In an attempt to remind everyone that the NBA still exists, ESPN live-streamed a glitchy HORSE contest on Sunday night between players isolated in their mansions. In a surprising turn of events, the competition also included two WNBA players who, shockingly enough, do not live on palatial estates with elaborate indoor courts attached, instead competing from their perfectly average suburban homes, complete with ad-hoc basketball hoops. The pay gap between NBA and WNBA players is nothing new, but to see it displayed so perfectly in side by side streams of players on their home courts punctuates the disparity better than words.
players who, shockingly enough, do not live on palatial estates with elaborate indoor courts attached, instead competing from their perfectly average suburban homes, complete with ad-hoc basketball hoops. The pay gap between NBA and WNBA players is nothing new, but to see it displayed so perfectly in side by side streams of players on their home courts punctuates the disparity better than words.Tamika Catchings is a retired WNBA champion and MVP; she was paired with Mike Conely Jr.
into the basketball hall of fame, lost the match and won’t go to the next round of this cursed tournament.The next match up was between Allie Quigley, who plays for the Chicago Sky and Chris Paul, a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Both players convened outdoors, in very different situations. Although not regulation size, Paul’s court is an actual court with a cement top, while Quigley plays on a bricked driveway with her hoop shoved into the bushes to make more space.
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