Bill Laimbeer Should Be Coaching In The NBA

I don't know that it's ever happened before, but it should. Has a coach ever been "promoted" directly from the WNBA to the NBA? I'm not sure what Bill Laimbeer's motivation is. I think it's admirable that he toils in the WNBA, coaching the Detroit Shock -- two league titles so far and maybe a third on the horizon. He seems to be, at least in the world of women's professional basketball, a master motivator. He's not shy to light into his players publicly -- not that THAT'S a good idea with NBA players. Laimbeer has his ladies cruising again after a rocky period in June. The Shock have won 11 of 12, and not coincidentally, the hot streak came after another dose of brutal honesty to the media types. He benched his starting center -- who just happened to be the starter in the WNBA All-Star game -- Kara Braxton, and filleted her play. Last September, during the Finals -- his team down 2-1 in the best-of-five series -- Laimbeer turned the...