re: What would be your honest opinion of Becky Hammon getting the job?

The pels don’t need to be taking a risk on someone like hammons
They need a proven head coach

She is too much of a gamble with a young team. I would however select her over Lue and Kidd. This team needs Kenny Atkinson.

I think Nancy Lieberman would command respect more than most male coaches. Lieberman has forgotten more basketball than most men know.

The only specific concerns are;

How will a woman handle a lockeroom on her own. These are pros but at the same time this isn’t a normal business. It’s sports. It’s a lot of alpha males and testosterone.

Otherwise it’s all the same concerns any first time HC would raise.

She definitely should be considered.

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You mean the same way Monty Williams was a Pop disciple?

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Yes, the same Monty who coached an 8-0 bubble team and won top coach of the seeding games. That's the one.

Monty was not the right coach here when let go but that doesn't mean he's not a good coach.

Players wouldn’t respect her. No

Not going to lie. I did not expect that response from you.

I’m surprised her name comes up before Messina. He was huge in Europe. Coached with Pop for like 6 years.

Back to Europe.

Its wild that Basketball is an international sport now and the idea that a coach from another country may be good gets no traction.

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Why? What is she known for as a coach? Standing next to Pop for 4 years is not going to create a great coach. Otherwise, the league would already be full of great coaches.

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Pop disciples or major influences make up like 20% of the head coaches in the league lol.

So yeah, standing next to Pop, or being employed/mentored by him, has basically been a sure fire path to getting a shot as a head coach, and a lot of them have been solid. Budenholzer, Brett Brown, Quin Snyder, Boylen, Borrego,Monty, Doc, all either served with Pop, served for him, or consider him a key mentor.

I think we know why many feel a different way suddenly about this Pop disciple, but par for the course would in fact be her getting a head coaching gig sooner rather than later.