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Speaker 1: What's your best coach GENO story and coach and CD

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Speaker 1: story that you have.

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Speaker 2: Does something stick out?

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Speaker 1: I know I have like a bunch of different stories

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Speaker 1: that can range from happy to get ripped to just

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Speaker 3: Z that's hard. Well, I feel like it's not super

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Speaker 3: happy one. It's okay, But it was just like kind

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Speaker 3: of funny now that you think back on it. You know,

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Speaker 3: our conference was the AAC and we were dominating in

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Speaker 3: our conference and we won a game by literally like

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Speaker 3: thirty five or forty points, but.

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Speaker 4: We didn't play good enough, so we got kicked out

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Speaker 4: of our locker room.

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Speaker 3: And it's just like funny when you tell that story

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Speaker 3: in hindsight, because we won the game by forty points,

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Speaker 3: but we didn't win the way that like we were

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Speaker 3: supposed to win, so we got kicked out.

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Speaker 4: So that was kind of funny.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I think Actually my freshman year, we had great seniors.

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Speaker 3: You know, Stewie Morgan, Tuck and Maria Jefferson were my seniors,

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Speaker 3: and he wasn't happy for them with them for some reason,

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Speaker 3: so he like benched them for a whole game. And

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Speaker 3: that's when that was like my coming to the league moment.

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Speaker 4: And as a fresh banker. I'm like he's benching them.

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Speaker 3: I'm not breathing in his direction wrong, Like that was

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Sometimes I Hoop.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Hayley Jones, Humble Bragg, retired Stanford Hooper

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Speaker 1: and now we're Atlanta Dream Rookie.

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Speaker 2: But this isn't about me.

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Speaker 1: We are here with former Yukon legend who scored over

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Speaker 1: two thousand points in one thousand rebounds to twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: WNBA Rookie of the Year, two time All Star, and

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Speaker 1: Olympic gold medalist in twenty twenty in the Tokyo Games,

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Speaker 1: none other than Minnesota Lenk's superstar Nafisa Collier. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for hopping on the pod. Hey, hey Ley, thanks for

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Speaker 1: having me of course, and I mean thanks for being

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Speaker 1: my first guest back in really a minute now, it's

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Speaker 1: been maybe two months and seconds since I last Stanford

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Speaker 1: just graduated last week. But we're in the league now,

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Speaker 1: so we're gonna transition into some WNBA guests on the pods.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: Have there been any teams that have been surprising you

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Speaker 1: with their performances or specific players so far?

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Speaker 3: Teams I think Indiana just because since I've been in

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Speaker 3: the league, Indiana has them doing very well, and so

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Speaker 3: to see them rising is really cool, you know. I

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Speaker 3: think they did agreat with their draft pick. Obviously, I

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Speaker 3: think Lee is doing really well, so that has been

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Speaker 3: kind of surprising, just because I haven't seen that since

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Speaker 3: I've been in the league so far, and then actually

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Speaker 3: kind of Washington therefore, so obviously they're so ring tie,

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Speaker 3: but a team with so many vets, I thought they

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Speaker 3: would have I don't know, maybe more wins.

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Speaker 4: No, I agree, more so early though in the season, So.

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Speaker 1: I definitely agree with Indiana. I think Washington people were

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Speaker 1: talking about, oh, is it going to be a down

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Speaker 1: year in this EVA. They're rock solid, but you just

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Speaker 1: never thought.

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Speaker 3: They would happen down year if you look. I mean,

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Speaker 3: they have so many people from their championship team still

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Speaker 3: and being together that long on a team, like you're

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Speaker 3: not going to have a down year with that.

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Speaker 4: So, like I said, I don't think they're having a

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Speaker 3: I do think I think they're going to continue to

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Speaker 3: pick up and do even better as the season goes on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I feel like the season's already been

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Speaker 2: It feels like so much is alread happen.

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Speaker 1: But I think, like we said, like Washington sitdent at

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Speaker 1: four and up top are the aces in the sun.

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Speaker 1: But do you expect there to be more drama for

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Speaker 2: And who would be your sleeper pick?

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Speaker 1: Is it still gonna be Indie with the surprises or

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Speaker 1: is there a different sleeper pick that you have moving on.

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Speaker 4: I think INDI's doing good. I don't think they're going

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think everyone's question is the New York team, Right,

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Speaker 3: You're gonna see teams start to figure it out. Vegas

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Speaker 3: I don't know it's gonna be hopefully my team emerges.

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Speaker 4: A little bit more. Hopefully we're the sleeper team.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, nah, I completely agree, like just putting things

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Speaker 1: Americans come out at the end of the year. That's

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Speaker 1: not even something on your mind your first six games in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, It's like I haven't even had the chance to

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Speaker 1: just such a change of pace with you in Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: This is the first year without Sylvia Foules, and I

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Speaker 1: she was a VET for the whole league.

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Speaker 2: She was just a cornerstone of the league for so long.

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Speaker 1: So how have the adjustments been for you taking on

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Speaker 2: Has there been an adjustment period?

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Speaker 3: I think the more adjustment period was like coming physically

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Speaker 3: back from having my daughter last year, more than that

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Speaker 3: So I feel like I was pretty ready when that happened.

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Speaker 1: I totally agree just having that person behind you to know,

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Speaker 1: like I can be up doing this and that, and

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Speaker 4: Hmmm, let me think. I think there's a bunch.

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Speaker 3: It feels like the media gets like they pick who

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Speaker 3: I guess that they need. I feel like Necka's been

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Speaker 3: don't know there's a bunch because we have a lot

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Speaker 3: She's doing great this year obviously, so she definitely deserves it.

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Speaker 3: I thought they were sleeping on her a little.

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Speaker 4: Bit before then. I don't know, So you could say

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Speaker 1: I agree with you and Neka for sure. I think

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Speaker 1: it's just so many people play different ways, and I

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Speaker 1: you're a bucket, you're gonna get yours, you can do

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Speaker 2: So it feels like.

