For those of you in the dark, Brittney Griner is a 16 year-old junior in Houston, Texas who leads the area in scoring, blocked shots, dunks, and being tall. She stands 6'8" (for now), wears a size 18 men's sneaker, and has exploded onto the high school basketball -- and YouTube -- scene over the past year.
Last night, Griner posted 29 points, 13 rebounds, 11 shots and nine assists in helping her Nimitz High School to a first round playoff win over rival Westside High School. On top of that, she dunked twice. Hard.
I'm still convinced that the first woman to play in the NBA will actually be a short, lightning-quick point guard with great decision-making skills and a jumpshot. You know, like, Jose Calderon ... but ... um ... not.
Ok Ok I know she has no shot at making the NBA, I just thought it was an interesting story and thought the two videos posted of her playing were both pretty impressive.
If the WNBA on the other hand could get a few more girls who play like her people might actually watch their games. She a blocking machine out on the court going up against girls that are probably 5 foot 5.
Links to the two videos are on the Yahoo page, the second video is much better.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/nba_ex ... ba%2C66363
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