Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammond has spoken out after former player de' Hami accused her of discrimination while being pregnant here's some facts Hammond 47 said during her postgame press conference on Sunday August 18th I've been in either the WNBA or the NBA for now 25 years I've never had an HR complaint never not once I still didn't actually because dear didn't file any she didn't file with the players union she didn't file with the WNBA those are facts Hami 30 was traded from the aces to the Los Angeles Sparks in January 2023 according to a lawsuit filed on August 12th Hami alleged it was a result of her becoming pregnant she also said there were notable changes in the way she was treated by Hammond and the team after announcing her pregnancy it's also factual that nobody made a call about trading her until Atlanta called us in January 2023 that's a fact Hammond continued so it just didn't happen I'm sorry The Bullying I spoke with her every day if she wanted to practice she practiced if she didn't she didn't over the toop care actually over the toop care dearica Hami filed a federal lawsuit against the WNBA and her former team the Las Vegas Aces alleging she faced discrimination and unlawful retaliation while she was pregnant Hami was subject to repeated acts of intimidation discrimination and retaliation from the aces according to court documents filed on Monday August 12th and viewed by US Weekly which led to her January 2023 trade to the Los Angeles Sparks and the lawsuit Hami who began playing for the aces in 2015 noted that she signed a 2-year contract extension with the team in Spring of 2022 less than a month later she discovered she was pregnant with her second child however she experienced notable changes in the way she was treated by Las Vegas Aces staff