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If There Were No WNBA...
It is hard to imagine what the sports world
would be like without the WNBA. But ten years
later, here we are, stronger than ever. The
league has opened new doors for women's
basketball players, female athletes and even
non-athletes striving to make a difference in
the world and in their own lives. But after
asking both WNBA players and even a few league
officials what they would be doing now if not
a part of this league, we're just glad they are
able to do what they love...
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Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever
"There's no telling where I would be.
I think I always try to position myself,
and looking at life after basketball, even
before when I was in college. Even if I wasn't
playing, I'm fortunate the WNBA is here, I'd
probably be playing overseas, and missing the
opportunity of being able to play in front of
my family and having my friends come and all of that."
Swin Cash, Detroit Shock
I would probably be getting my master's degree
and getting involved with some way to support
women. I'm a big advocate for business, as well,
and entrepreneurship. I'd probably be building
group homes for women.
Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks
"If there was no WNBA, I'd probably be managing my
own company. I also might be doing broadcasting or
managing my own lines."
Brad Barnett, Special Project Coordinator for
the President, WNBA league office
"I would be a struggling golf professional on the
Nationwide Tour. I would own a mini-van and eat a lot
of fast food, gaining 20 pounds in the process. I would
own a one bedroom apartment in Raleigh, NC with barely
any furniture. I would struggle with my mechanics and
never make a cut and then return to Long Island and
work as an Assistant Club Pro at Cherry Valley. Thank god for the W!!"
Becky Hammon, New York Liberty
"I would probably be coaching somewhere, somehow
involved with sports, either in the media, or
broadcasting, doing something like that, staying
involved in the game.
Lisa Harrison, retired WNBA player
When I graduated from college, there was no WNBA, so
I worked from 9-5 for three years. I worked for BIKE
athletic company, and once the ABL started, so I quit
my job to go back home and started training and made
that league. Then it folded and I joined the WNBA.
But I have worked.
Katie Smith, Detroit Shock
"I'd probably be in dental school or finished with
dental school and tearing people's mouths up."
Betty Lennox, Seattle Storm
"I think I would probably be working with kids, either
teaching them how to play basketball or even just how
to be a responsible individual and to be a positive
role model in every aspect."
Niele Ivey, former Detroit Shock and Phoenix Mercury player
"I don't know where I would be, it seems like basketball
has been my whole world. Probably coaching, I'm coaching
right now but that's just something I do in the offeseason,
maybe I would be more involved with coaching, or I could
have dipped into the entertainment field earlier."
Tom Tedesco, Senior Manager, Basketball Operations
"If there was no WNBA I probably would have gotten into
coaching. Breaking through as a director of Basketball
Operations at a random far off land like Starkville, MS.
Then I would have bounced around the coaching ranks with
the stability that the profession gives you! I know a
more exciting answer would be Chippendale."
Kelly Miller, Phoenix Mercury
Wow, I have no idea. I was a bio/pre-med major so I
might have been a doctor or something like that?"
Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA and Basketball legend
"I think we all probably would be pursuing our careers
overseas playing professional basketball there because
that's the only thing we had during that time of trying
to pursue a professional career playing, which you can
only say positive things about because it led you to still
be able to play in this league, and probably from there,
once I decided not to play overseas anymore, probably do
what I'm doing now, something educational with children."
Nikki McCray, Chicago Sky
"I can't even imagine. I guess I would probably be
playing somewhere overseas, but I think it's great
that we have the league and I don't have to worry about it."
Angela Taylor, Senior Manager Player Personnel Dept
"Well as a small town Idaho girl, I never dreamed I would
have been able to live in the big city for roughly 10 years.
So without the WNBA, I probably would just be starting to
consider taking my first trip to the NYC. I possibly would
be deciding between bringing a Jamba Juice franchise to Boise
or working for a 'big name' consulting firm."
Ruth Riley, Detroit Shock
"I would love to play professional volleyball; I live in
Miami so get an opportunity to cross train a lot, so I
think that would be a lot of fun."
Matt Wurst, Editor, Interactive Services
"If there were no WNBA for me to write about, I imagine
I'd be driving around California in a dusty old Oldsmobile,
trying to sell a really bad screenplay about three talking
elephants who run a hot dog stand by day, and waiting tables
at a 1950's-style roller-skating drive-in restaurant out in
the valley by night."
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