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Post by pilight on Sept 21, 2022 17:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2022 18:34:14 GMT -5
Wish I could read the story. Can't believe she not only ended up sex trafficked but made it out alive literally and is back playing somewhat organized basketball. Incredible. With her being a Bay Area product, clayk likely could tell us more. She was the #3 overall recruit in 2018 on ESPN's HoopGurlz (damn, idk how it's only occurring to me now but that name is so cringy lmfao) and started out at Baylor (my Huskies were one of her many finalists, which is why I remembered her name down the line). Needless to say, that didn't end up working out. Within the past couple years, I read that she had been going through mental health problems, which made her move around quite a bit and never just settle down, but I'm shocked that it all led her to be in the dire situation she was in. Glad she's on the up & up. It'd be great if we saw her come up within these Euro ranks in these next few years. Playing in Sweden is a modest start, but a good start for her nonetheless – let's hope that while she's overseas, her mental health stays at a good baseline as well. A 6-0 true forward, she has the raw talent and supposedly the athleticism to succeed. If she can refine the basic things like shooting and ball-handling – who knows. Not like we haven't seen middle-aged players make a roster in the W before. Hell, depending on how she looks now, she might be good enough to sneak into AU. She would've been Draft-eligible only this year, so she's still pretty young.
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