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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 8, 2015 18:35:35 GMT -5
Post game ESPN desk blither: A'ja Wilson could start for any team in the nation. Uh, I don't think so. Today's game was a prime example of why not. She has a very limited sense of how to move offensively and , yes, she still has the ability to score and look good doing it IF she has no defensive pressure. She is very much a freshman. Would she start on UConn...hell no. And by the way, entitled attitude and by Geno's standards lazy.
SEC Game stats:
scores.espn.go.com/ncw/boxscore?gameId=400766835
OBTW: If Staley won't start her, why should you? OBTW if you look at her starter stats you have to wonder what she is thinking? I think it is a testament to just how weak, yes weak that conference is. |
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Post by radylady on Mar 8, 2015 18:36:30 GMT -5
Post agme ESPN desk blither: A'ja Wilson could start for any team in the nation. Uh, I don't think so. Today's game was a prime example of why not. She has a very limited sense of how to move offensively and , yes, she still has the ability to score and look good doing it IF she has no defensive pressure. She is very much a freshman. Would she start on UConn...hell no. And by the way, entitled attitude and by Geno's standards lazy. Geno? Never mind Geno - she does not meet CD's standards for team mentality. She needs to mature before I will become a fan. |
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Post by DavidK on Mar 8, 2015 18:40:20 GMT -5
No she wouldn't start for us, I still think it would be Nurse to give us a 2nd guard (KML is a 3 in my eyes who can also play the 2 or 4).
Maya Moore didn't start until Kalana went down, and I believe Diana did at the end of the year when Shea and Sveta went out. (Not posative on that last one, was still real young then.)
Point being don't listen to everything ESPN says, including how shocked they were we beat South Carolina by a lot.
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 8, 2015 18:45:13 GMT -5
Post agme ESPN desk blither: A'ja Wilson could start for any team in the nation. Uh, I don't think so. Today's game was a prime example of why not. She has a very limited sense of how to move offensively and , yes, she still has the ability to score and look good doing it IF she has no defensive pressure. She is very much a freshman. Would she start on UConn...hell no. And by the way, entitled attitude and by Geno's standards lazy. Geno? Never mind Geno - she does not meet CD's standards for team mentality. She needs to mature before I will become a fan. I think it's too late for the mature part. They sold her as a bible belt home town girl ... she ain't and her coach is not pushing the right buttons. |
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Post by radylady on Mar 8, 2015 18:47:14 GMT -5
Spin, spin, spin...
But I guess that's why they get the big bucks
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 8, 2015 18:47:38 GMT -5
No she wouldn't start for us, I still think it would be Nurse to give us a 2nd guard (KML is a 3 in my eyes who can also play the 2 or 4). Maya Moore didn't start until Kalana went down, and I believe Diana did at the end of the year when Shea and Sveta went out. (Not posative on that last one, was still real young then.) Point being don't listen to everything ESPN says, including how shocked they were we beat South Carolina by a lot. That was a rhetorical question ... they'd have her on oxygen before half time in the UConn rotation (and she'd trip in our baggy shorts I guess). |
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Post by Pinsky on Mar 8, 2015 19:48:00 GMT -5
Not quite ready to displace our cohesive five. She has a hell of a lot of potential. Would Tiffany Mitchell start?
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 8, 2015 20:04:02 GMT -5
Not quite ready to displace our cohesive five. She has a hell of a lot of potential. Would Tiffany Mitchell start? Replacing who? Or whom would she replace, cuz she ain't a big. Look, it's easy to be a big star on a team that has only 2-3 who could get to the bigs. Does she do enough of all the things that makes Geno happy to get into the game and doing all those things look like what she looks... fans have plenty to talk about.... but NO. |
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Post by garcerola on Mar 8, 2015 20:38:46 GMT -5
Her length may help her block a few shots, but man-to-man defensive positioning is very suspect. That alone would keep her on the bench at UConn. She's a ball watcher and she lost track of her assignment repeatedly in the beat down last month.
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Post by chicagogg on Mar 9, 2015 8:28:10 GMT -5
Ms Wilson is quite the big fish in a smaller pond....but she would not cut bait up in Storrs. Too much me,me,me to crack the starting lineup.
