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stever
Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 6916 Location: https://womensbasketballdaily.net
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Posted: 12/16/14 10:51 am ::: Hammon is the espnW Woman of the Year |
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http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/11985391/espnw-woman-year-becky-hammon-opportunity-lifetime
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How much does it help that you were a fixture in San Antonio because of your WNBA history?
I don't want the WNBA to get pushed aside here in this story. Because without the WNBA, Pop doesn't get to observe me with my teammates. He doesn't get to observe me in the community. He doesn't get to observe me in those kind of settings. I think him watching me play was, for him, like, "Hey, this girl, she thinks the game. She's small." I'm kind of cut from a similar cloth in the fact that he likes the underdogs. He likes the guys that have a little bit of a chip on their shoulder -- the last kid picked at recess, you know? I think he just maybe saw something in my game and in me, as a person and as a leader, that he identified with and said, "Hey, you know, that girl knows her stuff." But without the WNBA, I never get this opportunity to learn basketball at a very high level. |
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IM in OC
Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 999 Location: Orange County, CA
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Posted: 12/16/14 11:05 am ::: |
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Congrats Becky,
However, my vote would have been Mo'ne Davis.
Hands down she performed on the field and for a time captured the nation.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66773 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 12/16/14 11:21 am ::: |
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IM in OC wrote: |
Congrats Becky,
However, my vote would have been Mo'ne Davis.
Hands down she performed on the field and for a time captured the nation. |
I would have voted Lauren Hill.
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UofDel_Alum
Joined: 10 Jul 2013 Posts: 3979 Location: Delaware
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Posted: 12/16/14 11:42 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
IM in OC wrote: |
Congrats Becky,
However, my vote would have been Mo'ne Davis.
Hands down she performed on the field and for a time captured the nation. |
I would have voted Lauren Hill. |
My vote would of been Lauren Hill also.
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 12/16/14 1:19 pm ::: |
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Hammon has become the darling of the media recently. But I am surprised that during all the talk everyone seems to have simply forgotten about her becoming a Russian citizen to play in the Olympics.
Without intending any comment on the propriety of that decision, it was a big deal at the time. Heck, Ann Donovan called her a traitor - harder to imagine a stronger condemnation.
Regardless of how one feels about it, it seems to me that it should be included in her bio when she is being discussed for example in connection with this award. It's part of her life; it's a decision she made; and it upset many people. Pretending it never happened at all strikes me as revisionist history.
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hyperetic
Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 5344 Location: Fayetteville
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Posted: 12/16/14 1:30 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
Hammon has become the darling of the media recently. But I am surprised that during all the talk everyone seems to have simply forgotten about her becoming a Russian citizen to play in the Olympics.
Without intending any comment on the propriety of that decision, it was a big deal at the time. Heck, Ann Donovan called her a traitor - harder to imagine a stronger condemnation.
Regardless of how one feels about it, it seems to me that it should be included in her bio when she is being discussed for example in connection with this award. It's part of her life; it's a decision she made; and it upset many people. Pretending it never happened at all strikes me as revisionist history. |
I suppose one could look at it that way. But there are a few others. One, simply, the public has short memory. If no one brings it up anymore, it virtually didn't happen. Another way of looking at it is to see it as an act of forgiveness. The public has simply forgiven her perceived transgression. And you said that it was a big deal at the time, it seemed like to me she had about as many supporters as detractors at the time. Maybe it just depends who we listened to. It will be in her memoirs anyway when she writes one. Besides, Pop likes foreign players. |
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pilight
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Posted: 12/16/14 1:46 pm ::: |
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It didn't happen this year, which means it should have no bearing on her winning sportswoman of the year.
Most of the news stories about her getting the Spurs job mentioned her playing for the Russians.
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 12/16/14 2:12 pm ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
It didn't happen this year, which means it should have no bearing on her winning sportswoman of the year.
Most of the news stories about her getting the Spurs job mentioned her playing for the Russians. |
I didn't say it should have any bearing.
I also didn't express any view about her decision.
My recollection is that it was conspicuously absent from the discussions about her this year - retirement, Spurs, Athlete of the year - and if her Olympics was mentioned, that she had to become a Russian citizen in order to do that wasn't.
I just think that's phony and manipulative. Indeed, I think the reason ESPN so purposely omits any mention of it is because they know a lot of people DO care about it, would be upset again if they were reminded of it, and they would prefer everyone forget about it. So they basically rewrite history to fit their feel-good story.
It would be more honest if, for example, they went and interviewed Donovan about it as part of the story.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66773 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 12/16/14 2:26 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
pilight wrote: |
It didn't happen this year, which means it should have no bearing on her winning sportswoman of the year.
Most of the news stories about her getting the Spurs job mentioned her playing for the Russians. |
I didn't say it should have any bearing.
I also didn't express any view about her decision.
My recollection is that it was conspicuously absent from the discussions about her this year - retirement, Spurs, Athlete of the year - and if her Olympics was mentioned, that she had to become a Russian citizen in order to do that wasn't.
I just think that's phony and manipulative. Indeed, I think the reason ESPN so purposely omits any mention of it is because they know a lot of people DO care about it, would be upset again if they were reminded of it, and they would prefer everyone forget about it. So they basically rewrite history to fit their feel-good story.
It would be more honest if, for example, they went and interviewed Donovan about it as part of the story. |
I agree that the tone of the stories is different from 2008. It was far more manipluative then, when the media was leading people to believe she turned down Team USA. Back then they wanted to sensationalize the story. Now it's just an anecdote about someone who has moved on to bigger and better things.
Donovan backtracked the "traitor" talk in 2008. I doubt she would have much to say now.
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Beemer
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Posted: 12/16/14 3:45 pm ::: |
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I can't believe they gave it to Hammon and not Lauren Hill. *SMH*
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mb1
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Posted: 12/16/14 3:50 pm ::: |
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In no way does awarding this honor to Becky Hammon diminish the accomplishments of Monet Davis or Lauren Hill. They are ALL to be celebrated for their achievements.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 66773 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 12/17/14 8:48 am ::: |
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Geno Auriemma, Brittney Griner, Lauren Hill, Maya Moore, and Laurel Richie also made the Impact 25 list
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UofDel_Alum
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Posted: 12/17/14 9:48 am ::: |
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pilight wrote: |
Geno Auriemma, Brittney Griner, Lauren Hill, Maya Moore, and Laurel Richie also made the Impact 25 list |
Was Geno's impact a negative one?
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hyperetic
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Posted: 12/17/14 11:12 am ::: |
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You're less likely to get pregnant. |
I just think this statement should be quantified a little more with the term "underaged". |
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