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gandalfe said:
How many people would have heard of Kobe Bryant if there wasn't an NBA?

I mean, that is seriously one of the dumbest things I've read on this site. I know what you're trying to say, but.... you're saying it badly.

Speaking of Kobe, he mentioned 3 WNBA players who were playing at the time who could keep up in the NBA. Not be stars, but keep up. There was Diana Taurisi, Elena Delle Donne, and... I don't remember the other one. But I think it would be safe to say that Kobe knew more about basketball than you or me. And that was just 3 who played at the time off the top of his head.
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What you meant to say is "how many people would have heard of kobe with no pro basketball?" Well none. But see with pro basketball you would still have heard of kobe but not lisa leslie. Lisa leslie needed a seperate womens league to be heard of. Why is that?
 
LogGrad98 said:
One result of a quick google. Looks like generally women's world records are about 85 to 90% that of men's world records for same sports. Didn't dig deep enough to find the sports that are tilted the other way. Just grabbed the first link that looked interesting.

We Thought Female Athletes Were Catching Up to Men, but They're Not

Across dozens of sports, women's world speed records consistently fall 10 percent short of men's records.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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Yep and its obvious.
 
fishonjazz said:
What you meant to say is "how many people would have heard of kobe with no pro basketball?" Well none. But see with pro basketball you would still have heard of kobe but not lisa leslie. Lisa leslie needed a seperate womens league to be heard of. Why is that?
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Assuming your hypothetical is correct, maybe it's because our society values men and their accomplishments and abilities more than women? Can you honestly say with a straight face that there have been no women in the time the NBA has existed who would have been better players than, say, Paul Shirley? Or Dante Exum? Adam Morrison?
 
gandalfe said:
Assuming your hypothetical is correct, maybe it's because our society values men and their accomplishments and abilities more than women? Can you honestly say with a straight face that there have been no women in the time the NBA has existed who would have been better players than, say, Paul Shirley? Or Dante Exum? Adam Morrison?
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Yes, there are no women. They’d be annihilated someone like Exum.

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Our beloved US Women’s Soccer Team lost to a bunch of boys.
 
Keefe said:
Yes, there are no women. They’d be annihilated someone like Exum.

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Our beloved US Women’s Soccer Team lost to a bunch of boys.
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Informal game, and the boys had something to prove, not sure that shows that much tbh.
 
gandalfe said:
Assuming your hypothetical is correct, maybe it's because our society values men and their accomplishments and abilities more than women? Can you honestly say with a straight face that there have been no women in the time the NBA has existed who would have been better players than, say, Paul Shirley? Or Dante Exum? Adam Morrison?
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Of course thats what im saying. And of course its true. Somewhat related story: I went to the harlem globetrotters game a few weeks ago. They have a woman on the team. They kept passing her the ball and leaving her wide open for mid range jump shots and she kept missing. Eventually she finally made one and the crowd gave the obligatory "a woman scored!" cheer. She was quite obviously the worst player on the court for either team. (I know that harlem globetrotters isn't "real" basketball but you can still tell who can play and who cant.)
No woman in the history of basketball has been good enough to play in the nba. Im certain of that.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Informal game, and the boys had something to prove, not sure that shows that much tbh.
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Seems like a great opportunity for the women to prove something as well.
 
LogGrad98 said:
They didn't care, they had just won a championship. Last thing they wanted was an injury for no good reason.
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Strange to even play the game then.
 
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