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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5039077, member: 12088"] Olivia doesn't belong on that list. She's no quicker than Paige or Morgan in that twitchy-quick blow by opponents sense. This was apparent the last time she faced Paige. But I'd add Diamond Johnson to it, as well as Rory Harmon before all the injuries. I'm curious to see how quick she remains when she comes back this season. I'd agree that Saniya is probably a little quicker than Morgan, but not by much. The distinction between quickness and top end speed is a good one, but it only goes so far. Longer legs take a little more time to get moving, and that might be decisive in a 100 yard dash. A basketball court isn't that long and there aren't a lot of opportunities for straight line dashes. How many times have we seen the quicker smaller player blow by a taller player only to have their shot blocked in the end? Paige is a master of this, as is Azzi, and Caroline. So is Morgan quick? Yes, relatively speaking. She's not as quick as Hannah, as I said earlier in this thread. A quick 6'2" guard is a force to be reckoned with. Aaliyah at 6'3" was quick off the dribble these last two years, and it intimidated the heck out of opposing bigs and littles. If Morgan ends up playing in the front court, she'll seem extra quick, first step quick. If she plays in the back court, she'll be too quick for the smaller quicker guards to keep up with because she won't have to fake (or twitch) to get her shot off, which means they'll have to play her close and then she can push past them or pass over them. If you wonder why Sarah got so many open looks from 3 in hs, it wasn't because opposing teams were unaware of how good her shooting was. Nor was it because they were afraid she'd blow by them on a drive. They sagged off her because they feared her passing as much as they feared her shooting. In that context, she was too quick for whoever was guarding her. A player's quickness and speed isn't just a matter of muscles and nerves. It's also (and perhaps more) about context and how many different threats they force opponents to defend against. Morgan is very quick in this sense. Like Paige and Sarah, she brings a lot of threats to the floor. [/QUOTE]

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