could elena delle donne play in the nba?

[Metallikid]

I've always thought Diana Taurasi could play in the NBA.

That’s a very wishful thought. She couldn’t play men’s NCAA division II. If she did, she’d be the worst player in that division.

I bet she could.

[KrAzY3]

the wnba as a whole shot 2.7 % higher from the foul line than the nba last season

While I respect the attempt to normalize the statistic, it doesn't do it justice. We're talking about a smaller, lighter ball. One thing we used to do in practice was use an oversized ball, and I can assure you a larger ball is harder to get into the basket.

We're looking at multiple factors here, though each of which might seem insignificant but as a whole they are enormous. The ball is smaller and lighter, creating an artificial disparity between the NBA and WNBA. The line is closer, furthering this difference. And then of course you have the rather significant fact that she is not being defended by males. So she has an easier time getting her shots offas well.

I do not dispute that she is a great shooter. That isn't the issue. It's just not an apples to apples comparison. She is great at what she does, no doubt about that. There's just no reason to believe she could do anything she's doing in the NBA. Well, I guess she'd still be a really good free throw shooter but that's about it.

[dk1115]

Her FT% reminds me of the time I was sponsoring one of the girls on the HS basketball team. She kind of sucked at balling, so I told her I'd donate a dollar for every FT she made (out of 50), expecting her to make 30. She came back the next day and told me she made 48 out of 50. I was out of lunch money for the next two weeks.

[Duke4life831]

i've seen her play. grayson allen weighs 10 pounds more and is not known for his strength so how much weaker can she be. not significantly weaker. she's not as slow as you probably imagine. she does some impressive crossovers with penetration. not kyrie irving level crossovers, but most nba guys can't do the stuff he does either

her release is not as fast as korver or curry, but i'm not claiming she could take their spots, so it doesn't have to be as fast

i suppose you meant erroneous, not erogenous. anyway, timothe luwawu cabarrot has played three full seasons now and was the second worst shooting guard in the nba last year by real plus minus and only better than allen by .20, a tiny amount. so now i'm comparing her to a bum who has played 171 games in 3 years. in 2014-15, mike miller, with zero potential in his 16th nba season, played 52 games and had a .09 lower real plus minus than allen as a rookie. miller averaged a whopping 2.1 ppg that year in 13.5 minutes per game. translation: there's some garbage getting minutes in the nba

Are you serious with this? Or are we just forgetting basic biology now? Valentina Shevchenko is only 10 pounds lighter than Henry Cejudo, shouldn't be a significant strength difference between those two either I guess. Also Grayson Allen cant get off the bench and that dude is a great athlete and fantastic shooter. He had the fastest lane agility, 3rd best standing vert and 6th best max vert (40.5") in the 2018 draft combine.

I hate threads like this because it seems like you either have to just ignore reality or you sound like an **** and a hater to these women. Elena Delle Donne from all accounts is an all time great female basketball player. That by itself is a fantastic achievement and something I know I will never be able to say about my career. But no she doesn't come close to being able to compete with men in basketball, its not even a discussion.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

No its not just a "he may be stronger", he is significantly stronger. Male's and Female's have drastically different body structures. Men have significantly more amounts of testosterone, there is a reason testosterone is used as a performance enhancing drug. To even try and say there is anything but a massive difference in strength between Grayson Allen and Elena Delle Donne is either you just lying to yourself or showing a lack of basic biology.

I never said Grayson was fantastic as a rookie. I also agree that Grayson can be out of the league in a couple years. Which also backs the point that there shouldn't even be a discussion of Delle Donne coming close to being able to play in the NBA. Grayson was a damn good shooter in college, he is 6'5 and a fantastic athlete and he could be out of the league in a couple years, that is just how damn good the NBA is. Again if Grayson played in the WNBA, he would be the GOAT and the gap between him and 2nd would be the biggest in any sport.

And again you cant compare stats straight up. Give Grayson a smaller ball and much slower and smaller defenders to shoot over, his shooting percentages would be much higher.

[Hoopstar23]

im willing to bet realgm's best players can beat some of the WNBA players lol

[The_Hater]

Not only could a WNBA player not make any NBA team, a WNBA player wouldn’t be good enough to wcontribute on any NCAA D1 team.

Meanwhile Grayson Allen was a star at Duke, started for an NCAA champion and scored 40 points in an NBA game just last season. It’s not that there is just a gap between these two players or any NBA/WNBA player, it’s the Grand Canyon.

