Megan Gustafson waived
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There is a former official I know in the Houston officiating chapter whose daughter played for Texas A+M. When she finished she was the all time leading scorer. She never got drafted and played overseas. No WNBA was a disappointment
WNBA is a joke, sorry. To bad for Megan, she deserves better. Hope she goes overseas and makes some real money.
Because it is, you don't think she can play in the wnba? I think she can.
She’s undersized for Center, and lacks the athleticism to make up for it. Don’t think she’s great defensively either.
I’m with you in that I’d think that she’d at least get a shot off the bench somewhere though. Good scorer
Great college players can't always play at the highest professional level. Happens with the men all the time. I'm sure she could stick with the right team but the right team has to want her.
There are only 12 team with 12 on the roster according to website. Not many spots.
They are also like the NBA, they look more for Stars and potential than college performance
They are also like the NBA, they look more for Stars and potential than college performance
I can honestly say in the 20 some years it has been around I have never watched it
Yep, the NBA and WNBA games are a bit different than college. She'll get picked up.
Europe, Russia, China—this is where the women make real money. The women play year-round, going straight from their WNBA assignment to their overseas team, then back to WNBA with maybe a week off. I've posted a lot over the years about the women's game, why I like and respect it so much, why I follow it and promote it.
I think Megan will have to develop a face-up game to stick in the WNBA. I think she needs to be able to stretch the floor with consistent three-point shot, and then be a good passer/playmaker facing the basket. Sort of like Janel McCarville, though Janel was an extremely gifted passer. Or even like what Splash Mountain is doing for the Bucks.
Somebody mentioned earlier—the main issue is there are only 12 teams. There are only ≈ 150 spots in the league. Megan is a great college player. Imagine how many great college players, like All-American level players, would be left out of the NBA if the NBA cut its league in half. And the women's game has progressed a lot in the last 15 years or so. The depth of talent has increased quite a bit. There used to be a pretty significant drop-off from the top tier of players to the next tier, throughout the league or even within a roster. This is not so much the case anymore.
The Russians are big into women's basketball. In fact, a couple of years ago the several of the WNBA star's contracts were bought up and the stars skipped the WNBA season to stay in Russia.
Is Megan a lesbian? From what I have read, the WNBA is like 98% lesbian and those that are not lesbians find it tough on the court and the locker room.
https://nypost.com/2017/02/21/retired-wnba-star-i-was-tormented-for-not-being-gay/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/24/wnba-problem-straight-women-candice-wiggins
You need to be very athletic to play in the WNBA. Megan is a great scorer but not big enough to play inside vs other athletic taller players. As someone else pointed out, she is not a great defender especially when you are forced to guard the screen and roll and defend outside of the paint. Just like many heisman trophy winners, just because you are an elite college player doesn't make you a good pro. There's a reason she didn't get drafted in 1st round.
Lol. Your reading comprehension isn't so good. Candice is an outlier. She's a bit nutty. Trust me on this. I work for the league. And your own linked articles make it pretty clear she's full of shit. Maybe read them more carefully?
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This will certainly come across as political so...so be it, and I'm only going here because of the lesbian question (which if she is or isn't doesn't matter to me); I look forward to the #*$@ show that takes off when a guy with enough talent, "identifying" as a woman, wants to suit up for the WNBA.
slippery slope
You said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.
The problem with this reasoning is that it avoids engaging with the issue at hand, and instead shifts attention to extreme hypotheticals. Because no proof is presented to show that such extreme hypotheticals will in fact occur, this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.
Example: Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.
You said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.
The problem with this reasoning is that it avoids engaging with the issue at hand, and instead shifts attention to extreme hypotheticals. Because no proof is presented to show that such extreme hypotheticals will in fact occur, this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.
Example: Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.
My former father-in-law, who's TV is locked on Fox, asked if we should now be able to marry horses. I said if they can say "yes" to a proposal, and hold a steady job, it would be a huge step up from his daughter.
I was afraid that this might happen. The WNBA is a much different game from the NCAA version, at least at Iowa's level.
Hope she can land somewhere to live out her dream, if that's what she really wants.
Hope she can land somewhere to live out her dream, if that's what she really wants.
From The Gazette:
Gustafson announced on April 24 — the night Iowa revealed it would retire her No. 10 jersey — that she will likely play for a team in Budapest, Hungary, next winter but had yet to sign a contract.
Gustafson announced on April 24 — the night Iowa revealed it would retire her No. 10 jersey — that she will likely play for a team in Budapest, Hungary, next winter but had yet to sign a contract.
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anon_likibb9jzd3e0
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I too, was surprised by this.
As an ignorant non-follower of the women's game, I just assumed that the best player in women's college basketball would be a lock for the WNBA.
Not exactly. That rigid definition is clearly designed to undermine the premise.
It's not that allowing A to happen means Z will eventually happen. It's that allowing A to happen and validating it makes it more likely that Z will happen or trending toward Z is now more likely as previous hindrances have been removed. (be they moral/cultural/legal)
Using that less absolutist definition...history (both recent and distant) is replete with examples. Pick your favorite, they come in all flavors.
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Perhaps she wasn't the best player.
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AHHH! As a guy who's rolled an ankle more times than I care to think about... I can't even watch that.
Hope you read both articles. Have you read anything else that indicates lesbians make it hard on heteros, you indicate so? The ones I have known(admittedly not a lot) don't seem like they do.
I was once threatened by an angry gang of lesbians during a "take back the night" event in College Green Park. Oh, the irony.
I have watched only a fraction of WNBA play but enough to see the game is stocked with very quick and fast athletes. Not sure Meghan's style of play, as it was in college, translates to the pro level. There will be other opportunities for her and she will be fine.
+1 just like the Heisman winner isn't always the best college player and certainly isn't always the best pro prospect.
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