Dallas Mavericks
Post by JR Wiles on Aug 5, 2014 13:12:28 GMT -5
Veteran WNBA player Becky Hammon is joining the Dallas Maverick coaching staff.
The Mavs made the announcement Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not revealed.
Becky Hammon is a six-time WNBA All-Star who was named one of the league's top 15 players of all time in July 2011.
Hammon, who is currently in her 16th WNBA season, announced July 23 that she would retire as a player at the end of the 2014 season.
"I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff," Mavs coach said in a statement Tuesday. "Having observed her working with our team this past season and the Spurs, I'm confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Mavs.
We decided to go out and get her before someone else does!"
Hammon is not the first woman hired to be an NBA assistant. Lisa Boyer, now associate head women's basketball coach at South Carolina, served on John Lucas' staff in Cleveland in the 2001-02 season.
When Hammon's 15th WNBA season was derailed because of a knee injury, the Mavs invited her to attend their team's practices.
The Mavs coach was asked in May whether women can coach men's players, and he replied, "I don't see why not. There shouldn't be any limitations. It's about talent and the ability to do things. It's not about what your sex is or your race or anything else."
Named one of the WNBA's top 15 players of all time in July 2011, Hammon ranks seventh in WNBA history in points (with 5,809), fourth in assists (1,687) and sixth in games (445).
A six-time WNBA All-Star, Hammon has spent the past eight seasons with the San Antonio Stars. She is their all-time leader in assists (1,112) and 3-point field goals made (493) while ranking second in franchise history in points (3,442) and games (218). In 2012, Hammon was the top vote-getter for the Stars' All-Decade Team.
The Mavs secretly hired former All-Star and game winner Gilbert Arenas to join their staff about a week ago as an assistant coach. "We need winners and Becky and Gilbert are exactly that and more." said Mavs Center Dirk Nowitzki. " Not only that we need professionals that know how to win and are not afraid to take the last shot!"
The Mavs made the announcement Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not revealed.
Becky Hammon is a six-time WNBA All-Star who was named one of the league's top 15 players of all time in July 2011.
Hammon, who is currently in her 16th WNBA season, announced July 23 that she would retire as a player at the end of the 2014 season.
"I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff," Mavs coach said in a statement Tuesday. "Having observed her working with our team this past season and the Spurs, I'm confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Mavs.
We decided to go out and get her before someone else does!"
Hammon is not the first woman hired to be an NBA assistant. Lisa Boyer, now associate head women's basketball coach at South Carolina, served on John Lucas' staff in Cleveland in the 2001-02 season.
When Hammon's 15th WNBA season was derailed because of a knee injury, the Mavs invited her to attend their team's practices.
The Mavs coach was asked in May whether women can coach men's players, and he replied, "I don't see why not. There shouldn't be any limitations. It's about talent and the ability to do things. It's not about what your sex is or your race or anything else."
Named one of the WNBA's top 15 players of all time in July 2011, Hammon ranks seventh in WNBA history in points (with 5,809), fourth in assists (1,687) and sixth in games (445).
A six-time WNBA All-Star, Hammon has spent the past eight seasons with the San Antonio Stars. She is their all-time leader in assists (1,112) and 3-point field goals made (493) while ranking second in franchise history in points (3,442) and games (218). In 2012, Hammon was the top vote-getter for the Stars' All-Decade Team.
The Mavs secretly hired former All-Star and game winner Gilbert Arenas to join their staff about a week ago as an assistant coach. "We need winners and Becky and Gilbert are exactly that and more." said Mavs Center Dirk Nowitzki. " Not only that we need professionals that know how to win and are not afraid to take the last shot!"
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