Basketball icon wants women’s domination to be more than a ‘moment’ [Video]

If anybody deserves to celebrate the surge of excitement hovering over women’s basketball, it’s Lisa Thomaidis, an iconic part of basketball history both in Canada and abroad.

During her current tenure as head coach for the University of Saskatchewan women’s basketball team, the program has been a perennial power, capturing multiple national championships. She also led the Canadian national team for more than a decade and recently led Germany to that country’s first ever Olympic berth.

She also starred as a player.

Thomaidis says this “moment” the women’s game is having should be savoured, but reminds it comes after decades of hard work.

“The whole term, moment, I don’t like that because it refers to something that’s fleeting. That kind of comes and goes and it’s just for this, you know, period of time,” Thomaidis told CBC.