Becky Hammon gives instructions to her team on July 24. Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon sees no reason why a woman can’t lead an NBA team in her lifetime but told CNN Sports that it would take a “whole lot” to pull her away from her current role.

Her comments come after Dawn Staley , the long-time head coach of the South Carolina women’s basketball team, said she doesn’t believe there will be a female head coach in the NBA during her lifetime.

Staley, who recently interviewed to be head coach of the New York Knicks, also suggested that the NBA isn’t ready to have a woman lead an organization.

But Hammon, who recently led the Aces to yet another WNBA championship on October 10, is more optimistic, while acknowledging there needs to be more growt

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