Who Would Win? Top Women vs Men (Age Limit)

[babyjax13]

i dont think most dudes get how good WNBA players are.

if you aren't a baller who has played college level, and if you haven't played against the women at that level, I basically think you have zero ability to guess how good an WNBA player is, and your random guess says more what you think about women. the guys voting 13 here are just not even on the map for this question.

I think even at 18 years old... sure those kids are gonna get some dunks and blocks and some nice 1 on 1 moves. But c'mon: Liz Cambage, A'ja Wilson, Stewie, Delle Donne.... they're going to school those kids in terms of passing, defensive footwork. I think the 18 year old mcdonalds all-stars are going to mess them up in transition a bit. But the halfcourt game goes to the WNBA players.

Agree. I think it would take a very good varsity boys basketball team to beat a good D1 women's team (e.g. Stanford). Once you get up to professional, probably only the best varsity teams in the country could beat a WNBA team or the US Olympic team (and for that, I think it would be more evenly matched than people think).

EDIT: if we are thinking world's team, I think the best U16 teams could probably hang with/beat a good Women's Olympic team, but it would probably be a very good game. If the women were able to keep the pace slower, they might be able to win.

[Lalouie]

ya know,,,,,this whole thread is because Kobe had a brain fart

[chitownsalesmen]

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about trans athletes but it applies.

[13th Man]

If It was a team of 13 year old Lebrons, I'd say 13. Otherwise, 15 seems to be safe for me. How many women can dunk? There are thousands of 15 year old boys that could run circles and fly over these women.

[Lalouie]

Watch on YouTube

about trans athletes but it applies.

hahahahaha. do you know a woman who has hands like THESE?

[Ecmic]

They definitely cant beat 16 year old guys.

Emoni Bates (15 years old):

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Where’s the reel for the kid at :58? Has he been mentioned in the General Board “Best Pick Setter” thread?

[Antinomy]

If we’re matching up age for age, it would have to be age 13. That’s really the only age that the girls would have a size & skill advantage.

I think 15 is the last age where WNBA players could even compete because by that time, young dudes start to get growth spurts & have a massive athletic advantage.

[Antinomy]

i dont think most dudes get how good WNBA players are.

if you aren't a baller who has played college level, and if you haven't played against the women at that level, I basically think you have zero ability to guess how good an WNBA player is, and your random guess says more what you think about women. the guys voting 13 here are just not even on the map for this question.

I think even at 18 years old... sure those kids are gonna get some dunks and blocks and some nice 1 on 1 moves. But c'mon: Liz Cambage, A'ja Wilson, Stewie, Delle Donne.... they're going to school those kids in terms of passing, defensive footwork. I think the 18 year old mcdonalds all-stars are going to mess them up in transition a bit. But the halfcourt game goes to the WNBA players.

Agree. I think it would take a very good varsity boys basketball team to beat a good D1 women's team (e.g. Stanford). Once you get up to professional, probably only the best varsity teams in the country could beat a WNBA team or the US Olympic team (and for that, I think it would be more evenly matched than people think).

EDIT: if we are thinking world's team, I think the best U16 teams could probably hang with/beat a good Women's Olympic team, but it would probably be a very good game. If the women were able to keep the pace slower, they might be able to win.

HS teams like Monteverde or Oak Hill Academy, as currently constructed, would destroy a team of the best WNBA players by a wide margin.

If you took all the best HS prospects at 16-18 & put them all on one team, it’d be over by halftime. Most of those kids are D1/borderline NBA level prospects at that age.

[BernteB]

no Sir. Give me the top 12 WNBA players and they win easily.

No way. An allstar team of 16 years old highschool players would go undefeated through an WNBA season. Easily. I mean, look at Zion Williamson when he was 16.

A few years back, an under 15 team of German Bundesliga team Stuttgartn destroyed the then world champion women football team. And they didn't even play 90 minutes. Lore like 60.

I think it was the U-15 Stuttgart academy team vs. the #5 Australian women’s squad, not the top team in the world.

However, the U-15 FC Dallas academy club team did defeat the US Women’s National team in a scrimmage 5-2 (caveat: that wasn’t the full strength US team in season, and they did end up losing that year to both England and France).

nope, it was the german national team, at that time world champion. i just checked, it was in 2003. they won 3:0.

[Tomjas]

Years ago, Lauren Jackson practiced with at least 1 NBL team and was considered good enough to get onto a roster

She’s 6’5”

Let’s assume that they were being nice and at best she would have been an end of bench player

Fill up a roster with female players of her standard and you have a very bad NBL team

Team of world’s best 16yos would do a number on them

[Tomjas]

No way. An allstar team of 16 years old highschool players would go undefeated through an WNBA season. Easily. I mean, look at Zion Williamson when he was 16.

A few years back, an under 15 team of German Bundesliga team Stuttgartn destroyed the then world champion women football team. And they didn't even play 90 minutes. Lore like 60.

I think it was the U-15 Stuttgart academy team vs. the #5 Australian women’s squad, not the top team in the world.

