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Originally Posted by whoman69
I was reading about the phenomenon this morning. She is the 2nd woman to dunk in a tourney game. The reason is women can't jump and they are shorter than their male coutnerparts. The average woman in the WNBA is 7 inches shorter than the average NBA player. Their verticle jump is much lower as well. The average woman basketball player has a verticle of 19 inches compared to 28 for males. That verticle goes down for larger female players. That means that a woman would have to be 6'6" with a reach of 8'11" to be able to get 6" over the rim to dunk. That's Michael Jordan size, not very common in women. BTW, Jordan had a 48" verticle in his prime.
Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/sports...sketball_.html |
Women also can't play basketball in a way that makes it fun to watch.
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