Pistons Head Coach Rumors: Becky Hammon Under Consideration for Job

San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon is reportedly on the Detroit Pistons' "radar" as they look to fill their head coaching vacancy.

On Thursday, Rod Beard of the Detroit News speculated the Pistons' "search likely will lead them to consider" the NBA's first full-time female assistant to replace Stan Van Gundy.

Members of the Detroit roster who spoke with Beard downplayed any potential issues if the Pistons did turn to Hammon.

"I'm not sure how others would receive it and I understand it may be a transition that would have its own challenges, but I just want the best person for the job," Reggie Jackson said.

"I wouldn't have an issue with it at all," Anthony Tolliver added. "It would take some getting used to at first but as long as she knows what she's doing, guys would respond just fine."

Hammon has experience leading NBA players.

The 41-year-old South Dakota native, who was hired by San Antonio in 2014, led the Spurs' Las Vegas Summer League team to a championship in 2015.

Hammon doesn't want her gender to become the defining characteristic of her coaching career, though. She told Louisa Thomas of the New Yorker if "you want to hire somebody who's qualified and will do a good job, then maybe you should consider me."

"My motives shouldn't be to change people's minds," she said. "My job is to be the best that I can be, and if that changes your mind then great, but I can't be consumed with how you feel about me."

In Detroit, she'd inherit a team that's made the playoffs once in the past nine years, and the Pistons were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in that 2016 postseason appearance.

It'd represent a monumental challenge as Hammon broke through another glass ceiling.