I am dead serious... i need this for a paper... im writing for a Summer English Class... at a Community College.
2007-07-10 17:24:58 · 12 answers · asked by Cavs in '09 ♥ Hurry Back BEN 6 in Sports ➔ Basketball
THE DIFFERENCES
the size of the ball
the shot clock (wnba-30 nba-24)
team fouls/bonus
3 point line distance (20' 6.25" for women) an arc of 23'9" for men
lane size
playing time
number of timeouts
there's tons of em
Theres even more similarities, so you can come up w/those on ur own
2007-07-10 17:32:55 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wnba Court Dimensions
2016-11-04 01:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NBA: Men
Has been around for almost 50 years. Has the highest salary levels in American Sports. A billion dollar a year industry.
WNBA: Women
Has been around only 11 years. Very low starting salary of $35,000, max salary of $93,000. Does not earn a profit, due to low ticket sales and lack of sponsorship.
Similarities:
24 second shotclock, team roster of 12 or 13. College draft system. Free agent system. Many WNBA teams are also owned by NBA franchises... Seattle Storm/Supersonics...New York Liberty/Knicks...Indiana Fever/Pacers...Phoenix Mercury/Suns...Houston Comets/Rockets... San Antonio Silver Stars/Spurs...Detroit Shock/Pistons.
Differences:
NBA has 32 teams. WNBA only has 13 teams. NBA more financially stable and profitable. NBA plays a game of four 12 minute quarters. WNBA plays four 10 minute quarters.
NBA male players are taller and muscular. WNBA female players are smaller and shorter.
2007-07-11 14:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by Whitman Lam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) One difference is that an older brother has asked me never to mention the WNBA to him again either in e-mail or in person. I guess he does not acknowledge the existence of the WNBA.
2) Because of the low crowd attendance and the desire of the WNBA referees to improve their basketball calls during a game, the desire because the want to make it to the NBA, if you yell at a WNBA ref when they make a mistake or keep repeating the same mistakes, then, the WNBA referee will quickly correct his/her mistakes and start making the proper calls. In the NBA a ref will make whichever call he/she wants without any attempt to improve the quality of their calls. I read in a June, 2007 interview that the 96 year old "Wizard of Westwood" with 11 NCAA championship titles to his name (1 as a player and 10 as a coach) that he does not like the NBA as much as NCAA basketball because of the "showboating" the NBA players do and because the officials in the NBA constantly make the wrong calls and go against the rule books of the NBA and of basketball. Amazing in that the most successful NCAA head basketball coach ever is the only noted basketball figure, other than a former or current player in the NBA, who is highly critical of the officiating in the NBA as being constantly wrong and against the rule book. This is a true statement; however, NBA refs for as bad as they are are about 100 times better than the average college basketball referee, or, maybe about a thousand times better than the average college basketball referee.
3) It seems the free throw shooting in the WNBA as a general rule is better than the free throw shooting in the NBA.
The other differences are obvious, or, at least mentioned previously.
2007-07-10 21:52:20 · answer #4 · answered by Score 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wnba is more about team play...not taking ur guy 1 on 1...it's kinda like watching the spurs...there are stars but they're not really egotsical...im pretty sure its a testosterone thing...the players are more fundementally sound...the wnba has no players straight out of high school which is a good thing...
oh and some teams in the same cities have names that are linked...
sacramento kings/monarch
pheonix suns/mecury
minnisota twolves/lynx
washington wizards/mystics
houston rockets/comets
detroit pistons/shock
2007-07-10 18:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by David H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up NBA and WNBA on Wikipedia. They do a good job describing the differences. Hope this helps.....
2007-07-10 17:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ocho Cinco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diffrences:
wnba can't dunk
wnba girls
wnba not as aggresive
wnba slower paced
wnba uses a different ball
wnba hasnt been around as long
nba games are longer
nba bigger ball
nba taller people
nba more races/ethnicities
nba more players
nba better attendance
Simularities:
everything the same except for the differences
2007-07-10 19:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by Eric 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NBA - WNBA
guys - girls
one name has W that stands for Women
2007-07-10 17:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Wade 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nba vs wnba
high ratings .. low ratings
high salaries...low salaries
individual players marketed...teams concept marketed
jocks are target audience ... women and families are taret audience
82 games....much fewer games
rapists on teams...lesbians on teams
2007-07-10 17:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cut out from the same pattern....Sewn up differently
2007-07-11 22:02:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