The San Antonio Spurs decided to let a female coach run their team in Las Vegas – and it’s paying dividendsThis might be the NBA’s Summer League but Becky Hammon has been beating the men here and beating them honorable. The San Antonio Spurs’ experiment of having the NBA’s first female assistant run team in the rookie league has turned into a clinic on what a woman can accomplish if she is handed the same clipboard as a male coach.On Sunday Hammon’s Spurs won their fifth game in a row to advance to Monday’s Summer League Final,meaning she is a victory absent from a championship in her first attempt at coaching. In a month when a woman’s team set the record for the largest television audience for an American soccer game, a woman can win an NBA league title. This has been an immense month for women’s sports.Continue reading..., or
Source: theguardian.com