U-Becky Hammon ube nguMfazi wokuqala ukuKhokela iqela le-NBA

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Eyona ndlela ihamba phambili kwi-NBA, u-Becky Hammon, wenza imbali kwakhona. U-Hammon kutsha nje wabizwa njengomqeqeshi oyintloko weqela le-San Antonio Spurs Las Vegas Summer League-ingqesho emenza ukuba abe ngumqeqeshi wokuqala wabasetyhini ukukhokela iqela le-NBA.

UHammon waphula imiqobo ngo-Agasti ophelileyo xa waba ngumfazi wokuqala ukubamba indawo yokuqeqesha kwi-NBA ngexesha lexesha eliqhelekileyo. Emva komsebenzi we-WNBA weminyaka eli-16, kubandakanywa ukubonakala kwe-All-Star ezintandathu, uHammon wanikwa igigi yexesha elizeleyo njengomqeqeshi oncedisayo kunye nentshatsheli yesihlanu iSan Antonio Spurs ngumqeqeshi oyintloko uGregg Poppovich.

Ukunconywa njengebhasikidi ye-basketball ngabaqeqeshi bangaphambili kunye nabadlali beqela ngokufanayo, uHammon uxelele oonondaba kaninzi ukuba abasetyhini akufuneki babhalwe njengabaphulukene ne-basketball IQ. "Xa kuziwa kwizinto zengqondo, ezinje ngokuqeqesha, ukucwangcisa umdlalo, ukuza nezikim ezikhubekisayo nezikhuselayo, akukho sizathu sokuba umfazi angabinakho ukudibanisa kwaye akufuneki abekho kumxube," uxelele i-ESPN.

Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe weembaleki, uHammon uzenzele igama njengomdlali onzima ngengqondo, onobuchule kunye nomdlali wecerebral. Kwaye le ethos khange ithi shwaka akuba eyekile ukunxiba ijezi; Endaweni yokuba azise imeko efanayo esecaleni, ebangela ukuba abadlali kunye nabaqeqeshi ngokufanayo baqwalasele amandla akhe amakhulu.

I-NBA yeLigi yeHlabathi yindawo yoqeqesho ye-rookie kunye nabadlali abancinci abafuna ukukhula ngaphambi kwexesha, kodwa ikwalithuba labaqeqeshi abaza kuzama ukuzama ukukhokela iqela le-NBA, ukuphuhlisa izakhono kunye nokufumana amava kwimiba yoxinzelelo-umpheki. Ngelixa ukuqeshwa kwakhe kusenzelwa iLeague yaseHlotyeni, oku kuqeshwa kwenguqu kunye namava kumhlaba woqeqesho kuvuselela amandla akhe okuba atshintshe ukusuka kumncedisi ukuya kumqeqeshi oyintloko nakwisizini yesiqhelo.

Ngempumelelo emibini eLas Vegas esele iphantsi kwebhanti lakhe okoko i-ligi iqale kwiveki ephelileyo, uHammon akaphoxanga. Kodwa intombazana iyazi ukuba inokuninzi ekufuneka ikufundile. “Ndiziva ngathi ndiyintyatyambo eneengcambu ezintle, kodwa kude nokudumba,” utshilo kwiintatheli ekuqaleni kwale veki.

Rekhoda kunye nezikweko zamantombazana ecaleni, eyona nto imnandi kakhulu kukuba uHammon wophule iklabhu yamakhwenkwe ye-NBA. Ngelixa ahlala eyimvu malunga nendima yakhe njengovulindlela okanye onomdla wokutshintsha, uyazi kakhulu ukuba oku kungavula umnyango kwabanye abantu basetyhini kwaye, ngaxa lithile, avumele neenkokheli zabasetyhini kwi-NBA elawulwa ngamadoda ukuba ibe yindawo eqhelekileyo.

“Ibhola yomnyazi yibasketball, iimbaleki ziimbaleki, kwaye abadlali ababalaseleyo bafuna ukuqeqeshwa,” utshilo. "Ngoku luvulekile olu cango, mhlawumbi siza kubona ngaphezulu, kwaye ngethemba lokuba ayizukuba libali leendaba."

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