However, the U-15 FC Dallas academy club team did defeat the US Women’s National team in a scrimmage 5-2 (caveat: that wasn’t the full strength US team in season, and they did end up losing that year to both England and France).

nope, it was the german national team, at that time world champion. i just checked, it was in 2003. they won 3:0.

Newcastle (Australia) u/14s or 15s beat Australia minus Sam Kerr something like 4-1 a couple of years ago

Son of a friend played in that game and said they were pretty awful

Women’s football is years behind basketball

[Fencer reregistered]

ya know,,,,,this whole thread is because Kobe had a brain fart

Lots of threads have started for that reason over the past 20 years.

[TheWhiteMamba]

I believe All-Star Women have a chance to win a game on a large sample (1 on 30 maybe), with All-Star 16yo boys.
They certainly do not have any chance with 17+ boys.

[Ryoga Hibiki]

Different concept here. He was a professional. The Williams sisters would beat a high school tennis player in their prime.

You mean high school age tennis player? Becker or Wilander won their first grand slam before turning 18!

[Sultanofatl]

Different concept here. He was a professional. The Williams sisters would beat a high school tennis player in their prime.

You mean high school age tennis player? Becker or Wilander won their first grand slam before turning 18!

The goal post have been moved a few times here. I thought the original question was at what age could professional women athletes beat men at any consistently. In that context I'm thinking your average high school team, not your McDonald's all americans who might be able to go to the NBA.

[Sultanofatl]

2019 World Championships Women’s 100m
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) — 10.71
Silver: Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) — 10.83
Bronze: Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV) — 10.90
7. Teahna Daniels (USA) — 11.19


DEKALB COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Boys 100 Meter Dash
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Finals
1 Wilson, Jhivon 12 MLK 10.89 10.77 10
2 Barrow, Jordan 11 Arabia Mount 10.98 10.78 8
3 Brewington, Devin 11 Southwest De 11.10 11.04 6
4 Scott, Chaise 12 Arabia Mount 11.09 11.12 5
5 Calhoun, Willie 12 Towers High 11.19 11.17 4
6 Tisdale, Darion 12 Stephenson H 11.21 11.23 3
7 Benton, Demario 12 MLK 11.21 11.29 2
8 Mitchell, Deljuane 12 Redan High S 11.36 12.01 1

[Ryoga Hibiki]

Different concept here. He was a professional. The Williams sisters would beat a high school tennis player in their prime.

You mean high school age tennis player? Becker or Wilander won their first grand slam before turning 18!

The goal post have been moved a few times here. I thought the original question was at what age could professional women athletes beat men at any consistently. In that context I'm thinking your average high school team, not your McDonald's all americans who might be able to go to the NBA.

I don't know, the first post was pretty clear to me (top vs top)... not sure how to answer the question the way you understood it, what is an average team? or an average player?
I would expect a WNBA team to MURDER me and my friends when we were 18, nobody taller than 6-4 and a just a 3-4 of us could dunk. Or Serena Williams to destroy my 18 yo self (even if in my tennis club there was a girl who was like top50 in Italy U18, and I was holding my own with her while being nonathletic and nontalented myself, just saying)

[Sultanofatl]

You mean high school age tennis player? Becker or Wilander won their first grand slam before turning 18!

The goal post have been moved a few times here. I thought the original question was at what age could professional women athletes beat men at any consistently. In that context I'm thinking your average high school team, not your McDonald's all americans who might be able to go to the NBA.

I don't know, the first post was pretty clear to me (top vs top)... not sure how to answer the question the way you understood it, what is an average team? or an average player?
I would expect a WNBA team to MURDER me and my friends when we were 18, nobody taller than 6-4 and a just a 3-4 of us could dunk. Or Serena Williams to destroy my 18 yo self (even if in my tennis club there was a girl who was like top50 in Italy U18, and I was holding my own with her while being nonathletic and nontalented myself, just saying)

You're right I misread it. I revise my answer to 15.

[lakerz12]

Imagine there was a roster of the top women bballers in the world and they had to play against the top men's team for a certain age.

At what age limit would the top men lose to the top women?

For example if you choose 15, you believe 16 year old men would beat the top women's team, but a team of 15 year old men would lose.

Edit your post to include: *no age limit for the women, e.g. the top WNBA players.

Your vague wording confused multiple people into thinking that the men and women would be the same age...

The poll question "At What Age Limit Would the Top Men Lose to the Top Women?"... doesn't specify that the women are grown ups

[Jadoogar]

Imagine there was a roster of the top women bballers in the world and they had to play against the top men's team for a certain age.

At what age limit would the top men lose to the top women?

For example if you choose 15, you believe 16 year old men would beat the top women's team, but a team of 15 year old men would lose.

Edit your post to include: *no age limit for the women, e.g. the top WNBA players.

Your vague wording confused multiple people into thinking that the men and women would be the same age...

The poll question "At What Age Limit Would the Top Men Lose to the Top Women?"... doesn't specify that the women are grown ups

No it wasn't vague at all. Why would the question be about same age? 8 year old boys team would be an 8 year girls team, that's not a question.