Brittney Griner allowed to enter NBA Draft

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

We need a tranny league.

Brings new meaning to the crossover.

 

[NOVoodoo]

It's funny, I thought this thread was an April Fools joke. I had just posted about how women don't even come close to scraping the men's game in the OT Random Thought Thread a day before, so I'm not going to give Griner any kudos in this thread.

With that said, women can actually make a successful living playing ball, but it's in Europe. All the girls I knew playing ball growing up have said that the WNBA is more of the off-season. In a lot of countries in Europe, basketball is considered more of a women's game, and that's where they get the real bucks. It's not exactly NBA money, but it's still like corporate manager money, which is better than the WNBA teacher salaries.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

No way a woman will ever play in the NBA. It'd be a joke.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Mark Cuban says he might draft her in the second round

"If she is the best on the board, I will take her," Cuban said before the Mavs' Tuesday night game against the Los Angeles Lakers. "I've thought about it. I've thought about it already. Would I do it? Right now, I'd lean toward yes, just to see if she can do it. You never know unless you give somebody a chance, and it's not like the likelihood of any late-50s draft pick has a good chance of making it."

Griner would love the opportunity. "I would hold my own! Lets do it." she wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night in response to Cuban.

 

[THE HCP]

This type of shit is funny to me. She'd have to play SF in the league. HAHA! Luke fucking Babbitt could go to the WNBA and average 45 a game! We had a chick in HS that was all state and went on to play in the Pac-10........ I used to crack up when she'd come down to the park and try to play with us. All for woman's rights, but keep it real.

 

[blazerboy30]

This type of shit is funny to me. She'd have to play SF in the league. HAHA! Luke fucking Babbitt could go to the WNBA and average 45 a game! We had a chick in HS that was all state and went on to play in the Pac-10........ I used to crack up when she'd come down to the park and try to play with us. All for woman's rights, but keep it real.

You cracked-up even though she was playing with the guys at the park while you were getting them water and towels?

 

[THE HCP]

You cracked-up even though she was playing with the guys at the park while you were getting them water and towels?

Check out Stanford bringing the humor.

 

[THE HCP]

Where is our resident woman's rights activist on this topic....... I think even she would admit this is ridiculous!

 

[BigGameDamian]

Where is our resident woman's rights activist on this topic....... I think even she would admit this is ridiculous!

She wants to play in the NBA.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Cuban sent shockwaves through the basketball world with his comments about drafting Griner.

"If she is the best on the board, I will take her," Cuban said Tuesday. "I’ve thought about it. I’ve thought about it already. Would I do it? Right now, I’d lean toward yes, just to see if she can do it. You never know unless you give somebody a chance, and it’s not like the likelihood of any late-50s draft pick has a good chance of making it."

Upon hearing about Cuban's comments, Griner sent out this message via Twitter: "I could hold my own. Let's do it."

 

[MickZagger]

She would get owned on the NBA it would be pathetic

 

[Pinwheel1]

I only watched her play one game, but other than her height, I am not sure why she is the one woman BB player that people think could make it. She is not even close to being one of the best ever to play the game. And that is what it would take. Her stats may say different, but she did not look very athletic to me. She would get eaten up alive in Men's NCAA. Let alone the NBA.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

At some point a woman will make it in the NBA (and more then just a 15th man - I am talking bench contributor in games - not a starter that I can see) but that woman won't be Griner.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I only watched her play one game, but other than her height, I am not sure why she is the one woman BB player that people think could make it. She is not even close to being one of the best ever to play the game. And that is what it would take. Her stats may say different, but she did not look very athletic to me. She would get eaten up alive in Men's NCAA. Let alone the NBA.

She'd even be a benchwarmer on the higher level AAU circuit.

If a woman's going to make it, it's not going to be a woman that dominated the college game because of her height. It'd probably be a 6'0+ woman that was an insane sniper, and even then, who knows.

This ain't exactly a major part of the women's suffrage movement, and I have no problem risking being sexist in saying that I don't think a women ever will, can, or should play in the NBA.

 

[KingSpeed]

If she makes a team in the Las Vegas summer league, I will drop everything, buy tickets and fly out there immediately. And that is why Cuban will consider it. Publicity.

 

[NOVoodoo]

If she makes a team in the Las Vegas summer league, I will drop everything, buy tickets and fly out there immediately. And that is why Cuban will consider it. Publicity.

Does Cuban need the money or the publicity? It's not like this is a minor league hockey team putting Manute Bol in skates. I've got to throw out a quote from Geno Auriemma, the best women's basketball coach since Pat Summitt -

Auriemma said Wednesday that Cuban is a financial genius, but “his genius would take a huge hit if he drafted Brittney Griner.”

“I think it would be a sham,” he said. “The fact that a woman could actually play right now in the NBA and compete successfully against the level of play that they have is absolutely ludicrous.”

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/da...-mark-cuban-drafting-griner-would-be-sham.ece

It would not only set women's basketball further back, but it'll also ruin Cuban's credibility just for a little bit of publicity and an inconsequential amount of revenue.

