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Speaker 1: Where would you rank that links dynasty era amongst like

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Speaker 1: all dynasties.

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Speaker 2: One immediately one one. Well, the comments they was good too,

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Speaker 2: like they won championships back to back too, So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I will say the comments and then the Lynks, okay,

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Speaker 2: and then Seattle and then Vegas.

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Speaker 1: That's a pretty good list. I like the immediate one.

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Speaker 1: There's nothing. Yeah, okay, I like that list. It's very respectable.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Sometimes I Hoop. I'm your host, Hayley Jones.

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Speaker 1: Today we've got a certified bucket on the pod. She's

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Speaker 1: the all time leading rebounder at Florida State, twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: defensive Player of the Year, three time WNBA champ, and

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Speaker 1: two time All Star none other than the Dallas Wings

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Speaker 1: veteran and superstar Natasha Howard. Thanks for hopping on.

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Speaker 2: The pod, no problem, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, of course. Well, just starting in the WNBA landscape

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Speaker 1: right now, things are heating up so headed into the

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Speaker 1: playoffs and kind of this second half of the season.

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Speaker 1: Which teams are you keeping your eye on?

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Speaker 2: Keeping my eye on right now? Hmmm. I would really say, alma,

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Speaker 2: y'all been doing a really good job too, Like right now,

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Speaker 2: y'all like on our bump right now, So like we've

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Speaker 2: got the same record, so right now, I'm just keep

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Speaker 2: an eye on y'all.

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Speaker 1: Nah, I agree, we definitely got y'all in Washington, Like

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Speaker 1: we're all within the game or two of each other.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like every time you look at the standings,

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Speaker 1: somebody else is above the other. It's always changing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So how has the focus or mindset changed as we

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Speaker 1: all head into the second half of the season. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's really solidifying rankings standings. As we head into this playoff.

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Speaker 2: Time, everything's gonna be different, like you know, intends as

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Speaker 2: gonna be different, different playbooks, different defense. Everything's gonna be

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Speaker 2: completely different coming in the second half, especially like you know,

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Speaker 2: we got like five weeks until playoff starts, so everything's

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Speaker 2: going to be more and more dived in, more dissect

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Speaker 2: and stuff. So, like, you know, it's going to be

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Speaker 2: completely different from the first half of the season until now.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm with you, it's definitely hard to continue to

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Speaker 1: play the same opponents, and it's like how do you

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Speaker 1: continue to beat someone or like you're fired up if

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Speaker 1: somebody beat you last time. I think it's it's a

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Speaker 1: really cool dynamic. But with Dallas this year, a lot

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Speaker 1: of people talk about you being the missing piece for

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Speaker 1: Dallas as a whole, just kind of bringing everybody together

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Speaker 1: chemistry wise, with Rika and Tattoo and you guys just

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Speaker 1: really having just like an extra edge. This year.

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Speaker 2: We had a little bit of work. We had to,

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Speaker 2: you know, get the little edges, sharpen the edges real quick.

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Speaker 2: So but other than that, like everything was just starting

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Speaker 2: to come together more and during training camp and also

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Speaker 2: the preseason games and stuff, and like when we finally

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Speaker 2: got our rocks, we were like, Okay, well we can

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Speaker 2: actually focus on the team that we have now and

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Speaker 2: learning each other what we don't like, what we like,

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Speaker 2: and me coming in just being the veteran of this team,

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Speaker 2: like I was like, whow all these third fourth year

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Speaker 2: players like, oh my god, Like I'm like the mother

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Speaker 2: of this team. So everybody, like anything that I say,

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Speaker 2: they listen. And that's the good thing about me being

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Speaker 2: in the league for ten years and like having my

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Speaker 2: stuff like that to actually help them out to the

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Speaker 2: next level, to get them better as my teammates as individuals,

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Speaker 2: as a person as well too so and also you

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Speaker 2: know on the court getting in to the next level

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Speaker 2: of winning the championship, shown that like this is what's

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Speaker 2: going to take to win a championship. And everything's been

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Speaker 2: going good so far, like this whole season with me,

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Speaker 2: Rerigue and so too, Like I can't forget about tier

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Speaker 2: big t like she's been dominating. That's one thing I'm

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Speaker 2: not going to leave out this Tierra how she's been

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Speaker 2: since she came back from Turkey. She's been dominating, not stop.

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Speaker 2: Without her presence in the paint, me, Rikay and so

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Speaker 2: we do.

