only if its a guard with that said i dont think a player like athony carter, travis diener , grogan dragic, beno urich,and some others could go to the wnba and win the mvp either

I think one day females will be playing in the NBA. Why not? I mean…. Andrea Bargniai is playing in the NBA isnt he?

I’m suprised by the overall negetivity towards women in this article. Yes, women are built differently. They are NOT physicly inferior. I think that’s a stigma society has created, but in all actualtity women can in fact take more physical punishment that men. Their are plenty of women stronger than many of the men in the NBA, or at least ave bigger arms than Iverson/Durant. And I bet not one person on this post could compete in the WNBA. That said, women do have several disadvantages in how they are built in competing in the NBA, but thay have things that could help too, such as better recovery times, and long term endurance. And in the forseeable future, if a women could overcome her shortcomings (ie hieght/quickness), and use her strengths, she could make the NBA. Although just having a WNBA prevents that. Who knows how long that league will last.

That’s funny that LeBron disagreed with this http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4715078

Is it because WNBA players are half-men (now) anyway? lol

well, as manly as they look – they’re still women, and imagine how many more foul would be called out during games if this ever gonna happen!!

i think that is the dumbest idea he has ever thought up? how will the players play hard? it sounds like a bunch a laziness , cutbacks on expenses and alot of just dave benefiting cause us as fans dont ever want to see that it wouldnt be fun to watch anymore, i for one would stop watching the sport all together

It would be pretty damn funny for the commentator to say “Lebron with the facial over Taurausi”.

@urban, your crazy, we are not just talking weight lifter strength. Overall ability. Example, Carson from the new York liberty balls with us and she’s a good 6’3 and while she could hold her own against the like dads at the gym, once any guy with actual ball exeperince comes and plays her serious it’s not even close. She suddenly looks average and you wouldn’t even know she was in the NBA. Candace and Diana would get dunked on and bodied allll day. The only idea that would work is the shooting specialist idea to just spot up but get destroyed on D. But like someone said it would just be a stunt cuz there’s plenty of guys who could do it even better.

@mark, boykins can bench 300+lbs and even he is only in the league on and off. Plus both him and mugsy are 12 times faster than turasi. I’m not sayin a girl wouldn’t be able to hit a shot at some point but to be a consistant role player? Please? She would be such a defensive liability no coach could risk it. It would be like a weaker slower Steve Nash guardin someone.

Three quick points
1. What is Stern actually arguing?
He argues that women could have a role on an nba team. He is not arguing that there could be a female player who could match up against the premier power players of the league. He’s arguing that they could concievably play in the guard positions as change of pace players.

2. Are women inferior atheletes to men?
This is half truth. What we know about genetics says, “The average man is significantly more likely to be stronger than the average woman.” This is a fact. But genetics offers a spectrum for human development. There are upward limits, again with men peaking higher but it is a range not a rule. This is why the fastest men in the world are faster then the fastest women in the world. But it’s not by a tremendous margin, a second or so. Courtesy of genetic variation, a large sample size, and appropriate physical training you can have a female athelete physically of playing in the nba.

In summation, you guys really think that it’s not possible for a woman player to match the lateral movement, defensive intensity, and court vision of Damon Jones? Really? I think you’re all lying to yourselves.

3. Is the culture of the NBA ready to accept a female player?
This is the real question. And I think the question is would there be an organization strong, smart, and forward minded enough to do so. And would the rest of the league let it happen. My guess is no.

I think David Stern just proved he needs to hang it up!

It could work for the right position. I could see a woman playing PG or SG.

I like the idea and so did Ruben Patterson. He even thought he’d spotted the very person likely to break the gender barrier as a precocious youngster in a Seattle shopping mall several years ago. He took her under his wing, hoping to mentor her all the way to the Rockets’ backcourt via the late second round. Alas, it didn’t work out; the Rockets went with Brent Barry, the girl with an exceptionally competent lawyer.

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I love to watch womens basketball and I have argued that several of the womens college players could probably play major college ball right now. Mya Moore being the most noticeable. I also thought Ivory Latta could play D1 ball…maybe not major but for a mid-major sure. It’s not all about speed and jumping or muscle, some of the women have very high basketball IQ’s. And when they are challeneged at a higher level on a consistant basis, i think a player like Mya Moore could do some things on the D-1 level.

That being said, I don’t want to see a woman in the NBa, that’s why we have the WNBA. I want to see a woman dominate the WNBA first… And I’m talking DOMINATE, like Wilt Chamberline or Mike Jordan. Once that happens, then I would like to see her try the NBA.

Stern is out his f^king mind though, he needs to be replaced. He’s trying his best to ruin the game of basketball. The NBA is starting to really look like WWE and he is starting to resemble a one Mr. Mchman.