WNBA

[whodey17]

The WNBA draft is on. I have been waiting for this day all year. This is by far the most exciting hour in sports ever.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by whodey17

The WNBA draft is on. I have been waiting for this day all year. This is by far the most exciting hour in sports ever.

Well Candice Parker went first--she is a cute young woman. But the commentator compared her to Carmelo Anthony---you have got to be kidding me. That was hilarious.

[whodey17]

I can understand the black female players in an interview, but I never could understand the male black player when they are interviewed. She didnt say "you know" once in her interview.

[Cannon Shell]

I admit to watching 10 minutes. The most interesting part is when they show the highlight clips of the players and in most cases the stands behind them are pretty empty. Of course Peegarden will argue that they arent and womans basketball is better because there are no dunks or something like that.

[Bigsmc]

The WNBA is still in business?

[IrishofNDMan]

who would waste a nice saturday sitting inside watching womens basketball?

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I admit to watching 10 minutes. The most interesting part is when they show the highlight clips of the players and in most cases the stands behind them are pretty empty. Of course Peegarden will argue that they arent and womans basketball is better because there are no dunks or something like that.

That is funny. I watched the first 13 picks and that was about all. I wonder how much the NBA loses on them each year.

[hi_im_god]

shouldn't this be in esoteric?

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I admit to watching 10 minutes. The most interesting part is when they show the highlight clips of the players and in most cases the stands behind them are pretty empty. Of course Peegarden will argue that they arent and womans basketball is better because there are no dunks or something like that.

Women's basketball is so inferior its not even close.
But... the women are on the whole, a heck of a lot
better now than 15 years back. Progress has been made.
Nonetheless:

The truth is women are just not athletic enough to make play
on a 10 foot basket interesting. I can count the number of tip
ins on one hand I have seen in the WNBA. They get much
less lift on their jump shots, so the better long range shooters
are basically set shooters. Very stilted shots in many cases.

It is not asthetically pleasing to watch. My daughter, who will actually
play in an All-Star game this Saturday, would much rather
watch the men play. The Boys All-Star game will be packed. I will get
an excellent seat in the girls game. My daughter has no illusions about ability. She has played against boys. They are too strong, too quick, you name it.
The only thing the girls might be equal is in hand-eye coordination,
but even in this their reaction time is significantly slower.

Now in Golf and Tennis women can have beautiful strokes and
swings, it still looks good. Basketball allows the athlete to display pure
athleticism more than any other team sport. So it follows that
women just dont look as good playing the game.

That being said I am almost certain my daughter could
take the Cannon off the dribble. Feed the ball into Cannon
down low, and my daughter is a pancake.

Originally Posted by whodey17

That is funny. I watched the first 13 picks and that was about all. I wonder how much the NBA loses on them each year.

I give the WNBA... maybe 2-3 years. WNBA could not possibly make it on its own. I get payed more than most WNBA players. And its a good thing
basketball is a losing proposition for females. They use college to get educated instead of fooling themselves into thinking they will make a living playing with a ball.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

The WNBA is still in business?

David Stern still thinks Title IX applies to the NBA

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Women's basketball is so inferior its not even close.
But... the women are on the whole, a heck of a lot
better now than 15 years back. Progress has been made.
Nonetheless:

The truth is women are just not athletic enough to make play
on a 10 foot basket interesting. I can count the number of tip
ins on one hand I have seen in the WNBA. They get much
less lift on their jump shots, so the better long range shooters
are basically set shooters. Very stilted shots in many cases.

It is not asthetically pleasing to watch. My daughter, who will actually
play in an All-Star game this Saturday, would much rather
watch the men play. The Boys All-Star game will be packed. I will get
an excellent seat in the girls game. My daughter has no illusions about ability. She has played against boys. They are too strong, too quick, you name it.
The only thing the girls might be equal is in hand-eye coordination,
but even in this their reaction time is significantly slower.

Now in Golf and Tennis women can have beautiful strokes and
swings, it still looks good. Basketball allows the athlete to display pure
athleticism more than any other team sport. So it follows that
women just dont look as good playing the game.

That being said I am almost certain my daughter could
take the Cannon off the dribble. Feed the ball into Cannon
down low, and my daughter is a pancake.

When I was a senior in High School, I was the captain of the girls bball team, but I got a bad injury right before the season started and had to sit it out. When I recovered, I would play ball with the guys (we would play pick up games in the gym). Now I'm a big girl, I was 5'9 like 165 mostly muscle at the time, and there was this one guy I could dominate! Granted he was a bit of a wuss but I would throw elbows and score from the paint, and out rebound him! It was so much fun cause all the guys would make fun of him because he would elbow me back!

even with that I cant stand to watch girls basketball, just fun to play!

