Brittney Griner Dunks. No one should care

[FirstTimer]

When will women's basketball realize that in order to be taken serious they need to stop losing their shit when someone dunks?

ZOMG! She dunked. Great.

The best was the commentary on it. To try and drum it up they said it was a drop step left handed dunk. Neither of which was true.

I'm sick and tired this time of year being told that I should really take women's basketball seriously..then the game's best player dunks a ball and the world explodes

WHAT

 

[EmpireWF]

I'm sick and tired this time of year being told that I should really take women's basketball seriously

lol, by who?

ESPN only airs it because they air anything with any semblance to sports/games.

 

[FirstTimer]

lol, by who?

ESPN only airs it because they air anything with any semblance to sports/games.

ESPN, analysts, who try to drum it up as though it's good, etc.

 

[EmpireWF]

Change the channel. I'm sure ESPN2 must have some poker or something.

 

[FirstTimer]

Change the channel. I'm sure ESPN2 must have some poker or something.

:gayrod:

It was on SC this morning.

 

[EmpireWF]

:gayrod:

It was on SC this morning.

And? You watch SC, you know you've got to deal with the boring, the ridiculous and the shit. :brianwilson:

 

[FirstTimer]

And? You watch SC, you know you've got to deal with the boring, the ridiculous and the shit. :brianwilson:

It's better than Comcast's morning show.

 

[FedEx227]

That is definitely true.

Thus, I don't watch TV in the morning.

 

[ralaw]

I'm not afraid to admit that I watch and enjoy women's basketball. I actually was watching the game when it happened. I can see what you're saying, but you're looking at it from a "guy" perspective. We all know dunking is something simple, but in the women's game where the game is played below the rim this is a big deal. There are a few 6'8 players in women's basketball, but none of them have the athleticism or skillset Griner has. A women taking one step and dunking is a big deal.

I actually like watching Griner play, because she has really improved her game since she was a freshman. Not that it matters to most on this site, but she'll probably go down as arguably the greatest women's college basketball player along side Sheryl Miller, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi.

Elena Delle Donne is really good as well.

 

[FirstTimer]

Elena Delle Donne is really good as well.

She could get it.

:longo:

Kinda reminds me of a "middle class man's" Hope Solo


To your overall point, I see what you are saying a bit, but at the same time if Women' basketball wants to take it self seriously and grow at all I'm not sure that it helps to blow up an occurance that the rest of the basketball world sees on a nighly basis.

 

[FedEx227]

And I use to like ralaw

Just kidding but damn is watching and consuming women's basketball at any level is a chore for me.

 

[FirstTimer]

And I use to like ralaw

Just kidding but damn is watching and consuming women's basketball at any level is a chore for me.

A guy I coach with says women's absketball is impressive because of how "physical" it is.

I just kind of :joeybats: at him and say well it seems like that because for the most part the players aren't good enough to get seperation and the entire game is played slower, below the rim, and by worse/weaker athletes than the men's sport. Some of the contact that men's players deal with on a play by play basis and shrug off would floor some women's players so I never really saw that being a valid "plus" for the women's game.

 

[ralaw]

She could get it.

:longo:

Kinda reminds me of a "middle class man's" Hope Solo


To your overall point, I see what you are saying a bit, but at the same time if Women' basketball wants to take it self seriously and grow at all I'm not sure that it helps to blow up an occurance that the rest of the basketball world sees on a nighly basis.

Della Donne is sort a poor man' Hope Solo....LOL

For the most part women's sports will never really get the respect, because as a society we really don't care for women athletes and the only one's that really matter have to be attractive.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I don't understand how she doesn't dunk more often, that didn't look difficult at all.

 

[Point Blank]

Would of been better if she actually piped it on some dyke.

 

[Point Blank]

I don't understand how she doesn't dunk more often, that didn't look difficult at all.

Exactly what I thought.

 

[ralaw]

Women's basketball is very physical and the players tend to me very dirty. Its funny though, because for the most part most women are on the same plain athletically, so skillset come into play. However, when you have someone like Griner or Delle Donne at some point it just isn't fair, because they're just so physically dominant. My area has 3 highschool girls who are D1 talents, but they separate themselves even more because skillset wise and athletically they play like dudes. They all are nationally ranked.

 

[ralaw]

And I use to like ralaw

Just kidding but damn is watching and consuming women's basketball at any level is a chore for me.

For a time at MM I had Ivory Latta as my avatar.

Iit all started when I was in highschool....I messed with this chick who played on the highschool team...she went to my games and I went to her's.....she now is a lesbian.

:yao:

Not my fault. :shifty:

 

[EmpireWF]

For the most part women's sports will never really get the respect, because as a society we really don't care for women athletes and the only one's that really matter have to be attractive.

Sadly true for MMA up to this point.

 

[FedEx227]

It's just such a below the rim game, that it's really tough in 2012 to watch when the other options are so much more of an exciting game.

It's like willingly watching 1950s football on a Sunday afternoon when all the NFL games are on.

The playing style is pure basketball, lots of ball movement, it's a flashback to the way the game was before everyone became gigantic men with ungodly athleticism.