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Hammon named first full-time female assistant coach in NBA
The Day ^ | 8/6/14 | JON KRAWCZYNSKI

Posted on 08/06/2014 2:11:41 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

....decorated WNBA veteran Becky Hammon has never had the experience of shattering a backboard with a dunk. She's busting through the glass ceiling instead. The San Antonio Spurs hired Hammon as an assistant coach on Tuesday, making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: nba; republicanstate
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To: driftless2

If your country rejected you, would you go elsewhere to perform at your highest level?


21 posted on 08/06/2014 11:01:07 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: laotzu

In the NBA, a gut who is here this week is gone another team next week. Most I would not associate with no matter how much money they have. There are a few exceptions, but the league is mostly thugs.


22 posted on 08/06/2014 11:36:06 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Deliver us, oh LORD, from the EVIL that has befallen our once Great GOD fearing land!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
the league is mostly thugs

Which Spur is a street thug? Which Trailblazer? Which Thunder?

I can't think of one. Can you?

23 posted on 08/06/2014 12:41:44 PM PDT by laotzu
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To: SoFloFreeper

For a piece of metal? Good grief...NO!!!!!


24 posted on 08/06/2014 12:44:00 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: laotzu

Sorry to step on your toes, but maybe three or four teams have guys who stay out of the news. The league as a whole is far from being model citizens.


25 posted on 08/06/2014 1:37:33 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Deliver us, oh LORD, from the EVIL that has befallen our once Great GOD fearing land!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
will she be able to get the street thug NBA players to listen to her

Since there are no thugs on the Spurs team....I'm sorry, what was your point again?

Sorry to step on your toes...

Please do not play the victim card at FreeRepublic.

26 posted on 08/06/2014 2:04:09 PM PDT by laotzu
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To: driftless2

sigh.

okay.

well, isn’t that what is great about freedom? :) you choose not to do so, she chose to do so.

By the way, according to this article, she did not end her citizenship in the USA. She obtained dual citizenship.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=3427182


27 posted on 08/06/2014 2:04:47 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Have you seen and heard the players of San Antonio? I am no fan AT ALL of the NBA, but when they played Miami for the championship, the local news would carry interviews.....unlike the Miami thugs, the San Antonio players sounded fairly intelligent and sophisticated....smarter than your average NBA player, imho.


28 posted on 08/06/2014 4:49:11 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Vinnie

My thoughts as well.


29 posted on 08/06/2014 9:07:56 PM PDT by Ron H. (Are you ready for His return! Are you prepared?)
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To: Uncle Chip

Not publicity. Apparently she and Pops go way back. Pops is willing to take publicity hits, and even fines from the league, to put his team in a position to win. He isn’t going to weaken the team for PR.


31 posted on 08/07/2014 10:50:50 AM PDT by discostu (Villains always blink their eyes.)
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To: driftless2

If you’re going to devalue the Olympic medal as just “a piece of medal” then you should be honest and devalue the whole even as just sport. Countries don’t really win or lose anything in international sports, it really just effect their uniforms and available teammates. One didn’t want her, another she was eligible for did, so she went the team that wanted her and won.


32 posted on 08/07/2014 10:58:09 AM PDT by discostu (Villains always blink their eyes.)
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To: discostu

If you think there’s no problem with suiting up against your own country, then I don’t know what to say.


33 posted on 08/07/2014 11:11:43 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: driftless2

She didn’t suit up against her country, it’s JUST sports. Nothing happens if “our” team wins or loses, there’s no effect on the world. It’s a game. You’re trying to make it sound like she took place in armed combat against American troops, THAT would be suiting up against her country, but that’s not what happened.

Again, be consistent. If you’re going to say it’s just a chunk of metal admit it’s just sport. If you’re going to insist sports matter, then the medal matters. You can have it either way, but you can’t have it both ways.


34 posted on 08/07/2014 11:15:36 AM PDT by discostu (Villains always blink their eyes.)
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To: laotzu
Go on back to you butt boys.

"laotzu" - chicom? OK I'm getting it now. You were yao Ming's "girlfriend", so you have to defend the NBA.

36 posted on 08/07/2014 11:55:02 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Knock off the language.


39 posted on 08/07/2014 1:11:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Your eloquence does your entire generation proud.

How was that Bieber concert?

40 posted on 08/07/2014 1:51:33 PM PDT by laotzu
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