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KCOOLMUZIQ

Brittney Griner First Pick of the Draft Goes To Phoenix Mercury!

Posted on April 19, 2013


Brittney Griner is basketball’s most talked about female athlete right now.
After leaving her college team with an impact so great, professional NBA coaches have considered recruiting her.
But she’s got a team now in the WNBA.
The Phoenix Mercury scooped up the Baylor center dur

It would have been cool if she could have been drafted in the NBA...She is that good!!!...ing the draft Monday night.
“It’s a dream come true. I’m like a little kid in Disney World the first time meeting all the characters,” she told the Associated Press. “Sitting at the table they said 15 seconds and my heart started beating so fast. I was grabbing the tablecloth underneath.”
Towering at an incredible 6-foot-8, the top scoring athlete has been named the top shot-blocker ever, stomping out male and female records with a total 748. She also had a record 18 dunks and 3,283 points.
It almost seems unfair.
After WNBA president Laurel Richie opened the draft with a few words of respect for those affected by the Boston bombing, she announced Brittney as the draft’s first pick.
“I’m ready to get there and ready to learn from (Diana Taurasi),” the new Mercury player said. “I got to play with her a little bit at USA Basketball. I’m ready to feed off her and give all I can to the Phoenix Mercury.”

It would have been cool if she could have been drafted in the NBA...She is that good!!!

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Reply #1 posted 04/18/13 6:11pm

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I'm curious to see if Mark Cuban makes good on his promise and actually drafts Ms. Greiner in the NBA Draft. He said he'd like to draft her in the second round for the Dallas Mavericks. However, while she is 6'9" and the best female basketball player in a generation, she is only 190 pounds, which would get her knocked unconscious in the low post against similar male competitors.

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Reply #2 posted 04/18/13 9:02pm

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I didn't pay any attention to the draft but i will be checking for that

cutie from Notre Dame Skyler Diggins.

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Reply #3 posted 04/19/13 5:16am

KCOOLMUZIQ

WNBA First Round Draft Pick Comes Out Of The Closet–Brittney Griner Says She Was Never Hiding Her Sexuality–Wow The World Is Shocked To Find Out She Is A Lesbian, Yeah Right!

Posted on April 19, 2013



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Brittney Griner will start her professional basketball career as an openly gay woman after coming out in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
“It wasn’t too difficult,” said the Baylor University dunk enthusiast and new Phoenix Mercury player, when asked if her decision to come out was difficult. “I wouldn’t say I was hiding or anything like that. I’ve always been open about who I am and my sexuality.”
Griner – interviewed with her fellow top draft picks, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne – said she wants youth to know that it’s okay to be who they are.

Diggins and Delle Done both chimed in and said that they support openly gay players.
“In our sport, we’re fine with it,” Delle Donne said. “We’re all friends, and I want everybody to be who they are. You shouldn’t have to lie, that’s not fair. Hopefully the men can one day adopt that same attitude that we have.”
Added Diggins: “We like her [Griner] because she’s herself. We don’t care. It has nothing to do with basketball or how you play the game. I think that people need to realize that.”

(L-R) WNBA’s top three draft picks Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner, and Skylar Digginspose for a portrait prior to the 2013 WNBA Draft Presented By State Farm on April 15, 2013 at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.
Griner, a 6-foot-8 phenom, finished as the second all-time scorer in women’s NCAA history, with 3,283 points. She is the top shot-blocker ever, shattering both the men’s and women’s college marks with 748. She also had a record 18 dunks — including 11 this season.
Delle Donne, the second draft pick is headed to the Chicago Sky and Diggins (third pick) will be joining the Tulsa Shock.

Brave of her to do this!...

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #4 posted 04/19/13 8:47am

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Thanks for posting! I have been waiting for Brittney's arrival into the WNBA since her freshman year in college. She is a superstar on the court, and it looks like she has a superstar attitude off the court as well.

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Reply #5 posted 04/19/13 11:58am

KCOOLMUZIQ

Your welcome! I like her attitude also.......

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #6 posted 04/19/13 12:33pm

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Diggins: eek

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Reply #7 posted 04/19/13 1:46pm

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:






WNBA First Round Draft Pick Comes Out Of The Closet–Brittney Griner Says She Was Never Hiding Her Sexuality–Wow The World Is Shocked To Find Out She Is A Lesbian, Yeah Right!




Posted on April 19, 2013







zoom=1.5&resize=576%2C324
Brittney Griner will start her professional basketball career as an openly gay woman after coming out in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
“It wasn’t too difficult,” said the Baylor University dunk enthusiast and new Phoenix Mercury player, when asked if her decision to come out was difficult. “I wouldn’t say I was hiding or anything like that. I’ve always been open about who I am and my sexuality.”
Griner – interviewed with her fellow top draft picks, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne – said she wants youth to know that it’s okay to be who they are.

Diggins and Delle Done both chimed in and said that they support openly gay players.
“In our sport, we’re fine with it,” Delle Donne said. “We’re all friends, and I want everybody to be who they are. You shouldn’t have to lie, that’s not fair. Hopefully the men can one day adopt that same attitude that we have.”
Added Diggins: “We like her [Griner] because she’s herself. We don’t care. It has nothing to do with basketball or how you play the game. I think that people need to realize that.”

(L-R) WNBA’s top three draft picks Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner, and Skylar Digginspose for a portrait prior to the 2013 WNBA Draft Presented By State Farm on April 15, 2013 at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut.
Griner, a 6-foot-8 phenom, finished as the second all-time scorer in women’s NCAA history, with 3,283 points. She is the top shot-blocker ever, shattering both the men’s and women’s college marks with 748. She also had a record 18 dunks — including 11 this season.
Delle Donne, the second draft pick is headed to the Chicago Sky and Diggins (third pick) will be joining the Tulsa Shock.




Brave of her to do this!...






Alright Britney get your damn hands off my girl Skylar.
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Reply #8 posted 04/19/13 1:47pm

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

WNBA First Round Draft Pick Comes Out Of The Closet–Brittney Griner Says She Was Never Hiding Her Sexuality–Wow The World Is Shocked To Find Out She Is A Lesbian, Yeah Right!

Posted on April 19, 2013


Brave of her to do this!...

Why? Who didn't already KNOW?

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Reply #9 posted 04/19/13 8:28pm

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Graycap23 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

WNBA First Round Draft Pick Comes Out Of The Closet–Brittney Griner Says She Was Never Hiding Her Sexuality–Wow The World Is Shocked To Find Out She Is A Lesbian, Yeah Right!

Posted on April 19, 2013


Brave of her to do this!...

Why? Who didn't already KNOW?

As long as she's happy but why should people be congratulating her or throw her

a party. The WNBA. Wow we haven't heard anything like this before. Oh yeah that's

right Sheryl Swoopes beat her to this several years ago. Life as usual.

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Reply #10 posted 04/20/13 2:24am

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Graycap23 said:Diggins: eek Indeed!! I'm not used to seeing sexy ones like her play ball
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