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Speaker 1: A sleeper to say, but like, also you and Eka

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Speaker 3: There also one more person with that sorry At Oh yeah,

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Speaker 2: At is so hard to play against.

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Speaker 3: She's one of those people that's like a sleeper in

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Speaker 1: So, yeah, she has circled up on that scout because

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Speaker 1: there's just so many different ways that she can attack

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Speaker 4: Fuck is getting triple doubles? It's wild.

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Speaker 1: I don't get it. How are you playing? When I

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Speaker 3: At this point, she has her shoulder like pop out

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Speaker 3: and she'll get back in the game. That helped me

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Speaker 3: multiple times last year and the year before. It's crazy.

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Speaker 2: That's literally insane.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine having to, you know, rework my whole

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Speaker 2: Yeah, shout out to at that's wild.

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Speaker 1: But I think one thing that we talked about a

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Speaker 1: lot on the pod throughout my college years was talking

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Speaker 1: about the best conference debate, whether it was PAC twelve SEC.

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Speaker 2: This and that.

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Speaker 1: Now we're just down to two. I'm in the East

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Speaker 1: and you're in the West. But who would you say,

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Speaker 1: has you know the tougher conference?

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Speaker 3: I thought it used to be the West, and this

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Speaker 3: year especially, I think it's more the East.

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Speaker 4: Actually, if I had to.

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Speaker 1: Choose, Okay, I would agree. I think that the East

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Speaker 1: is kind of on the rise. But like, growing up,

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Speaker 1: I was a West Coast girl, so I was like, oh.

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Speaker 2: It's the West.

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Speaker 1: I had a huge bias, But yeah, I think the

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Speaker 1: East has it this year, but that's not to say

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Speaker 1: that the West doesn't have sleeper teams this and that.

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Speaker 3: The West last year and the year before, or maybe

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Speaker 3: like a couple of years ago. It's like Sue and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tough. The list just continue to go on.

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Speaker 1: So now rookie year for me, and I need to

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Speaker 2: Was there bumps that.

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Speaker 3: Honestly, I thought my college prepared me really well to

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Speaker 1: Nah, getting through screens and whatnot is insane because I

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Speaker 1: feel like in college you're like, okay, like I can

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Speaker 1: you can't do it anymore. There's one hundred and forty

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Speaker 1: That's not how it works anymore, which is crazy, And

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Speaker 1: I think I'm still adjusting to it. But I mean you're.

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Speaker 3: Doing well though, especially for like at the point guard

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm loving the combo so far. It's a lot

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Speaker 3: What was that like now that you say that, you know,

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Speaker 4: Like I just need to play.

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Speaker 1: That's definitely a common theme just talking to other rookies

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Speaker 1: For me, I always play my best when I'm like

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Speaker 4: How to do it.

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Speaker 1: But I think a lot of it just comes from,

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Speaker 1: gonna score. It was a great look whatever, it was

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Speaker 1: a good shot. I missed. And it's just like having

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Speaker 2: So I think, you know my rookie year.

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Speaker 1: I know I have a lot of different rookie responsibilities

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Speaker 1: being uniform bag. I literally forgot it on our first trip.

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Speaker 1: It was to go see dolls and then play y'all mini,

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Speaker 1: then we're on the bus. Why did put a rookie

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Speaker 1: in charge of the uniform That's what I'm saying. And

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Speaker 2: I was still super like your fall, that's.

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Speaker 4: Where I was in charge of his fall. Why did

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Speaker 1: I see, That's what I'm saying. But apparently it was

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Speaker 2: Almost started crying on the bus.

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Speaker 1: I was like, I'm so sorry, Like do I not

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Speaker 2: Like I was ready to just take an uber back

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Speaker 1: Literally, I'm like, it's okay, guys, Like it's okay. I

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Speaker 1: of these rookie responsibilities or rookie horror stories from you know,

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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I'm going to say, I'm happy

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Speaker 4: But thankfully that was over by the time. My god there, So.

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Speaker 1: That's a good way to get them too, because that's

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Speaker 1: just traumatizing. Yeah, and then you gouts on the plane

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Speaker 1: like that, Yeah, exactly. And I feel like it'd be

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Speaker 3: That's probably why they stopped because we're in the age

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it definitely would have been taken to a whole

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Speaker 1: me remember where I am right now, Hayley, Like, you

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, yours is a play of mine. Was a

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Speaker 3: She busted my damn coming off wide open threes, spreading

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Speaker 4: It was terrible. And we watched that game in film

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Speaker 2: Oh no, yeah, oh no, that's aw.

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Speaker 4: A way, probably my first riokie game.

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Speaker 3: It just felt so good after having a horrible training

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Speaker 4: That's how it is for everyone in the league.

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Speaker 3: Like I was allowed that starting game because unfortunately one

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Speaker 4: I got to do well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's no reason to look back.

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Speaker 1: You got to keep going with that.

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Speaker 2: Like once you hit your stride, it's like, why was

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Speaker 1: So I guess taking it back a little bit talking

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Speaker 1: How did you get into basketball? Who put the ball

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Speaker 1: See, softball is the one sport I never did. I

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Speaker 1: Standing in the outfield, Like I just feel like I

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Speaker 1: would get born out there.

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Speaker 2: But watching it now, it's amazing.

442
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Speaker 1: But I have a question. This is interesting. Is is

443
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Speaker 1: it true that your parents starting an AAU team because

444
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Speaker 1: the local AAU team didn't let you try out.

445
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Speaker 2: Because I need to hear more about this.

446
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Speaker 4: It is true.

447
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Speaker 3: So Jefferson City is a really small town and all

448
00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,919
Speaker 3: those people had like grown up together their parents and

449
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,119
Speaker 3: each other, and by fourth grade, I was like behind

450
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Speaker 3: the ball trying to play basketball.

451
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Speaker 2: I guess, yeah for sure.

