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Spurs say 'Gimme Dat Becky'
Spurs Name Becky Hammon Assistant Coach
August 5, 2014
Posted: Aug 05, 2014
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The San Antonio Spurs today announced that Becky Hammon has been hired as an assistant coach. Per club policy terms of the contract were not announced.
Hammon, who is currently in her 16th WNBA season, announced on July 23 that she would retire as a player at the conclusion of the 2014 season. Named one of the WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All-Time in July of 2011, Hammon ranks seventh in WNBA history in points (with 5,809), fourth in assists (1,687) and sixth in games (445).
“I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff,” said Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. “Having observed her working with our team this past season, I’m confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Spurs.”
A six-time WNBA All-Star, Hammon has spent the last eight seasons with the San Antonio Stars. She is the Stars all-time leader in assists (1,112) and three-point field goals made (493) while ranking second in franchise history in points (3,442) and games (218). In 2012 Hammon was the top vote getter for the Stars All-Decade Team.
In her WNBA career Hammon has appeared in 445 regular season games, averaging 13.1 points, 3.8 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 28.0 minutes. She has earned All-WNBA First Team honors twice (in 2007 and 2009) and was named to the All-WNBA Second Team in 2005 and 2008.
A three-time All-American at Colorado State, Hammon went unpicked in the 1999 WNBA Draft. She signed with the New York Liberty in May of 1999 and spent eight seasons with the Liberty before being traded to the Stars in a draft night deal in 2007.
Can she legally be in a men's locker room?
Parker will have someone new to go after lol
If female reporters can be there, I don't see why team staff can't.
Is she the first female asst. coach in the NBA? Great to see, if Pop thinks she's good enough then she's good enough.
Messina gotta be pissed, tbh although it could end up being the Russian connection
Spurs continue to beat the rest of the league to the punch. Foreign players can clearly compete in the NBA, and my guess is that Becky will a more than able assistant coach on the team. This will work and likely be copied throughout the league.
Plus, if she beats you in a game of 21, you're off the team.
Google sez no, but she's close. And teh #1 girl was for summer league.
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/02/337359...es-nba-history
Coaching The Big Leagues: Natalie Nakase Makes NBA History
Nakase is the assistant video coordinator for the Los Angeles Clippers, but her sights are set on the Clippers' bench — a goal she revealed to her co-workers.
"I mentioned to some of the coaches ... that my goal eventually is to be a head coach in the NBA," Nakase tells NPR's Eric Westervelt.
Then Doc Rivers, the head coach of the Clippers, called Nakase into his office. She thought she was in trouble.
Instead, she was getting a job offer.
"He just pulled me in and he said, 'Would you want to coach summer league?' ... My first response was shock," she says. "And then I said yes right away."
That's gonna go up next to the Riis quote. Like "pound that rock, but you better be better than a girl. Sorry Nando."
Natalie Nakase's thunder has been completely stolen.
At the end of the article, it does say she's still a video coordinator during the regular season. So basically, Hammon was first.
Summer league don't count for .
Even more reason to get courtside tickets...
Good stuff I like the signing.
Spurs setting trends, as usual.
God I love this damn team so much.
Didn't there used to be rumors of Parker and Becky banging tho lol
Very interesting news. Adding a female perspective to the coaching staff, i don't know what to expect. Whatever she adds, it will surely be profound.
Boylen, Udoka, Engelland, Forcier, Messina, and Hammon (assuming Marks goes back upstairs).
That's a pretty eclectic bunch right there.
I had figured this was likely when Becky announced her retirement, particularly given how effusive Pop was in praising her during last season. It seemed clear that the Spurs genuinely believe she's got something to offer as a coach and she can't commit to coaching full-time with the Spurs if she's still playing for the Stars.
Good for Becky to have earned this sort of belief from the Spurs and good for the Spurs for being progressive enough to consider something like this.
To be fair, there are always rumors of Parker banging someone. I don't think this is the thread for that discussion though.
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