For years, Becky Hammon was used to being overlooked. She wasn’t recruited by the biggest college programs, went undrafted by the WNBA, and time and again, NBA teams passed over her for head coaching jobs. “No one ever picks me,” she had once said. But then came the Las Vegas Aces. After interviews with the Magic, Bucks, and Trail Blazers, the Aces became the first team to take a chance and hand Hammon the keys as head coach. And what a decision that turned out to be—Hammon has now guided the team to three championships in just four seasons at the helm. According to Alexa Philippou, the Aces made history as the first team with a sub-.500 record through 25 games (12-13) to capture a WNBA title. The same squad that came within a single game of elimination not once, but twice, managed to save their best basketball for the final stretch. Becky Hammon has officially set the standard in the WNBA. With Friday night’s 97-86 victory over the Phoenix Mercury, she improved her finals record to an astonishing 10-2, the