[robbie84]

Why even go here...no.

She would get destroyed at the NBA level.

Grayson Allen would average 40 ppg in the WNBA.

It's not a fair comparison. It's like comparing bicycles to motorcycles.

Bruh I'd say Grayson Allen would average like 60 ppg lol.
An NBA wing player in the WNBA?

His size, speed and strength and skill would just destroy everyone. It would be like MVP Lebron playing against high school kids.

[post]

Are you serious with this? Or are we just forgetting basic biology now? Valentina Shevchenko is only 10 pounds lighter than Henry Cejudo, shouldn't be a significant strength difference between those two either I guess. Also Grayson Allen cant get off the bench and that dude is a great athlete and fantastic shooter. He had the fastest lane agility, 3rd best standing vert and 6th best max vert (40.5") in the 2018 draft combine.

I hate threads like this because it seems like you either have to just ignore reality or you sound like an **** and a hater to these women. Elena Delle Donne from all accounts is an all time great female basketball player. That by itself is a fantastic achievement and something I know I will never be able to say about my career. But no she doesn't come close to being able to compete with men in basketball, its not even a discussion.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

Men have significant strength advantage in every way lb for lb. It is very easy to measure as well.

There is a reason testosterone is considered performance enhancing.

Are you serious with this? Or are we just forgetting basic biology now? Valentina Shevchenko is only 10 pounds lighter than Henry Cejudo, shouldn't be a significant strength difference between those two either I guess. Also Grayson Allen cant get off the bench and that dude is a great athlete and fantastic shooter. He had the fastest lane agility, 3rd best standing vert and 6th best max vert (40.5") in the 2018 draft combine.

I hate threads like this because it seems like you either have to just ignore reality or you sound like an **** and a hater to these women. Elena Delle Donne from all accounts is an all time great female basketball player. That by itself is a fantastic achievement and something I know I will never be able to say about my career. But no she doesn't come close to being able to compete with men in basketball, its not even a discussion.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

and Pro Wrestlers weighs more than gorillas - I don't know why you think because they are comparable in weight they are comparable in strength. It's like you have never met a woman before?

Are you serious with this? Or are we just forgetting basic biology now? Valentina Shevchenko is only 10 pounds lighter than Henry Cejudo, shouldn't be a significant strength difference between those two either I guess. Also Grayson Allen cant get off the bench and that dude is a great athlete and fantastic shooter. He had the fastest lane agility, 3rd best standing vert and 6th best max vert (40.5") in the 2018 draft combine.

I hate threads like this because it seems like you either have to just ignore reality or you sound like an **** and a hater to these women. Elena Delle Donne from all accounts is an all time great female basketball player. That by itself is a fantastic achievement and something I know I will never be able to say about my career. But no she doesn't come close to being able to compete with men in basketball, its not even a discussion.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

No its not just a "he may be stronger", he is significantly stronger. Male's and Female's have drastically different body structures. Men have significantly more amounts of testosterone, there is a reason testosterone is used as a performance enhancing drug. To even try and say there is anything but a massive difference in strength between Grayson Allen and Elena Delle Donne is either you just lying to yourself or showing a lack of basic biology.

I never said Grayson was fantastic as a rookie. I also agree that Grayson can be out of the league in a couple years. Which also backs the point that there shouldn't even be a discussion of Delle Donne coming close to being able to play in the NBA. Grayson was a damn good shooter in college, he is 6'5 and a fantastic athlete and he could be out of the league in a couple years, that is just how damn good the NBA is. Again if Grayson played in the WNBA, he would be the GOAT and the gap between him and 2nd would be the biggest in any sport.

And again you cant compare stats straight up. Give Grayson a smaller ball and much slower and smaller defenders to shoot over, his shooting percentages would be much higher.

the wnba as a whole shot 2.7 % higher from the foul line than the nba last season

While I respect the attempt to normalize the statistic, it doesn't do it justice. We're talking about a smaller, lighter ball. One thing we used to do in practice was use an oversized ball, and I can assure you a larger ball is harder to get into the basket.

We're looking at multiple factors here, though each of which might seem insignificant but as a whole they are enormous. The ball is smaller and lighter, creating an artificial disparity between the NBA and WNBA. The line is closer, furthering this difference. And then of course you have the rather significant fact that she is not being defended by males. So she has an easier time getting her shots offas well.

