After Chauncey Billups a perdu son assistante Edniesha Curry, the Blazers are betting on another retired WNBA player. For a scout position this time, which women’s basketball legend Tina Thompson will occupy.
Aged 47 today, she has one of the finest records in the women’s league where she played for 17 years, from 1997 to 2013. Time to collect nine All-Star selections and an MVP title in 2000 She is best known for being one of the major players, alongside Cynthia Cooperthe Houston Comets who signed a historic quadruple, the first four league titles (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000).
When she retired, she was the top scorer in league history (7,488 points) before being surpassed in 2017 by Diana Taurasi (9,693). At 38, she still averaged 14 points!
Tina Thompson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 and then coached the University of Virginia women’s team from April 2018 to March 2022. The two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2008) was named in the list of the top 25 WNBA players of all time by the league in 2021.