Caitlin Clark: wNBA or NBA?

[Randy Carson]

Does she get invited to tryout for an NBA team? Drafted by someone in a late round?

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Does she get invited to tryout for an NBA team? Drafted by someone in a late round?

Yes. Sports is entertainment and that would add entertainment value.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Yes. Sports is entertainment and that would add entertainment value.

Huh.

Is she physical enough for the NBA though?

But, yes, I would pay to go see her play even as an experiment or as a publicity stunt.

 

[Poodletop]

Years ago there was a girl named Ann Meyers who played at UCLA, was the Caitlin Clark of her time. IIRC she got a tryout with an NBA team. Didn’t make it of course.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Huh.

Is she physical enough for the NBA though?

But, yes, I would pay to go see her play even as an experiment or as a publicity stunt.

You asked a different question. No, I also don't see her being physical enough, especially for a long NBA season. Could do better in Europe?

 

[kg01]

You asked a different question. No, I also don't see her being physical enough, especially for a long NBA season. Could do better in Europe?

Europe is more physical.

I say we appreciate her for the great women's player that she is. Immediately doing the 'can she play with men' thing is disrespectful imho.

Not aiming that comment at anyone in this thread. Just making a general statement.

 

[techfan#14]

That's never happening and pointless to even discuss. She will be a star in the WNBA.

 

[DeepSnap]

Years ago there was a girl named Ann Meyers who played at UCLA, was the Caitlin Clark of her time. IIRC she got a tryout with an NBA team. Didn’t make it of course.

As great as Nancy Lieberman was, her play in one of the men's minor leagues, USBL, was nothing to brag about. It just doesn't work, except in MSM.

Lieberman's bio link

 

[leatherneckjacket]

Does she get invited to tryout for an NBA team? Drafted by someone in a late round?

She is not better than any male basketball player in any professional league on the planet.

 

[forensicbuzz]

She is not better than any male basketball player in any professional league on the planet.

And that is not a criticism or knock on her or her abilities, at all. Physiology and kinetics are what they are.

 

[leatherneckjacket]

And that is not a criticism or knock on her or her abilities, at all. Physiology and kinetics are what they are.

Exactly! She is extremely skilled and talented, but there is a reason why we have men's and also women's sports.

 

[4shotB]

, but there is a reason why we have men's and also women's sports.

Or, at least, we used to separate them.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Europe is more physical.

.........

I've talked with other people who also know a lot more about basketball than I do who say the opposite. The context is that in Europe contact fouls are called a lot more. The stuff Burns did pushing other players back would have been a foul on one player or another.

What am I missing?

 

[kg01]

I've talked with other people who also know a lot more about basketball than I do who say the opposite. The context is that in Europe contact fouls are called a lot more. The stuff Burns did pushing other players back would have been a foul on one player or another.

What am I missing?

Scorers are protected in the nba, not so in Europe.