Ham had: 5: left left in the second quarter of the Spurs game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers won the game 121-107.
“Obviously it’s a big deal. It’s a significant moment,” Ham told reporters. “I’ve been a part of this organization. I had a transaction here in 2007 (when I was at WNBA), so I’ve been in San Antonio and been part of the Spurs and Sports organization with the Stars for 13 years. , And they have spent a lot of time for me in making me and making me better.
“Honestly, at the moment, I was just trying to win the game. I say this a lot, but I don’t try to think about its huge picture and its huge aspect because it can be overwhelming. It’s my job where it Focus for people and make sure I do things that will help them to win.
“I don’t really have time to reflect. I haven’t looked at my phone, so I don’t know what’s going on outside the AT&T center these days.”
Hamman said she thinks she’ll be put in the role of head coach, she won’t walk the field, “but that’s the way things go and you roll with it,” she said. “I would have liked a different result. Overall, I would have preferred to win more than anything tonight.”
Popovich will be credited as the head coach in official statistics, but it was a historic moment. How did Heyman know he was going to run for Popovich? “He officially pointed me out,” he said. “It was. He said, ‘You got’ M ‘.
Hayman, a six-time WNBA All-Star in her 16-year career, was the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history when she was hired by the Spurs in 2014. She has previously been the head coach of the Spurs during the summer. League, which takes place during se fasen.
Heyman is once again a nominee for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for the 2021 class. Before Wednesday’s game, Popovich was asked about it, as well as his thoughts on Hayman’s playing days and coaching career.
“Obviously, I think a lot of her abilities have been hired by her. This is her beginning when I was watching her play,” Popovich said.
“She was a leader, everyone on the team responded to her, she was very confident, very competitive and she led the whole show. And when I got to know her and she was in our coach meetings before she was hired, she Grief had arrived for a season, we have got an innate understanding of her antics for the game, what she wins, what she loses, what it can be to make a program.
“So she’s got all the tools she needs to be a coach hack in our league.”
After the game, Spurs Point guard Dijont Murray said: “The future is bright for him. I hope he just sticks to it and doesn’t give up. One day it can happen, it can’t happen, who knows, but She’s definitely on it. The right way. I think everyone here appreciates her. … She sets an example for every woman out there. “
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