Basketball Hall of Fame finalist Becky Hammon sits down with Bob Myers | Lead by Example

Winning her first title hasn’t changed Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon. She sits down with Bob to detail how her perseverance shaped her success both as a player and a coach. Hammon assesses her desire to still be an NBA coach, while noting there’s still plenty of work to do in the WNBA. She examines her relationships with All-Stars Kelsey Plum and DeMar Derozan, and her long dinners with Gregg Popovich that she couldn’t get out of if she tried.
0:00 Bob Myers sits down with Becky Hammon
0:40 Reaction to winning WNBA Championship
5:13 Competitiveness at an early age
8:08 Decision to go into coaching
9:50 Unifying presence as a leader
15:05 How perseverance shaped success
23:17 Challenges in becoming NBA head coach
27:20 Differences between coaching women and men
32:24 Relationship with Aces All-Star Kelsey Plum
41:34 Weighing desire to still be an NBA head coach
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[@tonytom5242]

It's official... Welcome to absolute Legend HoFer... Congrats to Becky and all of the inductees

[@AnthonyWilliams_83]

Beck Hamon and Dawn Staley are two of the best PG's and coaches ever!!

[@anotherelvis]

This series is great.

[@MikeJay-on5tt]

Congrats to her,Love you Becky!!

[@jaygarcia9477]

I love Becky ❤ stay Blessed Hall of Famer 🙏

[@MrGenexxx]

One of my favorite Russian basketball players of all time!

[@lisaferrin]

" I'd rather be in the fight" i want to make an impact.. such a class act!

[@barbaracaroll]

Becky you made it congratulations

[@richardcoreno]

Jim Thorpe -- yes, that Jim Thorpe -- should be strongly considered for enshrinement........since he saved the Eastern Industrial Basketball Leagues that were teetering on the brink of financial ruin. In the Roaring Twenties, what was East Coast pro hoops struggled mightily due to play degenerating into cumbersome pacing and physically resembling wrestling more than actual basketball. Fans voted with their wallets and stayed away......until Thorpe spent the latter portion of the decade leading a wintertime travel team called the “World Famous Indians” -- which highlighted an uptempo offense and defensive athleticism (the Original Showtime, I gather!). Gyms became packed for their exhibition games versus area pro and amateur clubs and local all-star squads, while league officials and team owners received a hard hardwood lesson on how the game needed to be played. And change came quicker than a modern day NBA fast break. And that a younger Thorpe was courted by several Canadian hockey clubs to play at the pro level of that era is a story for another time.

[@williamwilson9283]

👍

[@TheOaklandAthletics1989]

🗿After work I threw out some fruit chunks from a salad bowl all over the parking lot to feed the birds. I wonder why the seagulls weren't eating it and then I thought to myself " oh yeah birds don't have teeth......yeah"

[@jessiecoastaliving]

Don’t tell me Bob is going to steal Becky from the Aces one day.

[@EA97_]

spurs

[@Intruder-xw6ye]

Who??????? Token Hall of famer. Never heard of her

[@Corye]

You don’t know basketball

[@aimysoto6662]

Must be living under a rock 🙄