Think back to when you were a kid for a second, and remember that time when your teacher was handing out a test you didn’t want to take. Perhaps you were unprepared or nervous or just didn’t feel like answering its questions. No matter the reason, you abruptly claimed you felt a stomachache — one so bad you had to scurry to the nurse’s office instead, hoping to avoid the exam entirely.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Las Vegas Aces sure looked like that student. And their test consisted merely of responding, in whatever manner they saw fit, to a question regarding one of their former players.
Over two weeks ago, the Aces traded two-time Sixth Woman of the Year Dearica Hamby to the Los Angeles Sparks. Hours after, Hamby, who is pregnant with her second child, took to Instagram and released a statement on Jan. 21, to in part say: “Being traded is part of the business. Being lied to, manipulated and discriminated against is not.” “To be treated this way, by an organization, by women who are mothers, who have claimed to ‘be in these shoes’… leaves me sick to my stomach.” The WNBPA followed with a statement of its own, writing it would “seek a comprehensive investigation” to ensure her rights under the league’s CBA, as well as state and federal laws, were not…
