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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2069796, member: 6761"] I'm sure I'm going to get hammered for this. Yes, she's got fantastic moves and court presence. But she's 6'2" according to ESPN. Yet, she looks bigger than just about anyone on the court. So, she's playing against not great competition. And (I'm prepared for the blow back to this), despite her obvious super decision-making and overall physical skills for her age, she doesn't jump very high and doesn't run really quickly. Those aren't things that get improved much. If she's going to be a wing in college, she'll face competition with compensatory natural gifts in quickness and jumping. Certainly not an EDD, who was and is freakishly gifted physically. From what I remember of Lou in her high school tapes, she was a bit quicker but more limited in what she wanted to do with the ball. That's not necessarily a bad thing in high school, since she's progressively built and expanded her skills at UConn. So yes, a terrific player, but whether over the next couple of years she becomes "transcendent" (FWIW I consider Megan Walker as "near or potentially transcendent"), we'll see. And, while from all the above profound insight I know you won't possibly believe this, but I've never been a high school coach or scout and I didn't even sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night. [/QUOTE]