Hooped Up

Another reason why the NBA is the most progressive league in the world. Basketball legend Nancy Lieberman aka “Lady Magic” will get a shot to coach in the D-League in 2010 and will become the first women to ever achieve that feat in the process. Currently an ESPN television analyst, Lieberman will coach the Dallas’ D-League co-owed by Mavericks Donnie Nelson.

According to ESPN, Nelson’s ownership group has secured approval from the NBA to hire Lieberman to coach the yet-to-be-named team based in Frisco, Texas, which will serve as the Mavericks’ D-League affiliate next season. In 1998, Lieberman served as General Manager and Head Coach of the WNBA’s Detroit Shock.