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How could it not have happened sooner? Becky Hammon has made history in the NBA and even in sport in general. She coached today for the first time in the NBA and thus becomes the first woman to occupy this position of head coach within the North American league.
Gregg Popovich suffered his 227,527th stroke of his career. It was thus necessary to take over and Becky Hammon finally had this right. Gone are the privileges of Tim Duncan as 1st assistant when he was not a real coach. The latter had had the chance to be head coach, without having really deserved it, again during an expulsion of Pop. Becky Hammon is a coach, a real one. Arrived in San Antonio in 2007, first in WNBA, it is in 2013 that the future coach becomes a subordinate of Gregg Popovich. In the 2nd quarter, history is on the move. He therefore receives his second technical fault and knows that the expulsion is coming. He walks over to Becky and points to her, “You’re taking care of them. Becky Hammon is no stranger to this fact. First in the summer league, she became a Spurs coach. Then during the bubble, the assistant coaches coached one after the other but it was not really official. It is therefore with immense pride that the WNBA legend wore the warming blue. :
“Obviously, this is an important moment. I’m part of this organization, I was traded here in 2007 so I’m in San Antonio and I’m part of the Spurs and the sports organization with the Stars [equipe WNBA] and everything for 13 years. So they invested a lot in me to build me up and improve me. ”
Spurs assistant Becky Hammon filled in for an ejected Gregg Popovich.
She’s believed to be the first woman to act as head coach during an NBA regular-season game. pic.twitter.com/VyQqVNaPhc
– ESPN (@espn) December 31, 2020
Becky Hammon had a few talks, unfortunately to no avail. The experience speaks for her, her stint in the WNBA as a star and legend, rubbing shoulders with Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, it’s only a matter of time for the job to belong to her one day or the other, in San Antonio or elsewhere. In life, we need pioneers and the pioneer in US sport because it is not just basketball, Becky Hammon could be called. The world of sport is often hard on women, much harder than it is on men. The function of sports journalist shows this quite well. But we must not skip the steps, it was a very important day, except that it will be even more so when his job is a CDI:
“The guys responded really well. I thought we gave each other a chance. We fought several times. I think it was business as usual [quand un journaliste lui demande comment ça s’est passé avec les joueurs]. They are used to hearing my voice in practice. “
It was clearly not a gift to play Lakers for Becky, but she did her job. If his return to the bench as number 2 will be in the next game, we hope that everything will change one day to bear this responsibility that everything is possible in sport, even for young girls who will be a great source of inspiration.
LeBron gave out gifts to his fans after beating the Spurs on his birthday ???? pic.twitter.com/iXYE0y9ydt
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 31, 2020
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