452
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Speaker 3: So they already had their team and we asked if

453
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Speaker 3: I could try out or be on the team. They

454
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Speaker 3: said they had no spots left and I couldn't be

455
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Speaker 3: on it for some reason. When I started playing, well

456
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Speaker 3: that a spot opened it up.

457
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Speaker 1: Oh naturally, that's.

458
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Speaker 4: How it always goes.

459
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So my parents were just like and they're kind

460
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Speaker 3: of like that just you know, they don't really accept

461
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Speaker 3: to know for an answer, and they're like, Okay, if

462
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Speaker 3: you said no, then we're going to go start a

463
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Speaker 3: team with all these like surrounding cities around jeff City

464
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Speaker 3: and a super dominant like we were winning, we went

465
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Speaker 3: to Nationals stuff like that.

466
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Speaker 1: So I mean, that sounds amazing just to get you

467
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Speaker 1: involved like that, And that's also crazy.

468
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Speaker 2: How are they going to say no?

469
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Speaker 1: Like I'm sure that team wasn't even full, like and

470
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Speaker 1: now now that I'm out here hooping. Now you want

471
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Speaker 1: me to be on your team? No, now I want

472
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Speaker 1: to play you at a tournament. Yes, that's amazing that

473
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Speaker 1: they were able to start your own team. You know,

474
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Speaker 1: when did recruiting start for you? I'm assuming not.

475
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Speaker 2: Fourth grade, but I wouldn't put it out of the question.

476
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Speaker 1: So when did you know that first letter come in?

477
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Speaker 1: How did that go about?

478
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Speaker 4: Not fourth grade? I don't remember when my first letter

479
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Speaker 4: came in.

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Speaker 3: But I got my first like college offer in eighth grade,

481
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Speaker 3: so still pretty early for the time. Especially I think

482
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Speaker 3: people are getting eighth grade acceptance now, like.

483
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Speaker 1: Yeah, now it just seems like the usual, but it

484
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Speaker 1: really wasn't when I was being recruited too.

485
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so that was the first one. It was University

486
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Speaker 3: of Missouri, so Miszoo. It was with Sophie Cunningham and

487
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Speaker 3: one other girl because we're all from Missouri, so I've

488
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Speaker 3: known it so for a really long time. Uh so yeah,

489
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Speaker 3: that was probably Yeah, that was my first time I

490
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Speaker 3: remember anyway.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so the hometown state showing you some love with Mazou.

492
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Speaker 2: I remember mine.

493
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Speaker 1: Mine was USI Santa Barbara and I was like, go

494
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Speaker 1: Gaucho's I'm aa live in Santa Barbara, lived my life

495
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Speaker 1: on the beach, and that was gonna be that. But

496
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Speaker 1: it's crazy how things change. So I heard you didn't

497
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Speaker 1: really want to go to Yukon at first because they

498
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Speaker 1: were the top dogs. How did things change they convince

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Speaker 1: you or how did that work that you ended up there?

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Speaker 3: I just want to beat them, you know, cause you

501
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Speaker 3: hear Yukon, like everyone knows Yukon, and.

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Speaker 4: I'm like, I'm tired of than being the top I

503
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Speaker 4: want to be.

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Speaker 3: And so I just went on the visit just because

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Speaker 3: you know, it's you know, and I didn't want to.

506
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Speaker 3: You know, he's legendary, their program is legendary. So I'm like,

507
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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna go just to see it.

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Speaker 4: And they got me.

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Speaker 1: They real, Jim, they got me. Okay. So you went

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Speaker 1: to Yukon and it just seemed like that was the place.

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Speaker 1: What set it apart for you? You know, going in

512
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Speaker 1: being like, no, I'm just taking this visit at a

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Speaker 1: pity gino, I'll come see you.

514
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Speaker 2: What set it apart for you on that visit?

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Speaker 4: First? All I do not went on the record that

516
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Speaker 4: I said out of pity.

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Speaker 2: That was all be That was all be.

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Speaker 3: I think just like Stuie was there. She was she

519
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Speaker 3: would have been my senior. She was like a junior

520
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Speaker 3: at the time. And they had so many good players,

521
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Speaker 3: And first of all, I really liked the bond that

522
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Speaker 3: they all had. They were so close, they were like sisters,

523
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Speaker 3: all of them. And then two, you know, some other

524
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Speaker 3: schools that I visited, they treated the top player a

525
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Speaker 3: lot differently than the rest of the players, and I

526
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Speaker 3: didn't like that. I wanted everyone like treat this in

527
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Speaker 3: I wanted the same accepted for me. Then you know,

528
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Speaker 3: every other player on the team. And so I really

529
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Speaker 3: liked that about him. And at that point I knew

530
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Speaker 3: I wanted to play in the league, and I knew

531
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Speaker 3: at that point I was kind of treating it like

532
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Speaker 3: a business deal, like I know that if I go here,

533
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Speaker 3: I'm going to be the most prepared to go to

534
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Speaker 3: the next step of my life, the next stage that

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Speaker 3: I want to be at.

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Speaker 4: And so also coach was very convincing highlighting all of

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Speaker 4: that for me.

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Speaker 2: So, okay, I got you, No, I remember I yukon't visit.

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Speaker 1: It's just it's a different culture there and they're going

540
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Speaker 1: to prepare you, and you know, what you're going to

541
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Speaker 1: get going in, and I feel like, you know, on

542
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Speaker 1: some of my visits, you can kind of see through

543
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Speaker 1: the fog of like you know, this is just one

544
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Speaker 1: way as you hear on this weekend people turn it on.

545
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 1: You can see the players' reactions, like our coaches being

546
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,040
Speaker 1: different right now, whatever it may be. But it's like

547
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Speaker 1: when you go there and it's the same feeling I

548
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Speaker 1: had to Standford. It's like you know what you're gonna get,

549
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Speaker 1: and so I really appreciated that. But so at Yukon,

550
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Speaker 1: you had a pretty storied career. You're part of the

551
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Speaker 1: two thousand points one thousand rebound club. Only people there

552
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Speaker 1: with you are my more, Tina, Charles Brand Stewart, Rechalobo.

