Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon reportedly interviewed for the Milwaukee Bucks’ head coaching vacancy. She didn’t get the job this week — former Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer reportedly did — but she did advance the dialogue about women coaching in the NBA.
Maybe that’s good enough — for now. It’s a next step, at least, said Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve.
“It’s clearly progress,” Reeve said Thursday after Lynx practice. “Becky’s name is being mentioned in a bunch of circles, and they’re not women’s basketball circles. They’re men’s basketball circles. She’s highly thought of.”
Reeve, by the way, also belongs in the discussion when it comes to coaches qualified to get a head coach job in the NBA.