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NBA 03/04/2013, 09.30

Mark Cuban: 'I'd consider drafting Brittney Griner'

Griner has been three times All-American with Baylor

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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Tuesday that he would consider drafting Baylor’s Brittney Griner in the second round of the 2013 draft or including the three-time first-team All-American center on his organization’s Summer League roster.

If she is the best on the board, I will take her,” Cuban said before the Mavs’ Tuesday night game against the Los Angeles Lakers. “I’ve thought about it. I’ve thought about it already. Would I do it? Right now, I’d lean toward yes, just to see if she can do it. You never know unless you give somebody a chance, and it’s not like the likelihood of any late-50s draft pick has a good chance of making it.”

“She’d still have to make the team,” Cuban said. “I’m not going to carry her just to carry her. I don’t think, anyways. But I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to giving her the opportunity.”

Although a woman has never played in an NBA game, Griner would not be the first woman to be drafted or the first to be signed by an NBA team if Cuban does follow through on these comments.

Lucy Harris was selected in the seventh round of the 1977 draft by the Jazz after being selected to three straight All-American teams at Delta State University. Ann Meyers Drysdale was signed as a free-agent by the Pacers in 1979 and participated in a camp with the team before she was cut.

Griner, 22, averaged 23.4 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.2 blocks as a senior after leading Baylor to the 2012 NCAA title as a junior. The Associated Press reports that the 6-foot-8 Griner recorded 11 dunks this season. 

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