wow! poor kid is under an immense amount of scrutiny/adulation/pressure. and she's only a high school junior.
look at some of those twitter messages -- majority positive, thankfully -- but even trying read them all must be a burden.
she's getting compared to D -- and in my opinion, with some justification -- nominated for the final slot on the maya-stewie-DT monument. but can you imagine having such expectations put on you? a high school junior.
it must be tough.
she'll need all the determination, confidence and support she seems to have.
i'm glad she's a husky and am looking forward to seeing her play..
To be fair, most of us are saying she has that kind of potential. Like we are saying Fudd has the potential to be a Moore/Mosqueda-Lewis morph type of player. And these comparisons aren't unfair. The 5 finalists for ALL of high school for the Naismith POY were Cooke, Jones, Horston, Bueckers and Fudd. When it was narrowed to 3, it was Jones, Bueckers, and Fudd.
That means that the most prestigious high school NPOY award is between a senior, junior, and sophomore. The 2nd two (Bueckers and Fudd) are viewed as better than every other high school player, including the ones who are seniors. That's pretty stratospheric stuff.
Side note, I doubt there is ANY pressure a bunch of "random" posters on the BY could put on Bueckers that she and her coaches haven't already put on her themselves. I would say that some may feel our "expectations" are inflated, but time will tell. I don't think they are...
