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This extensive piece from Mike Anthony, who visited Paige in Minnesota recently, is pretty terrific.
Just two small samples:
"She's not difficult to coach,” he said. “And she wants to be great. People who want to be great are willing to let you be demanding of them. She wants to be coached. And I can't say that about every kid today. … If a kid wants to be coached, then that kid is going to become a superstar. If you get a kid who is a great player in high school and they don't like to be coached, that kid is going nowhere.”
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Her fingers ripping through one recruiting pitch after another on Twitter, Bueckers is relentless in the way she’s trying to convince Fudd, who plays at St. John’s High in Washington, D.C., to join her at UConn. The two became close friends as teammates with USA Basketball.
“I think she's a really good player and a really good person and I'm really close with her,” Bueckers said. “Yeah, I've tried to do everything I can. I mean, nobody else is recruiting her as hard as me. I just know her game so well. She’s a scoring guard, a scoring 2-guard, and a lot of point guards now are score-first. But I'm pass-first, and really unselfish, and I think that’s also UConn basketball. I just think she would [thrive] there. And she would be her best under Coach. I just think it's what's best for her. I don't know if she agrees.”
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Just two small samples:
"She's not difficult to coach,” he said. “And she wants to be great. People who want to be great are willing to let you be demanding of them. She wants to be coached. And I can't say that about every kid today. … If a kid wants to be coached, then that kid is going to become a superstar. If you get a kid who is a great player in high school and they don't like to be coached, that kid is going nowhere.”
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Her fingers ripping through one recruiting pitch after another on Twitter, Bueckers is relentless in the way she’s trying to convince Fudd, who plays at St. John’s High in Washington, D.C., to join her at UConn. The two became close friends as teammates with USA Basketball.
“I think she's a really good player and a really good person and I'm really close with her,” Bueckers said. “Yeah, I've tried to do everything I can. I mean, nobody else is recruiting her as hard as me. I just know her game so well. She’s a scoring guard, a scoring 2-guard, and a lot of point guards now are score-first. But I'm pass-first, and really unselfish, and I think that’s also UConn basketball. I just think she would [thrive] there. And she would be her best under Coach. I just think it's what's best for her. I don't know if she agrees.”
Mike Anthony: Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma are chuckling through the early stages of their UConn basketball relationship
The Hopkins High team meeting room was quickly emptying at the conclusion of the day’s basketball business, but a few people lingered as Paige Bueckers — the hot shot UConn recruit with…
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