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Message: [QUOTE="TeamFirst!, post: 4160115, member: 11538"] I've probably spent about 2 hours watching Ashlyn Shade videos today and reading about her. That girl is a tremendous athlete. Even as a Freshman she had a great handle and I don't see her making a lot of turnovers. Her dad is a solid coach and she's had professional training. Fundamentally very sound. She's a lot like Paige in her overall game ( really ). Great pull up jumper, and the quickness to create it. Possibly the best thing about her is her defense. She has Nika's defensive intensity and is in such good shape that girl just doesn't stop. It is rare but she is defensively very gifted. She's the total package folks and if she does come to Uconn as has been indicated recently she would be a huge asset. Of all the players on Uconn, the player she reminds me of the most is Paige. She's probably a better overall athlete than Paige with maybe not quite the shooting touch but quicker and stronger with similar skills. If you watch her game closely she has obviously put in a similar amount of work as Paige in developing her game. No one on Uconn has her handle already except Paige ( even better than Azzi). She's that advanced. I know that is shocking but watch her workouts even as a Freshman. The best comp I can think of would be Texas's Rori Harmon but she's probably better overall than one of this year's great freshmen. I know this is a rave review. She's probably not Paige overall ok, but she has a lot of similar abilities and personal attributes and one of them ( I bet ) is her willingness to work hard to get better. She lives and breaths basketball and appears to put in the time to improve. She is an athlete who is already optimized to get the most out of what she has to offer. One thing that is pretty surprising is you don't see a lot of internally created hype for her. Her hype looks real and organically created. She is getting street cred just from being damm good. [/QUOTE]

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