Hammon Gives UP On NBA Head Job, Takes Her Whine to WokeNBA

The NBA’s perpetual first head female coach in waiting awaits no more. Becky Hammon, a San Antonio Spurs assistant coach, has given it up and accepted a head coaching job with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces. It was widely assumed that she has the ability to coach men. Her privilege card expired. The media and she immediately made up excuses to get passed over by the NBA teams.

“The NBA underestimated Becky Hammon,” wrote Yahoo Sports’ Meredith Cash in stunned disbelief. “Now she’s taking her talents where everyone knows her worth. NBA franchises continuously failed to recognize her aptitude and preparedness for a head coaching job.”

Hammon waited eight years as an assistant coach with the Spurs and now says, “I feel like they’re a long ways off from hiring [a woman head coach].”

This story is just dripping with unfairness – to the Left. Other assistant Spurs basketball coaches rose to top in the NBA coaching ranks despite holding positions as assistant coaches.

Portland had interviewed Hammon to be its head coach, but chose Chauncey Billups. She was able to read the text and concluded that her inability to hire the right person is the reason she didn’t look the part. She thinks she should automatically get an NBA job because she’s smart and has a lot of heart.  “… You just keep getting up after being hit so many times. There is no other way. It is just an habit.

“You have to just keep on getting up, because life can hit anyone, but it’s how you react that will define you.

Are her excuses still valid? No.

“We’ve never had these conversations about men leading women’s teams,” Hammon said after becoming the first female assistant coach in the NBA, with the Spurs, in 2014.

Hammon played in and was a star of the WokeNBA previously, and she admitted to stealing plays from this league. This is not good news for her. Would an NBA team really want to hire a head coach who’s getting her plays from women’s teams?

This is also a huge reason Hammon was not promoted to the Portland leadership position. Like work ethic:

“Hammon impressed Portland officials and was generally liked among Blazers staffers, sources said. When Portland tried to get intel from San Antonio, Hammon wasn’t nearly as helpful regarding various coaching aspects. That sentiment has been echoed by sources around the league.”

Nonetheless, there’s got to be more to the Hammons story. Jack Winter of Fan Nation suggested last summer that there could be gender bias. At least for now, Hammon’s NBA coaching watch is on hold. She’ll finish the season with the Spurs, then assume her new job, believing she got a raw deal.