Becky Hammon’s first head coaching experience is going wonderfully. The Las Vegas Aces are preparing to play the semi-finals but they did not wait for the end of the WNBA Playoffs to obtain collective and individual rewards thanks to their new technician. Come on, harvest trophies.
We redo the quick history for those who were not listening at the back of the class. Becky Hammon is a WNBA legend with six All-Star Game call-ups and two All-WNBA First Team selections under her belt. In 2021, she was part of the list of the 25 best players in history on the occasion of the celebration of the quarter century of the little sister of the NBA. Since 2014, you must have seen her on the staff of the San Antonio Spurs where she spent eight years as Gregg Popovich’s assistant. First woman to coach during an NBA regular season game in 2020 and to lead a team in the NBA Summer League, she decided to emancipate herself from Whitebeard by becoming the number 1 on the Aces bench at the start of the season. . This franchise, she knows it well. Nothing to do with his level of bluffing in poker or his intuition in roulette. Before moving to Vice City in 2018, the team was based in San Antonio where they spent eight years of their playing career. His number 25 was even retired in Las Vegas recently. For her first season as head coach, she wanted to mark the occasion and we can say that the mission is already accomplished with the deserved obtaining of this title of COY.
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#1 overall record
#1 in scoring & offensive efficiency
2nd best winning percentage ever by a rookie H.C.
Franchise record for wins in a season
All-Star H.C.
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At 45, Becky Hammon knows what she wants and her players adhere. On the field, this gives the best offense in the entire league, averaging 90.4 points per game. A record since 2010, only two teams have done better in history. The show is in order but it’s even better when the victory is at the end. Never mind, the Aces posted the best record of the season tied with the Sky (26-10), guaranteeing them home advantage until the final. He’s a real bulldozer who has knocked down his opponents all season, also winning the Commissioner’s Cup in July. First trophy for Becky Hammon who will surely call others. To complete this close to flawless picture, she coached and won the 2022 All-Star Game in the presence of four of her players. A season already successful on all levels logically crowned with the title of Coach of the Year with 27 votes out of 56 possible. However, this is not the time for parties and poker nights on the Las Vegas Strip. The Aces have semi-finals to prepare for. Game 1 against the Seattle Storm of Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Gabby Williams takes place tomorrow night and Becky Hammon secretly dreams of giving the franchise its first WNBA trophy.
The season isn’t over yet but Pop should be proud, his family tree continues to grow. Becky Hammon couldn’t have dreamed of a better start as a head coach, but she still has one last challenge to take on to achieve the Grand Slam in 2022. The Aces are only six wins away from lifting the WNBA trophy and it starts this Sunday against the Storm.
Source : WNBA
