When Brittney Griner started playing basketball at Houston’s Nimitz High School as a freshman, she was already pretty tall for a girl her age. She was already 6 feet, and over the last few years she’s continued growing. And when I say continued growing, I mean like a tree on steroids. Here’s a picture of Brittney now:
She’s currently 6′8″ and absolutely dominating the girls high school basketball scene in Houston - and nationally as well, since she’s considered the number one recruit in the Class of 2009. Using her size, Brittney has averaged 27.1 points, 12.6 rebounds, and an incredible 9.4 blocks per game, all while shooting 68.9 percent from the floor. Brittney has actually outscored the opposing team in more than half of Nimitz’s games this season, and not surprisingly the school is the #1 ranked team in Texas. Oh, and as if she isn’t dominant enough already, doctors say she’s still growing.
From the HOUSTON CHRONICLE:
She’s 6-foot-8, and doctors tell her she’s still growing. She wears size-17 shoes. She has an 86-inch wingspan. The only way Griner can keep heads from turning and crowds from buzzing is to shut herself in her house, and that’s no way for a basketball prodigy to live.
“It helps a lot that I’m just real comfortable with my height,” Griner said. “Some girls when they’re tall, they have a real hard time dealing with their height and their confidence level. When I started getting tall, I just wanted to keep growing.”
Now as you’d expect with someone of Brittney’s height, dunking isn’t exactly a problem. Unlike most women who are able to dunk now, though, Brittney doesn’t need a running start. She can throw down without taking a single step, and she can do it backwards if you like.
The question is, is Brittney a man if Brittney keeps growing at this rate, could she one day be the first female to have a legitimate shot at playing in the NBA instead of the WNBA? I mean, if players like Raef LaFrentz can keep finding spots on rosters, you have to like her chances.*
*I don’t know if she actually does, but I don’t want to say she can’t since I know she could kick my ass.
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4:09 pm on January 13th, 2009
There's always the Harlem Globetrotters.
4:29 pm on January 13th, 2009
I'd like to see Ron Artest try to rumble with her.
5:30 pm on January 13th, 2009
Is Brittney one of the "big girls" Caron Butler warned us about?
7:06 pm on January 13th, 2009
Nice story, but do you think that striking out the lame question makes makes it alright? Because it doesn't.
9:18 pm on January 13th, 2009
Sara - that thing has a string on it for a reason. It's time to pull it out.
8:55 am on January 14th, 2009
That's a huge bitch
10:37 am on January 14th, 2009
Both WNBA fans are licking their chops in excitement, anticipating the day this woman will star on one of their teams.
11:34 am on January 14th, 2009
Sara hit on a good point here folks.
That crossed out statement is really farkin' rude.
Tom, of all the folks saying stuff here, you're the only one with even a touch of accountability. Could you try to set an example for the kids by deleting the crossed-out item above and maintaining some journalist standards?
11:50 am on January 14th, 2009
I found the man comment funny.
Lighten up, Francis.
1:02 pm on January 14th, 2009
Who's the blonde & what does she see in him.
1:29 pm on January 14th, 2009
it'll pay off in a basketball scholarship.
7:06 pm on January 14th, 2009
Her and Kenny George should do the nasty and produce a skyscraper baby.
10:30 pm on January 14th, 2009
Have you seen her dunk on youtube? i think it's a fair question to ask if she's a man. if not male, she might be a robot. Slam magazine recently did an article on her and everyone in my family (including my mom and sister) thought the picture was a guy. not saying she is, but kinda frightening.
9:51 pm on January 15th, 2009
But can she do good snoo-snoo?
2:33 am on October 2nd, 2009
I know, let’s follow the story with some pix shown already 4 hundred thousand times. What an exciting idea.