As part of the WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces coaching staff, former Clippers assistant Natalie Nakase says Hammon is on par with the NBA coaches she has worked with and that “her ability to get buy-…
I badly want Becky Hammon to get a shot at an NBA head coaching gig. But I’m also begging you to appreciate what an impressive feat she just pulled off, leading the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA championship in her first season as a head coach.
Her lead assistant Natalie Nakase previously spent a decade as a Clippers assistant coach, absorbing expertise from Doc Rivers, an NBA championship coach, and then Tyronn Lue, also a champion and one of the game’s great adjustment-makers. She’ll tell you Hammon is as good a coach as either of those guys.
They led the WNBA in scoring, putting up an average of 90.4 points, more than any team in 12 years. And they moved with NBA-inspired pace, leading the league with 82.2 possessions – all in 40-minute games, mind you. But I’m also eager to watch Hammon try and make more WNBA history, to take her shot at turning the Aces into the league’s first repeat champions since the Sparks won consecutive titles in 2001-02.
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