Agreed they are much different players which is why I emphasized (I think) the all around aspect of Bueckers game. Funny, I got kicked off the UConn Women’s Boneyard for criticizing Bueckers big time after the loss to Arizona in the FF semi game for not hunting shots in a game where UConn just could not get any offense going.
That was her freshman year, she was the Player of the Year, but she and Auriemma had clashed that whole season over her refusal to look for her own because he kept insisting there would come a game in the tourney where they would need her to do that.
She insisted she didn’t play that way and refused. But she learned a lot and by her senior year she had learned to take over when need be and they won the NC going away.
Ironically, the closest game they had in the tournament by far was USC the game after JuJu Watkins was hurt and couldn’t play.
