General Sports Talk

There were a couple of women's basketball leagues before the WNBA, but none of them had the deep pockets of the WNBA.
Without the NBA subsidies, I don't think the WNBA could exist. While the league doesn't disclose its finances, by contract, a portion of profits goes into a pool for players. Last year was the first season that money went into the pool. Few businesses can go thirty years without a profit. I'm not sure how the IRS allows it. If a comic dealer went five years without a profit, the IRS would have called his business a hobby and treated it as such.

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Rodman was a monster defender and an awesome rebounder

Dennis shot over 60% from the field one year which is quite rare and exceptional for someone who's not a center close to or over 7'0"

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This is an example of statistics being misleading. Rodman was a terrible shot and ranked near the bottom in free-throw and 3-point accuracy. His teams didn't run plays for him,but if he got an offensive rebound and had a clear shot to the basket, he was clutch.
He was an All-Time defender and rebounder but scoring wasn't his forte. Most small forwards are scorers. The Pistons had Kelly Tripuks, an All-Star small forward who could score, but they traded him away and gave his job to Rodman.

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Rodman was a monster defender and an awesome rebounder whose problems were mostly off-court. Laimbeer was a punk who tried to intentionally hurt players on many occasions.
Rodman and Rick Mahorn played hard and physical but weren't cheap shot artists. Laimbeer used to target opponents' ankles and knees.
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Larry Bird said Bill Laimbeer was a player he disliked personally. There's a reason why Bill Laimbeer didn't get a HC job in the NBA, despite his WNBA success.