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[QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4782019, member: 9844"]
Agree that Ayanna will need to be eased into the rotation. She had a relatively disappointing season that may well have been due to injury. She was ok in early season, and then fell off a great deal near the end. Last year she got fairly regular playing time mostly because somebody had to provide backup minutes to Dorka and Aaliyah, she was a better option than Amari, and Aubrey and Caroline were needed on the perimeter due to injuries there.

This year Aubrey and Caroline are available at the 4 and are far more proven than Ayanna. Ayanna playing at last years level doesn't guarantee a rotation spot, far from it, since the current presumed rotation of 8 looks strong. She needs to give Geno a reason to expand the rotation to 9, which she might due if she is substantially better than last year, which if it happens probably doesn't happen until much further into the season. I am hoping we ultimately see a player like the number 4 recruit, instead of what we saw late last year, but it is a little hard to know how much her performance was hampered by injury she was trying to play through.
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