Does the WNBA conduct drug test?
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Watching a WNBA game is like watching hoops with the 10 players all sedated with about 4 Mg of Alprazolam . Its slow as mole ass's in January .
Ah, I should have guessed. It's "tongue in cheek," by the way.
Whatever. Blast away on them. They deserve it. After all, they are women.
This.
Pat Summit's peak Vol teams use to scrimmage against random guys as well and would implement rules like "no trapping" or "no shots inside of 5 feet" and would still lose 9 of 10. The info is out there but would probably take some digging now. But it is pretty common for elite D1 girl teams to get random guys who are averageish high school athletes that didn't get scholarships anywhere, and scrimmage them. That in itself is really telling.
My Freshman year of HS our Girls Varsity finished as State runner ups. They had 2 girls that were 6'2-6'4 and 160-200lbs. Our Freshman team won 1 game all year and our biggest kid was 6'1-160. We scrimmaged the Girls Varsity every Monday and would win by 30+ after 10-15 minutes. Their coach eventually stopped inviting us to come scrimmage.
Billie Jean King in her peak beat a 55 year old retired man. When the Williams sisters claimed to be able to beat any man outside the top 200, the man ranked 203 challenged them and smoked one and then the other. It's impressive to dominate your competition, to be way out in front of your peers. But even the best women in the world are not athletic peers to an average or low level professional man.
You should watch the 30 for 30 on that.
The guy was a known gambler and was supposedly in a lot of debt to the mob. It was also a time sports were even more corrupt from a players gambling standpoint due to not having the ridiculous salaries they do now.
He crushed the woman ranked ahead or one behind (can't recall, don't care enough to look It up) Billie Jean to build hype for the BJK match. Largely due to dominating the other top woman, the money poured in on him. Then if you watch the film of the match w BJK he proceeds to double serve into the net 4-5 times and its clear he doesn't go after multiple balls. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence surrounding it that points towards a set up and thrown match to clear his name w some bad people.
The majority of people who downplay all those factors and what they saw in his lack of performance are likely only seeing what they want to see. But it is worth noting and considering both options.
This ^ she proved nothing. it was just a hyped up exhibition to pull in a tv audience.
I remember it well.
Griner makes $120k/year. I don't make that. So just because she's better (probably a similar talent gap between her and I, and her and Lebron), doesn't mean she should make more than me right?
Not sure what BG being better than us regular Joes has to do with this? If anything, it hurts their argument. Further, I'm not entirely sure I couldn't garner more money on the court if I suited up. That's more testament to just how weak the WNBA product is.
Not sure what BG being better than us regular Joes has to do with this? If anything, it hurts their argument. Further, I'm not entirely sure I couldn't garner more money on the court if I suited up. That's more testament to just how weak the WNBA product is.
If the talent gap between you and BG is similar to the one between BG and Lebron, then you must not be much of a player. No offense.
Women's national teams for soccer scrimmage men's national academies at the U14 age. They lose by quite a bit (4+) literally every time they play. Once puberty hits, it's over.
Ok haha, do you think a below average high school varsity team could beat the Women’s national team?
It's not so much talent.. she's a foot taller than me. I think I'd have as much luck guarding her as she'd have against Lebron.
That and I suck..
Tongue IN cheek. Didn't know that. Eh, maybe I did. N and and in the English language are bullshit.
Everyone here loves women. I know I love the women in my life. But this is a sports forum. If you were sitting around a group of guys who were sort of bashing women and having a good time, would you really be that guy? I surely hope not man.
Btw, women are sitting around that table saying the same things about men. It's called human nature.
I bet you have a real problem with the Spanish language.
Maybe weynen also. Her voice is deeper than mike Tyson’s. Could you imagine waking up next to juanna Mann? That sight would turn a gay man straight real quick. She should of said skal, then she might have a chance
A friend of mine who was a garbage high school player on a team that had our schools worst all time record, did this in college. He claimed he dominated them which had him always bragging he would be the best player in the WNBA, which seemed stupid.
In which state? I’d take an average men’s varsity high school team in Rhode Island today over any team of (cis)women from any era. I’m sure this pains the politically correct, but a 6’5” woman that weighs 160 pounds cannot contend with a 6’ 190-pound mostly-athletic male. Throw in a 6’5” 210 mostly-athletic male basketball player and forget it. The strength disparity is profound. Make it a five on five and a beat down is inexorable. Don’t believe me? Go find the very best 5 (cis)women players in your area and have them play the best intramural men’s team at any local gym, club or church.
By no means am I a top 50% Olympic Weightlifter or Powerlifter but my numbers crush 95-99% of women’s. Men have a physical & chemical advantage in almost every sport. I don’t say this calling women the lesser sex. I say it because men and women ARE different, each with their own advantages & disadvantages. Men just have the advantage in sports.
Fair enough. But I wouldn’t change a word in my reply. What are your thoughts on my reply with respect to basketball?
I think some very good high school teams could beat some WNBA players. The person I initially started the conversation with suggested any man with any experience playing high school basketball could beat any WNBA player.
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Why don’t you look at Alabama A&M roster average the height and weight and do the same for the WNBA all star team and then rethink your thought process
It’s probably crazy to think the Mercury could beat Alabama A&M but it’s also crazy to think the worst male high school basketball players in the country could beat Brittany Griner or Diana Taurasi.
Average height of starters is exactly the same for both teams 6-2.2”. Alabama A&M does have the weight advantage as they have a center who’s shorter and fatter than Zion Williamson. All their other starters are under 200 lbs.
Diana Tuurasi is how big? Yes I would take most guys in a basketball game against her. Brittany griner is a little different. There is probably a small % of men that she could beat just because of her height. I’m 6’2 and play ball regularly and shoot a lot when I’m not playing and I feel 99% confident I could beat both
Taurasi is like 6’0 160. Still bigger than a lot of high school basketball players. And a lot more skilled. And probably more athletic than a small percentage of them.
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