I will go you one better. If Gabby could defend 1-5 at 5’11”, I would bet that Ayanna, at 6’2”, with her athleticism, can defend 1-5. Not that she will have to, but if you’re trying to play positionless basketball by switching on all screens, a player like Patterson who can defend anyone is a potential NDPOY.
And definitely puts you on Sportscenter, probably no. 1 in the top 10
Thank you doggie! Anyone that can’t see her potential needs to visit their optometrist. It’s not third year calculus. It’s simply believe what your eyes are telling you. She passes the eye test!! As a coach, when you get a player with extraordinary talent, you don’t try to suppress it. You cultivate and expand it. You don’t put a leash on that level of talent.
What are the the odds that when Ayanna dunks the first time off an assist, it will be from Paige Buckets?
Alley oop.What are the the odds that when Ayanna dunks the first time off an assist, it will be from Paige Buckets?
Carnac, Just a few days ago we were writing about the potential and our future with the addition of Ayanna as a Husky. Now it's to dunk or not to dunk, will it or won't it ruin our game. As I remember it, First big fuss over dunking was over B. G. from Baylor, the end of fairness in WCBB as we knew it. Problem was Brittney was about 50% as advertised, her attempted dunks were abysmal and imo DOA. The only part of her game that really was above and beyond were the shots she blocked. Ayanna's game is already head and shoulders above anything Britney ever showed us.
Slide over, I’ll join you. She has the athleticism and will get the minutes. She could play with UConn this year, just as Azzi could have last year.
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Don’t think so. Basketball rules allow a player to take one full stride and then land on two feet. So long as you don’t pick up one of those two feet and put it down again, before passing or shooting, it’s not traveling. Watching Ayanna in the video, I don’t see traveling.
And we can expect her to flush down a lot of dunks during her college career whether we want her to or not.
As Geno has said in the past 'I don't care if you do it, but you better not miss.' For Patterson is a high percentage play.And we can expect her to flush down a lot of dunks during her college career whether we want her to or not.
“But success on the court was neither new nor surprising for Stewart. She gained the skills to make her successful through months of practice with local trainer Pete Moore. Stewart met Moore when she was in eighth grade, and he continued to train her all the way through her senior year at UConn.
I also despised tht rule in high school, but in my school we were allowed to dunk in the layup line without a technical , as long as the refs weren't at the court.I played college ball during the no dunk era. You’re right about no dunking during warmups = automatic technical to begin the game, or the 2nd half.I did get away with several dunks though. I flushed it hard with two hands without touching the rim. The opposing coaches always cried foul, but the refs never called me on it. The NCAA instituted that rule (1967-1976) specifically for Alcindor, but it effected a lot of players that came behind him. That no dunk rule was also extended down the high school level as well. I hated it.
I thk Stewie can definitely dunk.....but only off of a one foot jump, it's the two foot hop tht sets AP apart.“But success on the court was neither new nor surprising for Stewart. She gained the skills to make her successful through months of practice with local trainer Pete Moore. Stewart met Moore when she was in eighth grade, and he continued to train her all the way through her senior year at UConn.
“I always trained her to win,” Moore said.
Moore also taught her how to dunk. While the perfect dunks at the McDonald’s All-American Game shocked viewers, Moore had seen better when they were at the gym.
“People really didn’t see that what you saw on TV is what I had her doing at school. She was doing tomahawks, one-hands — I mean she was doing incredible stuff,” Moore said. “And that day I brought her father up and sat him in the gym … and he said, ‘All we need is one person to see her do that.’”
How Breanna Stewart emerged a star out of Cicero-North Syracuse High School
After joining Cicero-North varsity basketball as an eighth-grader, Breanna Stewart became the program's leading scorer by her senior year.www2.dailyorange.com
Sounds like Breanna has been able to do an array of dunks for a long time but chooses not to. No idea why Breanna doesn’t but it will be great to Patterson do it in a Husky uniform.
This is mainly in response to you oldude and Carnac both of you have recently alluded to your BB days of past glory, this is where I insert myself. It seems we have a number of things in common while we have some stark differences. If we are to be believed we are all within a year or two of each other in age, we are within an inch or so in height, we all played a ton of BB, you guys in a more organized manner than I. While I played hours a day the furthest my game took me was pick ups and various rec leagues where my specialties were defense, passing, setting picks and screens and a couple times a game letting a 25 footer fly.As a former 6’2” “vertically challenged” PF, I just want to say to all you guys who could dunk a basketball in HS or college that I hate you guys……
Wait... you have a 9 foot vertical?!
Yes, if I'm inverted. Regular the 9 may be correct just replace foot with inches.
That and the fact that she does it so effortlessly!!
There are hops, then there are HOPPS. Ayanna has HOPPS. It is my honest opinion (right now) that after her sophomore year, and 60+ games, NO ONE will question her leaping ability. Look at all of the time she'll spend in the weight room between now and then.
I agree. It is all attention getting: LOOK AT ME!.......I have just about stopped watching the men's games: Dunking, multiple tattoos, odd hair styles, and color of hair, and some even wear different sneakers than the rest of the team.
