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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 4625381, member: 199"] She is a year older than Juste, and a different player 5'11" vs 6'2". They are both still learning, but Juste is doing so with a Eurocup winning team where she is a useful cog and in a stronger national league as well as for her national team. Raina appears to be playing only in her domestic league this year. Sort of like comparing playing for a top 25 college team to playing for a team that gets a WNIT bid, or is one of the last 4 in to the NCAAs. Not saying she isn't a very good prospect, but Jocyte is a 5 star college prospect if she decides to come to the states. And I completely agree with other posters that even a few years in a good college program getting good college coaching would be good for Juste - while the European pro teams have 'developmental programs' for HS age players, they just are not as rigorous as a college program. The Australian national developmental program is better, similar to a few of the college prep programs in the US, but able to attract the best from across the country while the US programs are competing with the HS powerhouse programs around the country and generally get the second level of players. [/QUOTE]