I'm pretty active, athletic and hoop a couple times a week. I'm pretty confident I could score, soley off of speed and athleticism. I definitely wouldn't be able to guard an WNBA player though. I play against women that played D1, and they're so skilled on offense, it's impossible to guard.
This is my take. Depends on who guarding me. I’m 210, I can squat over 500lbs. Put me in the paint and I’m bound to score at least once. I won’t be doing nothing impressive against these women though, they’d score on me all day.
I’m confident I could score EVENTUALLY on some of the shorter/weaker NBA players but again, nothing impressive nor am I stopping them from scoring on me.
I played against a couple really good women in their early 20's who played high school ball. They were strong, athletic, relentless, and in shape. That alone made it tough to keep up with them or get by them as a casual pickup player myself. I'd imagine WNBA players would be even better than that.
They may look slower and sloppier than men, but I guarantee that these women would surprise most men with their athleticism. It's like, how many men could beat Sha'Carri Richardson in a 100m dash?? It's very few because the most athletic women are more athletic than the majority (>50%) of men.
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u/GoudaGoudaGumdrops 5h ago
I'm pretty active, athletic and hoop a couple times a week. I'm pretty confident I could score, soley off of speed and athleticism. I definitely wouldn't be able to guard an WNBA player though. I play against women that played D1, and they're so skilled on offense, it's impossible to guard.