553
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Speaker 1: That's a pretty elite group. Like was that something going

554
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Speaker 1: into school you plan to do, Like did you want

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Speaker 1: to be a part of certain clubs? Did you go

556
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Speaker 1: in being like I want this many natties, this is

557
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Speaker 1: what I want to do, this is what I want

558
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Speaker 1: to be.

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Speaker 3: Definitely not the clubs because you don't really know those

560
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Speaker 3: stats just like off the top of your head.

561
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Speaker 4: It's cool like when you achieve them and they tell you,

562
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Speaker 4: but it's not like that was a goal coming in.

563
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Speaker 3: I mean, no, definitely to win some championships, Like I

564
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Speaker 3: wish we would have got at least one more. I

565
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Speaker 3: feel like I took the first one for granted, honestly,

566
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Speaker 3: it was my first one year, so I didn't know

567
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Speaker 3: any different.

568
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Speaker 4: The season was honestly so easy.

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Speaker 3: We won every game like thirty points even, and it's

570
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Speaker 3: like Archie beame, we knew we were gonna win, which like,

571
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Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, it's awesome.

572
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Speaker 4: Yeah, but I couldn't. I appreciate it more in hindsight

573
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Speaker 4: than I did at the time.

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Speaker 3: And then the next three years when we would get

575
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Speaker 3: there and be so close three times in a row,

576
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Speaker 3: it just really made you appreciate, like getting to that.

577
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Speaker 3: We didn't even get to the final game. We lost

578
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Speaker 3: in the final four. So it just made me appreciate

579
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Speaker 3: winning a lot my freshman year a lot more. Yeah,

580
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Speaker 3: I wish I would have got that would have been

581
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Speaker 3: a goal for sure, to get one more chip.

582
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Speaker 1: To get one more Yeah. I feel like when you

583
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Speaker 1: hit your freshman year is different. I know for me,

584
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,679
Speaker 1: my freshman year was COVID, but then we won it

585
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Speaker 1: my sophomore year, so it's like it's all you know,

586
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Speaker 1: it's how do you end a season any other way?

587
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Speaker 1: And then when it doesn't end like that, it sucks.

588
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Speaker 2: It's awful, and so especially.

589
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Speaker 1: Losing the final four, Like I remember talking about it

590
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Speaker 1: with the team and we're like, I would have rather

591
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Speaker 1: lost the Elite eight, but no, I wouldn't. I want

592
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Speaker 1: to go to the Final four. But it's more heartbreaking

593
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Speaker 1: when you're right there. It's like it's Sunday, It's Friday.

594
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Speaker 1: Why can't I just stay? But March madness is crazy,

595
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Speaker 1: and I feel like it's a whole beast in itself.

596
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Speaker 1: But the playoffs in the WNBA is also different. Do

597
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Speaker 1: you think that there's big differences between, you know, just

598
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Speaker 1: how those things run, the hype behind it, this and

599
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 1: that and the third Do you feel like there's kind

600
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Speaker 1: of these noticeable differences when you've played in both?

601
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Speaker 4: I do.

602
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Speaker 3: I think there's more fandom in college right now, which

603
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Speaker 3: is something we're trying to change obviously in the league.

604
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Speaker 3: But March madness, like everyone knows the term March madness,

605
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Speaker 3: like that is something that's really hyped up.

606
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Speaker 4: And so I do.

607
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Speaker 3: Feel like that was more I don't even know the

608
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 3: word to explain it. But it feels different, especially because

609
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 3: in the league, like you have a series now, so

610
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 3: you have multiple chances, like it's do or die when

611
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Speaker 3: you get to a certain point in the season in college,

612
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Speaker 3: so I feel like that's.

613
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Speaker 4: A lot more pressure. So yeah, I think there is

614
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Speaker 4: a little bit of difference.

615
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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I agree. In college it's March madness. It's

616
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Speaker 1: this whole story thing, the guys and girls going all

617
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Speaker 1: at the same time, there's one shining moment, like all

618
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: this different stuff going on. I feel like the WNBA

619
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Speaker 1: is on the way to get that same hype, but

620
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Speaker 1: like right now, it's just not the same. But I

621
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 1: think that it's trending in the right direction with last year.

622
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: I know, like people around school were talking about it.

623
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Speaker 1: It was on at the dining halls, like people were

624
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,360
Speaker 1: locked in during the playoffs. So I think it's exciting

625
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,119
Speaker 1: to now kind of be a part of it and

626
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 1: witness you know, the big crowds and this and that.

627
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Speaker 2: So I think it's exciting.

628
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Speaker 1: But I think there is also a noticeable difference just

629
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Speaker 1: in terms of like how much pub it gets, the

630
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: hype behind it, this and that, and it just feels

631
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Speaker 1: like those college fans that you have are die hard, right,

632
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 1: like they.

633
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 2: Went to the same school. They feel connected.

634
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Speaker 1: And then I feel like that's a big thing I've

635
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,239
Speaker 1: noticed is like in WNBA, there's ties to you, but

636
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Speaker 1: I feel like it's not that same, like you're in

637
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 1: it with your heart, like you have so much time

638
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: to it.

639
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 3: I mean, it's a business now, right have you don't

640
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 3: have players, say on the same team their whole careers

641
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,320
Speaker 3: like you do in college, like you're staying there for

642
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 3: four years, and people are really obsessed with their schools too,

643
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 3: Like that's what you said. You have alumni fans who

644
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 3: are die hard ones, and the w does have diehard fans,

645
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 3: but it's going now towards players like it is in

646
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 3: the NBA more than a certain team. So people are

647
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 3: like die hard for a player and players are moving around.

648
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,439
Speaker 3: So that's kind of why I think it feels different

649
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:16,639
Speaker 3: with like the intensity of the fan per team.

