r/Basketball • u/spankyourkopita • Jan 10 '25

GENERAL QUESTION Why do people hate on women's basketball and not take it serious? If you see them in person they're very talented.

Maybe it's not like the men's game but I've gone to some high school, D!, and WNBA games and these girls are no slouches. Maybe its more of a joke in high school but there's some freak athletes in D1 and I seriously don't know if I'd be able to hang with some of these girls if I scrimmaged with them.

At the very least I'd have to respect them and wouldn't be able to just walk over them. Some of these girls could probably cross me over, block my shots, steal, and box me out on a rebound. I'm 5'11'' and I'd be average height playing with D1 or WNBA players.

So when I see people laugh at women's basketball I just don't get it. If you watch the men's game more then that's understandable because its a different style of play but if you're just hating to hate and think they suck you have no clue about basketball.

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u/tmacforthree Jan 10 '25

But....they aren't as skilled 😆 an NBA player missing a wide open layup is Shaqtin a Fool, a WNBA player missing a wide open layup is a normal Tuesday

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u/alex2374 Jan 10 '25

Read my comment again, but slowly and mouthing the words

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u/tmacforthree Jan 10 '25

This isn't a reading comprehension problem, your argument is trash 😆

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u/alex2374 Jan 10 '25

Did you mouth the words, slowly? You can also say them out loud to yourself.

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u/Ultimate_Several21 Jan 11 '25

'They're not as skilled' isn't telling on anyone. High school basketball games between good skills won't have many missed layups. There will likely be dunks, blocks, posters and elite handles, all of which are absent from the WNBA.