re: Will Reese and HVL Stay?

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By "cleaning up some things", you mean like developing an offensive game...she has none at this point. She is too slow to be a really good player. Is "cleaning up some things" becoming quicker also?

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No, when she slowed down and actually worked back to the basket, it was there but there were very few stretches this year she was a focus and did that. Most of her minutes were to come in, rebound and try to put it back because of all the in close misses by the other bigs.

She needs to 1, learn she doesn't need to block everything and sometimes can just make people shoot over her. 2 is to understand her body and how she's going to get called and learn to play with timing with her reach rather than at the apex. That's most of her fouls.

Offensively, she is a better shooter than what Reese was in the midrange and 3 and never got to show it. I think they need to work to develop it so she can use it, she has time on this now with Jersey coming, cause that's what she does.

Lastly, boxing out, she doesn't. She tries to out height folks to boards, works a lot but another big part of her foul trouble.

Smith being back next year helps ALL of this because her game compliments both Del Rosario and Morrow's better that Reese. You could see it in the games Reese missed.