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00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 1: In my college career, I had something come about being

651
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,400
Speaker 1: an il So when you guys were watching from the professionals,

652
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,639
Speaker 1: were you looking at it? Like day I could have

653
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: had that bag in college when y'all were winning every

654
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Speaker 1: game by thirty going to the Natty and final fours,

655
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Speaker 1: this and that. Being at Yukon, y'all would have made

656
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Speaker 1: a check.

657
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,639
Speaker 3: I would have been happy our whole stipend that one

658
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 3: get where I'm like rationing for.

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00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 2: My career exactly, I'm really happy.

660
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 4: But l I'm definitely not one of those bitter people

661
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 4: that like, you know, that kind of thing.

662
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, I wish we had it, for sure. I'm

663
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 3: glad that people have it now. But yeah, I mean,

664
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 3: especially at Yukon, where you would have gotten like an

665
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 3: NIL deal just being on the team, let alone, like

666
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 3: if you're one of the best players on the team,

667
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 3: it would have been nice, for sure.

668
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: I feel like it just would have been I'm much

669
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 1: different thinking about the stardom that some collegiate players had

670
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: when I was growing up, Like watching my more in

671
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: the pub that was around her imaginator exactly, Like imagining

672
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: the NIO deals that she would have had is just

673
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 1: insane to think about. But I mean, now some people

674
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: are doing six seventh eight years however that works with

675
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 1: the portal and the COVID years and this and that,

676
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 1: so people are able to stick around to get their

677
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: Nile money nowadays, which is kind of wild.

678
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 2: Not for me, I know, I was good after four.

679
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,560
Speaker 4: I could not twenty five in college.

680
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 2: No, I could not do that.

681
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: I feel like the toll that it takes on you.

682
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:35,919
Speaker 1: It was the homework for me.

683
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 4: I was done even my last summer. Like, you know

684
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 4: how hard summer workouts are. Yeah, I remember my senior year.

685
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,760
Speaker 4: I'm like, I can't do this again. I'm glad I'm

686
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 4: a senior. Like they are so intensive.

687
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 3: I don't even know how physically people are going through them,

688
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 3: like three years after when you should have graduated.

689
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,760
Speaker 1: Looking back to what I was able to do a

690
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,879
Speaker 1: few months ago. Now I get to practice an hour

691
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: and a half early, and I have to activate and

692
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: do this, and that I'm only two months out of college.

693
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 4: Get ready?

694
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, like exactly getting to practice in college, I could

695
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: pull up, I don't know, twenty minutes before I'm ready

696
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: to roll. I'm chilling.

697
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 3: It's sick how fast it happens, too, because we used

698
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 3: to have in college, like twenty minute warm ups.

699
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 4: I'm like, I can literally play right now. I don't

700
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 4: even know why we're doing and at the end it

701
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:14,880
Speaker 4: wasn't long enough.

702
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: I feel one thing about college, it's different now with

703
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: the transfer portal, it's similar to like free agency and

704
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,199
Speaker 1: moving around and this and that. But it's different because

705
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,439
Speaker 1: that hasn't always been the culture of collegiate basketball. So

706
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about, you know, the transfer portal

707
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,120
Speaker 1: madness and people jumping here to there and then there's

708
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: no wait time anymore, or even like you know, superstars

709
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 1: like some of the Hayley van lyth now she's going

710
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: to LSU to join the Rainy Natty Champs. What are

711
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: your thoughts about just how the transfer portal works nowadays.

712
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 4: I'm a little conflicted.

713
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,719
Speaker 3: I feel like there should be like a caveat, like

714
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 3: you can't do that after your freshman year because everyone's

715
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 3: freshman year sucks. No one's gonna be happy after their

716
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 3: freshman year. So I feel like you shouldn't be able

717
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 3: to transfer without sitting out a year until like after

718
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 3: your sophomore year. But I don't mind the no wait

719
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 3: time just because like coaches are able to leave and

720
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 3: then players are stuck there with people that you know

721
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 3: have been drafted or whatever. Yeah, so I'm not mad

722
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 3: about that. I just don't think freshmen should be able

723
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 3: to do it because it's just crazy the amount of

724
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,120
Speaker 3: freshmen transferring. It's like literally no one is happy after

725
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 3: their first year.

726
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: So yeah, I agree, it's there's a lot of different

727
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: caveats behind it because it's like, Okay, some people they

728
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: want to transfer because it was more than just the

729
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 1: basketball experience. They weren't happy at the school. There were

730
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 1: other things going on.

731
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 2: Wasn't the right place.

732
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: But then some people are like, I didn't play and

733
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: now I'm going to go here. Oh, I didn't play here,

734
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: and now I'm going to go here, And it's like,

735
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: that's not the point of the transfer portal. The portal

736
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: is to like help you find the best place for you,

737
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: not just help you find playing time so that you

738
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: can do all these crazy things do you imagine yourself doing.

739
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 3: Like especially in that instance, like it doesn't. It's such

740
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 3: a character builder too, to be able to push through

741
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 3: like something that you feel like you're not playing enough

742
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 3: or you're not happy there for like a basketball reason

743
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 3: like that, Like finding the resilience to be able to

744
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 3: push through that. That's a huge character builder and something

745
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 3: that you need, especially want to put at the next

746
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 3: level because for the most part, like the opportunities that

747
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 3: you and I had or and have now to play

748
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 3: as a rookie are not there for most rookies, Like

749
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 3: it's really rare for that to happen, and so you're

750
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 3: just gonna quit like after you know you're not getting

751
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 3: enough playing time. I just feel like it's a really

752
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 3: good character building opportunity as well.

753
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 4: I don't know if that's like an old head way

754
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 4: of speaking, but.

755
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 1: No, I don't think so at all. I don't think

756
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: that's very controversial. I think it makes sense. Like there's

757
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: just different things that you need to learn in college,

758
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 1: things like time management, prioritizing this and that, and just

759
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: like resilience, fighting through a lot of different stuff making

760
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: your way up to playing time. Just kind of total

761
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: pull whatever.

