By Charlotte Wilder
FOX Sports Columnist
Becky Hammon is one of the best WNBA players of all time.
She’s also an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs and was doing a press tour to promote the WNBA Commissioner’s Title Cup, an inner-season tournament that concluded Thursday night with a game between the Seattle Storm and Connecticut Sun.
The Storm are a force to be reckoned with, but many of their players — including star Sue Bird — had just returned from the Olympics, so Hammon wondered if they’d have a disadvantage. They didn’t. The Storm beat the Sun easily — though Hammon would’ve been thrilled with any outcome.
“I can’t pick a team because one of my college coaches, [Curt Miller], is now the head coach of the Sun,” she said. “And then obviously, me and Sue go way back. I want to see good basketball. I don’t really care. Like I said, I got a dog on both sides.”
Hammon is careful with her endorsements. Her name carries a lot of weight because she is a formidable presence in the basketball world. Not to state the obvious, but in addition to being a highly respected player and now coach, she’s also a woman. Those three descriptors are — unfortunately but unsurprisingly — rarely heard next to one another.
I was interested to hear how Hammon feels…
