In 2014, Becky Hammon was already plowing the fallow land in the North American NBA basketball league, when she became a full-fledged member of the professional staff of head coach Gregg Popovich. The first female assistant coach of an NBA team is now on her way to a new milestone. She will join the coach of the San Antonio Spurs team at the All-Star game, where the famous coach Ostrog will lead the western team.
Becky Hammon will become on February 14, 2016 the first female NBA All-Star game coaching staff in history. Namely, she got a place in the western headquarters, which will be led by her otherwise "boss". Gregg Popovich, coach of the San Antonio Spurs, where Hammon has been full-time since August 5, 2014, when she became the first female assistant coach of an NBA team. After that time, the Sacramento Kings followed in Ostrog's footsteps and hired a legendary basketball player as an assistant coach. Nancy Lieberman.
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Head coaches NBA- the team was chosen recently 14 additional basketball players, who will join the fan-selected All-Star Game first five. They will start for the west Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers), Stephen Curry (Golden State), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma), Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma) and Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio), and for the East LeBron James (Cleveland), Dwyane Wade (Miami), Paul George (Indiana), Carmelo Anthony (New York) and Kyle Lowry (Toronto). Their reserves will be Chris Bosh (Miami Heat), Jimmy Butler (Chicago Bulls), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons), Paul Millsap (Atlanta Hawks), Isaiah Thomas (Boston Celtics) and John Wall ( Washington Wizards), and the Western Conference team will be able to count on the following names: Klay Thompson, Draymond Green (both Golden State Warriors), LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs), DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings), Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans). , James Harden (Houston Rockets) and Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers).
Even otherwise, it will be 65th All-Star Game groundbreaking. It will be played in the hall Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada, which means it will for the first time in NBA history played outside the United States.
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