I do not dispute that she is a great shooter. That isn't the issue. It's just not an apples to apples comparison. She is great at what she does, no doubt about that. There's just no reason to believe she could do anything she's doing in the NBA. Well, I guess she'd still be a really good free throw shooter but that's about it.

1. the strength issue: i understand there are differences between men and women on average, but no one has shown a precise calculation of how much stronger grayson is and exactly how much that matters as to who's the better basketball player deserving an nba roster spot

former nba coach of the year doc rivers had this to say about a woman playing in the nba: "If a female did make it, it'll have to be someone who could shoot the hell out of the ball, because physically it would be tough. You just assume [breaking the barrier] has got to happen eventually," Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.

so an nba coach of the year admits a woman can overcome a physical deficit and possibly make it in the nba

2. the ball/shooting issue: some of the points that are being made in the posts i just quoted are just ignoring what i've already said about the smaller ball and shorter 3 line issue so i'm not going to repeat myself

the nba shot 1.5% higher from the field and 1% higher from 3 than the wnba. so the smaller ball is not making 2 point and 3 point field goal attempts go in more frequently. obviously delle donne plays against worse defenders than grayson but how much that would effect her non free throw shooting percentages in the nba is unclear. mark cuban or whoever has balls should give her a try out so we can see just how much better or worse she is than some of these bums

malachi richardson is a 6'6" shooting guard who has played 70 nba games over the last 3 years at 9 minutes per game and has an atrocious true shooting percentage of 47.8%. last year he had an 0.9 player efficiency rating and a minus 10.8 box plus minus. i have to laugh at how bad these guys are and how good delle donne is

grayson could be out of the league and delle donne might take his place. ask doc rivers what he thinks about taking an absolute bust in the nba vs. the wnba goat for a roster spot

[robbie84]

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

Men have significant strength advantage in every way lb for lb. It is very easy to measure as well.

There is a reason testosterone is considered performance enhancing.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

and Pro Wrestlers weighs more than gorillas - I don't know why you think because they are comparable in weight they are comparable in strength. It's like you have never met a woman before?

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

No its not just a "he may be stronger", he is significantly stronger. Male's and Female's have drastically different body structures. Men have significantly more amounts of testosterone, there is a reason testosterone is used as a performance enhancing drug. To even try and say there is anything but a massive difference in strength between Grayson Allen and Elena Delle Donne is either you just lying to yourself or showing a lack of basic biology.

I never said Grayson was fantastic as a rookie. I also agree that Grayson can be out of the league in a couple years. Which also backs the point that there shouldn't even be a discussion of Delle Donne coming close to being able to play in the NBA. Grayson was a damn good shooter in college, he is 6'5 and a fantastic athlete and he could be out of the league in a couple years, that is just how damn good the NBA is. Again if Grayson played in the WNBA, he would be the GOAT and the gap between him and 2nd would be the biggest in any sport.

And again you cant compare stats straight up. Give Grayson a smaller ball and much slower and smaller defenders to shoot over, his shooting percentages would be much higher.

the wnba as a whole shot 2.7 % higher from the foul line than the nba last season

While I respect the attempt to normalize the statistic, it doesn't do it justice. We're talking about a smaller, lighter ball. One thing we used to do in practice was use an oversized ball, and I can assure you a larger ball is harder to get into the basket.

We're looking at multiple factors here, though each of which might seem insignificant but as a whole they are enormous. The ball is smaller and lighter, creating an artificial disparity between the NBA and WNBA. The line is closer, furthering this difference. And then of course you have the rather significant fact that she is not being defended by males. So she has an easier time getting her shots offas well.

I do not dispute that she is a great shooter. That isn't the issue. It's just not an apples to apples comparison. She is great at what she does, no doubt about that. There's just no reason to believe she could do anything she's doing in the NBA. Well, I guess she'd still be a really good free throw shooter but that's about it.

