Brink/Iriafen to create.  Think of Iowa's 4 out offense allowing Czinano to operate inside and creating a lot of driving lanes for Clark.  We could not do this last year because Jones was on the court and her defender could always just sag way off and camp out in the paint.

3.  We are more attractive to the bigs in the 2024 class.  If you are Edwards, Thomas or Koval, you will see that Stanford definitely needs bigs and its possible that one or more of those players could start as freshmen.  Iriafen probably starts hers senior year but there is still another starting front court position up for grabs.

[BosCard]

Betts to the transfer portal is surprising and definitely not good.  But it just means that our program isn't immune from the same forces that are causing mass transfers everywhere else.  So here is my attempt at looking for positives from Betts' transfer:

1.  The post rotation becomes a lot clearer and potentially simpler.  You have Brink and Iriafen playing the 4/5.  They have similar games in that both rely on their speed and athleticism to score.  In contrast, Betts had a much different post style, slower and more low-post power based.  So instead of the team having to develop two contrasting styles, its just one and Iriafen will get a lot of reps.

2.  The stretch 4's will get a lot of playing time.  This is Demetre and Agara.  They are both good three-point shooters and hopefully this will create a lot of space for Brink/Iriafen to create.  Think of Iowa's 4 out offense allowing Czinano to operate inside and creating a lot of driving lanes for Clark.  We could not do this last year because Jones was on the court and her defender could always just sag way off and camp out in the paint.

3.  We are more attractive to the bigs in the 2024 class.  If you are Edwards, Thomas or Koval, you will see that Stanford definitely needs bigs and its possible that one or more of those players could start as freshmen.  Iriafen probably starts hers senior year but there is still another starting front court position up for grabs.