I know San Antonio Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon is a very talented woman but can she be in two places at once? There is a report on the the FIBA Europe site stating that Hammon will be joining Russia for the Eurobasket Championships. Well, Hammon is also a member of the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars and will be facing some very serious scheduling conflicts unless Russia somehow fails to make it into the quarterfinal round (highly unlikely since the tournament's defending champions are given credit for two wins in the first stage of the tournament), Hammon figures to miss San Antonio's eastern swing.

If Russia moves into the semifinals undefeated which is not exactly a reach, Hammon will either have to be in Latvia playing for Russia or in New York when the Silver Stars play at the New York Liberty on June 19. Two days later San Antonio will play the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena but the Eurobasket championship game will be played on June 20 beginning at 1:15 p.m. Eastern time (8:15 p.m. in Latvia). Assuming Russia finishes either first or second in Group F, it will play in the quarterfinals on June 18. By finishing third or fourth in the group, the quarterfinal game will be played on June 17. Once a team reaches the quarterfinal round, they are there for the duration since the tournament has playoffs for not only first and second but for the third-eighth spots meaning Hammon will be in Latvia through June 20.

Doing a little checking, I see no commercial flights available from Riga, Latvia to New York after the Eurobasket title game is over (around 10-10:30 p.m. in Latvia). It is possible that if a flight is chartered for Hammon, she could arrive in time for the game against Connecticut but it seems more likely that she either has to choose to play for the Silver Stars against the Liberty and Sun or play in the semifinals and finals for Russia. How do you think the New York fans will react to not seeing Hammon, who played in New York for her first eight seasons, especially if it is not widely reported that she will not be at the game? I have to assume she is leaving for Latvia after the Silver Stars host New York tomorrow night. Hammon is actually a bit fortunate that San Antonio has five days off between the two New York gams or she could be missing more than just two games.

EDITED AT 12:45 P.M.: Upon closer examination, it is not that farfetched that Hammon could arrive in time for the game against the Sun. I am not her travel agent but I book enough of my UConn flights to offer my two cents. If she is so inclined, Hammon could board a flight in Riga, Latvia at 6:05 a.m. local time on the 21st and after a stop in Amsterdam, land at Boston's Logan Airport at 10:20 a.m. (yes, the seven-hour time difference would be a huge help to her in this instance). That is more than enough time to make the drive to Mohegan Sun Arena. Would she be exhausted? I imagine so. But she would be far from the first WNBA star to step off a plane after playing in Europe and play in a game. It would make for a heck of a story to the assorted masses who cover the Connecticut Sun, that's for sure.

Russia just beat Latvia to move to 3-0 in Group F (former UConn star Svetlana Abrosimova had nine points, six rebounds and two assists). If my math is correct, Russia has clinched a spot in the quarterfinals since it can finish no worse than 3-2. Belarus already has three losses while Lithuania and Italy have two losses each and still have to play each other so one of them will have a minimum of three losses. With four of the six teams moving onto the next round, Russia's stay in Latvia will last until June 20.