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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4384729, member: 12088"] I've seen two of their games. In the first one, Ayanna managed to keep Ashlynn under control. But in the second one, when Ashlynn was a junior, she wasn't really able to. Ashlynn led a rout. To everyone else who's responded, I don't mean to say Caroline is too slow, or Ayanna either. I like their speed just fine. And I'm endlessly impressed with Caroline's moves in the lane and her footwork. She's plenty fast enough for the role she's carved out for herself. But I wouldn't ask either one to guard a speedy shooting guard without help. Often, "help" can solve the problem, but sometimes a speedy guard just can't be contained. KML was often put in situations where she just wasn't quick enough to guard some players for lack of foot speed. But she was too good a shooter to take out. We can dream of a lineup with Azzi Caroline Ayanna Aaliyah Dorka -- it looks pretty awesome for some occasions. But it will be a slow lineup overall (watch the UCLA game to see what the looks like). If having Ayanna play the 3 solves a particular problem, I'm all for it. I'm not sure I can imagine a situation where it would help to have her playing the 2. Her natural position looks to me to be the 4. I don't want to spend all that athleticism on the perimeter. [/QUOTE]