This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

And i don't know why you brought up the NBA. And I don't want to sound sexist, but there is no way a woman could ever play in the NBA. Women's basketball and men's basketball, at the top levels (unlike volleyball), might as well be two different sports.

That's not sexist at all. It's actually true. Women's basketball reminds me more of excellent high school ball. The fundamentals are really strong and it's entertaining in its own right, but it's a completely different game, though played on the same court.

e/o

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

actually a woman finishing top 10 in a PGA event would be the best thing for the LPGA. It would bring fan interest and credibility, because no woman golfer would ever actually leave the LPGA other than a few events a year.

NBA/WNBA- any woman who could play in the NBA would have so ruined competition in the WNBA that the league would benefit greatly from her leaving.

It's hard to imagine a woman in the NBA ever getting off the bench.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by evenodds

That's not sexist at all. It's actually true. Women's basketball reminds me more of excellent high school ball. The fundamentals are really strong and it's entertaining in its own right, but it's a completely different game, though played on the same court.

e/o

In HS, my buddy and his friends (none were on the boys HS basketball team) were asked by the girls HS coach to scrimmage against his team.

My buddies team absolutely destroyed them. The girls couldn't get a shot off.

The girls were the Illinois state champs that year.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by evenodds

That's not sexist at all. It's actually true. Women's basketball reminds me more of excellent high school ball. The fundamentals are really strong and it's entertaining in its own right, but it's a completely different game, though played on the same court.

e/o

I thought small college when I used to go, and with lots of lesbians in the stands.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

It's hard to imagine a woman in the NBA ever getting off the bench.

What is she doing out of the kitchen!

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

I thought small college when I used to go, and with lots of lesbians in the stands.

I was thinking that too, eliminating any particular freak of nature outliers. From the wnba games I've seen (and I have seen several in person), it reminded me of every small ball, well-coached mid-major, but I didn't want to get that technical.

It's not that the women are less physically gifted. Some can dunk and have the speed and flash that we recognize from NBA play. It's that it's a different game. Like comparing Euro ball to the NBA or even the NBA d-league (which I love). It's a different game.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

What is she doing out of the kitchen!

Yeah, that's what I was implying -- that I couldn't imagine a woman getting off the bench in the NBA because women belong in the kitchen. Not because of the combined size, speed, and power that NBA players need, that in my view (and in world experience, to date) les than 1% of men and 0% of women possess.

In other words, go fuck yourself.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by evenodds

I was thinking that too, eliminating any particular freak of nature outliers. From the wnba games I've seen (and I have seen several in person), it reminded me of every small ball, well-coached mid-major, but I didn't want to get that technical.

It's not that the women are less physically gifted. Some can dunk and have the speed and flash that we recognize from NBA play. It's that it's a different game. Like comparing Euro ball to the NBA or even the NBA d-league (which I love). It's a different game.

I don't think "different game" goes quite far enough. Using your example -- Euro ball vs. NBA -- there are players who get to choose one vs the other, guys coming out of college who can play Euro ball or play in the NBA. Certainly they need a serious adjustment to their play.

I don't see any woman making that adjustment. I'm not sure why -- I could see it in other sports -- but I think it's the size factor. It's very difficult for men who get to the height of NBA players to be fast and graceful and strong (ever see a bad 7' tall b-ball player? Oog, it's ugly.) For women who reach that height -- and that's obviously a much smaller number of women than men -- it's apparently impossible. At least so far.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

What is she doing out of the kitchen!

Sha cannot spend all of her time cooking. She needs to reserve some time for pleasuring the team orally.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Yeah, that's what I was implying -- that I couldn't imagine a woman getting off the bench in the NBA because women belong in the kitchen. Not because of the combined size, speed, and power that NBA players need, that in my view (and in world experience, to date) les than 1% of men and 0% of women possess.

In other words, go fuck yourself.

What? You're defensive. It was a joke, and not an attempted translation of your post.

But I actually think women should shut up and get back in the kitchen.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Yeah, that's what I was implying -- that I couldn't imagine a woman getting off the bench in the NBA because women belong in the kitchen. Not because of the combined size, speed, and power that NBA players need, that in my view (and in world experience, to date) les than 1% of men and 0% of women possess.

In other words, go fuck yourself.

Listen, we're cool with you being a misogynist. But you need to own it.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

But I actually think women should shut up and get back in the kitchen.

See, someone here has the balls to own it.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

how can it take a very long time to complete the testing? what does this person look like that it isn't a quick decision?

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

It's hard to imagine a woman in the NBA ever getting off the bench.

The greatest woman in the history of basketball could not start on a division I NCAA squad. The greatest players in the NCAA get drafted to the NBA. A woman could not sniff an NBA bench.

TM

[evenodds]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

But if he tucks, what's the problem?