A strong contender for WNBA ROY.Kiah Stokes: 13 points; 11 rebounds; 27 minutes. WNBA: New York Liberty versus Chicago Sky. Who is this Masked Woman?
Kiah Stokes: 13 points; 11 rebounds; 27 minutes. WNBA: New York Liberty versus Chicago Sky. Who is this Masked Woman?
Kiah Stokes: 13 points; 11 rebounds; 27 minutes. WNBA: New York Liberty versus Chicago Sky. Who is this Masked Woman?
I've always wondered if maybe she could help herself with a hook shot. More so for Griner. A Kareem-like sky hook and it would be Good Night Miami. Kiah's hands might not be big enough, but she's got the gracefulness for it.And 5 turnovers...I have seen every game of hers so far. Still gets lost sometimes in games, but I have noticed that recently teammates are looking for her especially on pick and rolls. They even ran a great out of bounds play for her where she dribbled around a player for a layup. Tonight she took and made a shot from the elbow as well as the worst looking hook shot you will ever see. I think she is making progress on the offensive end...slowly but surely. I don't know if she will be RoY, but she is a lock for the all rookie team. The interesting thing is there is some stats guy for Swish Appeal who says Kiah will be the RoY and the DPoY. I don't know about that, but I like his thinking.
She is putting up some pretty heady stats in the overall evaluation categories along with plugging along at 3rd in blocks. Stokes has the highest Defensive Rating in the league by quite a bit at 88.3, and she's 4th in Defensive Win Shares and would be higher with more minutes. Win Shares Per 48 Minutes kind of describes how good you are when you're on the floor, and Kiah's at #9 in the WNBA (Maya's #2 behind EDD and Stef is at #5). If you look at Win Shares stats, Kiah is by far the best FOY candidate. Note that Kiah has a Win Share rating of 2.1, which is among the top 20 players, while the player drafted #2 is at 0.2 and the player drafted #1 is at 0.0.And 5 turnovers...I have seen every game of hers so far. Still gets lost sometimes in games, but I have noticed that recently teammates are looking for her especially on pick and rolls. They even ran a great out of bounds play for her where she dribbled around a player for a layup. Tonight she took and made a shot from the elbow as well as the worst looking hook shot you will ever see. I think she is making progress on the offensive end...slowly but surely. I don't know if she will be RoY, but she is a lock for the all rookie team. The interesting thing is there is some stats guy for Swish Appeal who says Kiah will be the RoY and the DPoY. I don't know about that, but I like his thinking.
Just liking.She is putting up some pretty heady stats in the overall evaluation categories along with plugging along at 3rd in blocks. Stokes has the highest Defensive Rating in the league by quite a bit at 88.3, and she's 4th in Defensive Win Shares and would be higher with more minutes. Win Shares Per 48 Minutes kind of describes how good you are when you're on the floor, and Kiah's at #9 in the WNBA (Maya's #2 behind EDD and Stef is at #5). If you look at Win Shares stats, Kiah is by far the best FOY candidate. Note that Kiah has a Win Share rating of 2.1, which is among the top 20 players, while the player drafted #2 is at 0.2 and the player drafted #1 is at 0.0.
Just saying.
It of course helps that she is on a very strong team in terms of the win shares.She is putting up some pretty heady stats in the overall evaluation categories along with plugging along at 3rd in blocks. Stokes has the highest Defensive Rating in the league by quite a bit at 88.3, and she's 4th in Defensive Win Shares and would be higher with more minutes. Win Shares Per 48 Minutes kind of describes how good you are when you're on the floor, and Kiah's at #9 in the WNBA (Maya's #2 behind EDD and Stef is at #5). If you look at Win Shares stats, Kiah is by far the best FOY candidate. Note that Kiah has a Win Share rating of 2.1, which is among the top 20 players, while the player drafted #2 is at 0.2 and the player drafted #1 is at 0.0.
Just saying.
Just my $.02 but... It's hard to say. IMHO Williams is more gifted from a purely basketball sense as an offensive force (more moves around the basket, more ways to score). But it seems like her effort comes and goes. I think Kiah is the better athlete and with her long arms, athleticism, and sense of timing, a more "elite" defender.As impossible as it might be turn off your UConn fan hat to answer this question
Half way through the WNBA season. If you had a do over and you're the CT Sun do you still draft Eliz Williams or draft Kiah Stokes? If not either player who would you draft?
If I'm not mistaken, Lobo said during the college season that she thinks Stokes will be a better Pro and as early as it is, so far she is right. It's easy to see that Stokes is bound to have a long career in the WNBA as a highly serviceable Center. It sure helps Kiah to be on the Liberty which seems like the perfect team for her with Bill L. as the coach and Tina and Cash as teammates. Williams didn’t show much so far…As impossible as it might be turn off your UConn fan hat to answer this question
Half way through the WNBA season. If you had a do over and you're the CT Sun do you still draft Eliz Williams or draft Kiah Stokes? If not either player who would you draft?
I guess, but the Liberty is only a very strong team on defense, and she is the best defensive player in the league on the best defensive team by far. So I think she is earning her Win Shares, and it's more a case of the Liberty living off her prowess around the hoop. The Liberty is a poor 9th out of the 12 teams in offensive rating, but still have a +4.7 overall rating differential simply because the defense is so terrific.It of course helps that she is on a very strong team in terms of the win shares.
If the Liberty win the WNBA championship this year, it will not be because they're great at putting the ball in the basket but rather because they're great at keeping the opponents from putting the ball in the basket, and their rookie center is the major part of the reason the balls are not going in for the teams the Liberty play.
Tina is indeed solid on D at least this year, especially now that she can be basically the PF with Stokes and Swords taking care of the C spot. Sometimes a small geographical move (10-15 feet) can lead to a wonderful new change of perspective and great results.One of the major reasons. Tina Charles is a pretty big one, as well.