National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern told Sports Illustrated that a woman could break the gender barrier and play in the NBA within 10 years. "I don't want to get into all kinds of arguments with players and coaches about the likelihood," Stern said. "But I really think it's a good possibility." Was Stern serious -- could women compete in the world of men's professional basketball? (Watch the Los Angeles Sparks' Candace Parker dunk in a WNBA game)
No way: Today's female athletes are more athletic than their counterparts any time in history, says Jose Salviati in Bleacher Report. But it's a biological fact that men run faster and jump higher, and that men's basketball is a more physical game. "The idea of women playing in the NBA anytime, within 10 years or beyond is ludicrous."
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