By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-  It was Las Vegas Aces’ head coach Bill Laimbeer’s first (and only) regular-season return to the Big Apple. After coaching the Liberty to three playoff births in five seasons, he bequeathed the team to one of his assistant coaches, a WNBA legend: Katie Smith. It was…