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RandySF

(71,149 posts)
3. Physicality is my concern.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:13 PM
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Men are still physically larger and women are more prone to certain types of basketball injuries. I’m not sure it will ever be as equal playing field head-to-head.

SheltieLover

(60,224 posts)
4. I not a basketball fan, but I can guarantee you some of the much larger, more muscular guys would intentionally
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:13 PM
Saturday

hurt the women. So no.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,654 posts)
9. Your concern is easily handled by contact rules'
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:50 PM
Saturday

Tighten it up Personal fouls really are personal fouls. Can't handle it? Foul out.

SilasSouleII

(451 posts)
5. I think that maybe mixed team play is possible
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:15 PM
Saturday

Probbably before male vs. female. It could look like no more than a 2-3 split either way for the 5 players on the court at any time.

Wiz Imp

(2,411 posts)
6. The best women are incredibly skilled at most aspects of the game. The biggest difference is simply in size.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:32 PM
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The average NBA player is 6 feet 6.59 inches tall and weighs 216.5 pounds
The average WNBA player is 6 feet 0.65 inches tall and weigh 166.6 pounds.

So the average NBA player is 6 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier than the average WNBA player.

Could women compete on a similar level with men of a similar size - maybe (I think so), but there are very few men as small as the average WNBA player who even play major college basketball let alone in the NBA. For example, Penn State (my team who does not have a strong history of success in basketball but looks to be very good this year) has just 2 players shorter than 6'5" on their entire roster. Their smallest player is 6'1" and 190 pounds - still much bigger than the average professional woman player)

OAITW r.2.0

(28,654 posts)
11. OK. that would be interesting.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:59 PM
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The fear of losing to a team that is all female, yet, the game could be really interesting....the best male and females over the past decade....playing the game.

NotASurfer

(2,326 posts)
8. Closest thing is something called korfball
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:48 PM
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Mind you, I don't remember seeing it as an Olympic sport, haven't seen it on ESPN-8 at all. I think it's a team sport with equal numbers of men/women designed to de-emphasize raw strength. I remember seeing something somewhere about it

tulipsandroses

(6,240 posts)
13. But then that would make the "boys playing girls' sports" transphobia null & void
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:13 PM
Saturday

Lol.
Perhaps being strategic with the positions. If it’s a mixed team, guys play Center and Power Forward. The other positions open to women.

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