USABWNT: Dearica Hamby named to 3×3 Women’s National Team for Olympics

The past week was a slower—but no less significant—news week in the women’s hoops world:

Hamby replaces Brink on 3×3 Olympic team

She already got a contract extension. Is a gold medal next?

Dearica Hamby is the newest member of USA Basketball’s 3×3 Women’s National Team for the 2024 Olympic Games. Hamby replaces her Los Angeles Sparks teammate Cameron Brink, who suffered an ACL injury on June 18. Hamby joins Rhyne Howard, Hailey Van Lith and Cierra Burdick in the quest to keep the 3×3 gold in the Americans’ hands.

Hamby participated in the 2024 USA 3×3 Women’s National Team training camp, after which she represented Team Springfield at the FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series Springfield Stop. In 2023, Hamby was a member of the American squad for the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup, not only winning gold but also tournament MVP honors.

Swin named SVP in NOLA

UConn great and WNBA legend Swin Cash is rising up the NBA executive ranks, with the New Orleans Pelicans promoting her to Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations on Tuesday. The position makes her one of the highest-ranking women working in an NBA front office. Cash had been the organization’s Vice President of Basketball Operations and Team Development since 2019.

Fever-Sky III sets viewership record

A peak of 3.3 million viewers tuned into this season’s third matchup between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky on Sunday, June 24, with an average of 2.3 million witnessing the epic clash that ended with the Sky overcoming a 15-point deficit to secure the victory.

It was the most-watched WNBA games in 23 years across all major networks, topping the Sunday, June 17 game between the two teams.