#yeehaw i love you i swear but i gotta defend my princess...

[imaginespazzi]

mind you ashlynn has scored more than azzi ever has in an ncaa tournament game. nobody ignores flaws in their games but azzi has had few standout performances in the essentially the same amount of games as the freshmen. as someone who actually watches basketball, i do think ashlynn���s ceiling is higher. she’s shown to put up very similar numbers to azzi despite having a lesser role in the offense. ashlynn and azzi have more or less the same flaws in their game except ashlynn actually believes in herself at all times and isn’t easily spooked. geno can talk all he wants but the body work is the same and so are the numbers. wish azzi could stay healthy and let her game talk but so far it’s just been talking for 3 years. at some point we’re gonna need consistency from that 2 spot and ash is looking like that girl.

First of all, the snarky "as someone who actually watches basketball" is very much unappreciated and was quite frankly unnecessary.

Comparison is difficult with Azzi because of injuries. Her averages, which you are correct, are similar to Ash's, do not define her because they are inconsistent in terms of health. When healthy, Azzi is absolute the player with the higher potential and the higher ceiling and the numbers do back that up when you look only at games that Azzi was fully healthy in.

But nonetheless let's do a more accurate comparison that is more fair that comparing averages, where I'm just gonna give you both of their last-10-game stretch points (the efficiencies were similar) at the end of their freshman year (where they were both in good health), leading up to the big east so we can compare both their scoring ability and their consistency:

This is Ash:

And this is Azzi:

As you can see, they both had bad games during that stretch, but one of them clearly had better games. If you wanna play the rebounds and assists game, then yes Ash is absolutely the better rebounds but Azzi has better court vision.

And the thing you didn't touch upon, where Azzi clears Ash by an absolute mile is defense. Geno has praised her defense over and over again and we've seen it in games where she's healthy.

I'm not trying to hate on Ash and I absolutely agree that her mentality is much better and I love seeing her be free on the court. And I actually do agree with your point about Azzi letting her game talk, but at the end of the day, if Azzi Fudd is healthy and at her best, in my opnion, she is the 2nd best player on that team.