WNBA: Hammon's Dream Has Russian Accent

2008/06/18 01:23:12 @NBA.com: News

In the BOSTON GLOBE, John Powers reports "is Becky Hammon a traitor? Or just a woman chasing her Olympic dream? The 31-year-old Hammon, who wasn't among those in the original American player pool, says that she just wants to play in the Olympics and that she had only a remote chance of doing so for Uncle Sam. So when the Russian opportunity opened up as part of her seven-figure deal with the CSKA Moscow club, Hammon jumped. ‘The jersey that I wear has never made me who I was,' Hammon told ESPN.com. ‘It has nothing to do with what's written on my heart. Will I be playing for Russia? Yes. But I'm absolutely 100 percent still an American.'"
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