Aces make major coaching annoucement

The Las Vegas Aces announced Friday that they have hired Larry Lewis as their new assistant head coach.

“I’m thrilled to add coach Lewis to our group,” said Aces head coach Becky Hammon. “To add the quality of depth in character and knowledge will be a huge value to our basketball system and culture we’ve built. We got ourselves a great one with Larry, who brings a wealth of experience to the Aces bench from the NBA, G-League and NCAA, in addition to 19 years as a professional player. He has been successful in player development, which will benefit us as we continue in our quest for another championship.”

“It’s exciting to be joining the Aces because there’s a passion behind the team that is cultural, and it seems to be a very definite ambition of the team to hold onto that culture,” said Lewis. “That’s always been very intriguing to me, because I know how difficult that is to hold together as a group. That’s a beautiful part of the team. Being a basketball player, playing professionally and having coached on different levels, I know to get a team together to share in a high standard of culture is not the easiest thing to do. That’s what the Aces have here, and it should be valued, it should be cherished, and it should be held together.”