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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2715182, member: 1052"] [USER=2965]@sivad40[/USER] , I am going to address your arguments point by point, though I am not sure when I turned into Griner's biggest defender/champion on this board (especially given the number of pBaylor fans who are prominent posters here)! :-) A few additional facts about Griner, to address the rebounding argument: [LIST] [*]In five seasons, she ranks eighth on WNBA’s all-time blocks list (487), second among active players behind ten-year pro Sylvia Fowles (532) entering 2018 [*]She holds the WNBA records for blocks in a single game (11), blocks in a season (129), single-season block average (4.04) and career block average (3.31) [/LIST] Griner is blocking 3.3 shots per game, for her career. She is blocking shots at a pace that is UNPARALLELED in WNBA history. Should she also be getting the rebounds of the shots that she blocks? Now, could she be more aggressive on the glass? Yes. But simply saying she should be a better rebounder by looking at numbers without considering what she does with blocked shots (not to mention the countless shots that are altered or even not taken because of her mere presence) is unfair to the player and doses a disservice to her accomplishments. This not quite accurate. [LIST] [*]In 2014 - Griner's second year in the WNBA - she ranked 10th in the entire WNBA in scoring (and second on her team, only 0.6 ppg behind Diana Taurasi). [*]In 2015, Griner ranked 8th in the WNBA in scoring (and second on her team, 0.7 ppg behind DeWanna Bonner). [*]In 2016, she slipped to 13th in the WNBA in scoring, but was still second on the Mercury in ppg (behind Taurasi). [/LIST] Griner was not content to be the 3rd or 4th option; she was a primary/go-to player in the post and often times "Option 1B" (to Diana Taurasi's "Option 1A"). This is not quite accurate (the part about "finally" stepping up her offensive game), as set forth in my previous comment. When she was in the top ten in the entire WNBA in scoring in just her second season (not to mention her third season), I am not sure what you mean when you imply that she had not "step[ped] up" on the offensive end of the floor. Can she step up more? Certainly - and she did that in 2017, as you noted. But she has been a top player on the offensive end of the floor for some time now. [/QUOTE]

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