With Brittney Griner's college career wrapping up and a long, dominant basketball career looming, Mark Cuban asks a question that I'm sure many of us have thought: what about the NBA?
Cuban told reporters before the Dallas Mavericks' game against the Los Angeles Lakers that not only would he give her a chance, he would draft her if she was the best player left to give a chance (Via ESPN):
If she is the best on the board, I will take her. I've thought about it. I've thought about it already. Would I do it? Right now, I'd lean toward yes, just to see if she can do it. You never know unless you give somebody a chance, and it's not like the likelihood of any late-50s draft pick has a good chance of making it.
He talked about picking up Griner as if it would be more than just a publicity stunt, although he was aware of the media attention, and the attention that the Mavericks would get from fans if he were to go through with it:
She'd still have to make the team. I'm not going to carry her just to carry her. I don't think, anyways. But I certainly wouldn't be opposed to giving her the opportunity.
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