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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 3371077, member: 1131"] This point of view gets repeated very often on this board. What it misses (IMHO) is the fact that the WNBA remains the best basketball league in the world regardless of its pay scale. That means that it is beneficial for players from anywhere in the world to play in the WNBA and establish their basketball credentials against the best competition in the world, which then makes them more attractive to pro teams elsewhere that pay the big bucks. That is why you rarely, if ever, see a YOUNG American player spurn the WNBA. Yes, people like Diana can take time off from the WNBA after they are well established abroad, and some overseas players are content not to see how they would measure up in the WNBA, but players like Emma Meesseman and a number of Australian players (of whom the latest appears to be Ezi Magbegor) still come to the US and play in the W. They may skip an Olympic year to be with their national teams, but in the other 3 out of 4 years they are in the W. And for a very pragmatic purpose -- to establish their credentials and get properly paid overseas. [/QUOTE]