Two of the senior standouts from the NC State Wolfpack Women's Basketball team both got drafted by WNBA teams today.

Goring was drafted by the Washington Mystics, where she'll play with Bernice Mosby from Baylor...the team that NCSU beat to advance to the Sweet 16 this year. Key joins Duke Center Alison Bales with the Indiana Fever.

Congrats to both women.

4/4/2007 3:40:39 PM

4/4/2007 3:41:18 PM

that quick?

4/4/2007 3:43:03 PM

how much does the wnba pay? anyone know?

4/4/2007 3:44:14 PM

$3.12 / hour + tips

4/4/2007 3:44:57 PM

i lol'd

but really, who knows? don't make me look it up myself.

ok fine, i wiki'd it myself

Quote :

"So far the WNBA has not mirrored the monetary success of the NBA, though it is targeting profitability in 2007. The NBA provides a multi-million dollar annual subsidy to cover operating losses. The average attendance of WNBA games, league-wide, is roughly one half the average attendance of NBA games. As of the agreement signed in 2003, WNBA players who had up to three years of experience were capped at $42,000. By comparison, $385,277 was the minimum salary of an NBA rookie.[1] WNBA rookies earned $30,000 per year. The maximum salary for a WNBA player in 2004 was $90,000. Many WNBA players choose to supplement their salaries by playing in European or Australian women's basketball leagues during the WNBA off-season."

it's like god damn minor league baseball.

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 3:49 PM. Reason : how excited can you really be if you are drafted into the wnba?]

4/4/2007 3:45:47 PM

i dont know, but apparently in russia they can make 600, 000 - 1 mil a year

4/4/2007 3:45:59 PM

30-97k.

87 k is the cap and 10k bonus for the team that wins it all.

30k is the min and 45k is the min for players with more than 3 years. the average draftee makes 37k.

4/4/2007 3:49:27 PM

hey Aristotle, are you secretly racing me to 2000? B/C I'M RACING YOU!

vv sigh, i was hoping you were doing it too now i don't want to win. hence editing this post.

[Edited on April 4, 2007 at 3:57 PM. Reason : you could've at least lied]

4/4/2007 3:50:40 PM

i'll play basketball for 45k a year


suit me up

4/4/2007 3:50:48 PM

well you win

4/4/2007 3:54:39 PM

I think most WNBA make more money playing overseas.

4/4/2007 3:56:41 PM

no luck for Ms Dickens?

4/4/2007 7:42:21 PM

yeah congrats to those two...im surprised Marquetta Dickens name did not get called, she played lights out in teh ACC Tournament as well as the NCAA tournament!! Best wishes in training camp at Indiana, and I cant remember the other team where Gillian is going ..I thin it was Minnesota.

4/5/2007 4:04:13 PM

^Washington

First post in the thread.

4/5/2007 4:05:16 PM

oh thanks man

4/5/2007 4:07:41 PM

no problem

4/5/2007 4:08:51 PM

F-that, 30 a year to play ball, hells yeah.

4/5/2007 4:34:59 PM

this is what i'm talkin bout. they have the draft the day after the fucking championship, none of this messing around shit like the nba and nfl.

4/5/2007 4:43:17 PM

Yeah I agree, 30 grand to play a sport you love, travel to new cities..hell yeah Id take it too than a struggling grad student, hehe...best wishes to them both!

4/5/2007 11:07:55 PM

Quote :

"Gillian Goring"

Is it bad to want to call her Gorilla Goring?

4/5/2007 11:09:13 PM

Didn't think I'd be making much more than a professional athlete, even if it is women. They should learn how to play beach volleyball.

4/5/2007 11:24:35 PM

cant women play in the nba technically...if they were good enough?

4/6/2007 3:10:19 AM