NBA vs WNBA

The 2 highest points you cant get to in basketball is either the NBA or the WNBA. The difference between both is that the NBA is for the men's league and the WNBA is for the women's National Basketball Association. But why can't women be paid the same amount as men do ?

I find it very sexist because not only do women not play in the men's league but they also aren't getting nearly the same salary's. For example the average salary of a WNBA player for the 2012 season was 72,000$ while the league minimum rests just above 35,000$ for rookies. But in the NBA the average salary was 5.1 million dollars. The women's salary multiplied by 50 is still not even close to the men's salary. I can't believe that the women dont get paid as much. Both are professional basketball league's. There the same leagues but the only difference is gender. But gender should not differ the prices.

The salary cap for a WNBA team does not even reach the 1 million dollar mark. It sits at 878,00$. But the NBA's salary cap is 58 million dollars. Also not as many fans buy tickets to the WNBA games compared to the NBA games. i don't know why either how many women average way more points then some guy's in the NBA but don't receive as much money.

Let's look at Joel Anthony. Joel currently averages 0.9 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.1 assists. With these extremely low stats he gets paid 2.3 million dollars. Compared to Maya Moore, Maya currently averages 18.5 points, 7.2 rebouds and 3.3 assists. With those amazing stats she gets paid 45,000$. This is just not fair. Girls are doing better the guy's in the professional leagues but don't get paid as much. Also Maya has won the most valuable player award for the WNBA in 2014. Joel Anthony never won that award.


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In conclusion, gender should once again not change the fact that they are both National Basketball Associations. So they should be getting the same treatment and fame. I find that there are many players in the WNBA that are easily better then the guys who play in the NBA. So women should be treated equally as men.


Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/12/07/average-player-salaries-in-the-four-major-american-sports-leagues/#39f755553497
http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/wnba-player-salaries-vs-nba-salaries/
http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/201202/stats/

Bigotry against Kyrie Irving in the NBA finals

Kyrie Irving was the 1st pick in the 2011 NBA draft. But no one really cares about him these days since Stephen Curry is point guard of the league that everyone talks about and he has won the MVP award for the 2nd consecutive year. Also since Lebron James was traded to the Cavaliers so Lebron became the star of the team and took the shine away from Kyrie.

Everyone has been overrating Stephen Curry only because he is well capable of shooting the ball behind the 3 point line. But they forget that there is more to basketball then just shooting. No one really payed attention or cared about Kyrie Irving in the finals because the better Point Guard according to the fans is Steph Curry. In my opinion it's Kyrie Irving. Not only because Kyrie is my favorite player but simply because he can do more things on the court other then shoot.

Kyrie Irving is a phenomenal ball handler. He is also a better defender then Stephen Curry. If someone tells me other wise I have the perfect example to prove them wrong. Every time the Warriors and the Cavaliers match up in a game weather its the season, an exhibition or even the NBA finals, it's always Klay Thompson who has to guard Kyrie because Curry can't guard him. Usually in the NBA every position guards the opponent with the same position as them. But in certain cases just like Curry, Klay Thompson who plays the shooting guard had to guard Kyrie who plays the point guard since Steph can't keep up with Kyrie. But Kyrie plays defense on Stephen Curry because he is a good defender and is capable of guarding him.

Also Kyrie Irving is an amazing finisher around the basket. He can get to the rim easily and finish in many different ways, Compared to the MVP Curry, Curry is ''afraid'' of attacking the rim because he is a small player and usually gets bullied inside the paint. So instead of Curry attacking the rim he stays outside the 3 point line and shoots the ball every possession he has.

At the end of the day it's the stats that matter. And let"s check out the stats of Kyrie Irving compared to Stephen Curry in the final series. As we can see to my picture to the right we can see that Kyrie Irving had more points then Stephen Curry. Kyrie had a better field goal percentage because Kyrie took smarter shots in games. They both tied with 23 assists each and Kyrie had 9 turnovers less then Stephen Curry. So Kyrie has definitely proved him self as a top 5 point guard in this league and that he can easily match up against the 2 time MVP Stephen Curry.

So whenever someone tells me that Curry is a better basketball player then Kyrie, I get really defensive because i know he is not and he does not even deserve to be either. Kyrie Irving works 20 times harder and can do more then just shoot the ball behind the 3 point line.

Sources:
www.nba.com/playerfile/kyrie_irving
espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/6442/kyrie-irving

Bigotry against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals

        Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers who won the NBA championship over the Golden State Warriors a few weeks ago. But, was this expected? The Golden State Warriors (GSW) finished this season with a record of 73 wins and 0 losses which is the all-time win record. Only the Chicago Bulls during the 1995-96 season have accomplished that before. As the season ended, everyone thought the GSW were going to win the championship, especially since the 2-year running MVP Stephen Curry was excelling in his games. At one point, the Warriors led the series 3-1; just one win away from a back-to-back championship title. They disregarded practice since they thought they would win it all. Everyone was convinced the Cavaliers were going to lose to the Warriors. But Lebron James promised that he would bring back a championship to Cleveland, his hometown; he certainly did not break that promise.

Stephen Curry vs Lebron James

Lebron James was forgotten ever since the GSW were at the 65 won-games mark. Everyone began to overrate Stephen Curry and underrate Lebron James. This made me really mad because Lebron is the better player. Just because Steph is able to shoot the ball accurately from the 3-point line does not mean he is a better basketball player than ''King James''. The fans who find that Curry is better then Lebron obviously do not understand the reason why Lebron is called the King. He is called the King because he is the best player. He rules everyone. Lebron is unstoppable.

First of all, I don't even understand how people can compare Lebron James to Stephen Curry and not see the differences. Lebron is a small forward and Curry is a point guard. Usually, small forwards are better than point guards just by their physical strength. Secondly, Lebron is well-built: Curry, not so much. It doesn't make sense that the popular opinion is that Curry is better. Lebron's stats during his season compared to Curry's are just ridiculous.

Many people blame it on Lebron being older then Stephen Curry. That's why the fans of the NBA think that Curry is better then Lebron. But these stats on the right show Lebron's accomplishments compared to Curry's accomplishments at both the age of 28.

In this diagram, Curry is nowhere close to Lebron in points, assists, rebounds, steals, playoff wins or all-star nominations. Statistics don't lie.

All of this should show that these two players are good at what they do but they can't be compared.

Sources:
http://www.landofbasketball.com/results_by_team/2015_2016_warriors.htm