No, Becky Hammon did not miss the locker room, but after 16 years of playing for the San Antonio Stars, she is moving from the women's team to the men's team, the San Antonio Spurs, the current NBA champions. Of course, she is not moving to the floor, but behind the court line, to the position of assistant coach to Gregg Popovich.
37-year-old Hammon she announced at the end of July Goodbye from playing in of the WNBA. Because she was a six-time participant the All-Star game she was injured for most of the last season at the invitation of the coach Popovich started attending training sessions and then also matches Tony Parker and societies. The experienced strategist soon recognized her potential, which is unlike that Lisa Boyer with Cleveland Cavaliers from the 2001/02 season grew into a real, official collaboration. No wonder, when he has such a rich and laurel-filled career behind him. Before he did a naturalized Russian woman joined the San Antoni Stars team between 1999 and 2006 she played for New York Liberty, and at the end of the season, she also tried out on European parquets in the jersey of Trentino, CSKA Moscow, Valencia, Orenburg and Spartak, and in Beijing with the national team she also won Olympic bronze.
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About hers qualities so one should not doubt the quality of the second acquisition of the current NBA champions, Ettore Messina, which will be like Hammon's assistant coach Gregg Popovich.
