Although Bill Laimbeer won't completely rule out a role in basketball in the future, he said Saturday that he is sure about one thing.
In a video call with the media from Las Vegas before the Phoenix game, the coach said that he wouldn't coach again. I don't have the will to do it. It is an all-Consuming thing.
I don't know whether I participate in basketball going forward. It is too early to tell. I took six months off. I have never been to my farm in Michigan during the summer. I am looking forward to that. I don't really have a handle on what the future holds. I am having fun. I am relaxed.
The NBA player who celebrated his 65th birthday on Thursday was with the Detroit Pistons from 1980 to 1993-94. He took over as head coach of the Detroit Shock in 2002 and led the team to the first of three titles in 2003; the Shock also won the championship in 2006 and 2008.
He was an assistant to the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves when he left the Shock early in the 2009 season. He was the head coach of the New York Liberty from 2012 to 2017.
When the San Antonio franchise relocated to Las Vegas in the fall of 2018, the team was led by Bill Laimbeer, who has been the coach for the past four seasons. That included a trip to the finals.
The second-best record in the league last season was lost in the semifinals to Phoenix. He thought he would need to return to coaching in 2022.
It was an easy decision, but it was difficult to implement. I just finished my course in coaching.
After last season, he told the players that he would return. He encouraged the new team president to look for a replacement. When it was mentioned that a former player was mentioned, Laimbeer was hopeful.
We are still in our infancy stage and we need someone with high-profile basketball credibility.
He said he was happy to leave the way he did.
He said that most of the time when a coach goes away, they are fired because they don't do well or leave a bad team. She is set up for success immediately.
The Aces entered their game with Phoenix having won their previous five, but they are off to a good start with new coach, and former Spurs assistant, Andy Hammon.
The good things that are happening to the franchise are what I am watching right now.
When he was in Detroit and New York, he worked as a general manager. When asked what he was proudest of in his time in the WNBA, he said influencing playing style, free agency and rules changes. He thinks that Las Vegas helped elevate the All-Star Game.
In one fell swoop, nothing changes dramatically. Being a part of the team that got the league where it is today.
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