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HotForHammon
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 Posted: 05/22/09 7:18 pm ::: |
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As for all the speculation about what is in her contract none of us will ever know. But per the Express News. She was approached in April and asked to play. She told them she had to talk to her agent and Coach. So on the surface it does seem she does have some say. She was told no by SASS and that was reported to the NT but it seems they refuse to accept that. SASS gave her some time to resolve the issue face to face and permission to leave training camp.
KSAT 12 News just did another update at the 6:00 pm news. They even talked to Coach Hughes. Same stuff folks, nothing has changed and they know she is working out with the NT. No big deal. She is there to talk face to face and tell them her intent not to play and try to work out their differences. In the week that she is there it seems it is cool to work out with them. She has a return flight to San Antonio on Tuesday May 26th and they said she will be in Silver and Black to tip off the season. They once again said Becky will not miss any Silver Stars games. The interview and report will be up at SSN shortly but what I typed was pretty much what was said. |
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| Posted: 05/22/09 8:55 pm ::: |
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| Richyyy wrote: |
| In fairness to our various Hammonite members, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that they'd want her for training camp and a couple of friendlies, rather than not having her at all. |
It's possible, but it would be a little unusual.
IMO, if you're about to enter a tournament then you would want your proper roster playing the friendlies as good preparation. Bringing in a main-rotation player for a couple of warm-up games would cause more disruption than benefit.
The only reason this would go down IMO is if the Russians were trying to save face. Just as we have been hearing incorrect things at this end about how Hammon ain't going anywhere, the Russians have also been making big claims about her playing. The truth is likely somewhere in the middle, so at least they get to say that she did play, even if it was pointless.
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But it seems to she assured the Silver Stars (and the fans) she wouldn't miss any WNBA time because of the deal with Russia, and now she has to. Either
a) she didn't understand the deal, which is her fault
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Could also be her agent's fault. I would have thought that they are the one who should have sorted this out long before it became this big mess.
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| Posted: 05/22/09 10:15 pm ::: |
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| If Hammon is to play the few games for Russia, let's hope that she doesn't get seriously injured. That would be terrible for San Antonio.
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| Posted: 05/23/09 4:54 am ::: |
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"Becky Hammon is in the Russian training camp. Russian NT continue to prepare for European Championship. Apparently there will be no problems with Hammon`s participation in the tournament. In both control matches with Hungary (23 and 24 May) she will take part.", - said a spokesman of Russian basketball federation Alexander Fedotov.
[ translation from BeckyHammon.ru ]
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HotForHammon
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| Posted: 05/23/09 7:42 am ::: |
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"Becky Hammon is in the Russian training camp. Russian NT continue to prepare for European Championship. Apparently there will be no problems with Hammon`s participation in the tournament. In both control matches with Hungary (23 and 24 May) she will take part.", - said a spokesman of Russian basketball federation Alexander Fedotov.
[ translation from BeckyHammon.ru ]
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Try reading the WHOLE article
Right below that paragraph is says
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| However, if Hemmon still never go to the European Championship, there are those who will be glad to this fact. I am happy in a good sense of the word. Indeed, critics of the current status of national women's basketball предостаточно. Among them, and our outstanding athlete Elena Baranova. |
Read the WHOLE article and you see that the guy really doesn't have a clue if she will play or not. He is writing about how Russia needs to develop is youth in the NT. No where in there does its say they spoke to Becky. It does howver make it clear of the conflict between Eurobasket and the WNBA.
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infox.ru%2Fsport%2Fbasketball%2F2009%2F05%2F22%2FSan_Antonio_ne_hochet_otpuskat_Hammon.phtml&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0= |
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| Posted: 05/23/09 1:04 pm ::: |
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^^ That sounds like a horrible movie, so bad it's actually pretty good. And I'd go with Brittany Murphy. Or from recent pics Ashley Judd. Sandra Bullock would play it best, but would want no parts of it.
I'd love to see the Russia and San An contracts, just to see what the terms were.
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| Posted: 05/23/09 1:16 pm ::: |
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| akronborn wrote: |
^^ That sounds like a horrible movie, so bad it's actually pretty good. And I'd go with Brittany Murphy. Or from recent pics Ashley Judd. Sandra Bullock would play it best, but would want no parts of it.
I'd love to see the Russia and San An contracts, just to see what the terms were. |
My guess is the Russia contract would be much more fun to see what she actually signed than the SASS contract Im sure its more the norm than the Russia contract
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| Posted: 05/25/09 5:40 am ::: |
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| Becky Hammon will go back to San Antonio [05/25/09 BeckyHammon.ru ]
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| Posted: 05/25/09 7:22 am ::: |
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| Luuuc wrote: |
Scoring 8 points is a smart way to make the Russian team less desperate to make you stay. Well played, Becky  |
Our news last night said she would be home tomorrow. The one good thing about all this mess is because of it the Silver Stars have been on the news almost everyday since camp opened with a Becky update. They always manage to say and the Silver Stars open the season at ATT June 13th. Excellent promotion. Again...well played Becky |
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| Posted: 05/25/09 8:04 am ::: |
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| Just my opinion, but I don't think she went all the way over there with her integrity at stake (she said something to that effect) and then not play as well as she can. |
Pfft... she started and played 28 minutes against the basketball powerhouse that is Hungary, and she scored 8? Come on, we all know she phoned that one in. She did what she had to do to go home, no more, no less. And now she is outta there, which the SASS and WNBA in general will be very happy to hear.
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| Posted: 05/25/09 8:36 am ::: |
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| I sure hope that she will be back in time for season. I brought some tickets for some the road games and I hope she has some good games.
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| Posted: 05/25/09 8:59 am ::: |
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Well from the sounds of things she will not only be back for the season, but the pre-season as well.
Gotta be happy with that.
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| Posted: 05/25/09 6:09 pm ::: |
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| Good luck with that, Russians. All that gum chewing will shake it to pieces within hours.
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