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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24397430/philadelphia-76ers-hire-former-duke-wnba-star-lindsey-harding-full-scout
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Sixers hire former Duke, WNBA star Lindsey Harding as full-time scout
Ramona Shelburne
ESPN Senior Writer
Aug 17, 2018
超懶人翻譯：
球團聘請Lindsey Harding擔任2018-2019球季的全職球探。她是2007年WNBA狀元，在
WNBA打了九年，現在成為NBA史上第四位獲得全職工作的前女子職業球員。另外三位是
小牛隊的Jenny Boucek、馬刺的Becky Hammon、快艇的Natalie Nakase，都是助理教練。
Harding的目標是朝球團管理層邁進。
The Philadelphia 76ers have hired former Duke and WNBA star Lindsey Harding
as a full-time scout for next season.
Harding, the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA in 2007, is only the second
former WNBA player to be hired for a full-time scouting position with an NBA
team. Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jenny Boucek is the other, having done
advanced scouting work for the Seattle SuperSonics in 2006.
Lindsey Harding, playing for Belarus in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, was
a No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft. The Philadelphia 76ers have hired her as a
full-time scout. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
"I think when you have this goal in mind, your gender shouldn't even matter,"
Harding told ESPN. "It should be about if you can do it, if you're good,
you're experienced, if you know what you're doing and what you're talking
about."
Harding, 34, officially retired as a player in 2017 after nine years in the
WNBA. She spent last season in the NBA's Basketball Operations Associates
Program. After completing the program, she interviewed with several NBA
teams, looking for a role that would allow her to learn and grow as both a
future front-office executive and maintain a connection to coaching.
"I knew I wanted to work with the team. That's the one thing that you miss
most from playing -- being part of a team, competing, and trying to win a
championship," she said. "That's always been the goal probably since I picked
up the ball when I was 13."
Ultimately, she thinks her future is in the front office.
"I would love to be in the front office and really understand how to put a
team together," she said. "I still love being on the floor and having the
opportunity to coach. But I really just wanted to get my foot in the door."
Harding joins Boucek, San Antonio assistant coach Becky Hammon and LA
Clippers assistant coach Natalie Nakase as former women's basketball players
who have successfully made the transition to the NBA.
She said Hammon has urged her to make this leap for several years. Four years
ago, Harding worked as an assistant on the Toronto Raptors' summer league
coaching staff, while Hammon was the head coach of the Spurs' summer league
team. The two point guards bonded over their shared experiences and ambitions.
"I played against Becky for years," Harding said. "During this last season,
especially working in the front office [program] and going to games, I spent
some time talking to her. She was always telling me, 'You need to come. You
need to come. We need more women here.'" Harding said that experience with
the Raptors was pivotal in her decision to pursue an NBA job after her
playing career.
"I think I wanted to know what was really the difference in women's
basketball compared to men's, and how the players would respond to me," she
said. "What I realized was that basketball is basketball. The game is
stronger, the game is faster in that way. But I found there was so much, not
only that I had learned, but that I could also teach.
"It was just a great experience for me, and that's why I felt real
comfortable to be able to continue." Sixers head coach and interim general
manager Brett Brown said he was blown away by Harding's basketball IQ when he
met her.
"Lindsey has quickly become one of the game's bright young minds in
basketball operations," Brown said. "Having graduated from the NBA's
Basketball Operations Associates Program last season, Lindsey is applying the
same grit and basketball IQ she used as a player in her move to the front
office. We look forward to the work Lindsey will do to help grow our program
and further solidify a culture of winning.
"It's no secret how much I value the culture we've built in Philadelphia and
how much a family-like atmosphere means to our program. Lindsey is a leader,
and she is a welcomed addition to the 76ers family. I look forward to working
with her."
心得：
看起來好像順順利利就應徵上了，但應該是擊敗了不少男性競爭者吧？
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