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Apr 4, 2013
A Woman In The NBA?
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was serious when he told the media on Tuesday that drafting Baylor women's superstar Brittney Griner in the second round or offering her a tryout is a possibility.
"If she is the best on the board, I will take her," Cuban told ESPNDallas.com. "I've thought about it. I've thought about it already. Would I do it? Right now, I'd lean toward yes, just to see if she can do it. You never know unless you give somebody a chance, and it's not like the likelihood of any late-50s draft pick has a good chance of making it."
If Cuban does this it is a publicity stunt and nothing more. Griner might be the greatest woman player of all time, but she will not be able to compete with men. They are too big, and too strong. I don't know why everyone is always in such a rush to mix sexes in sports. They tried it in hockey with a goalie, and it didn't work at all (though if there was a position in hockey that would be it), they tried a woman kicker in football (once again if there was a position that's it), and we even have woman knuckleballers. When it comes to a contact sport (yes make any NBA joke you want) it's just going going to happen. Imagine her having to lineup next to even a mediocre player like Brandon Bass. She would get her ass kicked.
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Feb 13, 2013
Mavericks Trading For Brandon Jennings?
There were rumors going around yesterday that the Mavericks could be the front runner for Josh Smith. The Mavs have since spoke out and said that they have no interest in him. Now the hot rumor is they have their eyes set on Brandon Jennings. We don't have any word on what it would take to get him. I looked into the NBA trade machine and Jennings has an expiring contract of $3 million, so it wouldn't be hard to fit him in cap wise, and I would guess the Bucks would want picks for him. After trading for Monta Ellis I guess it makes Jennings expendable, although I really think they could find a better trade partner.
Obviously, this makes Collison future in Dallas less certain, but they can't trade him until this summer. The Mavericks are in need of an overhaul. Dirk is not getting any younger, they aren't anywhere close to competing for a championship, and they lost out on all the big free agents last summer. Currently Dallas is the 11 seed in the west and 5 1/2 games out of a playoff spot, while the Bucks are the 8th seed in the East.
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