Everything in the U.S. gets marketed for money these days. Because of this, I am shocked that nobody has come up with the idea (and money) to match a really good boys high school team against a WNBA all-star team and settle that issue once and for all.
The interest a game like this could generate would be off the charts. Bill Jean King against a washed up tennis pro back in 1973 was huge, and created a buzz all over the country. This would be bigger.
I'd like to see that.
As for CC as much as I enjoy watching her I don't think her game would do well against an athletic 6 foot or bigger HS player.
He'd greatly reduce her offensively and she has no chance on the defensive end.
Other players in the WNBA could and would match up better with HS males IMO which would make the match-up pretty interesting.
For CC I'm not even sure her game is all that suited to make her a star in the WNBA either. They are for sure going to test her. Could be wrong though......
In 1979 I watched a white dude from Indy State get pretty much curb stomped in the NCAA Title game and remember thinking his game isn't going to transfer well in the NBA.....
Of course that ended up being #33, Larry Legend.
Actually with CC her shooting and court awareness kind of reminds me of the Bird man. That can't be a bad sign.
I think sometimes we give too much credit to athleticism or the lack thereof.