Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of futt Around
Speaker 1: and find Out. I'm here with my girl as Shanti. Hey,
Speaker 1: hold on, what's that? I'm getting a call? Hello? A call? Wait?
Speaker 1: Hold on? Wait? Is that my phone? Do you hear that?
Speaker 1: I think I hear something ringing? Girl? Hello? I mean.
Speaker 2: I think you have a secret to drop to the
Speaker 2: fut Around and find out?
Speaker 1: Family? Girl? Are you ready? Do I do I have
Speaker 1: a secret?
Speaker 2: I mean only you know you've been walking around here
Speaker 2: smiling from it.
Speaker 1: Say I do have a big secret that is no
Speaker 1: longer a secret, and I'm so excited to share with everyone.
Speaker 1: I am now a part of the Jordan Brand family,
Speaker 1: officially a Jordan Brand athlete, and I couldn't be happier
Speaker 1: about it.
Speaker 2: Let's go, girl, that is so exciting. Congratulations, Thank you?
Speaker 2: Come on now, big jumping, not a little. I am
Speaker 2: excited for you. I am here to celebrate you. Let's
Speaker 2: talk all about it. So much has happened this week, girl,
Speaker 2: Billboards MSG Jordan Brand.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's endless. I don't even know where to start. Yeah, wait,
Speaker 1: where should we stir?
Speaker 2: Okay, well you just announced the biggest thing ever Jordan Brand.
Speaker 1: So I kind of want to start there. How does
Speaker 1: it feel? Amazing? It's such an honor. I really truly
Speaker 1: am so so excited everyone that's asked me about it,
Speaker 1: I'm like pulling up pictures from the shoe because I'm
Speaker 1: so and that's so unlike me, like pulling up pictures
Speaker 1: to show people. It's like I have no words. I
Speaker 1: just have to show you, and I just it's so good.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited and it's an honor. Definitely.
Speaker 2: Oh man, I had the pleasure of seeing some of
Speaker 2: those pictures girl and get looking good.
Speaker 1: So tell me what does it mean? Like what does
Speaker 1: it mean to be a Jordan athlete? Like I said,
Speaker 1: it's an honor. To even be in the same conversation
Speaker 1: as the athletes that they have signed is an honor.
Speaker 1: They have some of the best athletes signed, And to
Speaker 1: have my name next to theirs, to have my name
Speaker 1: next to this brand, next to this logo of greatness,
Speaker 1: it's like, I don't know what else to say it
Speaker 1: besides like it's an honor, it's a privilege. Like it's
Speaker 1: surreal to think that I was at the shoot and
Speaker 1: I'm like, is this like real life? Like this is
Speaker 1: a pintree moment, I can't believe this is real? So
Speaker 1: why did you choose Jordan brand? I chose Jordan because
Speaker 1: I felt like what their brand stands for. It kind
Speaker 1: of aligns with the person and player that I'm trying
Speaker 1: to be on and off the court. The way that
Speaker 1: they just like they strive for greatness and everything they do,
Speaker 1: and I love that. And the people that are part
Speaker 1: of the brand, not just the athletes that they have signed,
Speaker 1: but the people behind the scenes that you don't necessarily
Speaker 1: see if they're amazing, and I just felt that connection
Speaker 1: with them, and in those meetings leading up to it,
Speaker 1: it felt like it felt like a family, and that's
Speaker 1: I love people. I love relationships, and it just felt
Speaker 1: like home.
Speaker 2: Oh and I felt like home. Listen, you're among You're
Speaker 2: amongst the greats. You have a lot going on right
Speaker 2: now in your career. You guys are moving on to
Speaker 2: the Big East Tournament. So let's definitely get into those looks.
Speaker 2: You looked amazing. Let's talk about I saw one you
Speaker 2: were wearing, like a black and white set.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about that one, all right, Let's talk about it.