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Speaker 1: That's true. She is definitely a presence down there offensively

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Speaker 1: and defensively, right, and she did just bring something to

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Speaker 1: you have Oys Veronica, just a lot of different weapons.

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Speaker 1: But Sattoo's having a breakout year. What's it been like

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Speaker 1: firsthand seeing her really come into her own this year?

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Speaker 1: She started out hot and she's been consistent all the

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Speaker 2: Ah wow. Side to side too as an amazing player,

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Speaker 2: like she put the work in day in and day out.

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Speaker 2: She take care of her body, Like I'm happy that

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Speaker 2: last rebound to put it back up. Like just her

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Speaker 2: she just take care of her body, just her using

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Speaker 2: her voice even more now on this team. It's amazing,

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Speaker 2: Like I'm happy that I'm her teammate. Got to go

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Speaker 2: against her because I know it's probably hard to guard

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Speaker 2: her it is against other opponents. So she's an amazing person,

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Speaker 2: an amazing player and teammate.

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Speaker 1: Yes she is. She can do it all. And I

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Speaker 1: mean she's called the Unicorn for a reason, right, So

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Speaker 1: I know for me here at the Dream I have

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Speaker 1: some rookie responsibilities and there have been rookie pranks and

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Speaker 1: a lot of welcome to league moments. So did you

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Speaker 2: Yes, with Indiana, we had to just like oh win traveling.

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Speaker 2: I was like, yo, I ain't doing this. They were

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Speaker 2: like no, but you have to do it, Like this

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Speaker 2: on in Indiana. I'm like, fine, whatever, So we have

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Speaker 2: but like that was one of our little rookie things

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Speaker 2: That was crazy looking at us, crazy, like why she

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Speaker 2: Like I'm like, this is it's not okay.

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Speaker 1: Nah, they had y'all looking crazy. We already stick out

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Speaker 2: I bet you definitely got some looks we did. People

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Speaker 2: I know.

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Speaker 1: This is not the time.

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Speaker 2: I'm ready to take this off now.

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Speaker 1: I guess we'll take it back a little bit to

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Speaker 1: the beginning days of basketball. For you who put the

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Speaker 2: My uncle Greg Coward, he the one that put the

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Speaker 2: though I didn't want to play. I wanted to be

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Speaker 2: he told me to dri dribble, dribble, dribble drible, be

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Speaker 2: down the street right here for like a good five

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Speaker 2: And I played with an all boys team I think

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Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't care. Me and my best friend

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Speaker 2: we tried off for the boys basketball team and we

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Speaker 2: bullied all the boys because I played. I played with

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Speaker 2: me and my best friend bully all the boys on

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Speaker 2: when my seventh grade year, I'm like, okay, I could

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Speaker 2: I think I could go to college, the first person

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Speaker 2: and it took me to different colleges and now I

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Speaker 2: played for Florida to date for four years. After that that,

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Speaker 2: I'm like, this might take me somewhere. Elth that I

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Speaker 2: now that's still helping me out. That still pushed me

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Speaker 1: Mean, that's amazing. Kudos to Uncle Greg for bribing you

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Speaker 1: what was that process like for you? Did you expect

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Speaker 1: But how did you, you know, end up deciding Florida State?

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Speaker 1: How did that all come about?

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Speaker 2: I didn't want to be close to home in the warm,

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Speaker 2: I wanted to go somewhere was like nice, warm, always warm,

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Speaker 2: you know, rains here and there. But Florida State Academic

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Speaker 2: and their basketball team was really good. Coached Johnson would like,

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Speaker 2: oh my, tell like, yo, you need to come there,

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Speaker 2: but you really need you. But more than none. They

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Speaker 2: me and coach who are still like this, we are

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Speaker 2: So well all of that, like, I just want to

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Speaker 2: the reason why I chose Florida State because academics and

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Speaker 2: what they said about how they're going to treat what

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Speaker 2: I'm done with playing with them. So that's the reason

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Speaker 2: why I overworld. It's for the reason why I went

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Speaker 1: You know, having that holistic point of view when you

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Speaker 1: look at your college experience, it's not just going to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent.

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Speaker 1: There was just like looking at scouting reports and this

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Speaker 2: Be like that my time. Yeah never now y'all, like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: So but college y'all, y'all on another level. Like college

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and I was crazy. I had it

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Speaker 2: That was amazing? Like just having Selvia Fouls, Rebecca Brunson,

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Speaker 2: like it is what it is. So that memory right

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Speaker 2: there was really good. It was fun. My rings somewhere

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Speaker 1: I mean it really sounds like y'all went on a

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Speaker 1: It's crazy. And so what do you think that championship season?

