The poster Slu just posted the below in bold from Evaluators. If you get a chance to watch the one game poster on this thread you won't see one instance of her hitting mid-range jump shots or even making an attempt. Now that could be true. But see for yourself in the 1 game that the poster DaBball attached on the 1st page on here. She took no mid-range jump shots.
It was a close game so if she had handle and can hit mid-range shots and the game was tight-- why didn't she take even one? Thus the "handles like a guard" even though there were times the bigger player Cochran was guarding her-- she could've exposed her. Juts once in the halfcourt set did you see in that game she got by some one off the bounce and even then with the video it was hard to see the circumstance in which she did.
And look at her body vs Olivia Cochran. Cochran is 6'1 - so she is a power forward ranked around 21 by Hoopgurlz. Look at her body compared Mir's. There is no way if Cochran/ her type if she gets well coached will Mir be able to handle her in a halfcourt game. SO this stuff that she can guard 5 positions -- no she cant in terms of going against the best. If anyone watches her and imagines her defending the Baylor or Miss Sate bigs? Nah. Yes she can guard a perimeter center. But she isn't "big."
As SLu stated in the beginning-- she is a small forward. And you add her with Paige Bueckers - Paige could find a player like Mir in the paint. Or Paige could drive and if she misses the attention Paige would get would free Mir to clean up. It's just that at this point in time - Mir is not a star-studded offensive weapon able to score on her own. There is nothing wrong with that. You can see form the vid she would have her hands full guarding anyone 'big" with offensive inside skills talent.
IMO an exciting point about her is what I've sort of didn't want to see in the past but between her and Griffin and Paige, and Evina, and Megan and CWill - we have the type of team that could press. In many years since 2001 I've read posts of people suggesting UCONN do it but between their bench and recently the competition of the AAC - and having small guards or slower players or big difference between some of the stars and then bench it wasn't worth it. But now -- with this team and ONO as a shot blocker and the Big East Conf as decent enough teams to do this against -- you could definitely play "small" at the pf if it means you can push pace. And it appears at least with just the one vid I've seen- a player like Mir has "off-the-charts" hops. If she has the "off-the-charts" same in lateral movement she could definitely play some pf if UCONN team presses. If her lateral quickness matches her hops and her arms -- look out.
Great body control, hits the jumper from midrange on in, blocks numerous shots, hits her f.t. Lot to like about Mir.
Team Takeover's Mir McLean is extremely versatile- handles like a guard, aggressive rebounder & can defend all 5 positions