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Women's basketball is so inferior its not even close.
But... the women are on the whole, a heck of a lot
better now than 15 years back. Progress has been made.
Nonetheless:

The truth is women are just not athletic enough to make play
on a 10 foot basket interesting. I can count the number of tip
ins on one hand I have seen in the WNBA. They get much
less lift on their jump shots, so the better long range shooters
are basically set shooters. Very stilted shots in many cases.

It is not asthetically pleasing to watch. My daughter, who will actually
play in an All-Star game this Saturday, would much rather
watch the men play. The Boys All-Star game will be packed. I will get
an excellent seat in the girls game. My daughter has no illusions about ability. She has played against boys. They are too strong, too quick, you name it.
The only thing the girls might be equal is in hand-eye coordination,
but even in this their reaction time is significantly slower.

Now in Golf and Tennis women can have beautiful strokes and
swings, it still looks good. Basketball allows the athlete to display pure
athleticism more than any other team sport. So it follows that
women just dont look as good playing the game.

That being said I am almost certain my daughter could
take the Cannon off the dribble. Feed the ball into Cannon
down low, and my daughter is a pancake.

I watched the last few minutes of the Stanford v Tenn semi-final game. Tenn score to go up 1 with like 1.2 seconds to go. Stanford had to go the length of the court to have a shot at winning. The woman inbounding the ball could barely throw it to half court. At that point, Standford had zero chance of winning because the woman could not throw the ball that far.

Originally Posted by whodey17

I watched the last few minutes of the Stanford v Tenn semi-final game. Tenn score to go up 1 with like 1.2 seconds to go. Stanford had to go the length of the court to have a shot at winning. The woman inbounding the ball could barely throw it to half court. At that point, Standford had zero chance of winning because the woman could not throw the ball that far.

This is exactly why they dont have a 10 second rule to cross half-court. If the women press on D, they cant throw a long ball to an open player unless it is a bloop pass. The game would be totally dominated by pressing. You would get 10 second calls and constant turnovers. (This is actually why my daughter was valuable at HS level. She could see the floor and dribble equally well with both hands, and was able to break presses easily as a Point, her niche.)

They also cant just lob a ball up on a break and expect a finish from a big girl. I will say the women have gotten a whole lot better fundamentally. But it really is painful to watch a game that was meant for really athletic people played by mediocre athletes. If they made the basket 9 ft., shortened the length of the court, and played 4 on 4, the women's game would look better.

[Immanuel Kant]

...from a gambling perspective the WNBA is my biggest money maker...hey, an edge is an edge..

Originally Posted by Immanuel Kant

...from a gambling perspective the WNBA is my biggest money maker...hey, an edge is an edge..

cool...

Just as long as you dont have to watch it.

[Mortimer]

When I was a senior in High School, I was the captain of the girls bball team, but I got a bad injury right before the season started and had to sit it out.
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Would you mind explaining what a good injury is?

[Mortimer]

I shouldn't have asked.....






...she probably will.

[pmayjr]

There is one way you can keep the WNBA in business... maybe... without regarding nudity (and even then, who wants to see most of those "bruts" topless?)...

This should be the location of a few of the teams-
Conneticut
Nashville
Charlotte

And then the big markets.

With the 3 cities listed above-
All UConn alums will play for the Conneticut Team
All Tennessee alums will play for Nashville
All Duke and Carolina alums will play for the Charlotte team

Then give New York all the Rutgers and other northeast chicks
Let Houston have all of the Texas and LSU chicks
and then give every other big market the rest of the baggage.

That way there would at least be "local" interest in the teams. To be cont.

[pmayjr]

A few years ago, the Gopher women's team made it to the women's final 4 with their star Lindsey Whalen. They ran into UConn and Diana Taurasi, and got beat. But there was a lot of fanfare for the Gophers team and especially Whalen. So when she graduated, I thought the Minesota Lynx WNBA franchise should trade away their whoel team to get Whalen. Why? She'd at least in the short-term put some butts in the seats. She would've sold tickets.

There has never been any local interest in that franchise, and I'm surprised it hasn't folded or moved already. Whalen was there one chance to get some interest going, and the Lynx blew it. Whalen has been a decent WNBA player, nothin special, but it's not about talent. For a struggling league like the WNBA, it's about selling tickets!

But that's why I'm saying give the Conneticut team all the Uconn Alums. At least that would keep people in Conneticut interested in watching the team.