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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby azuresou1 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:11 am

Brett wrote:
RondoToKG wrote:Brian Scalabrine, Greg Stiemsma, Luke Harangody, Sasha Pavlovic, Omri Casspi, Andres Nocioni, Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Steve Blake, and Rasheed Wallace

One of these things is not like the other.


You're right, Steve Blake is pretty small.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby dice on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:31 am

if a female was even CLOSE to having the ability to make an NBA roster we'd have seen it. the marketing value of having a woman as your "12th man" alone would make it worthwhile. you think people get excited about scalabrine getting into a game?
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby Tai on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:38 am

dice wrote:if a female was even CLOSE to having the ability to make an NBA roster we'd have seen it. the marketing value of having a woman as your "12th man" alone would make it worthwhile. you think people get excited about scalabrine getting into a game?


Well....as a Celtics fan, I can say that they genuinely do hahaha, but point taken. : )
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby Moggs24 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:45 am

RLakh23 wrote:I'm not trying to start a debate. But if you look at Candace Parker to Brittney Griner to Skyler Diggins. Certain Women put in the effort to compete with men. Griner I think can play Small Forward in the NBA. If Kevin Durant can be a superstar in his rookie year (skinny mini all I'm saying)

Diggins and Parker I know have to chance but they helped rebuild Women's basketball.

Do you ever think a woman will play in the NBA?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

How can this be a serious question.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby Kalidogg24 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:50 am

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I think a 6'8 man who has never even heard of basketball has a better shot at competing in the NBA than Brittney Griner does.


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you kids must not get out a lot. I have played with girls that could out shoot me for days.


You must be a Terrible hooper then ! Haha j/p

I played with and against the WNBA's former Finals And Regular season MVP Diana Taurasi .
Which we all could admit is a deadly shooter.
As for myself nothing special played junior college ball a couple years as a pass first point guard with a decent shooting touch IMO . I try to patented my game off CP3/JKidd.
When me and Taurasi faced off in a LA fitness I must admit the Man ego inside of me wouldn't let her score a single point on me. LoL. I even blasted one of her layups off the backboard. It gets real in the battlefield :D Next game me and my squad picked her up as we continued the winning streak.

With that being said women just can't match the speed and physicality of us men. It's just how it is.

Like The Great Ron Burgundy once said, " Me Man, Give me hammer and nail I'll build house"


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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby supplyndemand69 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:02 am

Really ? Really ? Really ?
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby RLakh23 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:32 pm

Moggs24 wrote:
RLakh23 wrote:I'm not trying to start a debate. But if you look at Candace Parker to Brittney Griner to Skyler Diggins. Certain Women put in the effort to compete with men. Griner I think can play Small Forward in the NBA. If Kevin Durant can be a superstar in his rookie year (skinny mini all I'm saying)

Diggins and Parker I know have to chance but they helped rebuild Women's basketball.

Do you ever think a woman will play in the NBA?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

How can this be a serious question.



first off you don't bring up anything valid so why should i take you seriously.

Typical NBA SF are about 6'7 with a 6'8-6'10 wing span. Griner has one more year for college ball left. Working on her shooting game and vertical isn't that hard to work on. Griner's butt and knees would be my main concern. Knees because men have stronger knee caps. But give Griner some juice and a good post game, I think she would beat a lot of men. Also I heard her and RG3 are suppose to compete n a dunk contest against each other. I'm not sure if this is true or not.


Please go pay attention and watch some Griner film before you bash someone.


And yes I must suck at ball against girls, I got a weak spot for em. I get caught staring at that wobbled wobble
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby Badandy on Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:47 pm

RLakh23 wrote:
Moggs24 wrote:
RLakh23 wrote:I'm not trying to start a debate. But if you look at Candace Parker to Brittney Griner to Skyler Diggins. Certain Women put in the effort to compete with men. Griner I think can play Small Forward in the NBA. If Kevin Durant can be a superstar in his rookie year (skinny mini all I'm saying)

Diggins and Parker I know have to chance but they helped rebuild Women's basketball.

Do you ever think a woman will play in the NBA?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

How can this be a serious question.



first off you don't bring up anything valid so why should i take you seriously.

Typical NBA SF are about 6'7 with a 6'8-6'10 wing span. Griner has one more year for college ball left. Working on her shooting game and vertical isn't that hard to work on. Griner's butt and knees would be my main concern. Knees because men have stronger knee caps. But give Griner some juice and a good post game, I think she would beat a lot of men. Also I heard her and RG3 are suppose to compete n a dunk contest against each other. I'm not sure if this is true or not.


Please go pay attention and watch some Griner film before you bash someone.


And yes I must suck at ball against girls, I got a weak spot for em. I get caught staring at that wobbled wobble


Oh please. There isn't room in the NBA for a 6 foot 8 human being who can BARELY dunk with that height and wingspan, is skinnier than Tayshawn Prince, can't run the floor faster than Greg Ostertag, and has no jumper. Come off it.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby BBgun on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:05 pm

I agree that the best chance for a woman to play in the NBA would be a skilled point guard, because there have been quite a few very good undersized guards in this league who compensate for lack of height with superior skills. But lets be real...what would happen defensively. She would be targeted every time down the floor as a mistmatch and would be the biggest defensive liablity in the world IMO.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby MigrainePatrol on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:13 pm

Reggie Evans would feel more natural reaching for some titties and something else rather than a scrotum.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby dice on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:15 pm

Tai wrote:
dice wrote:if a female was even CLOSE to having the ability to make an NBA roster we'd have seen it. the marketing value of having a woman as your "12th man" alone would make it worthwhile. you think people get excited about scalabrine getting into a game?


Well....as a Celtics fan, I can say that they genuinely do hahaha, but point taken. : )

i meant it like "if you think fans are excited to see scalabrine get into a game, think how excited they'd be to see the only female in league history get some PT"

i'm a bulls fan, btw, so i'm well aware of the scalabrine factor
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby dice on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:22 pm

BBgun wrote:I agree that the best chance for a woman to play in the NBA would be a skilled point guard, because there have been quite a few very good undersized guards in this league who compensate for lack of height with superior skills. But lets be real...what would happen defensively. She would be targeted every time down the floor as a mistmatch and would be the biggest defensive liablity in the world IMO.

gimme a female point guard as quick as the undersized point guards we've seen in the league and you're onto something. not sure she's out there

another thing i'm not sure has been mentioned is the size of the basketball. female organized hoopsters have spent an awful lot of time playing with a smaller ball. thus, you're not even gonna find many female players with a good enough HANDLE to make it in the NBA as a point guard. let alone the requisite athleticism and at least one other strong skill
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby BBgun on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:25 pm

dice wrote:
BBgun wrote:I agree that the best chance for a woman to play in the NBA would be a skilled point guard, because there have been quite a few very good undersized guards in this league who compensate for lack of height with superior skills. But lets be real...what would happen defensively. She would be targeted every time down the floor as a mistmatch and would be the biggest defensive liablity in the world IMO.

gimme a female point guard as quick as the undersized point guards we've seen in the league and you're onto something. not sure she's out there



lol good point...just goes to further the point that a female being able to compete in the NBA is just not realistic at all. Maybe as a spot up shooter or something...but again...what about defense? The hypothetical woman guard in question would make Derek Fisher and Steve Blake look like Gary Payton on D
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby Brett on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:37 pm

RLakh23 should be banned.
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Re: Do you think Brittney Griner can compete in the NBA?

Postby astrallite on Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:47 pm

Derek Fisher is still in the NBA.
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