Hannah Hidalgo Muse

UConn's Geno Auriemma says Hannah Hidalgo is the best point guard in the country 🗣️ "It's rare that you find a player that is involved in every single play."

"i've seen a lot of the stuff she’s getting right now and she really doesn't deserve it at all. so i really wish everyone would give her a little bit of grace, because she's a human at the end of the day." -lauren betts on madison booker

On AJ Dybantsa's defense: One of the things you also notice is AJ has an incredibly low foul rate. While fouling is typically a negative event, the models i've seen suggest that having a low foul rate at the college level projects worse for NBA defensive outcomes. I think it's because most players with really low foul rates just aren't competing physically on defense. And that's what I've seen from Dybantsa in most games. I think he's just out there chilling for the most part, not really rotating off his man to make any plays when needed. He's chilling on defense partially because he's really high usage on offense and that requires a lot of energy. That's not going to change in the NBA. On defense, he's a effectively tall guard that doesn't get steals. He's not physical, he's not boxing out. He's not blocking shots. He can collect defensive rebounds, but that doesn't really drive defensive value. The other thing I noticed when looking at the data is that players rarely improve on defense over their NCAA career. Offense is completely different, as it is far more context dependent. If a player doesn't generate stocks in college or highschool, and isn't impactful on defense, do not expect them to improve much in the NBA. That's on average, though. Maybe players with frames like Dybantsa are more likely to improve. I don't really view Dybantsa as an S Tier athlete. He's a tall A tier athlete with S Tier skill on offense and below avg instincts/effort on defense. All this being said, I like his potential on offense and think he's >50% to average 28 ppg in the league at some point in his career.