Speaker 1: That was the first one that I wore, and it
Speaker 1: was like a scored like a little that's what's called
Speaker 1: right with the shorts on and neth a little scored
Speaker 1: action with a little slit in the side. And then
Speaker 1: see the top was like layered. They were both crop
Speaker 1: zip ups and the bottom one was white, the top
Speaker 1: one was black. And I don't even know how much
Speaker 1: to describe it. It was like a like a double
Speaker 1: I don't know. It was really cute.
Speaker 2: Though, Yes, given Fashionissa is given performance and can give
Speaker 2: the walk the runway.
Speaker 1: Love it very much. It was giving like that crossover
Speaker 1: of like sporty but stylish. Yes, look too, Look too
Speaker 1: was a little bit more traditional. And the color shorts
Speaker 1: and a T shirt that would you call it TiO yes,
Speaker 1: teal one of those two you get the point that
Speaker 1: sea foam green, whatever you want to get it was.
Speaker 1: I love that one. It was really pretty. That was cute,
Speaker 1: and I like the color, the shirt, the shoes, all
Speaker 1: of that beautiful.
Speaker 2: Well, you look good, you look confident. And then my
Speaker 2: personal favorite, m M, the brown look.
Speaker 1: Yes, wait, I love this one. I mean obviously I
Speaker 1: have like swimmer. I took mirror selfies in it. I
Speaker 1: never take a mirror selfie by myself, and I was
Speaker 1: feeling myself, so I took some, but the brown one
Speaker 1: was cute. I had a little white sports for underneath,
Speaker 1: and then the brown it was like a sleeve us jacket.
Speaker 1: It was like a vest. What do you call it, Yeah,
Speaker 1: like a little vest. I was like a vest, but
Speaker 1: the inside was fuzzy, furry, fuzzy, warm comorn and it
Speaker 1: was brown. The cargoes were comfy, and I had on
Speaker 1: Jordan fors So I had on the little vest, the crop,
Speaker 1: the cargoes, the fours, and then I had on this
Speaker 1: Jordan necklace. It was it was like everything was just perfect,
Speaker 1: like the details were detailing, the fit was fitting. It
Speaker 1: was I even know they did jewelry. They had you.
Speaker 2: Jordan had it, so honey, yeah it was.
Speaker 1: It was something.
Speaker 2: And then went nevermind, just yeah, okay, let's get into
Speaker 2: the glam sis.
Speaker 1: I don't think i've ever seen you with some extensions.
Speaker 1: I think that's probably because I've never had extensions.
Speaker 2: Ooh, so that was your first time. Why'd you guys
Speaker 2: choose adding a little length. I think we're just going
Speaker 2: for a different look. We wanted this shoot to be
Speaker 2: special and like really just pop and be different and
Speaker 2: amazing and that's exactly what everyone. Jordan came with the fits, stylis,
Speaker 2: Sydney came with fitting the fits, and then hair and makeup.
Speaker 2: Claire and Haley did their big one with the hair,
Speaker 2: the makeup. The little wing I had was so cute
Speaker 2: and you I loved my hair. I don't know, it
Speaker 2: was so cool. I felt like that girl and.
Speaker 1: You are that girl. Okay. And the nails, do not
Speaker 1: forget Miss Sarah Kane Old did not hush. Oh my goodness, no,
Speaker 1: the nails. Whenever Sarah's on set and she makes nails,
Speaker 1: it's it's like the perfect cherry on top, like everything's perfect,
Speaker 1: and then you get the nails and it's like boom boom.
Speaker 1: Talk about them. Describe the nails, Okay, the nails. Sarah
Speaker 1: made a Jordan set and so the nails were like
Speaker 1: white with silver and gems, like a little bit of
Speaker 1: three D to it, the three D touch. She made
Speaker 1: a couple of the nails try to like give resemble
Speaker 1: a basketball and a little sense like with the lines on it.
