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Left unsaid is at that % she doesn't even need to make the
by btd (2023-05-17 16:11:22)
Edited on 2023-05-17 16:12:40

In reply to: That's it, and Emma's eFG% is outrageous! posted by BabaGhanouj

shots to be equally as effective for our offense. Someone at that level is way beyond what Kayo and I have been calling a truly elite outside shooter that a defense cannot ever ignore. What that means is the moment she steps on the floor defenses will be forced to put one of their best defenders within arm's length of her at all times. That dramatically alters what we can do offensively with 2 of HH/OM/SC on the floor with her plus the others. Teams cannot pack the paint to take away the drive and dish that our offense is based heavily on.

Two very tall forwards plus Maddy and Prosper sized guards / small forwards also means no team can have their center/top forward cheat upward to cut off the diving lanes like we saw the instant OM went down to injury last season - forcing Citron to the point and eliminating our only remaining outside shooter largely. If they do, we simply will dump it off to those forwards behind that defender and score easy bucket after easy bucket.

Our offense is extremely dependent on having at least one lethal outside shooter on the floor at all times. With the MM offense it wasn't as dependent because we had dramatically more ball movement to get defenses out of position.

EDIT: This is why by the final 10 games of next year when Emma, Hannah and Miles are all full tilt, our offense may very well be as good as it has been since 2018.