There’s fans that would love to see Brittney Griner play in the NBA and other fans that wouldn’t. The ones that wouldn’t have different reasons (some make sense and some are just stupid). It’s been a topic of discussion since Mark Cuban said he would give her a chance with the Mavs. She definitely has talent, but is playing with men the right place for her?! Check out what Charles Barkley had to say about it when he was on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday…
Via Nick Birdsong at AL.com:
Patrick: “Uh, the Brittney Griner, let’s say you’re a rookie and you’re in the D-League and Brittney Griner is coming into play, how would you treat her?”
Barkley: “Well, gosh, she can’t play with guys. So, I wouldn’t even worry about that. She can’t play against guys. I mean, you’re going to go at her, probably aggressively, cause you’re offended that she’s trying to play against you cause it’s kind of an insult to you. But she can’t play with men and I think whether she plays against a guy who has no…cause most of those guys, let’s…who are we kidding? Ninety to 95 percent of those guys who pay in the summer league are never going to play in the NBA.”
Patrick: “But I’m looking at what Mark Cuban did and I said, ‘I know that he’s doing something. He’s a marketing guy. He’s a sharp guy’ but then you had Geno Auriemma, the UConn (women’s) coach, who said it’s a sham if you bring her in, what I would hate…”
Barkley (interrupts): “I agree with Geno. I agree with Geno. I mean, if you brought her in, yeah they’d sell some tickets to the summer league which I don’t understand what type of loser would go to the summer league anyway. But I agree with Geno 100 percent. A girl can’t play against men. Listen is just a publicity…Mark’s one of my great friends, great friends. But a woman can’t play against a man.”
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