Brittney Griner

[ponyboy]

How far could she rise if she were playing against men?

1) NBA?

2) High major hoops program? Start? Come off the bench? Warm the bench?

3) Would she start at Kimball? Come off the bench? Just make the team?

[Alaric]

She'd start at Kimball but would look very clumsy playing next to the fellas. I've played against plenty of D1 basketball girls and you have to guard them bc they're good shooters but the quickness and strength differential is substantial.

[StangEsq]

Yeah put it in perspective...
1- there are probably 2-4 guys at an average high school and 6-8 at an average college who can get up as high as she does
2- probably every starter at an average HS and every player on an average college team will be faster than she is
3- she's not stronger than any starting college center or PF in the country

That said, she is an amazing athlete...

[ponyboy]

Kimball boys would beat the Baylor women's team then?

[fifty]

yes sir

[smusportspage]

yes sir

Ha...if they could stay on the court!I have seen the some of those Lady Bears and one good hip/backside check and those scrawny Kimball boys would go flying off the court.

[GRGB]

How far could she rise if she were playing against men?

1) NBA?

2) High major hoops program? Start? Come off the bench? Warm the bench?

3) Would she start at Kimball? Come off the bench? Just make the team?

She would get stuffed repeatedly by a 6' 5A HS point guard

[GRGB]

Kimball boys would beat the Baylor women's team then?

Yes.

Mia Hamm wouldn't make a varsity Div-II NCAA men's team. She's not near fast enough. Or strong enough.

The differential in speed in incredible.

Can she play? Run the court? Sure, no problem. She could "hold her own" out there, and not look stupid in pick up games.

Start for a 5A boys HS team? Not. What position would she play? Small forward? a 6' HS point guard would stuff her repeatedly. She would never have the strength to back inside. She would get stripped of the ball the second she put it on the floor.

Don't forget that an "in her prime" martina Navratilova barely beat a 50 year old man, and he had to use the double's court vs. her single's court.

Don't forget the women's basketball is significantly smaller than a men's (i.e., easier to make the basket)...she probably couldn't dunk a men's ball, but I can't say whether she could palm it...or get it above the rim. Dunno on that.

[GRGB]

yes sir

Ha...if they could stay on the court!I have seen the some of those Lady Bears and one good hip/backside check and those scrawny Kimball boys would go flying off the court.

Whatever.

Could baylor score on Kimball? Sure!

Now think how many steals there would be...and fast court breaks where not one Baylor women could catch the slowest Kimball player. 50% of the scoring would be dunks, by the men. 50% of the women's scoring would be from outside the 3pt line - and they wouldn't score much from there.

70-32 Kimball

[GRGB]

100 meter:

The fastest man is 9.58, women 10.49.

9/10s of a second is a huge. The man is at the finish and she is at 85 meters.

HIGH JUMP:

Men's: 8'10"
Women: 6'10"

and recall that men average 6' tall, women 5'6, but 2' difference in jumping ability. And this is at the extreme best women. ( reach is not a factor.)

LONG JUMP

Men: 24' 11-5/8"
Women: 16' 11-1/8"

8' difference!

FINALLY:

The average female college basketball player has a vertical leap of approximately 19 inches, compared with more than 28 inches for the average male player.

According to a 2004 study of medical students and their spouses, the average male in his 20s can out-jump 95 percent of females in the same age group.

[ponyboy]

Brittney against LaBron or Kobe.

[ponyboy]

That would be very, very ugly.

[Alaric]

100 meter:

The fastest man is 9.58, women 10.49.

9/10s of a second is a huge. The man is at the finish and she is at 85 meters.

HIGH JUMP:

Men's: 8'10"
Women: 6'10"

and recall that men average 6' tall, women 5'6, but 2' difference in jumping ability. And this is at the extreme best women. ( reach is not a factor.)

LONG JUMP

Men: 24' 11-5/8"
Women: 16' 11-1/8"

8' difference!

FINALLY:

The average female college basketball player has a vertical leap of approximately 19 inches, compared with more than 28 inches for the average male player.

According to a 2004 study of medical students and their spouses, the average male in his 20s can out-jump 95 percent of females in the same age group.

Men's record high jump is 2.43 m (8 ft 0 in). Men's long jump is 8.95 m (29 ft 4 3⁄8 in)

[smusportspage]

Why do we always feel the need to compare? Really is silly.

[GRGB]

100 meter:

The fastest man is 9.58, women 10.49.

9/10s of a second is a huge. The man is at the finish and she is at 85 meters.

HIGH JUMP:

Men's: 8'10"
Women: 6'10"

and recall that men average 6' tall, women 5'6, but 2' difference in jumping ability. And this is at the extreme best women. ( reach is not a factor.)

LONG JUMP

Men: 24' 11-5/8"
Women: 16' 11-1/8"

8' difference!

FINALLY:

The average female college basketball player has a vertical leap of approximately 19 inches, compared with more than 28 inches for the average male player.

According to a 2004 study of medical students and their spouses, the average male in his 20s can out-jump 95 percent of females in the same age group.

Men's record high jump is 2.43 m (8 ft 0 in). Men's long jump is 8.95 m (29 ft 4 3⁄8 in)

Sorry, it was an erroneous 1... 8'0"