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Speaker 2: Don't take anything for granted. That's one thing I learned

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Speaker 2: into the four. And that's what she told me, Like,

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Speaker 2: But when it started coming out, you're gonna see, like

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Speaker 1: kind of insane, but how that worked out. But you

429
00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,560
Speaker 1: know what was that Like, how does that run compare

430
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,200
Speaker 1: it all to the previous year you had with the Links.

431
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,679
Speaker 2: I felt like in the twenty eighteen I came in,

432
00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,919
Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm like, we're going to win a championship.

433
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,200
Speaker 2: I keep having a vision like I'm like, We're gonna

434
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,919
Speaker 2: win a championship. But that year right there, it was

435
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,600
Speaker 2: like special because I worked so hard. I've been patient

436
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,400
Speaker 2: and I was just waiting for my time to get

437
00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:26,840
Speaker 2: a starting spot and I actually got a starting spot

438
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,919
Speaker 2: and I just worked day in and day out, and

439
00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,760
Speaker 2: like that right there, like twenty eighteen championship was I'll

440
00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,800
Speaker 2: call that that's my baby right there. That's my baby

441
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,680
Speaker 2: right there for real, because I feel like I gave

442
00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,399
Speaker 2: so much in twenty eighteen to get that championship and stuff,

443
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,639
Speaker 2: and actually I actually contributed so much than what I

444
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,440
Speaker 2: did in twenty seventeen and stuff. But like that twenty eighteen,

445
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,000
Speaker 2: that like that moment was really special for me. I

446
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,040
Speaker 2: got think out booho, cried and stuff. I'm like, wow,

447
00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,439
Speaker 2: like another championship, Like wow, like this is something like

448
00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,280
Speaker 2: a lot of players don't get, like you know, winning

449
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,119
Speaker 2: back to back championship and stuff like that. So I

450
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,000
Speaker 2: was like wow, like this is a blessing, like and

451
00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,760
Speaker 2: like me contribute to offensive defense and stuff like that,

452
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,719
Speaker 2: getting the starting spot, doing what I need to do

453
00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,879
Speaker 2: for my team to get to the championship and also

454
00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,639
Speaker 2: winning the championship with them. So it was like I

455
00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,479
Speaker 2: don't know, it was just I don't know it's kind

456
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,000
Speaker 2: of squeakless, but like it was I don't know, but yeah,

457
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,720
Speaker 2: it was your baby that it was my baby. That

458
00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,919
Speaker 2: was my baby. That's my baby.

459
00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,439
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean you mentioned you took on a

460
00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,359
Speaker 1: different role in Seattle that year in twenty eighteen, So

461
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,000
Speaker 1: you know, how did you have to change your mindset

462
00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,520
Speaker 1: understanding that you're taking on a new role. You know,

463
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,760
Speaker 1: this team needs different things and more from you. So

464
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,600
Speaker 1: what was that Like? Did you, you know, work out

465
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,560
Speaker 1: on different things. Was having conversations with your new teammates,

466
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,600
Speaker 1: your coaches? You know? How did you come into your

467
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,640
Speaker 1: own that year in Seattle?

468
00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 2: Well, Dan, he used to coach my dad in college,

469
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,919
Speaker 2: so me and him had a little good connection and

470
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:57,879
Speaker 2: stuff like he was like, I know your dad, you know,

471
00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:00,280
Speaker 2: and your dad Anthony. I'm like, yeah, that's my da.

472
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 2: He was like I coached him. Like everything that you

473
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,359
Speaker 2: do you remind me of him, and stuff like that.

474
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,639
Speaker 2: I'm like really like, yeah, I'm not cool. I'm like

475
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 2: all right. So and then like me and Stewary played

476
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,560
Speaker 2: and uh I think in Russia too at one point

477
00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,720
Speaker 2: and stuff, and I told the studt I said, I said, yeah,

478
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,439
Speaker 2: I want to play with you, like I really want

479
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 2: to play with you, Like I only wanted to play

480
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,920
Speaker 2: with some burd the way she passed the ball and stuff.

