Is Becky Hammon Next In Line For The Spurs?
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Last month, San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon made history against LeBron James and the Lakers, becoming the first woman to lead an NBA team in a regular season game. The Athletic’s Christopher Kamrani recently spoke with NBA players Hammon has coached during her time in San Antonio, as well as WNBA players she has played with, and he joins us today to talk about what makes Becky Hammon special as a coach, what Gregg Popovich sees in her, and what might come next in her coaching career.
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| 0:32.4 | Last month, San Antonio Spurs, assistant coach Becky Hammond made history against LeBron |
| 0:38.0 | James and the Lakers. |
| 0:41.6 | Becky Hammond became the first woman to lead an NBA team in a regular season game, taking |
| 0:46.5 | over after Greg Popovich was ejected in the first half in San Antonio. |
| 0:51.2 | The athletics Christopher Camrani recently spoke with NBA players Hammond has coached, |
| 0:55.5 | and WNBA players she played with. |
| 0:57.7 | He joins us today to talk about what makes Becky Hammond special, and what Spurs had coach |
| 1:02.7 | Greg Popovich sees in her future. |
| 1:05.6 | He's been grooming Becky for this moment, and I think as much as he doesn't want the |
| 1:10.6 | attention, Pop will be absolutely happy to fade into the sunlight and give Becky the ball. |
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| 1:28.1 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:32.3 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the team. |
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