All the best post players are at the U.S. Open
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I spent three days this week covering the U.S. Open in Queens and I had a revelation walking the grounds of the National Tennis Center: Women’s tennis players would be great at basketball.
Don’t believe me? Just go to Wikipedia and check out just how tall they are. “Maria Sharapova (right)”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sharapova is 6-foot-2. “Venus Williams”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Williams is 6-foot-1. “Ana Ivanovic”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Ivanovi%C4%87 is 6-foot-1. And I’ve seen them in person, each one of them is every inch of their listed height.
Of course, not to mention the fact that they are by nature very athletic and aggressive. Those things would be of service, too.
So I guess my point is that team USA is lucky. Russia and Serbia could be nasty at basketball.
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on Saturday, September 1st, 2007 at 2:58 pm by Josh Thomson. 
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Josh Thomson has done some of everything since joining The Journal News in March 2003. He began working for the Gannett weeklies during the winter of 2002 as a freelance writer. He joined the daily staff soon after and has since covered various high school and pro sports. Away from sportswriting, Josh lives in Westchester and spends his free time either with his fiancee, Sarah, or expertly managing his various championship-winning fantasy sports teams. He's visited 21 major-league baseball stadiums and insists that Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are the best by far. Josh graduated from Carmel High School in 1998, then went to Boston University, where, in 2002, he received a degree in communications with a minor in history.
Now, now. Height alone does not a good basketball player make. Shawn Bradley, anyone?