762
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 4: That may be.

763
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 1: Enough about college, Back to the league. What you've been

764
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: in the league since twenty nineteen, Now, what do you

765
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: think has been the biggest change that you've seen across

766
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: the league since you first started, Like more interest from fans,

767
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: social media engagement, more investment in the players on the

768
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: league's behalf, or just kind of how things run.

769
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 4: I would say it's more like on the player level.

770
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 3: I came in right when the new CBA dropped, so

771
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 3: a lot of the stuff that I've never seen anything different,

772
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 3: but like some people older than me, they have seen

773
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 3: like a huge difference in the way that the league

774
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 3: is run.

775
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 4: That's kind of all I've known.

776
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 3: And I'm kind of like in that middle, like i

777
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 3: feel like I'm getting older, but I'm on like all.

778
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 4: The new rules still.

779
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 3: But from a player standpoint, I feel like the skill level,

780
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 3: you just see people playing a lot more like it's

781
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 3: really fun to watch kind of basketball. Then the fundamental

782
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 3: basketball you were talking about earlier, I think you see

783
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 3: a lot more like flashy play.

784
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 4: Than even when I got into the league. So that's

785
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 4: been really fun.

786
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean just from going from watching it to

787
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 1: now being a part of it, I think it's changed

788
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: the ways that you said, I'm used to these new

789
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: rules right now, and I'm like, oh, this is nice,

790
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: I guess, and then you start reading You're like, oh,

791
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 1: like I'm want these changes. Then we're about to have

792
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: a new CBA. And however many years, I think like

793
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: there's just so much talent, which is so crazy to

794
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: think about how much talent is within the league that

795
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: doesn't even see the floor, and then you think about

796
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 1: talent that gets cut, that can't find roster spot and

797
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: just when you hear some of these names, it's insane.

798
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: And then the people who are playing you're like, oh, well, dug,

799
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: they're cream.

800
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: The crop, this and that.

801
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: So just the talent level on the scout, there's no

802
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: cheap player, there's no player to back up off of.

803
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: You gotta respect everybody's game because everyone puts in so

804
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: much work. But I know, out of this year's draft class,

805
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: you guys had a great draft, and especially number two

806
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 1: with Diamond, how has it been adding her game to

807
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 1: the lineup? Even you know, Dorca is playing great right

808
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: now for you guys, So how has it been adding

809
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: the two of them into the system that you guys have.

810
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 3: It's been really good. You know, it was great to

811
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 3: have you know, Dimond in the beginning. She brings so

812
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 3: much athleticism, which is something that we really needed on

813
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 3: our team. The way that she plays, she's so like

814
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 3: unapologetic and so aggressive and everything that she does, it's

815
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,479
Speaker 3: really nice to see especially from a rookie where you know, you,

816
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 3: like I said, you come in kind of like guessing

817
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 3: yourself and she never had that for a second. So

818
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 3: it's something we kind of like joke with her about too.

819
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 3: But it's a really good thing. So I was really

820
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 3: happy with that for Diamond, and Dorka has been able

821
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 3: to step up.

822
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 4: Like I said, you have to be able.

823
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 3: To rise to the occasion whenever injuries happen, and that's

824
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 3: what's happening. We have injuries in Dorka took a starting

825
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 3: spot and she's absolutely like risen to the occasion.

826
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 4: She's done so well. So I'm really proud of both

827
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 4: my little rookies.

828
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: It's weird, like it seems like you're new in the league,

829
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: but now it's like my little rookies, like you're a

830
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 1: vet kind of now my little children.

831
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, it's crazy. They put a picture of

832
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 4: me and Diamond up. It's like year five and year one.

833
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: It's like five.

834
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 2: It's like, what are you talking about?

835
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 4: Yuck? That happened fast.

836
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: Yuck. But I mean we talked about your little children

837
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,719
Speaker 1: on the team. But also a little over a year

838
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: ago you had your baby and you were playing the

839
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: league three months after you gave birth, which is we

840
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: talked about Alyssa Thomas being unreal, but that is unreal

841
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: and amazing. So how was that bouncing back both physically

842
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: but also mentally. It's different emotionally, there's a lot of

843
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: different things going on. How was that adjustment coming back?

844
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 4: I don't really recommend it now.

845
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 3: It actually wasn't the mental side, because I knew that

846
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,959
Speaker 3: I was gonna have limitations, So it wasn't like I

847
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 3: was expecting to go out there and trying to win

848
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 3: any awards the last four games of the season. I

849
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 3: was really just going out there to be with Sylvia

850
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,479
Speaker 3: and say that I did it kind of thing. But

851
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 3: the off season it was really hard physically, Like my

852
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 3: body changed a lot when I was pregnant, and so

853
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 3: just getting that all back together. You know, your abs

854
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 3: like end up on the side of your body, so

855
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 3: bringing those together was really hard. Yeah, And so just

856
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 3: getting my body back to like the baseline of what

857
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 3: it needed to be was so.

858
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 4: Hard, way harder than I thought it was.

859
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 3: And then once you get that, you want to come

860
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 3: back to the season better than when you left the

861
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 3: year prior you know, now my pregnancy year, but the

862
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 3: year before that. So after I got back to that baseline,

863
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 3: I had to push past that to get stronger and

864
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 3: to get better at my game. And so it was

865
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 3: really just like it felt like kind of like a

866
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 3: rat race, just like going as hard as I could

867
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 3: to try to get ready for the season.

868
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: It's something to be so proud of to come back,

869
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: even though it's only four games. It's like to push

870
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: back from that. I can't even imagine what you went through.

871
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: Abs on the side of your body, pulling back together,

872
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: this and that, all these different things. It's like just

873
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: getting the skills back up to par all this different stuff.

874
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 1: It's crazy to think that you were able to do

875
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 1: that in that amount of time. Like looking back at Bet,

876
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 1: You're like, oh my god, I did that, Like would

877
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 1: I want to do that again? Probably not, But you

878
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: did it.

