Bought and paid for
Did any of you catch San Antonio's come-from-behind three-point win over New York Saturday night on NBA TV? Probably not. Well, my girl Becky Hammon scored 10 points in the final two minutes to lead the Silver Stars to the win.
If you didn't see her Saturday, you'll won't see her for a little while unless you happen to be in Latvia.
After the game, Hammon boarded a plane to join her Russian National Team for the 2009 European Women's Basketball Championships.
You remember me telling you how she was trying to get out of it? Sorry Becky, you're a Russian, now - bought and paid for.
Hammon will miss San Antonio's games at New York and at Connecticut but expects to be back with the Silver Stars for a home game against Phoenix on June 23. Already, fans in New York who bought tickets in advance are expressing their displeasure that the player they paid to see won't be there.
I wonder if the WNBA will be refunding any money. I wonder how the Silver Stars feel that their best player and face of the franchise will miss two games.
More importantly, I wonder what's going on in Becky's head as she flies to Latvia for games she doesn't want to play in. Before you say, she doesn't have to go, remember, if she refuses, she will lose her Russian passport and citizenship, which would cost her millions of dollars.
Who are you loyal to, your home country that pays you a little bit or a foreign country that pays you a lot? Ask yourself that same question and think long and hard before you answer.
Let me know what you think at http://www.tonybrns1@gmail.com
If you didn't see her Saturday, you'll won't see her for a little while unless you happen to be in Latvia.
After the game, Hammon boarded a plane to join her Russian National Team for the 2009 European Women's Basketball Championships.
You remember me telling you how she was trying to get out of it? Sorry Becky, you're a Russian, now - bought and paid for.
Hammon will miss San Antonio's games at New York and at Connecticut but expects to be back with the Silver Stars for a home game against Phoenix on June 23. Already, fans in New York who bought tickets in advance are expressing their displeasure that the player they paid to see won't be there.
I wonder if the WNBA will be refunding any money. I wonder how the Silver Stars feel that their best player and face of the franchise will miss two games.
More importantly, I wonder what's going on in Becky's head as she flies to Latvia for games she doesn't want to play in. Before you say, she doesn't have to go, remember, if she refuses, she will lose her Russian passport and citizenship, which would cost her millions of dollars.
Who are you loyal to, your home country that pays you a little bit or a foreign country that pays you a lot? Ask yourself that same question and think long and hard before you answer.
Let me know what you think at http://www.tonybrns1@gmail.com
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