I used to be like a practice hitting dummy for some of men/women tour members when they come to cincy for the western and southern. I watched a former player Xavier, who was like their 5th or 6th best singles player, beat Dinara Safina in a set like 6-2. She was the #1 player at the time. Granted I am sure she could keep it closer if not out right win if she really wanted it. Usually they are working on specific things so take it with a grain of salt. She had trouble handling his serve. Big difference between men and women. No woman would come close to winning a set against a top 100 male. Men hit with way more spin and power. The spin arguably the hardest to adjust for.This is like the Williams sisters saying they could beat any male ranked outside the top 200 and then got smashed by a guy who had a few beers and played a round of golf that morning.
I doubt someone paid him. I didn't know anything a bout his family life, and with all this going on and realizing he had all daughters, coaching a girls hoops team and that hoops academy then yeah, I could see him wanting to have that sort of bias/statement out there.It’s not crazy to think someone paid him to say that. The WNBA did just have their labor negotiations settled. Players are getting a pay increase despite the league as a whole losing $. The WNBA is never going to be popular, and that’s not an indictment on their ability, but it’s been around 20 yrs in the cable/internet/streaming era and never caught on.
Played our freshman high school boys AAU VS a D1 college women's team and it was close for about three possessions. Speed and quickness left the women unable to rebound and forced many turnovers. That said, I would bet a female could come off the bench to take a 3 with the best of them. But until horse becomes part of NBA basketball looking good while in pregame is as close as they will get to the floor.Kobe Bryant:
“Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Elena Della Donne. There’s a lot of great players out there so they could certainly keep up with them.”
What do you think?
His dad coached the Spark in the past.No way could they play in the NBA and Kobe knows it.
Maybe Kobe is trying to get more people to watch women's basketball. Who knows?
I would say take another drink, Kobe...but no need now.Kobe Bryant:
“Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Elena Della Donne. There’s a lot of great players out there so they could certainly keep up with them.”
What do you think?