1. the strength issue: i understand there are differences between men and women on average, but no one has shown a precise calculation of how much stronger grayson is and exactly how much that matters as to who's the better basketball player deserving an nba roster spot

former nba coach of the year doc rivers had this to say about a woman playing in the nba: "If a female did make it, it'll have to be someone who could shoot the hell out of the ball, because physically it would be tough. You just assume [breaking the barrier] has got to happen eventually," Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.

so an nba coach of the year admits a woman can overcome a physical deficit and possibly make it in the nba

2. the ball/shooting issue: some of the points that are being made in the posts i just quoted are just ignoring what i've already said about the smaller ball and shorter 3 line issue so i'm not going to repeat myself

the nba shot 1.5% higher from the field and 1% higher from 3 than the wnba. so the smaller ball is not making 2 point and 3 point field goal attempts go in more frequently. obviously delle donne plays against worse defenders than grayson but how much that would effect her non free throw shooting percentages in the nba is unclear. mark cuban or whoever has balls should give her a try out so we can see just how much better or worse she is than some of these bums

malachi richardson is a 6'6" shooting guard who has played 70 nba games over the last 3 years at 9 minutes per game and has an atrocious true shooting percentage of 47.8%. last year he had an 0.9 player efficiency rating and a minus 10.8 box plus minus. i have to laugh at how bad these guys are and how good delle donne is

grayson could be out of the league and delle donne might take his place. ask doc rivers what he thinks about taking an absolute bust in the nba vs. the wnba goat for a roster spot

Remember though that basketball is played on both ends of the floor.
Malachi Richardson would be simply dunking on, driving on, out muscling everyone on the court. His speed, size and skill would simply dominate everyone else. The people defending him would be slower, less athletic and no where near as strong- kinda like the guys Malachi destroyed in high school.
His true shooting numbers would skyrocket as a result of the above because he'd score so many more points in the paint and draw so many more fouls from late contact/slower defenders.

Delle is a great player, but she'd get destroyed by a Division 2 men's college team, let a lone a G League team. She wouldn't make the roster for neither.

[The_Hater]

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

Men have significant strength advantage in every way lb for lb. It is very easy to measure as well.

There is a reason testosterone is considered performance enhancing.

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

and Pro Wrestlers weighs more than gorillas - I don't know why you think because they are comparable in weight they are comparable in strength. It's like you have never met a woman before?

i had to google who Valentina Shevchenko and Henry Cejudo were and they are not even basketball players so not exactly good examples. i understand your point though, which is that grayson may be stronger, but how much stronger is not exactly clear. being stronger, faster, and jumping higher does not make you the better basketball player anyway.

grayson gets off the bench. i already said he played 38 games last year and his minutes were 10.9. there were 63 players in the nba who played at least 10 games with fewer minutes per game than grayson and 13 of them played less than half the minutes he played

grayson's 51.6 true shooting percentage as an nba rookie was far from fantastic

grayson could be out of the league in a couple years like anthony bennett or jimmer fredette

No its not just a "he may be stronger", he is significantly stronger. Male's and Female's have drastically different body structures. Men have significantly more amounts of testosterone, there is a reason testosterone is used as a performance enhancing drug. To even try and say there is anything but a massive difference in strength between Grayson Allen and Elena Delle Donne is either you just lying to yourself or showing a lack of basic biology.

I never said Grayson was fantastic as a rookie. I also agree that Grayson can be out of the league in a couple years. Which also backs the point that there shouldn't even be a discussion of Delle Donne coming close to being able to play in the NBA. Grayson was a damn good shooter in college, he is 6'5 and a fantastic athlete and he could be out of the league in a couple years, that is just how damn good the NBA is. Again if Grayson played in the WNBA, he would be the GOAT and the gap between him and 2nd would be the biggest in any sport.

And again you cant compare stats straight up. Give Grayson a smaller ball and much slower and smaller defenders to shoot over, his shooting percentages would be much higher.

the wnba as a whole shot 2.7 % higher from the foul line than the nba last season

While I respect the attempt to normalize the statistic, it doesn't do it justice. We're talking about a smaller, lighter ball. One thing we used to do in practice was use an oversized ball, and I can assure you a larger ball is harder to get into the basket.

We're looking at multiple factors here, though each of which might seem insignificant but as a whole they are enormous. The ball is smaller and lighter, creating an artificial disparity between the NBA and WNBA. The line is closer, furthering this difference. And then of course you have the rather significant fact that she is not being defended by males. So she has an easier time getting her shots offas well.

I do not dispute that she is a great shooter. That isn't the issue. It's just not an apples to apples comparison. She is great at what she does, no doubt about that. There's just no reason to believe she could do anything she's doing in the NBA. Well, I guess she'd still be a really good free throw shooter but that's about it.

