In Reply to: Agree: We won't win a championship doing the same thing... posted by jerseybruin on April 15, 2025 at 15:27:02
I'll admit to being a Dugalic and Gardiner fan more than their stats support. But, I'm glad Dugs is back. She does a lot of things well. I've said before that she has good hands and is disruptive on D, didn't realize she co-led the team in steals at 1.4 pg (with Kiki, who played almost 7 mpg more). She can defend positions 2-5 and I don't recall her getting burned by a pg if she got caught on a switch.
She averaged 22 mpg, and we lose Barker's criminally too low 17 mpg (yes, Barker is a much better player). It sounds to me like you'd rather Close be forced to put more athletic players on the court, do to Dugalic's departure. As it is, I'm guessing that unless the incoming wing player and/or Sienna can sink 3's better than Dugalic, then Dugalic is going to get the same 20+ mpg. I mean, Barker is a more athletic player than Dugalic, and she only got 17 mpg.
On tv, they said Barker shot a good 3pt % at A&M. I don't know if that's true, but she didn't at UCLA, so she didn't play very much.
Another thing about Barker, she was by far the best feeder of Betts in the post. She put air under the ball and put it where only Lauren could get it. Everyone else fires it in to Lauren chest high and easy to deflect.
Peace.