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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Remember the post about K-State's Shalee Lehning? Mechelle has something to say about her, too.

I don’t know how the pro teams will evaluate Lehning. Different coaches/scouts see different things with players, and I’ve been surprised before upon hearing what some of them think. They are looking at it through a prism formed by what they’ve seen makes a successful player at the pro level. It doesn’t seem that “intangible” qualities are valued as much as they would be by a college coach.

Whether Lehning’s court sense, nose for the ball and gargantuan heart are given as much weight as her inconsistent perimeter shooting and the fact that K-State is perceived as being a stronger offensive than defensive program … we’ll have to see. As the cliche goes, it’s a business at the pro level, and there have been players who didn’t get a realistic shot when I really thought they would.