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We spoke with the three-time champion at the Taylor vs. Serrano fight on Friday ... and asked her about the W's announcement that Motor City -- where Swin Cash played from 2002 to 2007 -- would be home to a pro women's hoops team once again in 2029. Of course, the Shock relocated to Tulsa in 2009 ... and eventually settled in Dallas in 2016. Safe to say Cash is over the moon ... and understands what it means for her old stomping grounds. "Ay, Detroit! What up, though! I am so happy to see the WNBA back in Detroit after winning two championships there," Cash said. "They keep a special place in my heart." "I cannot wait to see how that city receives their new team!"
Shamit Dua: Sources: I am told the Pelicans will be parting ways with Hall of Famer, Swin Cash. Cash served as the Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations.
Michael Scotto: New Orleans Pelicans Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations Swin Cash will not return to the organization, league sources told @hoopshype . Cash has been with the Pelicans since 2019.
Shams Charania: Sources: The New Orleans Pelicans are promoting executive Swin Cash – a former WNBA star and Naismith Hall of Famer – to Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations, making her one of the highest-ranking women in an NBA front office.
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Weatherspoon will be one of five Hall of Famers on stage with Cash when she is presented on Saturday, along with Auriemma, Isiah Thomas, Tamika Catchings and Tina Thompson. And as she watches her friend continue to grow in the latest stage of her basketball career, Weatherspoon knows "greater things are ahead." Cash is now setting her sights on making history as the first woman to lead an NBA front office. "That would be the goal," Cash says.
This year’s class includes nine honorees from the North American and Women’s committees: two-time NBA All-Star and four-time NBA champion Manu Ginobili, five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway, two-time NCAA National Coach of the Year Bob Huggins, the NBA’s sixth-winningest coach of all-time George Karl and longtime NBA referee Hugh Evans. On the women’s side, the Hall of Fame is proud to welcome five-time WNBA All-Star, three-time WNBA Champion, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsay Whalen, four-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Swin Cash and NCAA national champion and WNBA Coach of the Year Marianne Stanley.
Tim Hardaway, presented by Isiah Thomas (’00), Mitch Richmond (‘14), Chris Mullin (‘11), Yolanda Griffith (‘21), Nate Archibald (‘91) Manu Ginobili, presented by Tim Duncan (’20) Lindsay Whalen, presented by Dawn Staley (‘13), Charles Barkley (’06) Swin Cash, presented by Tamika Catchings (‘20), Teresa Weatherspoon (‘19), Tina Thompson (‘18), Isiah Thomas (’00), Geno Auriemma (‘06) Bob Huggins, presented by Jerry West (‘80), Rod Thorn (‘18) George Karl, presented by Roy Williams (‘07), Gary Payton (‘13), Bobby Jones (‘19)
Swin Cash is one of women’s basketball’s all-time greats. Now, she’s making strides in the men’s game and blazing a trail along the way. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Cash said that she wants to be the first woman president of an NBA team in history. “That’s where you have the autonomy to build and structure it in a way to have success,” Cash said. “Someday one of these 30 owners hopefully will take a shot on allowing me to be in that chair”
NBA Communications: The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm will be held tomorrow night in Chicago. Here is the list of team representatives who will be on stage
The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm will be held tomorrow night in Chicago.
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 16, 2022
Here is the list of team representatives who will be on stage ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/iP1S07D2wD
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Shams Charania: WNBA legend Swin Cash – a four-time All-Star and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist – will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame @Hoophall Class of 2022, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Cash is currently part of the New Orleans Pelicans front office.
Howard Beck: Finalists for the Naismith @Hoophall of Fame, Class of 2022: Leta Andrews Swin Cash Michael Cooper Hugh Evans Manu Ginobili Tim Hardaway Bob Huggins Marques Johnson George Karl Marianne Stanley Lindsay Whalen
The funds will go toward “human capital and operational optimization,” marketing and growing the fanbase, merchandise strategy, and the globalization of the league. * Part of the raise was a “significant equity investment” from Nike. * Investors with NBA and WNBA ties include Joe and Clara Wu Tsai, Pau Gasol, and Swin Cash. * Other investors include former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Laurene Powell Jobs.
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