Unrivaled’s Phil Handy is swapping LeBron James for Breanna Stewart this winter

The longtime Lakers assistant is spending his year off from the NBA immersing himself in women’s basketball.

For six consecutive NBA Finals — from 2015 to 2021 — Phil Handy served as a fixture on the sidelines. Handy, a longtime NBA assistant who previously played professional basketball overseas, was there through it all.

First, he served as an assistant on the Cleveland Cavaliers that won it all in 2016. Then, he was with Toronto Raptors when they won their title in 2019...