Lately, the most interesting sports stories in Texas have been coming out of San Antonio.
Last week it was the Oakland Raiders in town to talk to city fathers about moving the NFL franchise to the Alamo City. Yesterday, it was the announcement that the San Antonio Spurs had hired the first woman coach in NBA history – well, almost – but more about that later.
The Spurs newest assistant coach is Becky Hammon, and she certainly seems qualified. She is a six-time All-Star and two-time first-team All-WNBA, is seventh in points, fourth in assists and sixth in games in WNBA history. Planning to retire as an active player, she hoped to become a coach, and has been working with the Spurs for a while.
"I very much look forward to the addition of Becky Hammon to our staff," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said in a statement. "Having observed her working with our team this past season, I'm confident her basketball IQ, work ethic and interpersonal skills will be a great benefit to the Spurs."
Back to that almost in the first paragraph – Hammon will be the first female coach on an NBA team’s payroll, but Lisa Boyer was an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2001-02. Boyer didn't travel to away games and wasn't paid by the Cavaliers. She was paid by the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA.
As to that Raiders story from last week – it’s not likely that anything will come of that. Still it might be fun to have three NFL teams in Texas.
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