Speaker 1: And then the two middle fingernails. One was the jumpman
Speaker 1: logo with a red gem as a basketball, which I loved,
Speaker 1: and then the other one was twenty three and it
Speaker 1: was like, can we can we have a picture here because.
Speaker 2: We have you high iconic. You have to see there.
Speaker 2: They are so good, Sarah, you always do a big one.
Speaker 1: We appreciate you. It's so impressive. I don't know how
Speaker 1: she does it so perfectly. So overall, how did the
Speaker 1: shoot feel? Surreal? Insane? Like? This was definitely and I've
Speaker 1: had some great shoots that I've loved, but this was
Speaker 1: definitely my favorite by far that I've ever done. Well
Speaker 1: makes sense because you look like you belong there. Thank you.
Speaker 2: So let's pivot. Let's talk about this roster you're joining.
Speaker 2: You touched on it a little bit earlier. I mean
Speaker 2: the Jordan family has tough great so you got Fee,
Speaker 2: you got Gabby, you got Stufh, you got Ryan. I
Speaker 2: mean they're stacked and then they have you, and I
Speaker 2: feel like it's given complete.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and don't forget they have Sarah Strong. That's giving complete,
Speaker 1: that's complete period.
Speaker 2: That's kind of think about and were joining and going
Speaker 2: to leave a huge legacy.
Speaker 1: How does that fe I mean, like I said before,
Speaker 1: just to be a part of this roster of athletes
Speaker 1: that they have, like that speaks volumes to put my
Speaker 1: name next to theirs. They are all incredible and super
Speaker 1: talented and people that I women that I look up to,
Speaker 1: even Sarah, I look up to her, and just to
Speaker 1: who they are. I think it's also like men to
Speaker 1: talk about is how incredible they are on the court,
Speaker 1: but also the people they are off the court. It's like,
Speaker 1: I don't know, there's I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm just so excited. I'm so excited. It's amazing.
Speaker 2: Yes, and you know what, you know what else they
Speaker 2: all have in common. They were all on the pod.
Speaker 1: It gives dropping My god, we manifest this. It's give
Speaker 1: dropping bread comes to this moment. We literally manifested this shanty.
Speaker 1: iHeart thank you guys. Hi key. I mean except for
Speaker 1: the Ryan the Yukon to Jordan pipeline. Yeah, no, that's insane.
Speaker 1: It's eating down. That's actually crazy.
Speaker 2: So we're heading into tournament time and we talk about
Speaker 2: Jordan brand you have to talk about the one and
Speaker 2: only Michael Jordan's duh. His breakout moment was his freshman
Speaker 2: year at UNC and it was a national championship game
Speaker 2: and he hit that go ahead shot against Georgetown with
Speaker 2: fifteen seconds left.
Speaker 1: That was his first like, oh, he's different moment.
Speaker 2: And then we've got the Georgetown connection, which is even wilder.
Speaker 2: MJ hits the shot against Georgetown. Your mama, miss Katie,
Speaker 2: played at Georgetown, and she's literally being honored this weekend
Speaker 2: at the Big East Tournament by George.
Speaker 1: Now she is. I'm so proud of her. I know,
Speaker 1: how does that feel? Have you talked to her about it?
Speaker 1: We talked a little bit about it right when she
Speaker 1: had found out about it. We haven't talked about it since,
Speaker 1: but I do want to ask, Like, she doesn't love
Speaker 1: being the spotlight, so I want to ask how she
Speaker 1: feels with this coming up. I know the spotlight is
Speaker 1: going to be on her, which she deserves all of
Speaker 1: that recognition attention because she was a phenomenal player. And
Speaker 1: I just think it's insane, Like it's so crazy to
Speaker 1: think that my mom was good at basketball. I don't,
Speaker 1: but it's like crazy to I don't know that she's
Speaker 1: like a legend. That's my mom. You know, you're literally
Speaker 1: her legacy. I know it's still weird, but it's so like,
Speaker 1: I'm so proud of her, and so it's amazing to
Speaker 1: see her get those flowers and that attention, that recognition,
Speaker 1: and I can't wait to celebrate her, even though she
Speaker 1: and George sewns though, we'll forget her because it's Jordan.
