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Message: [QUOTE="VAMike23, post: 2957821, member: 150"] Just as an aside, re: bench players -- [B][COLOR=rgb(40, 50, 78)]Mikayla Coombs[/COLOR][/B] has one of the fastest first steps I've ever seen. IMHO it's on a par with Tiffany Hayes if not faster. I give Tiff the advantage on how she jukes the defender and changes direction on the initial move--which adds to her effectiveness--but for raw 'first step' speed, Coombs is even faster to my eye. I'm not trying to oversell her as a basketball player, or whatever, just saying that first step is ridiculously fast. Incredible explosion + good distance covered on 1st step = bye, bye! for defenders. Somehow she has to figure out how to consistently harness that speed when she goes to the rim (and also avoid charges). Obviously a lot of other stuff to work on but that's a great tool to have in the toolkit. [/QUOTE]