{"id":226350,"date":"2025-10-20T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226350\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:31:20","slug":"becky-hammon-documentary-in-the-works-for-aces-coach-wnba-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226350\/","title":{"rendered":"Becky Hammon Documentary in the Works for Aces Coach, WNBA Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLas Vegas Aces coach and six-time WNBA All-Star Becky Hammon<\/a> is getting the well-deserved documentary treatment.<\/p>\n

\n\tNamed a \u201cdynasty architect\u201d by sports and mainstream media, Hammon\u2019s rise through basketball to the international stage as a three-time WNBA title earner will be the subject of a nonfiction film from production companies SMAC and 2463, Variety can report exclusively.<\/p>\n

\n\tFormer pro turned host Michael Strahan co-founded SMAC with Constance Schwartz-Morini. 2463 Entertainment was founded by football star Odell Beckham Jr.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor decades, women on the hardwood have been underestimated and told to stay in their lane,\u201d said Schwartz-Morini, CEO of SMAC. \u201cBecky defied every expectation and broke through barriers that once seemed unshakable. Her journey inspires us all, and we\u2019re honored to tell her story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThrough never-before-heard audio diaries, the documentary will offer an inside look at Hammon in her most intense moments \u2014 from the adversity she faced while interviewing for NBA head coaching positions, to when she became the first female acting head coach in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs in 2020. Layered with moments of frustration, vulnerability and determination, these recordings tell the story of not just the successful athlete-turned-coach the world sees, but also Hammon\u2019s personal pursuit to lead on her own terms.<\/p>\n

\n\tFred Anthony Smith, Ajay Sangha and Sean Clifford will serve as executive producers alongside Beckham Jr., Strahan and Schwartz-Morini.<\/p>\n

\n\tLess than a week ago, the New York Times studied Hammon\u2019s performance record, saying she is the \u201cstandard of excellence in the WNBA, the owner of the greatest coaching record in finals history\u201d and that the league\u2019s newest dynasty was \u201ca product of her creation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSMAC Entertainment<\/a>\u2019s upcoming slate includes the three-part docuseries\u00a0\u201cPrime Time\u201d\u00a0at Netflix; the untitled Michael Vick\/Norfolk State series at BET; and Amazon MGM\u2019s highly anticipated \u201cMadden\u201d starring Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, Will Ferrell and Shane Gillis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Aces coach and six-time WNBA All-Star Becky Hammon is getting the well-deserved documentary treatment. Named a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[8133,49,48,49495,78299,90703,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-226350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-becky-hammon","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-documentaries-to-watch","12":"tag-odell-beckham-jr","13":"tag-smac-entertainment","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}