The recent good news that Nancy Lieberman was hired by the Sacramento Kings as the National Basketball Association’s second female assistant coach, joining Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs, was long overdue.
Long ago and far away I spent a great deal of time with Nancy Lieberman, interviewing her, socializing with her, gathering all the material for BASKETBALL MY WAY, a book about her life and times and basketball insights.
The hardcover work was published in 1982 by Scribners. Since then, much has happened to Nancy and to me.
Dubbed “Lady Magic,” by her adoring fans, Nancy was big in Far Rockaway where she hailed from, in the Five Towns of Long Island, where I lived, and all over the place.
