Larry Bird and Luka, NBA ratings are down, and Carmelo is BACK table with 4 rows and 1 columns row 3 column 1 link click upn equals tg NU 1q Cex Ss R Kk U 9n 1MU… Hey all, welcome back. Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving break and had enough time to catch a few of the memorable games in the NBA last week. For many of you, this is the first official issue you are receiving after hearing about us from link Under Consideration , the popular blog that analyzes brands and visual identities dot They did a wonderful job recapping the Fanhood branding, and although the comments aren't all friendly hehe, we are so proud of being featured there. We hope you end up enjoying our content and community moving forward. In our 11th issue of Fanhood, we dive deeper into Becky Hammon's controversial teaming up with Russia and how it eventually led to her becoming the NBA's first full time, female, Assistant Coach. link click upn equals tg NU 1q Cex Ss R Kk U 9n 1MU… Image source: at officialbeckyhammon (instagram) But first, here are our 7 things worth sharing this week in the NBA: basketball Through Nov. 22, games were averaging 1.45 million viewers across ESPN and TNT, down 18 percent from the same point last year (1.75 million) cold face After a poor start to the season, Utah Jazz's Mike Conley is still playing poorly. He averaged under 15ppg on 37 percent fg in November. link View the discussion speech balloon Cool quote from Michael Jordan recently: I wish I had four Danny Ainge’s as teammates. With his desire and hustle, we’d never lose a game. fire Carmelo Anthony's 9 11 shooting against the Thunder (81.8 percent ) last week is his most accurate shooting performance ever in a game with more than one FGA. He won the Western Conference's Player of the Week yesterday. memo The league has stopped promoting the game link Great article link by Michael Lee at The Athletic deer The Bucks are 18 3 and have won 12 in a row. Giannis looks to be the clear favorite for an MVP repeat winner. star-struck link Larry Bird and Luka GIF (Reddit) Becky Hammon breaking ground from the sidelines. The former player to NBA coach trajectory is tried and tested, with some of the most legendary head coaches like Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, and Doc Rivers being former NBA players. But San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon opened up a whole new trajectory as a former WNBA player joining an NBA coaching staff. In fact, Hammon became the first full time female assistant coach when she was hired to join Gregg Popovich’s staff in 2014. Since her hire, seven women have become assistant coaches in the NBA, and in Hammon’s six years with the Spurs, link she has link been linked with NBA Head Coaching jobs dot But what separates Hammon from these other female coaches is that this Spurs gig was her first job directly after retiring from the game. A storied career highlighted by her against all odds journey and also controverisal decision making. Hammon’s storied career Hammon had a notable playing career filled with ups and downs to go along with her groundbreaking coaching career. At the outset of her 15 year professional career, she went undrafted in the WNBA and was signed by the New York Liberty as an undrafted rookie. She took several seasons to establish herself as a starter, but Hammon later became a six time All Star and one of the WNBA’s top players. She averaged 13ppg on 38 percent from 3pt land, with her best season coming in 2007 with San Antonio, when she averaged 18.8ppg and 40 percent from 3pt. Like many WNBA players past and present, Hammon had to play overseas during the WNBA offseason in order to compensate for the low salary in the WNBA. Median salaries in the WNBA are around $71,635, and starting salaries are $50,000, while players in the Euro League start at $100,000. Hammon played for multiple Spanish and Russian teams, and during her time overseas, Hammon made the controversial decision to take up Russian citizenship in order to play in the Olympics. Some critics pointed out that her salary with CSKA Moscow tripled after she became Russian, but she insists her only motivation was to play on the Olympic stage after not being selected for the American team. The controversy blew up so much thanks to Team USA coach Anne Donovan calling Hammon a traitor for choosing to play for Russia. Of course, Hammon was far from the first American athlete to gain another citizenship in order to play for another country, and she hasn’t been the last (here we’re reminded of Andray Blatche’s recurring appearances for the Philippines national team). Hammon took offense to Donovan’s comments and clarified, I think it's the fact that it's Russia, if I played for a small country that nobody had ever heard of, it would be different. Catching Popovich Hammon’s Russia won the bronze medal in 2008 after losing to the Americans in the semifinals, and she appeared at the 2012 Olympics as well. The toll of playing overseas and the WNBA eventually caught up to Hammon, and she tore her ACL in 2013. While she recovered and played one more season for the San Antonio Stars, the recovery time gave her the opportunity to attend Spurs practices and give advice to players and coaching staff. Coach Pop was so impressed with her during her time with the Spurs, that when Hammon called it quits on her playing career, he offered her a position on his staff. While the Spurs have been in decline after Tim Duncan’s retirement and Kawhi Leonard’s departure, Hammon has garnered plenty of respect in the NBA community from players, coaches, and analysts. And while some will surely be surprised by the first female NBA Head Coach, with her current career trajectory it won’t be surprising at all if Becky Hammon claims that title. Further reading slash viewing: 2008 ESPN story on Hammon’s choice to play for Russia link https: slash slash www dot espn dot com slash olympics slash summer 08 slash columns slash story id equals 3530332 How far can Becky Hammon go? 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