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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5292846, member: 12088"] I agree. And now you've got me thinking about Ayanna’s vibe in high school. Some of her games from that season are still online, full games, not just highlights. And you can see the one against Ash’s team too. What I remember from those games is that Ayanna had a sweet midrange jumper and was an intimidating defender and rebounder. But she wasn’t a brilliant offensive talent. Mostly, opposing teams simply tried to play around her, since they couldn’t get through her. In the McDonald’s AA game that season, these same traits were on display, if you looked for them. Of course, there were lots of flashier talents on the floor and it was easy to overlook Ayanna (and Ice, too), but she just went about her business in the post grabbing boards, making outlet passes, etc. — stuff you don’t see too much of in AA games. I’m sure Geno had been seeing this too, and that’s why he recruited her. He may have thought she’d arrive with the sorts of abilities Kiah Stokes left with, and that he could build from there as her baseline. It would be wonderful if that actually started happening this fall. Kiah with a smooth midrange jump shot — can you imagine? [/QUOTE]