1. the strength issue: i understand there are differences between men and women on average, but no one has shown a precise calculation of how much stronger grayson is and exactly how much that matters as to who's the better basketball player deserving an nba roster spot

former nba coach of the year doc rivers had this to say about a woman playing in the nba: "If a female did make it, it'll have to be someone who could shoot the hell out of the ball, because physically it would be tough. You just assume [breaking the barrier] has got to happen eventually," Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said.

so an nba coach of the year admits a woman can overcome a physical deficit and possibly make it in the nba

2. the ball/shooting issue: some of the points that are being made in the posts i just quoted are just ignoring what i've already said about the smaller ball and shorter 3 line issue so i'm not going to repeat myself

the nba shot 1.5% higher from the field and 1% higher from 3 than the wnba. so the smaller ball is not making 2 point and 3 point field goal attempts go in more frequently. obviously delle donne plays against worse defenders than grayson but how much that would effect her non free throw shooting percentages in the nba is unclear. mark cuban or whoever has balls should give her a try out so we can see just how much better or worse she is than some of these bums

malachi richardson is a 6'6" shooting guard who has played 70 nba games over the last 3 years at 9 minutes per game and has an atrocious true shooting percentage of 47.8%. last year he had an 0.9 player efficiency rating and a minus 10.8 box plus minus. i have to laugh at how bad these guys are and how good delle donne is

grayson could be out of the league and delle donne might take his place. ask doc rivers what he thinks about taking an absolute bust in the nba vs. the wnba goat for a roster spot

Doc was just trying to be diplomatic instead of looking sexist and causing a controversy. Hopefully you can see that now.

Throwing out all these stats and ignoring the context completely. As in, the NBA is the best basketball league in the world and the WNBA is clearly not even close. So comparing any stats is absolutely pointless. Obviously basketball players aren’t going to be as successful playing against better player and better defenses. I would hope that would be obvious.

Malachi Richardson was a terrible NBA player, but he was a terrible NBA player because he was playing against the best players in the world. Prior to that he was a very good NCAA player at a top D1 school and a high school All American. And he was likely have a successful professional career playing overseas in leagues that are much tougher than the WNBA. Richardson wouldn’t just be the best player in the WNBA, he would be by far the best player in league history by a considerable margin.

[Triple7]

Nah!

[MrDollarBills]

This thread is stupid, the physical and athletic disparity between men and women make it impossible for Elena Delle Donne to play in the NBA. She's a talented and great basketball player in her own right and one of the best women's basketball players of all time, but no.

[JayMKE]

She wouldn't be able to keep up with the male athletes, I doubt we'll ever see a woman playing in the NBA or DI.

[HeartBreakKid]

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grayson could be out of the league and delle donne might take his place. ask doc rivers what he thinks about taking an absolute bust in the nba vs. the wnba goat for a roster spot

Well, what did he say?

He used to be a GM and the Clippers never had a WNBA player on the roster. If he seriously thinks a WNBA player is better than an NBA bust, then that is more reason why he is not a GM anymore.

[TheDiesel36]

This thread is completely ridiculous. But lets take a second to acknowledge the fact, that the woman just shot 97% on her FTs this season

[First Step]

A woman played in the NHL in the 90s

[TDotJon]

but the real question could Brittney Griner now beat DMC one on one coming off achilles surgery and with a torn ACL

[Jabroni Lames]

I understand the logic, there are 3 point shooters in the NBA who cannot play defense - but she really, really, would not be able to play defense in the NBA. She is too weak and slow.

Also, her shot might not translate depending on how fast her release is (I've never seen her play).

Comparing her to a rookie is erogenous because there are players in the NBA who are put in for potential. Elena wouldn't have any potential, thus, her being a bit better than a horrible rookie wouldn't be relevant (and she isn't better than said rookie player).

Erogenous?

[Triples333]

Let's cool some of these takes...I'm sure the best WNBA player could play in D1/D2 college ball....

That being said, I don't think so. Males are naturally athletically superior to females. Picking the best athletes and putting a great female athlete against them would only make it worse.

I do think that if there was a WNBA player that had a chance it would've been a Delle Donne/Griner hybrid.

The best WNBA players could absolutely not play D1 or D2 ball. That's an absurd take frankly. Your average D2 player is 6'5", 205 and athletic as hell. Women can not compete with them. That's reality.

[Triples333]

A woman played in the NHL in the 90s

Lol she played in an exhibition game as a gimmick (she was a goalie) and allowed 2 goals in 5 minutes. Stop.