Talk:Becky Hammon

Misspelling
"International Baskteball" - fix it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.25.255.72 (talk) 17:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. --Jtalledo (talk) 21:32, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Stats need to be updated
Hammon is still playing for the Silver Stars of the WNBA, yet only her statistics through 2011 are displayed on her page. Similarly, she was inaccurately described as a "former" professional basketball player but the WNBA season is currently underway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.142.39.88 (talk) 19:24, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Every thing I read says Hammon was the FIRST female assistant coach in NBA history and Nancy Lieberman was second. This article says that Hammon was the second. Who are you contending was the first? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.172.164.5 (talk) 15:00, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

R. William Jones Cup
I think only major international events like Olympics, FIBA Worlds, etc... are to be included in the medal box, not friendly tournaments like the RWJ Cup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:2E96:BA90:584B:41FC:661D:D05C (talk) 12:39, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that sounds about right. --Jtalledo (talk) 12:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

professional career timeline???
The data under professional career is a bit confusing, particularly this part:


 * After the 2003 season, Hammon took over for Weatherspoon as the Liberty's starting point guard and, with Vickie Johnson and Crystal Robinson, became one of the team's co-captains in 2004.


 * In her first season in 2003 with the Tennessee Fury of the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL), Hammon led the league in scoring, averaging 20.6 points per game. In 2004, Hammon signed with the Colorado Chill, a new team in the NWBL, but played in only two games because of a knee injury she sustained in the 2003 season when playing for the Liberty.

It looks like 2003 with Liberty, but the second paragraph says that was with the Fury. She signed with the Chill in 2004 but was named co-captain of the Liberty that year also? Can someone clarify the timeline?

Popular culture
This section of the article does not seem particularly noteworthy, and can probably be deleted. RyanSc0ttt (talk) 14:47, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Really Russian?
The article talks about her like she is really russian. "First russian coach in WNBA" and so on. This is a hypocrisy and you should remove it.Ilyaroz (talk) 03:28, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hammon is a Russian citizen, played extensively in Russia, and represented Russia internationally multiple times. This meets Wikipedia's guidelines for describing her, accurately, as both American and Russian. See MOS:CITIZEN for more details. Irregulargalaxies (talk) 16:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
 * While Hammon is Russian, the overuse of superlatives in the lede is silly. That she was the first Russian to do something is not worth remarking on, let alone four times.  GreatCaesarsGhost   20:56, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Russian citizenship status
In 2022, Hammon stated that her Russian citizenship had "expired" (see https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-coach-hammon-once-star-russia-urges-putin-free-brittney-griner-2022-08-03). Citizenships worldwide generally do not "expire" - they have to be actively renounced. A passport can expire, but citizenship would still be intact. Nothing in the current article on Russian citizenship law indicates that expiration of either citizenship or nationality exists. I think Hammon's status either needs confirmation from an official Russian source on her, or a reference needs to be added to this article that indicates how Russian citizenship can expire. Until then, marking the fact in the article as "dubious" and retaining descriptions of Hammon as both Russian and American in the text. Irregulargalaxies (talk) 16:13, 1 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Irregulargalaxies Exactly. Russian citizenship doesn't expire - one must renounce it. 198.48.228.9 (talk) 02:51, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Did she renounce her US citizenship when she became a Russian citizen? I.E. is she a dual national?  --rogerd (talk) 06:36, 2 March 2024 (UTC)