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I think she will crack that lineup. She's quicker than I expected.

super-quick indeed, confident and accurate on her lay-ups in traffic. i don't see a mid-range shot, a 3-point shot, or much defense, but i suppose those might emerge.

nigeria-argentina. she is jersey #2.

Highlights don't give much sense of defense, but she had several in-close defensive stops.  I saw her sitting wide open on the 3pt line, but her team wasn't giving her the ball. Again she showed lots of good slashes, plus movement without the ball.  She had one drive from mid-court, which seemed a little much.   But her team won by 8.
I don't think I've seen her take a shot from more than 3 feet from the basket (but, in highlights, they wouldn't show misses).  I continue to be impressed.

While all the above may be true, keep in mind that as a frosh Nneka's offensive arsenal was pretty much limited to putbacks on offensive rebounds. She then learned some footwork and post moves, later added a short jumper, then every year extended her range and added to her library of moves. The finished product was amazing and was on display when she put up 42 in a win against Tennessee. Granted, she worked like crazy to improve, but the woman who arrived out of HS was about as raw as they come in terms of offensive skills.

[bl82]

I think she will crack that lineup. She's quicker than I expected.

super-quick indeed, confident and accurate on her lay-ups in traffic. i don't see a mid-range shot, a 3-point shot, or much defense, but i suppose those might emerge.

nigeria-argentina. she is jersey #2.

Highlights don't give much sense of defense, but she had several in-close defensive stops.  I saw her sitting wide open on the 3pt line, but her team wasn't giving her the ball. Again she showed lots of good slashes, plus movement without the ball.  She had one drive from mid-court, which seemed a little much.   But her team won by 8.
I don't think I've seen her take a shot from more than 3 feet from the basket (but, in highlights, they wouldn't show misses).  I continue to be impressed.

While all the above may be true, keep in mind that as a frosh Nneka's offensive arsenal was pretty much limited to putbacks on offensive rebounds. She then learned some footwork and post moves, later added a short jumper, then every year extended her range and added to her library of moves. The finished product was amazing and was on display when she put up 42 in a win against Tennessee. Granted, she worked like crazy to improve, but the woman who arrived out of HS was about as raw as they come in terms of offensive skills.