Aarnisalo

[tarboy]

Plus Nyla B has the potential to be AA if she works at iit. TH has big time potential also.

 

[kingz213]

People on this board need to understand that we are not trying to bash any player but we are just starting the facts that are out there. Has LG improved this year? Heck yeah, I know she will continue to get better just like AU did each year. Is she an elite player? Right now, I would have to say no. Is she a good college player? I would say yes. As I have stated before, if we want to go beyond the sweet 16, we have to get some elite players in the program and WNBA talent players on your roster. This is what we are seeing in the tournament this year. Those teams that are advancing to the elite 8 and final four have at least one WNBA talent on their roster. That is the difference. With Kate H. coming in next year. She has the talent and the ability to be an elite player for us next year. She is the number 1 player in the nation in some publications and number 2 best player in the nation in other publications. She is the type of talent that we have been missing for some time now. Now if we can get an elite big 4or 5 from the portal to go with what we have coming back then we can knock the door down next season. Go Heels!

Totally agree this team lacks high level talent so it sounds like im coming off harsh towards lanie but in reality this is more towards people hyping her up. We need more wing players feels like we have to many PGs we need a stud center and shooting guard

 

[kjcooper]

Have to admit it's been a long drought since UNC last had someone drafted in the WNBA. You are correct in needing that one or two superstars that carry a team when needed. Hopefully with additional exposure and budget we can obtain these type players. It was an interesting article from CB on how hard she tried to get Sarah Strong to UNC, it shows that CB is relentless on getting players who she wants.
Recruiting has been on an upside over the past several years, and I truly believe it's only going to get better.

 

[3397char]

No one claimed she was an elite player. A poster dragged her game and said she needed to be recruited over in the portal.

My opinion has been consistent: we have the space and likely the money for one elite player. Go get the best available, regardless of position.

or we can mess around, try and dabble in above average players to compete with our existing above average players, almost guarantee people transfer, and do very little increase the overall team talent. That is a bad plan. R

if we have enough money for two star players, then heck yeah, go get ‘em. I doubt that is the case, though.

recruiting now is professional roster management, ”salary cap” management, and maintaining team chemistry/playing style focus. That means you establish recruiting priorities. Posting that we have room for improvement at every position is patently obvious and saying we should pursue that is unrealistic. Priorities.

 

[tarboy]

I think Kate H is going to be a great college player and beyond. Nyla B has AA potential. EA, LG,
RK, TH all have All ACC potential. To me we simply need a really good 5 to go with what we have.

I would love to have WNBA types at every position but very few teams outside of UCONN has that.

 

[Viking131]

Plus Nyla B has the potential to be AA if she works at iit. TH has big time potential also.

Nyla need to work on her handle

 

[tarboy]

Nyla has made huge strides in rebounding and defense this year. Next season i expect she will work on
her handle, shot selection and as every player should always work on zeroing in her shots.

If Nyla stays on course/healthy she will be a WNBA players one day.

 

[Jriv23]

We just need to have at least 2 WNBA talent on our team. We all saw how far HH got ND in the tournament with at least one WNBA talent on the team this year. The got to the Elite 8. If you go back and look at the 2013 team we had 3 WNBA talent on that team and we got to the Elite 8. That team might have made to the final four that year if we did not have to play Stanford at Stanford in the Elite 8 game. We were winning until the fourth quarter and that is when the referees starting making bad calls during the 4th quarter on us. That was when DD, AG, SM were freshman and that team had to play Stanford at Stanford in the elite 8 which to this day, I cannot figure out why that game was not played on a natural site instead of at Stanford on their home court. That was when Stanford had Chiney Ogwumike and company.

 

[Jriv23]

Please remember that on the 2013 team those three WNBA talented players were all freshman and they made it to the Elite 8. They were playing against a senior lead AA, Chiney O and company and they had to play them on their home court. They almost beat them if the referees would not have got involved.

 

[UNCAlum83]

Aarnisalo and Grant are the reasons why Harpring won't have to be a do-everything type of player for us next year. Keeping the two of them in "free-agency" is a must.

Let’s hope 2 out of 3 ain’t bad

 

[tarboy]

I think EA with her uncanny ability to get to the rim and score is more important to next years team than
LG would be.

 

[Jriv23]

I think LG saw the writing on the wall. As I stated before, Kate is coming here to start. The article stated that LG after she became a target of everyone's scouting report had problems getting her shot off during the second half of the season. With that being said, I will have to agree with tarboy about EA.

 

[3397char]

Let’s hope 2 out of 3 ain’t bad