Speaker 2: You know what, absolutely and you know Jordan, for him,
Speaker 2: that was his freshman year when he hit that shot
Speaker 2: against Georgetown and it was like his breakout.
Speaker 1: Like after that, he was on the map. And it
Speaker 1: kind of.
Speaker 2: Reminds me of this new Jordan Brand family girl le
Speaker 2: who last year, coming back from injury, became the MOP.
Speaker 1: Do you see the parallels? Do you see what I'm seeing?
Speaker 2: I guess, okay, very humble, I'm just gonna listen. I'm
Speaker 2: gonna claim it. I see the parallels. And I mean,
Speaker 2: I feel like your last year Final four run shift
Speaker 2: to your trajectory. You were injured, you came back, you
Speaker 2: won the MOP. I feel like all of this prepared
Speaker 2: you to step into greatness, especially with Jordan Brand. Did
Speaker 2: something happen for you that like changed maybe your mindset,
Speaker 2: the way you approach this game, and maybe the way
Speaker 2: you approached like going for number two.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think winning a championship, I've definitely seen
Speaker 1: like a difference and confidence and you know, just feeling
Speaker 1: more like settled and sure and all those things. But
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing for me last year was
Speaker 1: like my mindset going into the tournament a guy that
Speaker 1: last all of last year was like a growing point
Speaker 1: for me. I learned so much coming back and it
Speaker 1: was challenged and whatever, but I feel like just winning
Speaker 1: and being a part of that team, I learned so
Speaker 1: much and at that end, being a part of a
Speaker 1: team that played so like we were literally in flow
Speaker 1: state playing, but like being that confident having teammates that
Speaker 1: are that confident in you back.
Speaker 2: I have some receipts. Oh for the people, because mister
Speaker 2: you have been Jordan. Now we gonna roll the footage.
Speaker 2: But for those who are just listening, Asy when she
Speaker 2: was very little was with her brothers John and Jose
Speaker 2: dancing around Asy's wearing her Jordan's sures. You remember that,
Speaker 2: so scared what I'm wearing in what I look like
Speaker 2: in this video because my hair.
Speaker 1: Was never done. I'm like, actually scared, Na, girl, you
Speaker 1: are too cute.
Speaker 2: You know what we all have that time where we
Speaker 2: would look in a little young You know what I'm saying, hello,
Speaker 2: you know before we found ourselves.
Speaker 1: But you've been repping Jordan.
Speaker 2: You had your Jordan shorts you had on Uh, you
Speaker 2: were dancing around having to get I think it was
Speaker 2: gongin style, gambling style.
Speaker 1: Oh did you hear that? I just started playing it.
Speaker 1: That's I'm wearing Jordan in this. Yes you are, girl,
Speaker 1: Look at the shorts. Peep the shorts. There were a
Speaker 1: couple of Jordan fits I had that I wore on
Speaker 1: repeat when I was younger.
Speaker 2: Yes, let's talk about it. So you had the Jordan
Speaker 2: shorts for one of them. There's another one that I absolutely.
Speaker 1: Oh found this photo.
Speaker 2: Oh for the listeners homegirl is wearing heels with a
Speaker 2: Jordan's shirt.
Speaker 1: I mean you were fabulous.
Speaker 2: You were putting together the performance and runway like you
Speaker 2: did for your shoe.
Speaker 1: I feel like it some real full circle moment. We
Speaker 1: should have done this. Look at the shot. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna lie crop the shirt a little bit. This could
Speaker 1: have eate Come on here. Oh my gosh, it's used
Speaker 1: me one of my favorite things to do. We used
Speaker 1: to live across the street from like a DSW or something,
Speaker 1: and I would just go try shoes on. But this
Speaker 1: was definitely post workout. Had my smoothie back there and
Speaker 1: I'm like, what am I? Why? Like, why have my
Speaker 1: hand on my hip? Like the Oh my god, cause
Speaker 1: you've been that girl. I used to wear this shirt
Speaker 1: all the time. No, like the matching shirt and shorts. Yes,
Speaker 1: you were too cute.
