(Thanks to Yogy for the translation)
I am happy playing in Spain. Valencia is just a great city, we have a very good team, a lot of great girls and I can perfectly spend time after arrival in Riga’, in conversation with Sportacentrs.com shared their impressions of Spain women’s basketball team “Ros Casar and WNBA club San Antonio Silver Stars’ guard Becky Hammon.
American joined Spanish team in early November and is now signed the contract to the end of December. Will Becky continue to play Valencia in 2010? “It is now discussing with the club’s management for the extension (after Christmas). The final outcome will depend on how both parties can reach an agreement. ”
In summer of 2009 after a bronze medal at the European Championship in Latvian, playing the Russian team, Hammon returned in WNBA club “San Antonio Silver Stars,who won the WNBA Western Conference. This year, as well unlucky, club WNBA finals did not penetrate. Becky was included in the 2009 All WNBA First Team, but the individual player achievement shadowed by the failure of the team.
“With the WNBA season in particular I am pleased, I am rather upset. You know, a lot of trust in our coaches (San Antonio Silver Stars) and I am sure that will make the necessary changes in order to be competitive in the new season. To be where we want to get to and win the championship. ”
Hammon is enthusiastic about doping sentenced the former star of American athletics, sprinter Marion Jones attempt to engage in professional basketball, a few weeks ago she started workouts with San Antonio Silver Stars coaches.
“I do not know if Marion Jones will play WNBA. She is currently practicing and I had little opportunity to see him train before I went to Spain. I have met with her and hope that she’ll succeed. That it will be a success story and she will be able to enter the professional basketball, it really hope so. And I know that San Antonio will allow her. This will certainly increase the interest (on the women’s basketball). I know i could pass a ball to the player, a plot may be the fastest. ”
Becky does not know yet whether the September of 2010 she going to the Czech Republic to start the third time in Russia for the national team. “Yet know nothing to say about participation in the World Championship 2010. All options are now open. Playing in Russian team, i had a good time, but in the meantime to participate in the next championships is still too early to judge, we’ll see how it will happen.
At the end of the interview Becky stressed that the Latvian gaming has become a routine matter.
“Over the past two years the Latvian’ve had a lot of times,it’s accustomed here. Riga is a very nice city, hopefully, once again, let’s go ahead and will play well on Wednesday. On “TTT Riga” yet nothing I can say I have not yet seen any video. The previous game when “Ros Casar” played with Riga, i was not joined the team.
