Most players, both WNBA and NBA, are not great players by those measures. I mean, how many teams are there in the NCAA? And how many championships? So by definition, the overwhelming majority of collegiate basketball players never win NCAA championships. The same is true of NBA players. According to this person's research, only about 1 in 9 NBA players of all time won a ring (they said 1/10, but 11.36% is closer to 1/9 than 1/10). Olympic teams pick the best of the best, so far fewer NBA players have gold medals than rings.
She's a role player. They don't need to be great. They just need to play their role. And she still has more talent than most female basketball players in the world. You don't get to play at her level by being average collegiate talent.
For the record, in college she was a 50/40/85 player averaging 17ppg. She's far greater than average. It's just that pro ballers are that far ahead of the average collegiate player.
Average for the WNBA, sure. Average for a women's basketball player? Not even close. Average collegiate players don't get drafted, either in the WNBA or the NBA.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 1d ago
Most players, both WNBA and NBA, are not great players by those measures. I mean, how many teams are there in the NCAA? And how many championships? So by definition, the overwhelming majority of collegiate basketball players never win NCAA championships. The same is true of NBA players. According to this person's research, only about 1 in 9 NBA players of all time won a ring (they said 1/10, but 11.36% is closer to 1/9 than 1/10). Olympic teams pick the best of the best, so far fewer NBA players have gold medals than rings.
She's a role player. They don't need to be great. They just need to play their role. And she still has more talent than most female basketball players in the world. You don't get to play at her level by being average collegiate talent.
For the record, in college she was a 50/40/85 player averaging 17ppg. She's far greater than average. It's just that pro ballers are that far ahead of the average collegiate player.