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Message: [QUOTE="BlueSkyGLW, post: 4285288, member: 11281"] Interesting comment from someone who supports UConn coaching staff cultivation approach to developing their players: putting on a limit on what the player can or should do. The scouting reports on her is not so dire re: her shooting as you make it out to be. And, wing doesn't mean someone planted outside the arc all the time. All examples will pale in comparison but I remember Maya having different roles on offense and defense, so much so that you would find her shooting threes often because she could do it well and do other things as well. And, she collected a lot of rebounds. UConn's offense, after all, is a motion offense....and they run at every opportunity. And, on defense, her matchup ups could virtually be against anybody, putting her in position to go after more rebounds. Besides, UConn defense is primarily a switching defense so she could find herself virtually anywhere when the ball goes up. Since she has a nose for rebounds, she will go after them just the same. Both ESPN and Premier Basketball Report give her more credit for her improving range to 3pt land. After all, as a prolific scorer that she is, she has to be very good to a certain range (mid). But of course, we'll see for ourselves when she finally plays and how Coach will use her and I am certain he will find a way to use her quite a bit to get her ready for the year-end tournaments, given her athleticism. Freshmen wings have assimilated faster at UConn and the way the team plays, they have plenty of opportunities to rebound on both ends....the only reduction in that opportunity is if she stays stationary outside on half court offense. But, she doesn't have to be in this motion offense....that would be part of the assimilation and cultivation process. Yeah, I know.....Aubrey and Mir are a pair of athletic players......but, having had a glimpse of what Ayanna can do, her high prospect rating is not a mirage. [/QUOTE]

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