Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammonis an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association and a retired professional basketball player. Hammon played for the San Antonio Stars and New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She also played for multiple basketball teams outside of the United States. Hammon, who was born and grew up in the United States, became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2008 and represented the Russian national team in the 2008 and...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth11 March 1977
CityRapid City, SD
They are a lot more dangerous now. She's exactly what they needed.
That's going to be an adjustment because you're looking into a sea of people and lights.
I know that everybody is talking about the new faces, but that's not bad. It's different. It's an opportunity. It's a chance for girls to play and a chance for us to do something different.
I needed to be more aggressive. You just want to stay in your stuff and get everybody involved. I try to be more aware and conscious of where my shots are and get ready to shoot.
They were very committed to shutting down the guard play in the first half. It exerts a lot of energy trying to chase those guards around the perimeter. We just had to stick in there and get our posts some looks and get them involved.
It's going to be fun, challenging. I think we're going to be competitive. We got a lot of good things to look forward to. I'm excited to see what it looks like, what the final product is going to be at the end of the season.
The intensity level needs to be jacked up.
They're a great team, they have a lot of great players. You know they're going to make a push at you.
The four quarters I like. The 24-second clock, if you're going to do that you've got to make some adjustments on the defensive end. I still think we've got to stick to our principles and what got us where we are, and that's good team play. It's going to be interesting, it's going to speed up the game a lot.
The issue this year has been putting a 40-minute game together and we did that through the buzzer tonight. That's a quality team. They have veterans and Olympians. Had we let up for one or two minutes, this game could have been another story.
I think the orange rims glow against the black background, so maybe you can focus a lot better.
It's not college basketball. There's a lot of other elements that go into it. NBA guys have been there; they know it.
Eight years ago, I was over there, at the table where no reporters or press was, nobody wanted to talk to me. And now, I am the veteran.
We executed well, and shared the ball really well. They came out and tried to trap, and we did a good job of making the extra pass.