Speaker 2: And honestly, it makes sense why this ALIGNE, it's not
Speaker 2: just business.
Speaker 1: I haven't wait. Yeah, I wish I darn it. I
Speaker 1: wish my mom would have said this other pictures. E.
Speaker 1: There was like a blue shirt I had with like
Speaker 1: pink and purple. Put the Jordan logo with these gray
Speaker 1: shorts with blue and pink on that side. I see
Speaker 1: the fact that I remember this outfit shows how much
Speaker 1: I wore.
Speaker 2: And it shows that you've been down since you was little.
Speaker 2: This is crazy, I forgot. That's insane.
Speaker 1: Mom.
Speaker 2: We need those pictures, we knew all of them, and
Speaker 2: we need to drop it for everybody. No, no one
Speaker 2: needs to see these. Listen, the receists don't lie. Oh man, Asy,
Speaker 2: what would little Asy say about.
Speaker 1: You signing with Jordan Brand? I think little Asy would
Speaker 1: probably be just as excited as I am now, probably
Speaker 1: a little shocked and confused on why and how that
Speaker 1: was even possible, Because I feel like when I was younger,
Speaker 1: I just like I was just having fun, Like all
Speaker 1: that other stuff was just like way over my head.
Speaker 1: But I think I, I mean, you saw the way
Speaker 1: I was rocking those Jordan T's and shorts, so I
Speaker 1: think you would have been so excited to get so
Speaker 1: many more cute basketball workout outfits.
Speaker 2: So yes, I'm really excited about you and Jordia Brandt,
Speaker 2: and I can't wait to see what's to come.
Speaker 1: I am also so excited if you couldn't tugs, I've
Speaker 1: said the word excited about seven hundred times today. But yeah,
Speaker 1: and speaking on what's to come, there is something that
Speaker 1: I can kind of mention coming soon. And there's a little,
Speaker 1: a little something something in the works with me and
Speaker 1: Sarah Strong and Jordan brand I think coming selection Sunday.
Speaker 1: So pop your eyes out, like be ready, Yes, rapping
Speaker 1: gems to the family. We love it. What a great day.
Speaker 1: It's a great day. What a great day to be
Speaker 1: part of the Jordan fam.
Speaker 2: You know. So you've had quite a week girl, msg billboards,
Speaker 2: your brother's birthday. It was really nice seeing you in
Speaker 2: New York. Even know what's to start. Let's start with
Speaker 2: that billboard? How did it feel to see your face
Speaker 2: on thirty fourth Street like everywhere.
Speaker 1: That was crazy. I thought my family group chat was
Speaker 1: blowing up about it, and then I didn't see it
Speaker 1: until we were on our way to the game and
Speaker 1: we drove past it and KK scream just like azy too,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, what the And then in the back
Speaker 1: it's like Asy in New York City with her stomach out,
Speaker 1: how scandalous and they're dying laughing. But that was crazy
Speaker 1: because I had known, but I didn't know how big
Speaker 1: it was gonna be, and so almost like a jump
Speaker 1: scared seeing my face huge, it was incredible. I mean,
Speaker 1: what is this now?
Speaker 2: Number three girls and in New York City. I'm just
Speaker 2: so proud, girl, you really represent out here. Oh no,
Speaker 2: it is really crazy. It's insane and all that happening
Speaker 2: right before playing at MSG. One of the most legendary
Speaker 2: places is in New York City, the home of my
Speaker 2: New York Knicks and my you know, my other New
Speaker 2: York teams.
Speaker 1: How did it feel to be playing in that arena?
