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Message: [QUOTE="Notyetready, post: 4366900, member: 11736"] Her team-mates are enthusiastic about her future. She is a lanky 6'5" rookie, for goodness sakes, playing very well against women who have spent years working out in the weight room and polishing their skills on the court. I have watched all of her Sparks games and she does just keep getting better and better. She has a quick 1st step that gets her past defenders, as she did against Jonquel Jones, and great dexterity under the basket. Her coach pulls her after early fouls and then has to re-insert her into the game to shore up the defense because she is the best rim protector on the team. She does more than block shots, she alters a lot of shots that end up clanging off the rim because she flies at people. She also is quick on help defense and does block a player's path to the rim. So, you see the opponent driving to the lane, pulling up short and looking for somewhere to go with the ball. ONO is there, in the way. LA knows they got a gem in the draft. My expectation: she will be a productive center for LA for many years to come. Fans like her, team mates like her, tv añouncers like her because what's more fun to watch than a 6'5" player streak down the court or leap high in the air for a shocking block? Go Liv. [/QUOTE]