by LARRY VAUGHT
Dan Bowmaker has a website — bluestareurope.com — aimed at “helping Europe’s female basketball players find a school in the USA” and has seen Vadfors plays.
“She is a mobile post player who has very good lateral speed for her size with good shot blocking instincts,” Bowmaker, who covered a tournament in Spain last week, said. “Her offensive game continues to develop.
“She came to the game quite late so I think she and the coaching staff will expect her to make significant progress during her time at Kentucky.”
Freshman center Clara Silva had some issues with the physical Southeastern Conference play last season. Bowmaker, who is on X at @bluestareurope, knows “any player has to adapt to the jump in physicality from high school to college athletics” whether it is the SEC or any other conference in college basketball.
“Late in her (recruiting) process Elsa was able to choose between options in the SEC and Big 12,” he said. “I was not surprised she chose Kentucky. As I am sure you know, the staff does a great job recruiting.
“My role as a basketball scout is to evaluate talent and provide that info to my subscribers, and that’s easier than the coaches. They have to balance their roster, develop the team and individual players over time to bring success to the program, so Elsa is clearly part of that plan (at Kentucky). I guess time will tell how big a part she gets to play.”
