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Dobbin led the NCAA Division I basketball scene in assists per game for three years in a row; something that no player, male or female, has ever done in recent history. Yet because of what many have perceived as a lack of offensive punch, Dobbins, like so many players of her caliber, have been left out of the WNBA’s mix of getting quality players who could play and help grow the league. Dobbins story isn’t one so much on the fact that she isn’t getting an opportunity as it is the fact that mid major schools like Northwestern State simply do not get the respect that the big schools do. Northwestern State is in the Southland Conference and for some odd reason both the NBA and WNBA simply don’t think conferences like Southland can produce top athletes. Well that way of thinking may be changing as this past weekend showed two former Southland players make a big impact on the NBA scene; Indiana’s Jeff Foster and San Antonio’s Devin Brown. What makes Dobbins’ story so intriguing though is the fact that you would think that the WNBA would want someone like her in the league. “She is a scorer and can play on this level,” Rick Nixon of UTSA told me last Saturday night at the San Antonio Silver Stars game. Looking at the talent that is in the WNBA, Nixon is correct. San Antonio’s own Tai Dillard is in her second season with the Silver Stars and she could become a very good player over time. Yet what would separate Dobbins from Dillard and so many others is the fact that she is a true point guard and for some enigmatic reason, those types of players are frowned upon now. There should be some type of scouting service that helps the WNBA find players like Dobbins just like there currently is for the men. Without sounding judgemental, there should be no reason for the WNBA to be passing up on a player of her caliber just because she may not be a prolific scorer. That wasn’t her job in college and it shouldn’t be if she gets into the women’s professional ranks. Think about this: if a player like Dobbins
didn’t get drafted, what makes anyone think that THEIR daughter
would get drafted?  Gregory Moore is the Managing Editor of the San Antonio Informer, a weekly African American newspaper located in San Antonio, Texas. WANT TO REACH THIS WRITER Copyright 2006 by BlackAthlete.net, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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