Re: Official Marine "French Becky" Johannès Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:18 pm
All I know is that I'd like to go one-on-one with her.
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Jeff Van Gully wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:Jeff Van Gully wrote:
i like it. she's rangy and skilled. a little reckless at time, but a very entertaining player.
my biggest knock on the WNBA is the entertainment value. i was a lot more interested in the first seasons when it was new and had a flood of national team star names who made the league interesting as a first-time spectacle. i'd be lying if i said i really enjoyed watching the purely fundamental game it is. the women have great skills and play on a regulation court with 10-foot rims. you're not going to see the athleticism fans enjoy from the NBA. so it's a hard sell.
i say that to say if the WNBA was a little more free and had women flying around dunking, more people would be watching. there will always be sexists who don't want to watch women pros no matter what. but maybe more curry-like action would make americans watch more.
this is why the women have historically played and gotten paid the rest of the year in europe, where the sport is FAR more valued.
Lower the rim?
it's crossed my mind, but that would affect the shooting. women train to shoot on 10-foot rims. and i think that's the right rim height for basketball. both sexes play on that height from young. a lowered rim would be kind of insulting.
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Jeff Van Gully wrote:El Poochio wrote:Jeff Van Gully wrote:i don't think french becky hammon is a good comp at all
Looks like Anfernee Simons lightning quick release with NBA Live 07 Freestyle Superstar passes
i like it. she's rangy and skilled. a little reckless at time, but a very entertaining player.
my biggest knock on the WNBA is the entertainment value. i was a lot more interested in the first seasons when it was new and had a flood of national team star names who made the league interesting as a first-time spectacle. i'd be lying if i said i really enjoyed watching the purely fundamental game it is. the women have great skills and play on a regulation court with 10-foot rims. you're not going to see the athleticism fans enjoy from the NBA. so it's a hard sell.
i say that to say if the WNBA was a little more free and had women flying around dunking, more people would be watching. there will always be sexists who don't want to watch women pros no matter what. but maybe more curry-like action would make americans watch more.
this is why the women have historically played and gotten paid the rest of the year in europe, where the sport is FAR more valued.
Jeff Van Gully wrote:MaseInYourFace wrote:Jeff Van Gully wrote:i don't think french becky hammon is a good comp at all
She looks more like a 2. No? Becky was more 1’ish and she was cuter .
marine is definitely a swingwoman. got some handle and playmaking ability, but you don't want her running the offense in that traditional PG way.
both are nice looking ladies, but i'll keep this about basketball. they have such an uphill battle with respect due to so many (not saying you) guys only being interested in women's sport for what the players do or don't look like. i try to avoid that.
prophet_of_rage wrote:Jeff Van Gully wrote:MaseInYourFace wrote:
She looks more like a 2. No? Becky was more 1’ish and she was cuter .
marine is definitely a swingwoman. got some handle and playmaking ability, but you don't want her running the offense in that traditional PG way.
both are nice looking ladies, but i'll keep this about basketball. they have such an uphill battle with respect due to so many (not saying you) guys only being interested in women's sport for what the players do or don't look like. i try to avoid that.
Go to a WNBA game. The women are there for what the players look like. Sex appeal is part of athletics. Tom Brady isn't Tom Brady if he's ugly. Part of Michael's appeal was the bald head and muscles. He changed the look whole look for Black men. If Larry Bird looked more like Magic Johnson and less like Sam Cassell there wouldn't have been a contest as to who the face of the league was in the early 80s.
Athletes are always objectified ... male or female. Name an objectively ugly superstar.
GreatWhiteStiff wrote:That one handed three she makes at 5:15 in the documentary is unbelievable.
El Poochio wrote:GreatWhiteStiff wrote:That one handed three she makes at 5:15 in the documentary is unbelievable.
Lets be honest half of the dudes in NBA wont be able pull of that ish.. Looking at you Ben Simmons