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Post by iri10 on Mar 9, 2015 12:01:08 GMT -5
Mitchell is the only SC player who would probably start on UConn, replacing Nurse. Nurse is surprisingly good for a freshman, but the junior Mitchell is better for now. Keep in mind that Mitchell would look even better than she currently does on a team like UConn, with so many good offensive players to pass to and so many good passers to feed her. (Mitchell does have "UConn chops," in that she can not only score but also pass very well)
A'ja is good, but there's absolutely zero need or desire for the freshman version of her to start on UConn, because Stewart does pretty much everything she does (but better), plus a bunch of other things A'ja can't do yet.
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Post by chicagogg on Mar 9, 2015 12:36:00 GMT -5
I'm more than willing to wait for Natalie next year.
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Post by doggydaddy on Mar 9, 2015 13:41:09 GMT -5
If Wilson is added to the current roster, no, she doesn't start. Not a chance.
She was really good against Tennessee Sunday. And she will only get better. I'm glad to see she seems to have accepted her role as a forward, not a guard.
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Post by UConnChapette on Mar 9, 2015 19:58:25 GMT -5
Not if she wants to roll her waist band.
Seriously, I don't think she would start now if she had come to UConn. Too much other talent. Maybe she would eventually, but not this year.
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Post by murkywaters on Mar 10, 2015 20:37:52 GMT -5
Not if she wants to roll her waist band. Seriously, I don't think she would start now if she had come to UConn. Too much other talent. Maybe she would eventually, but not this year. Is the question, would she start if she transferred tomorrow,...or,... would she start if she had been at UConn from day 1 ? With her given talent, couldn't Geno have molded her into a much better player ? I would think so . |
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Post by meyers7 on Mar 11, 2015 7:33:30 GMT -5
No, as a Freshman forward she would not start for UCONN. Hell, she doesn't start for SC. Stewart, Tuck and KML start and she wouldn't replace any of the 3. I'm sure she'd get plenty of playing time though. I mean if she worked hard, just like any other freshman at UCONN. She definitely has the talent.
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Post by doggydaddy on Mar 11, 2015 8:38:42 GMT -5
No, as a Freshman forward she would not start for UCONN. Hell, she doesn't start for SC. Stewart, Tuck and KML start and she wouldn't replace any of the 3. I'm sure she'd get plenty of playing time though. I mean if she worked hard, just like any other freshman at UCONN. She definitely has the talent. That's what kills me about folks who have Wilson on their all-American lists.
She doesn't start and she only averages 20 minutes a game.
No way that is an all-American candidate.
That being said, she will be the next three years.
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Post by meyers7 on Mar 11, 2015 9:54:02 GMT -5
No, as a Freshman forward she would not start for UCONN. Hell, she doesn't start for SC. Stewart, Tuck and KML start and she wouldn't replace any of the 3. I'm sure she'd get plenty of playing time though. I mean if she worked hard, just like any other freshman at UCONN. She definitely has the talent. That's what kills me about folks who have Wilson on their all-American lists.
She doesn't start and she only averages 20 minutes a game.
No way that is an all-American candidate.
That being said, she will be the next three years.
Could be. There's a lot of competition in next year's Senior class. |
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Post by murkywaters on Mar 11, 2015 19:56:20 GMT -5
No, as a Freshman forward she would not start for UCONN. Hell, she doesn't start for SC. Stewart, Tuck and KML start and she wouldn't replace any of the 3. I'm sure she'd get plenty of playing time though. I mean if she worked hard, just like any other freshman at UCONN. She definitely has the talent. Still don't know if I agree. I think Geno, the greatest coach of all time, could make her a starter, no problem. |
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Post by Icebear on Mar 12, 2015 3:31:06 GMT -5
I believe the premise must be "presently." A'ja would not start on this team as presently constituted. End of conversation.
Another year and it is a completely different team with different personnel. With development A'ja will hopefully be a different player with new skills. Playing for Geno A'ja would have to be a different player which I see no reason to believe she couldn't and/or wouldn't be. So again the the workable and viable comparison is now and "no,' presently, A'ja would not be starting for UCONN presently.
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Post by meyers7 on Mar 12, 2015 7:39:11 GMT -5
No, as a Freshman forward she would not start for UCONN. Hell, she doesn't start for SC. Stewart, Tuck and KML start and she wouldn't replace any of the 3. I'm sure she'd get plenty of playing time though. I mean if she worked hard, just like any other freshman at UCONN. She definitely has the talent. Still don't know if I agree. I think Geno, the greatest coach of all time, could make her a starter, no problem. Who do you think she starts before? As a freshmen? |
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Post by Pinsky on Mar 13, 2015 7:46:49 GMT -5
Do you think she's as good as Napheesa?
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