Many people might have heard by now the rumors going around that Commissioner David Stern's assertion that a woman may play in the NBA in the next decade. The possibility that a woman might play for an NBA team in the next 10 years was originally raised by Sports Illustrated in late November, early December.
"I don't want to get into all kinds of arguments with players and coaches about the likelihood," Stern told SI. "But I really think it's a good possibility."
As we all know from taking Kinesiology classes such as Women in Sport and Socio-Cultural Dimension of Sport, different people are going to have totally different opinions. Coach Phil Jackson of the Lakers has a positive opinion about women playing in the NBA and was quoted,
"(The girls) were all four to six inches bigger than these boys, and they got beat by 40 points," Jackson said. "It was one of those things that opened my eyes to the differences. Even though the girls had skill and knowledge as a group and the boys hadn't played together, they just trapped and pressed and did all kinds of things that changed the game."
To clear things up about this quote, Jackson was referring to a girl's high school state champion team playing against a group of middle school boys who have never played together, during a youth basketball camp.
This is a great topic that should be discussed and opinions should be shared. However, I have created this blog for great discussion amongst anyone who has fair opinions. Please share your opinions if you have anything to say, I am, and I'm sure everyone is interested in what others have to say about this wonderful topic.
Erik Moran
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