U-Becky Hammon Uvele Waba Owesifazane Wokuqala Ukuhola Ithimba Le-NBA

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I-trailblazer enkulu ye-NBA, u-Becky Hammon, uqopha umlando futhi. UHammon usanda kuqokwa njengomqeqeshi oyinhloko weqembu leSan Antonio Spurs Las Vegas Summer League-aphoyintimenti emenza abe ngumqeqeshi wokuqala wesifazane ukuhola iqembu leNBA.

UHammon washayisa izithiyo ngo-Agasti odlule lapho eba ngowesifazane wokuqala ukubamba isikhundla sokuqeqesha kuNBA ngesikhathi esijwayelekile. Ngemuva komsebenzi we-WNBA weminyaka engu-16, kufaka phakathi ukubonakala kwe-All-Star eyisithupha, uHammon wanikezwa igig yesikhathi esigcwele njengomsizi womqeqeshi nompetha wamahlandla amahlanu iSan Antonio Spurs ngumqeqeshi oyinhloko uGregg Poppovich.

Enconywa njengongqondongqondo be-basketball abaqeqeshi bangaphambili kanye nozakwabo weqembu ngokufanayo, u-Hammon utshele abezindaba ephindelela ukuthi abesifazane akufanele nanini bakhishwe njengabantula i-basketball IQ. "Uma kukhulunywa ngezinto zomqondo, njengokuqeqesha, ukuhlela umdlalo, ukuqhamuka nezinhlelo ezihlaselayo nezivikelayo, asikho isizathu sokuthi kungani umuntu wesifazane angakwazi ukungena enkingeni futhi angafanele abe semixhibeni," etshela i-ESPN.

Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wezokusubatha, uHammon uzenzele igama njengomdlali onzima ngokomqondo, onobuhlakani nobuchopho. Futhi le ethos ayizange inyamalale lapho eyekile ukugqoka ijezi; kunalokho, ulethe lowo mqondo ofanayo eceleni, okwenza abadlali nabaqeqeshi ngokufanayo baqaphele amandla akhe abalulekile.

I-NBA Summer League iyindawo yokuqeqesha yabadlali abancane nabasebancane abadinga ukuthuthukiswa ngaphambi kwesizini, kodwa futhi iyithuba labaqeqeshi abasafufusa ukuze bazame ukuhola iqembu le-NBA, ukuthuthukisa amakhono, kanye nokuthola ulwazi. ezimweni zokupheka kwengcindezi. Ngenkathi ukuqokwa kwakhe kwenzelwe i-Summer League nje kuphela, lokhu kuqokwa kwezinguquko kanye nesipiliyoni enkundleni yokuqeqesha kuvusa ithuba lokuthi aguquke ekubeni ngumsizi abe yinhloko yomqeqeshi nangesizini ejwayelekile.

Njengoba ukunqoba kabili eLas Vegas sekuvele kungaphansi kwebhande lakhe seligi selokhu kuqale iligi ngesonto eledlule, uHammon akadumazanga. Kepha intombazane nayo iyazi ukuthi kuningi ekusafanele ikufunde namanje. “Ngizizwa sengathi ngiyimbali nje enezimpande ezinhle, kodwa asekude nokuqhakaza,” esho ezintathelini ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.

Qopha izingathekiso nezintombi eceleni, okujabulisa kakhulu ukuthi uHammon usephule iklabhu yabafana yeNBA. Ngenkathi ehlala ethanda izimvu ngendima yakhe njengephayona noma isisusa soshintsho, uyazi kakhulu ukuthi lokhu kungavula umnyango kwabanye besifazane futhi, kwesinye isikhathi, nokuvumela abaholi besifazane kwi-NBA ebuswa ngabesilisa ukuba babe yindawo ejwayelekile.

“I-basketball i-basketball, abasubathi bangabadlali, kanti abadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu bafuna ukuqeqeshwa,” usho kanje. "Manje njengoba usuvuliwe lomnyango, mhlawumbe sizobona okunye, futhi ngethemba ukuthi ngeke kube yindaba."

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