How would you rank the four of them Patterson, J. Williams, J. Williams & Raven Farley-Clark?
Hard to rate them in order of preference because the only one I've seen play in person is Farley-Clark. I've only seen highlights and/or read reports of Patterson and the two Williams. It's hard to judge a player on the highlights -- even from high school games -- because the producers are editing in/out what they want.
So, like Orangutan and others have said, if ND coaches have seen things they want/like in these kids, that's good enough for me. Plus, if bigs are athletic they can get better as the coordination and strength catch up to that body. They all are althletic.
Plus, all of them run the floor well on breaks. And they can all block shots (however, against a lot of the competition I saw this was not that difficult given the height/talent disparities.)
- L. Williams of Florida plays the closest to the rim offensively and defensively and does putbacks with left and right equally. Nice jump hook. Didn't see much outside of 5 to 7 feet from the hoop. Generally, she was not dribbling on breaks but was on the wings.
- D. Patterson does bring the ball up on breaks. In half-court sets, she was not shy at driving into the lane both left and right. Was pulling up for a jumper up to 10 feet out.
- J. Williams had a smooth delivery on the one piece of footage I saw. Friend of mine saw her play last summer and thought she ran smoothly for a big and accelerated well. Liked her disposition on the court well...composed but intense.
Farley-Clark looks like more of a traditional post. Although she could face the basket and shoot a nice jumper up to 10 feet, I liked her left and right-handed swoop hooks from the edges of the lanes. Reminded me a little of Brianna Turner in that sense.
Shot free throws well when they needed to be, late in games. Good anticipation on blocking shots and weak-side help.
Both Charlie and I noticed she could disappear in games, but I was wondering if that was coaching plans on offense or just not an aggressive attitude (her HS team had a bunch of weapons...).
No stretch fours that I've seen here....going for the length.