Speaker 1: That was super cool. I've only ever been there for
Speaker 1: Big East Media days. I've never been to a game there,
Speaker 1: so to have that be my first experience was so fun.
Speaker 1: And also we were I think it was before the
Speaker 1: game coaches, like, you know, a few hours ago, Wemby
Speaker 1: and Steph were sitting in those seats and I'm like,
Speaker 1: hold on, like, let me right, let me get to that.
Speaker 1: Do do It didn't really, it didn't work well for me,
Speaker 1: but I so that was goan to know, like they
Speaker 1: had just played in that game or in that arena
Speaker 1: and there were a few hours later, so that was
Speaker 1: that was the point of that. I was like, wait
Speaker 1: a second, I was just watching that before the game.
Speaker 1: You stay amongst the greats. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 2: Okay, And your brother's birthday passed this past weekend. Did
Speaker 2: you guys do anything to celebrate? Did you get a
Speaker 2: chance to hang with them?
Speaker 1: Yeah? So he was actually with me on his birthday,
Speaker 1: so we had practiced that day so didn't spend the
Speaker 1: morning together. But then we played a bunch of video
Speaker 1: games later that night and we went to dinner as
Speaker 1: a family, which was really nice. And then this past weekend.
Speaker 1: And then this past weekend, I had a pretty cool
Speaker 1: shoot and they surprised him with the birthday cake at
Speaker 1: the end, so felt got to sing to him, which
Speaker 1: is really sweet. Oh. I love that.
Speaker 2: I was really happy I got a chance to see
Speaker 2: your brother as well, and your family went to dinner,
Speaker 2: and then he also got like a little surprise like
Speaker 2: cake at the end.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, shout out to happy birthday. Yeah, that was
Speaker 1: happy birthday. We haven't spent one of his birthdays together
Speaker 1: in a few years, so it was fun just to
Speaker 1: celebrate him a little. I love that.
Speaker 2: This weekend was actually packed full of basketball, so you
Speaker 2: had the game at MSG and the next day we
Speaker 2: were at Unrivaled. Can we talk about the pop out?
Speaker 2: Can we get into Waits?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Sydney page she always does, but the fur coat
Speaker 1: really brought it over the edge on this one. I
Speaker 1: felt like, oh, did police told me I looked like
Speaker 1: Cookie her? No crazy? Cookie is I don't know, like
Speaker 1: she's a little crazy a cop And she was like, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: it is she was. And I'm like, okay, I like
Speaker 1: I could see it.
Speaker 2: Miss Cookie is a boss Cookies from the show Empire.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, sorry, She's definitely definitely a boss. So that
Speaker 2: was a compliment for sure. And actually, now that I
Speaker 2: think about it, it definitely gave Cookie because when she
Speaker 2: enters the place, she owns the room, and that's definitely
Speaker 2: what you were doing.
Speaker 1: See, I was thinking more like her. I think like
Speaker 1: the hair and the glasses was giving her. Actually I
Speaker 1: do see that, especially with her the hair h e r. Yes, both.
Speaker 2: Actually he was giving her and her Okay, sit in
Speaker 2: court side with your coat.
Speaker 1: Oh so the coat was super cute and definitely that
Speaker 1: was like its own fit right there. And then what
Speaker 1: I had underneath I also loved. It was from a
Speaker 1: brand called Subie. It was like a crop collar shirt
Speaker 1: that was super cute. My pants were cute, my heels
Speaker 1: good thing. I just got my dogs on with Grandma
Speaker 1: or else that would have been. I love my outfit
Speaker 1: so much. It looks good, and they were loving you.
Speaker 1: You came across the jumbo tron. Man, the fans were
Speaker 1: going crazy.
Speaker 2: It was deafening in there, but yeah, you definitely popped out.
Speaker 1: It was getting cute. Thank you. All right, Well that
Speaker 1: is a wrap on today's episode. Thank you guys so
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