WNBA thread… 28.5 ain’t your pay cut

Yes, great rebounder, like I said.

What other basketball skills does she possess?

 

She is shooting like 40 percent inside 5 feet and at least half her offensive rebounds are her own miss

 

Best rebounder in the league. Excellent defender. Not a great shooter but still had 17 today -- averaging 13 points a game. Again, as a rookie.

 

Take away all the offensive rebounds from her own misses... and she still leads the league in offensive rebounds.

 

Again she’s a great rebounder. She is a terrible offensive player

 

If your entire notion of an offensive player is tied to shooting percentage, then yes.

 

She can go from halfcourt to the basket and score using only two dribbles.

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She is a phenomenal rebounder.

 

Same number of dribbles as (blatant missed calls) turnovers on that play.

 

Reese has gotten much better over the course of the season. At the beginning, she was caught out of position an awful lot and couldn’t really finish very well for someone who was a star in college.

But she has improved by leaps and bounds since then.

Still not sure I agree with ESPN’s “rookie power rankings” that have her ahead of Clark, tho.

 

She's a lot of things and I would definitely take her on my team. But she is not an excellent defender. Far from it. That will come, though, as she matures and learns, which she will. And her offense will improve, especially from 5 feet in. She's very raw, yet borderline dominant. That should worry the rest of the league. Just wish she had even an ounce of humility and/or self-awareness.

 

And again, this is a hard league for a rookie to make an impact. Just like we discussed with Clark in early summer, give her time to cook.

 

when all that player does is shoot from within five feet, then yes.

I don't know if this counts today. She had taken 392 shots -- 303 of them are inside five feet. She's 132-of-303 43.8 percent WITHIN FIVE FEET.

She doesn't shoot threes, she's 2-of-12

From five to nine feet she's a laughable 4 of 35

She averages more turnovers than assists.

Just since the Olympic break

6-16
4-9
3-10
4-16
3-12
8-16
4-13
4-14


What does she do offensively that makes her even above average, other than averaging five rebounds per game on that end?