Re: Anyone know?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SMMfan1) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Since the retirement of Rebecca Lobo, how many inaugural year players are still
> left on the active list?  ...And, if someone out there is a REAL statistics
> nut, perhaps it could be discovered how many NBA players from '97 are still
> playing.  Then, taking the total number of today's active players (in both
> leagues), we could get percentage numbers.  The intelligence gained from a
> longevity comparison could be quite interesting.  Off hand, I would think that
> -- as a percentage -- the NBA has more players from '97 still playing.  But, I
> could be wrong.
> 
> Jim

Hmmm, according to WNBA.com, Rebecca was not an inaugural player
(she's listed with 5 years, not 6).  I thought she was!

Following are those listed with 6 years:

Ruthie Bolton 
Lady Grooms
Rushia Brown
Andrea Stinson
Merlakia Jones
Wendy Palmer
Janeth Arcain
Tina Thompson (?  thought she came in during the 2nd year)
Bridgett Pettis
Lisa Leslie
Mwadi Mabika
Sophia Witherspoon
Tameka Dixon
Jennifer Gillom
Teresa Weatherspoon
Vickie Johnson
Cycnthia Cooper (sort of - she has 4 years but was there from the
start of course)

Sheryl Swoopes (? they show her with 5 years, but I thought she played
some toward the end of the first year)

Looks like them most inaugural players play for the Sparks (4). 
Latasha Byears would have made it 5.

Someone else can come up with the NBA player stats.