As are players with physiques like Crooks. She will be a force in the W. Agree with another poster that she’s not a 30 minute a game player but she can come off the bench 20 minutes a game and get you 12-15 every night.
Crooks in wnba
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Why won’t she be able to set up 2 feet from the basket in the W? Who has the strength to stop her? And if they double her that leaves wide open shooters.
Because there are centers in the W that can stand their ground and she may not be allowed to bull herself back against them 2 or 3 times before she decides to shoot. There are also some centers than can front her, athletic players, that when they jump, you can actually see a space between their foot and the floor.
After pondering the title to this thread, I agree that there are some in the W lol, especially the ones who carry whistles.
Very few players even in the W who will be able to play behind her and stand their ground. Because their is not 1 single player in College that can do it.
It's still something to just make the WNBA given how few spots are available because of the old guard clinging to their contracts. Several great Iowa players have struggled to "make it" in the WNBA and it wasn't entirely because they weren't good enough...............
But you look at someone like Megan Gustafson and her journey just to be a bench player in the WNBA.
That's probably the best Crooks can ask for in a role in the pros. Or better yet, look at what the Sky ask of 6'7" Kamilla Cardoso. She's not this dominant scoring threat despite being one of the tallest players in the league. She's in for rebounding and defense.
Crooks can rebound under the hoop, but it will be hard to hide her on defense in the WNBA. With that said, you compare her ability to finish inside the lane vs a once upon a time media darling Angel Reese, and you can talk yourself into Audi at least landing somewhere in the WNBA.
How long she lasts will merely depend on her circumstances.
Heck, they wouldn't even need to.
The WNBA has enough stretch 4s and 5s that Crooks would have to guard beyond the lane, and require shading help or she'll get burned. And a lot of times, teams don't go out of their way to cover up for an individual player's defensive inadequacies.........
If she lost significant weight, would her game be the same? She has good handles but in many cases she simply moves the other players out of their space with her size. If she trimmed down they would/could play her tighter.
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Crooks has 71.5% FG
Women’s basketball is often like watching Helen Keller try to shoot.
she will do very well.
Women’s basketball is often like watching Helen Keller try to shoot.
she will do very well.
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Not if the refs stop her bull tactics of backing people under the basket.
Megan shot just under 70% from the field her Senior year and had to completely reinvent her game in order to stick in the WNBA as a fringe backup.
When has that ever happened? Our we expecting the refs in the W to be actually making the correct calls once Crooks gets drafted in 2 years? Why would they start then? There are many more 6'5 to 6'8 big athletic posts in the W that will make it rough for her to back them down and many can front her more successfully. Still I stopped underestimating Crooks at this point. She's unique player and more skilled then she gets credit for.
She doesn't really set up 2 feet away. She sets up 5-6 feet away and just backs in until she is 2 feet away, knocking anyone in the way backwards.