879
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 4: I did it. I did it?

880
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 1: Say you did it? And then you did slam cover

881
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: with baby Mela and Deerka as well as her daughter

882
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: and Maya. How did that come about? How special was

883
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: that to be a part of that?

884
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 4: It was so cool, Like it was such a fun experience.

885
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 3: It was kind of like the first time i'd really

886
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 3: been out of the house really too after I had her,

887
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 3: because it was she was only less than six weeks,

888
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 3: because it was before I went back to the team.

889
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 4: It was so fun and it was so special. It's

890
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 4: something that I'll have forever.

891
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 3: So I'm really glad that I can do that and

892
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 3: like show Mela one day and it's just so funny too,

893
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 3: Like time goes by so fast, you know, you always

894
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,720
Speaker 3: hear your parents say that, and now I'm a cliche

895
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 3: saying the same thing. But like to look at that picture,

896
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 3: she looks so different, She's so tiny, Like, I'm just

897
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 3: glad that I have that memory to you know, share

898
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 3: with her later.

899
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you're on the other side of the

900
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: cliche now saying, oh time movie as they used to

901
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:01,400
Speaker 1: be this.

902
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 4: Moll you know, like it just creeps up on you,

903
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 4: just creepy.

904
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: That's time.

905
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 3: I'm going to be saying back in my dayaneah, God

906
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,360
Speaker 3: too fast an il deals.

907
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: But I mean, as more players in the league start

908
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: to have kids, do you feel like there's a support

909
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: system for mothers in the league. I feel like, you know,

910
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: mother to mother in the league, you guys have a

911
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: special connection understanding what you've been through to get back.

912
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 1: But what does that support really look like?

913
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 3: I do think there's a support And even if you

914
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 3: are like not super close with the person that has

915
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 3: the baby, I just feel so comfortable going up to

916
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 3: them and being like how are you doing? Like how

917
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 3: is everything because I know how hard it is and

918
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,359
Speaker 3: I know like what she's had to do to get

919
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 3: back on the court. So I just kind of feel

920
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 3: like that connection with like Cheyenne or Erica or people

921
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 3: who have like especially little babies right now in the league.

922
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,319
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think there is a connection. And just

923
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 3: like the support is just asking how they are and

924
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,240
Speaker 3: like how they're feeling. Tell them they look great, because

925
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,240
Speaker 3: that always feel really good after you have a baby,

926
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 3: Like I can see how hard you're working, you look great,

927
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 3: You're doing great. So just like from that standpoint.

928
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's just a special connection that not

929
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: very many people can understand that bond because you know,

930
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 1: there's a connection across mothers just in general going through pregnancy,

931
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,760
Speaker 1: but then to work back from it, it's a different

932
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: type of mindset that you have to have, really and

933
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: I know, I'm amazed by CP every day. I'm like,

934
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 1: you know, she Naomi comes around, she's on the bus

935
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: with us, she's the cutest little thing, and I'm like,

936
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: oh my god, CP, you just had this girl, like

937
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,720
Speaker 1: she just turned one. I don't know how you're already

938
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: back killing it.

939
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 4: Like this sleep deprivation, Like that's honestly the hardest part.

940
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: I bet it's like there's just so many different things

941
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: you have to do as a mom. Things you have

942
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: to think about, things you have to worry about, like

943
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: where's my kid gonna go doing?

944
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 2: Practice?

945
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: This, that, and the third.

946
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 2: It's just it's just so impressive.

947
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: And then I guess, kind of outside of the w BNBA,

948
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: you're an Olympian in twenty twenty, which is crazy. Just

949
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: the whole Olympics that year was wild, and so to

950
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: be a part of that, I mean, you played with

951
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: amazing players. How does it be selected to you know,

952
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: it's different playing in a World Cup, playing in America,

953
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: whatever it may be. But the Olympics is like, it's

954
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 1: the top. It's the thing that people dream about. So

955
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: what was that like being one of the younger players

956
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:15,320
Speaker 1: chosen to represent the country.

957
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 4: It was awesome. I felt like I was just like

958
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 4: I'm just happy to be here kind of.

959
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 3: And that's like such a fun attitude too to go

960
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 3: in with, Like I was just so grateful to be

961
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 3: on the team and like excited because I knew we

962
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:27,760
Speaker 3: had so many good people.

963
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 4: So the last few people.

964
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 3: Kind of got in, especially as like a younger player,

965
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 3: like the skin of my teeth kind of feeling.

966
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 4: So when Carol.

967
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 3: Called me, like, I was just so excited to be there.

968
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 3: I'm like, I'll do anything you guys want me to do.

969
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 3: I don't care if I play a second, Like I'm here.

970
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: Whatever you need, I got you.

971
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, So that was just like it was such an

972
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 3: awesome experience and it didn't matter to me that it

973
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,479
Speaker 3: was COVID. It's my first experience, so I have nothing

974
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 3: to compare it to, like as far as that goes.

975
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 4: So it was so fun.

976
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,439
Speaker 3: But I am really looking forward to the next one

977
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 3: just to you know, hopefully will be on the team

978
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 3: to get the full experience of the Olympics and like,

979
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 3: I don't know, it's just it's gonna be awesome. Every

980
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 3: time that you're selected to play with USA, it's a

981
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 3: blessing and it's an honor.

982
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 4: So hopefully I can go to some more Olympics.

983
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: And yeah, yeah, keep it rolling. I bet that must

984
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: have been so exciting. I mean, being in Tokyo at

985
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: that time, the COVID Olympics and this and that. I'm

986
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: sure it's a different experience and it's like you don't

987
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: really have much to base it off, it's your first one,

988
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: so I mean Paris will be something crazy.

989
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 2: I follow the Paris like TikTok.

990
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: About their Olympics, and it looks insane to see all

991
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: the different things that they're doing for it. So talking

992
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: a little bit about overseas basketball, where have been all

993
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: the different places that you've played.

