Lieberman presenting trophy to Moriah Jefferson
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Sacramento Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Assistant coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | NBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Brooklyn, New York |
July 1, 1958 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school |
Far Rockaway (New York City, New York) |
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College | Old Dominion (1976–1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1980–2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1998–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980–1981; 1984 | Dallas Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | Springfield Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Long Island Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998–2000 | Detroit Shock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Texas Legends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Sacramento Kings (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals
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Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman (born July 1, 1958), nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and currently works as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in American women's basketball.
In 2000, she was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Lieberman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 1, 1958, to Jerome and Renee Lieberman. She was raised Jewish, but has become a born-again Christian. Her family lived in Brooklyn, when she was born, but soon moved to Far Rockaway, New York where she grew up with her older brother Clifford. Her mother brought up the children after a separation and divorce. While growing up, she was very interested in a variety of sports, playing baseball, softball and football with boys, before settling on basketball as her primary sport. She played basketball primarily on pickup teams with boys, not playing on a girls' team until she was a high school sophomore. While attending Far Rockaway High School in Queens, New York, she established herself as one of the top women's basketball players in the country by earning one of only 12 slots on the USA's National Team. In 1975, Lieberman was named to the USA Team designated to play in the World Championships and Pan American Games, where she brought home a gold medal