In the world of basketball entertainment, there was one power and that was the NBA, but there is another that is emerging and rising to new heights and that is the WNBA. The WNBA was established in 1997, but the first women’s league was created in 1976. The two leagues have the same focus and lover for the game. The WNBA has everything that the NBA has; there are the fast breaks and the sweet plays. There are also noticeable differences in the two leagues like three point line, the size of the ball, illegal defense and shot clock time.
In the WNBA the three point line is much closer to the rim the women are only 19’9” inches from the rim while the men’s, is 22” inches from the rim. “We’re rewriting the