994
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 4: So I was in China for ten days before COVID

995
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 4: hit there first in twenty twenty.

996
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 1: Oh wow.

997
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 3: So that was crazy because I got out like right

998
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 3: before they quarantined my city, so I would have been

999
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 3: like stuck there, which was scary.

1000
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: That would have been a different experience.

1001
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, that'd been wild. So that was my first year.

1002
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 3: The next year I went to France and I was

1003
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 3: only there for like three months. I really just went

1004
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 3: to try to prepare for the season because I found

1005
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 3: like myself as a player, we had so much time

1006
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 3: off before you know that twenty twenty season in the bubble,

1007
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 3: it's just like hard to get the ball back rolling.

1008
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 4: So I was like, let me just go somewhere for

1009
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 4: a little bit of time. And then next year I

1010
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 4: was pregnant.

1011
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and now we're here.

1012
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 4: Now we're here. But I mean, again, you have to

1013
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 4: know are you going overseas.

1014
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: Is that I haven't decided yet. I'm I'm trying to

1015
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: figure it out. Different opportunities have arived, but I'm trying to,

1016
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 1: you know, get the tea from you. What is it?

1017
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 2: Was it really like the challenges?

1018
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's what I was going to say.

1019
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 3: You really have to kind of, I mean, and there's

1020
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,360
Speaker 3: time to figure it out, like you're a rookie, so

1021
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 3: you could try it and see if you liked it.

1022
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 3: For me, I know, I'm a homebody. I love to

1023
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,120
Speaker 3: be home, especially around the holidays, like I like to

1024
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,280
Speaker 3: be around my family. I like to give my body

1025
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 3: a break, and so overseas like un also, I'm getting

1026
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 3: a real bag is just like not really in the

1027
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 3: cards for me anymore.

1028
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 4: So that's kind of like my opinion on it.

1029
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 3: But on the flip side, Peo were like, this is

1030
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 3: the only time that I have to make money while

1031
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 3: I'm young like this, so I want to grind it out.

1032
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 4: You just have to decide what's more important to you.

1033
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 4: Family and being at home is more important to me

1034
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 4: than what that money is overseas. And now and I'm

1035
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 4: older in the league and I've accomplished more things that

1036
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 4: I can make up that money, like in marketing and

1037
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 4: things like that, so you kind of just have to

1038
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 4: sus it out and see what the right fit is

1039
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:07,840
Speaker 4: for you.

1040
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: I mean it makes sense. I feel like the overseas

1041
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: route for some people, it's the only route you know,

1042
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: just with the small amount of spots in the league.

1043
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: But it's also different, like you're in a place now

1044
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: where you have a baby, it's the family, all these

1045
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: different things, and some other players don't have to take

1046
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: that into account when make these types of decisions. And

1047
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: to hear that you could have been stuck in China

1048
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: during COVID and big quarantine, like I can't even imagine

1049
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: what that would have been.

1050
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 4: Like for you either.

1051
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, either, Like I don't even.

1052
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: Want to think about that. So kind of wrapping things

1053
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 1: up here, we always do a segment. It's gonna be

1054
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: new questions now that we're doing WNBA, but it's gonna

1055
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,919
Speaker 1: be the most rapid fire you can get. We've had

1056
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: guests in the past where yeah, where it's like it's

1057
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 1: still takes the thirty seconds. There's a lot of us,

1058
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,959
Speaker 1: which will be okay for some but I got you,

1059
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: you got me, okay, So here we go. Who's the

1060
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: best dressed in the league?

1061
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 4: Now that I'm saying is.

1062
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 3: Still Harris was really really like. She's not in the

1063
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 3: league right now, but she like dresses really well. I

1064
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 3: like her style a lot.

1065
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 4: Oh I like Saw two style right now?

1066
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: Oh, I do too, I do too. Okay. What's the

1067
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: drill you never want to see on the practice plan?

1068
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 4: Bruh? Like eleven man?

1069
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: Oh?

1070
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 2: I feel that eleven man is?

1071
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: Oh? God? Yeah?

1072
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 2: Okay?

1073
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 1: Game winning shot or game winning block?

1074
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 4: Probably shot because I've never done it before.

1075
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 1: And one or three pointer?

1076
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 4: Three pointer?

1077
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: Okay.

1078
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,720
Speaker 2: Where's the toughest place to play in the league?

1079
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 4: Vegas?

1080
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 1: Vegas? Okay, I haven't been to Vegas yet. I was

1081
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: gonna say Connecticut for me so far, it's loud up

1082
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: in there. Okay. Who's the biggest trash talker in the league? Ooh,

1083
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,839
Speaker 1: Sophie Okay, I haven't played her yet.

1084
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 2: I'll keep you updated. The most underrated player in the.

1085
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 4: W god at maybe Okay.

1086
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 2: Who's got the best handles?

1087
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 4: These are not easy, hard question.

1088
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 1: They're rapid fire to an extent, just a.

1089
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 3: Tatiyeh as handles are k Oh, that's easy actually, Okay,

1090
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 3: what is your biggest basketball ic flopping okay, And going

1091
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 3: off of that, who's the biggest.

1092
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: Flopper in the league anyone on la? Okay, I'm excited.

1093
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: Who is the goat of all time?

1094
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 4: Like ever right now or in the league or ever?

1095
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:19,879
Speaker 1: Let's hear both. If you have a different answer, let's

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Speaker 1: hear both.

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Speaker 4: Stewie in the league right now?

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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Speaker 3: I think maybe Maya, maybe Maya, she would have kept playing,

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Speaker 3: especially to think about I.

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Speaker 1: Agree with you with Maya. I'm gonna I'm with you, okay.

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Speaker 1: And then our last one is your best impersonation of

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Speaker 1: coach Reeves when I tell you I heard that from

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Speaker 1: the when we played, y'all, I'm like looking around like

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Speaker 1: he's crazy. That's a good one. Thank you so much

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