 

[Mote]

At some point a woman will make it in the NBA (and more then just a 15th man - I am talking bench contributor in games - not a starter that I can see) but that woman won't be Griner.

I suppose it could happen... when genetic modification is mainstream and the NBA doesn't ban those who have had the procedure.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I'm just waiting on an interview with Mark Cuban from a legitimate sports analyst, or at least an analyst that can tell him how stupid he is to even entertain the idea.

Cuban is usually a pretty sharp guy when it comes to basketball, and watching Cuban expose Skip's lack of basketball knowledge made for one of the best interview's I've seen in a long time (he basically revealed that Skip didn't even know why teams run zones), but I've already lost some respect for him though with this move, and I'd love to see someone like Jay Bilas or Bomani Jones interview him about it. He's the owner of the Mavericks, not the Globetrotters. I don't want to see him turn the game into a gimmick.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

At some point a woman will make it in the NBA (and more then just a 15th man - I am talking bench contributor in games - not a starter that I can see) but that woman won't be Griner.

You seriously believe this?

Not a chance.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

You seriously believe this?

Not a chance.

Yes but it will be a very specialized role. Like the Babbitt role for us as one example. A dead eye shooter that only comes in to bomb threes when we are down at the end of games and need to come back.

You are saying never which is an opinion and I can respect it but I think on this earth you want to never deal with absolutely's like never because there will always be too much unknown and norms are constantly changing throughout history. When you think what is possible from here until the end of time..... This could be even after we die (most likely will) but it will happen at some point that a woman is good enough (not to be a star but to contribute).

 

[maxiep]

Does Cuban need the money or the publicity? It's not like this is a minor league hockey team putting Manute Bol in skates. I've got to throw out a quote from Geno Auriemma, the best women's basketball coach since Pat Summitt -


http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/da...-mark-cuban-drafting-griner-would-be-sham.ece

It would not only set women's basketball further back, but it'll also ruin Cuban's credibility just for a little bit of publicity and an inconsequential amount of revenue.

She went to Baylor. Waco isn't far from Dallas. It's a publicity stunt.

 

[HailBlazers]

You seriously believe this?

Not a chance.

I said the same thing about a woman even beating me in basketball 10 years ago, and here we are today where they are actually good enough to watch and I probably couldn't beat a single WNBA player if I tried

 

[Natebishop3]

If anyone could have played in the NBA, Cheryl Miller might have been the only one.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

The Rocket announcers were just talking about this. They think there will be a perimeter lady player that makes it in the NBA someday. Their point is that you could put a lady on LeBron's team and he would take enough of the defensive attention to get a woman an open 3.

 

[NOVoodoo]

The Rocket announcers were just talking about this. They think there will be a perimeter lady player that makes it in the NBA someday. Their point is that you could put a lady on LeBron's team and he would take enough of the defensive attention to get a woman an open 3.

Playing along here... so you're saying it's like Miami runs an offense that just leaves dudes open left and right, and it's the kind of offense where guys don't have to work hard against other NBA level talents to get open for their perimeter shots...

Even if that were really true, what about defense? How's this hypothetical woman gonna do defending any NBA player?

Hell, I could find you ten fat, over-the-hill dudes from the Y that can hit the three, but how's a woman going to defend CP3, or even Luke Ridnour for that matter?

 

[Natebishop3]

Playing along here... so you're saying it's like Miami runs an offense that just leaves dudes open left and right, and it's the kind of offense where guys don't have to work hard against other NBA level talents to get open for their perimeter shots...

Even if that were really true, what about defense? How's this hypothetical woman gonna do defending any NBA player?

Hell, I could find you ten fat, over-the-hill dudes from the Y that can hit the three, but how's a woman going to defend CP3, or even Luke Ridnour for that matter?

Not to mention, don't they play with a smaller ball?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

griner has zero chance to be anything more than a publicity stunt. NONE.

she is a 6'8" center, who would absolutely get dominated in the post. she would have ZERO offensive game, and not be able to rebound or box out or defend other centers (or anyone for that matter)

i think it would need to be a 6'ish waterbug type, super athletic, physical beast, deadly shooter, with enough handle to get the ball up the floor, and guard opposing pgs or small sgs in the post

when one of those comes along there might be something to talk about

 

[handiman]

I wonder if Marion Jones could have become that player if she focused on hoops instead of track? She had the size and athleticism, and I believe she was a PG in college, where skills and speed are more important than raw strength.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I said the same thing about a woman even beating me in basketball 10 years ago, and here we are today where they are actually good enough to watch and I probably couldn't beat a single WNBA player if I tried

I'm defintely not full of myself when it comes to basketball skills, but I'm pretty sure I could beat a fair amount of WNBA players. I've played against college female basketball players before and I didn't even have to try.

 

[MickZagger]

I'm defintely not full of myself when it comes to basketball skills, but I'm pretty sure I could beat a fair amount of WNBA players. I've played against college female basketball players before and I didn't even have to try.

Dude, I'd cross you up.