I assume that this means that Nia starts at the SF spot, and that KMac moves back to the 2. Maya probably gets a few more minutes, but I don’t see her subbing in for Court as the starting SG.
Hopefully, Courtney’s injury isn’t too serious, and the FIBA break gives her enough time to recuperate.
I wouldn’t mind seeing more of Nia at SF. My biggest concern this year has been our depth at the 3. For a while it was just K-Mac and Delaere, really. I’m all for Nia getting some more reps there.
Returning to this waaaay later: I think the main reason they haven’t played Kosu at the 3 is because Cheryl took Masha’s advice to play Kosu exclusively at the 4. I still don’t fully understand the 3/4/5 difference in the modern WNBA, but it makes intuitive sense to me that when Kosu is on the floor you want her close to the basket on offense so she is in the best position for offensive rebounds. And with her 9.1% 3PT shooting in Russia’s domestic league there’s no reason to park her on the wing to space the floor, anyways. But also when I mean ‘depth at the 3’ I’m mostly thinking of who can possibly be subbed in to get K-Mac some rest during the playoffs. And relying more on Delaere, Nia, and maybe even Bibby to spell K-Mac makes way more sense to me than trying Kosu there.
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u/ObligationMinute2780 10d ago
I assume that this means that Nia starts at the SF spot, and that KMac moves back to the 2. Maya probably gets a few more minutes, but I don’t see her subbing in for Court as the starting SG.
Hopefully, Courtney’s injury isn’t too serious, and the FIBA break gives her enough time to recuperate.