SHE'S GOT GAME

Seimone Augustus called her out of the blue. Tina Thompson was looking for her cell phone number. Could she give it to her? Who could turn down the first draft pick in WNBA history? Thompson was acting on behalf of Shabtai von Kalmanovic, owner of the Russian women’s basketball team Spartak Moscow Region. He needed a coach for his high profile team littered with WNBA players. A month later Pokey Chatman had a job in Russia. Russia? This isn’t the route Chatman was supposed to take.