G:TB's been on the Becky Hammon bandwagon since 2014, when she joined the coaching staff of the San Antonio Spurs. Where others might've seen some sort of tokenism, we believed that Greg Popovich didn't play that kind of game - the best leaders seek better leaders, tradition be damned.
We were right. But more importantly, Pop was right.
Hammon's Las Vegas Aces beat the Connecticut Sun yesterday, 78-71, to win the WNBA Finals, three games to one. Hammon became the first coach in WNBA history to win the title in her/his first season as the big whistle (hat tip to OBX Dave for that sobriquet).
The Aces were 26-10 during the regular season, winning the Commissioner's Cup along the way. Hammon was named Coach of the Year. A'ja Wilson was WNBA Player of the Year, and Kelsey Plum joined Wilson on the first-team all-WNBA roster. And with all that talent, Chelsea Gray won the Finals MVP. The Aces are deep, and talented, and it must be noted, well-coached.
In that piece about Hammon joining the Spurs, we wrote, "The NBA is a global business worth billions of dollars. Very few other global enterprises succeed without diversity of thought and innovation in leadership. This is in many ways a very natural evolution. All of this assumes, it must be said, that Hammon can actually coach."
As noted above, Pop was, and is, right. Becky Hammon is a champion. And should she want it, she'll take the lead on an NBA bench sooner rather than later. And unless I'm missing the plot, she'll be great.
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apparently there's a chess cheating scandal that involves vibrating anal beads. which one of you wants the assignment to get to the bottom of this?
This is the thing that could bring TR back.
Marls is right. Surely TR needs a safe space to discuss this story, lest he bring it up around his new friends and neighbors.
So many uses for anal beads! I hate the Titans.
your buffs are 21.5-point home dogs against ucla. i don't think the bruins are all that good, but that seems a low number against one of the worst teams in the nation.
google ‘chad powers’ and thank me later
Adjust the bass and treble make my shit sound clear? Goff did something similar a few years ago.
Hello, Kirk. We remember you.
new patton oswalt drops tonight. get some.
netflix?
yessir
Also, Ken Burns' new doc running -- U.S. and Holocaust. I was unaware til Monday. Primo and we'll worth your time. Started Sunday night. Episode 2 Tuesday, Episode 3 Wednesday.
Streamed first episode over PBS.org. Other episodes available, as well. No spoilers, but let's just say, not our finest hour in run-up to WW2. Some of parallels between then and now are a mite jarring.
Excellent placement of “finest hour” on an event circa 1940. That’s why he’s the pro.
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