There is a current generation of shooters in the WNBA the equal of the very best the NBA has to offer; Elena Della Donne’s career free throw shooting percentage is the highest of any professional basketball player - ever.
Shooting efficiencies point to a competitive Spells and Arrows, Heroes and Spies match between WNBA stars Delle Donne, Allie Quigley, and Kayla McBride and NBA All Stars Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kyrie Irving.
Delle Donne’s free throw percentage in 2018 was the lowest of her career (88.7%). Would her struggles - if you can call them that - tip the odds in favour of the men?
Perhaps.
Perhaps.
But the outcome is uncertain; Men at the top of their sport might lose a game rooted in basketball to a group of women.
This may not have been what Steph Curry had in mind when he penned his article for The Player's Tribune but this match could represent a meaningful step forward in the march toward gender equity in sports.
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