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I have plenty of coverage that will be dropping from the HOT because that’s exactly what it was, so let me drop players I hadn’t seen or seen enough of that stood out on Sunday Sydney Benally NM #2 PG…
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Continue ReadingI have plenty of coverage that will be dropping from the HOT because that’s exactly what it was, so let me drop players I hadn’t seen or seen enough of that stood out on Sunday
Benally left a lasting first impression. Yeah, I saw several positives on social media, I even wrote about her younger sister but one more time, I have to see for myself and watching her run the 1 and the 2 effectively both times I caught her squad was enough. She’s poised under pressure and stays under control, her pull-up jumper is solid, she also saw the floor in the set as well as in transition. Her deceptive first step was also effective as she attacked and finished after contact
Addisyn Bollinger
Addisyn Bollinger
Bollinger is another player I hadn’t seen yet she has numerous D1 offers on the table, is long and athletic and can drop it from wherever she wants. I tried to catch her a couple of seasons ago but she rolled her ankle the previous game so watching her roll the ball off her fingers attacking with either the left or right hand to finish had me smiling. The midrange is solid yet she elevates over the defender and that, coupled with her length makes it easy for her to get her shot off. She dropped a deep one right in front of me on the sideline and that dropped the mic as I left the arena
Barhoum smoothly sets the defender up to score off the dribble, finishes not only after contact but with either hand after the lick. Her midrange jumper was solid in the set yet her “stop and pop” jumper from deep in transition was equally impressive, I enjoyed her energy, on both ends as she did a good job defending “on the ball” and her playing the passing lane and seeing the floor after ward was also solid
Gordon FLASHED right by me a few times, once after a steal after applying heat defensively and the other steal from reading the floor, aka playing the passing lane. Her pull-up jumper was nice from midrange, she did a good jog of attacking the basket to score or dish yet her court vision in the set was also nice
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Elayna Vannett
Elayna Vannett
Vannett is “long and athletic” which will always be the base yet watching her rebound and go coast to coast a few times, either score or hit teammates on the money, was nice. I also enjoyed her “on the ball” pressure, baseline to baseline, as well as her playing the passing lane. She rebounded on both ends, scored around the basket and attacked strongly from multiple angles to finish