Should a NBA team draft Baylor's Brittney Griner?

Baylor's Brittney Griner has the size, skill, talent and the basketball IQ to play professional basketball in the NBA if an owner is serious about giving her the opportunity. And don't give me that stuff about the league being too physical for her. I don't want to hear it. read more

Brittney might already be good enough to make a team in one of the Euro men's leagues or one of the PacRim leagues, like in the Philippines or China. I don't think that's a given, however, and she'd have to contend with a best effort every night from her competitors and unheard of discrimination and taunting from fans that are as likely to be offended as enamored with her. read more

Brittney Griner would be expected to play small forward in the NBA. She's about 70-100 lbs. too small to guard a power forward on the block or to put a body on any of them defensively. She's quick, relatively speaking, but someone like Blake Griffin would probably score 50-60 against her night in and night out. read more