LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon is sitting next to Sydney Colson in an office at the Las Vegas Aces’ facility and is struggling to keep a straight face. Colson has been called in to talk to Hammon and team president Nikki Fargas under the pretense that she offended a teammate’s family member.
But as Colson tries to explain herself, Hammon can’t keep up the jig any longer and bursts into laughter, letting Colson know the entire meeting was a charade. Some Aces teammates who had been on the receiving end of Colson’s many jokes decided to mess with the prank queen herself, and Hammon excitedly took on a central role in the act.
Hammon credits Kelsey Plum for coming up with the idea. But Plum says none of this happens without the environment Hammon has created in Las Vegas, where team members willingly come in on an off day to mess with the 11th player in the rotation.
“You watch our team play and you watch the amount of fun we have, and that just permeates from Becky,” Plum says. “I really enjoy coming to work. It’s a lot of fun, and she’s a big reason for that.”
Hammon adds: “If you watch our bench, you’re going to see a lot of people making fun of a lot of people. Mostly me. They make fun of me.”
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