If I was the Manager of an NBL club I'd do the same thing.

I wouldn't.

"Mark Cuban mentions drafting Brittney Griner because 'hey everybody, let's look at Mark Cuban!’"
That's all it boils down to. It's ridiculous.

I knew it. All anonymous posters here are girls!

I remember the Kings having something on news quite few years ago about a girl getting to train with them in hopes of making NBL.

End of the day, Cuban has put some publicity towards his team that isn't about them missing playoffs. Did he get what he wanted? Did people give him shit about it in media, yes, but guess what, he just got a bunch of free marketing and advertising, doubt he's complaining.

Ricey, free marketing and advertising of what and to who? Who in Dallas wouldn't know the Mavericks? And would react in a "Better get along to a game!" way at the idea of their NBA team signing a chick out of college?

The WNBA draft comes before the NBA draft. It's such a ridiculous discussion.

I was talking about saying I'd consider it to drum up attention.

I hope she withdraws her name from the WNBA draft and holds out for the NBA draft. Your move cuban

I agree with Isaac. This is ludacrous , this is just Cuban grabbing air time for himself

Isaac, that comment is a bit like saying why should McDonalds advertise, everyone knows about them.

It's an international story, so yeah, and it crosses over to both sexes. What's not to say she can't enter both drafts, she doesn't have to sign her WNBA contract that night, plus what WNBA team wouldn't want her to get the training experience with an NBA team?

paul, there were at least two components to my comment. On top of that, McDonalds faces competition from other fast food providers that sell burgers too. When it was comes to NBA basketball in Dallas, the Mavs have it sewn up. They compete with other sports, but you'd hardly recommend a cheap tactic like "Let's see if a college girl could make our team." As if that would win over baseball or football fans. It's an embarrassing gimmick.

She would have to play PG in the NBA and would even struggle to play in the D league.

She needs to for the money. Some hoops posters earn more than WNBA Players season wages minus endorsements.
Lauren Jackson only earns $100,000 per season. Why. Do you think she has played here so often?
I read somewhere the average WNBA wage is around $40,000. Some owners must be cleaning up, regularly getting 10,000 attendance in big market teams and only paying chicken feed.

Back to the topic, I'm sorry and its not being sexist but there will never be a female in the NBA. Look at the tennis, the girls of this era are stronger than ever, they deserve high pay because their games are just as entertaining as the men's. They don't play 5 sets, but the girls could hold their own with the men for four to five games max.

Women will never play men in Tennis, only game in the world would maybe be golf one day (apart from car racing).

No being sexist but like a girl posted above, what is DeAndre Jordan going to do when he sees a long haired reggie miller under the ring??.

Good night Nurse!

"I read somewhere the average WNBA wage is around $40,000"
You read wrong. It's more like double that amount. WNBA salary cap is pretty close to the NBL's, the main difference being that in the WNBA 12/12 teams comply as opposed to our 7/8.

"Some owners must be cleaning up, regularly getting 10,000 attendance in big market teams and only paying chicken feed"
Only one team (LA) gets 10,000 in officially published "attendance" and the number is significantly lower if you look at reality and count actual people at games or tickets actually paid for. No owners are cleaning up. The majority are running at a loss. There's not much money in ticket revenue, and there's not much in sponsorship either.

"I'm sorry and its not being sexist but there will never be a female in the NBA"
That part is hard to disagree with. If we're talking front court players I agree with you 100%. If we're talking guards I agree with you 99.99%

Not even good enough to be drafted at SEABL level.

Dunkin Dan I'd hardly bother calling someone out for suggesting the average WNBA pay was 40k a year when its actually 70k.

The WNBA has a $72,000,000 television deal I think they have more coin than the NBL.

Mikael I wasn't "calling him out", just correcting some incorrect heresay. (Where'd you get "its actually 70k" from btw?)

Salary cap: $913,000
Roster: 11
Average: $83,000

I know $83k ain't exactly LeBron money, but I thought it was worth making the distinction from $40k.
(Add to that the merit bonuses, the team-provided housing, medical/dental, meal allowances, etc. and the package is worth a good amount more)