481
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,080
Speaker 2: So coming in and stuff like that, I kind of

482
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:25,639
Speaker 2: want to take the weight off of the study because

483
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,280
Speaker 2: like her couple of years she's been in the lead,

484
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,240
Speaker 2: she had to play like do everything on her own. Yeah,

485
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 2: and my thing is to come in and you know,

486
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,479
Speaker 2: take some of the weight off her sholders and stuff,

487
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,040
Speaker 2: Like my thing is to guard the best post players

488
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 2: and stuff. And like my mind said, like all right,

489
00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,280
Speaker 2: I'm this moll. They bating me, but I'm gonna use

490
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,960
Speaker 2: my quick things, my athletic ability on them. So like

491
00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,199
Speaker 2: just coming in, like I feel like I've been with

492
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 2: the team for years, the way we connected already during

493
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,200
Speaker 2: training camp and when the season started and stuff, I'm

494
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,040
Speaker 2: like wow, Like everybody was like, it's like I've been

495
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,479
Speaker 2: together for years. I'm like, no first year coming in

496
00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,360
Speaker 2: with them. So but yeah, everybody else four three five

497
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 2: years with them, So that right there was incredible how

498
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 2: we all groogled in, like how we matched together and

499
00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,639
Speaker 2: how we kind of learned each other what each other liked,

500
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 2: what they don't like. So that right, there was fun.

501
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,679
Speaker 2: Like you know, that year with them, it was well,

502
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,359
Speaker 2: I played three years with them, but like that year

503
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 2: right there, twenty eighteen was incredible.

504
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it sounds special and it seemed seamless.

505
00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: And I think for superstars like you to Stewie, to

506
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 1: all come together and just like figure out how you

507
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 1: can all get the best out of one another while

508
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,320
Speaker 1: still doing the best, you know, the things that you

509
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 1: do the best, and so I think that's what makes

510
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,120
Speaker 1: great teams. And that's why you guys wont Is because

511
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,960
Speaker 1: you were able to play off each other's strengths and

512
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: this and that, and it says a lot about who

513
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: you guys are as people you know to give and take.

514
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,560
Speaker 1: You may not take every shot or do everything, but

515
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,479
Speaker 1: you can find where you fit. And it seemed like

516
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,359
Speaker 1: even the next year in twenty nineteen, things came together

517
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,879
Speaker 1: even more for you when you had that huge season

518
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,680
Speaker 1: defense where of the Year, All Star, our first teamu WNBA.

519
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,960
Speaker 1: So was their adjustment said you made in the off

520
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: season or was it really just you know, settling more

521
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: into Seattle, more into who you are as a player,

522
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 1: just more during the off season.

523
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 2: There's literally focus on my mental also you're working on

524
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 2: the things that I wasn't really good at. Just shooting

525
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,400
Speaker 2: threes I wasn't really consistent with and like my Mad

526
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 2: Game two post game was unbelievable, incredible, Like you know,

527
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,199
Speaker 2: I don't even really need to work on that. I

528
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 2: was just more of shooting and stuff I was more

529
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,159
Speaker 2: critique on, like just focus, no more than anything else.

530
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 1: And I mean, when during that season did you realize

531
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,520
Speaker 1: I'm out here hooping right now, I'm killing y'all can't

532
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,879
Speaker 1: guard me? Like when did that come into effect?

533
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 2: I knew stud was gonna be out because she had

534
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 2: achilles issues and this super had surgery on her knees.

535
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 2: I'm like, damn, I got some shoes to feel like,

536
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 2: I got some big shoes to feel and I like

537
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 2: I took that role. When I took that role, and

538
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm gonna show with people what I could

539
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,240
Speaker 2: actually do. Have my name out there ringing even more

540
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 2: than what it was and stuff like that, and never

541
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 2: it was like wow, like I didn't know like that.

542
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:00,399
Speaker 2: I didn't know she could do that. I know all this,

543
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,879
Speaker 2: all of that, so I'm like I'm like, see, like

544
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 2: I've been holding it back, like you know, I've been

545
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,440
Speaker 2: holding it back, and I'm like, let me just spread

546
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 2: my wings a little bit more. Let me see. I

547
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 2: just took over, like I don't know. It was like

548
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 2: a I don't know. I feel like I was just

549
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 2: floating out there like anything that I did, Like, I

550
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 2: feel like nobody couldn't stop me. I'm like wow, Like

551
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 2: I feel like I was Lebron games out there like

552
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:20,679
Speaker 2: like get it out my way, Like I'm coming through,

553
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 2: get out my way, Like, yeah, big body beans coming through,

554
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 2: watch out. Like That's how I felt every every night

555
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,439
Speaker 2: that I played, even in practice.

556
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: Soon big body bens coming through. You can't card me.

557
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,120
Speaker 1: I mean, at that point, what can you do. You're

558
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: not even thinking about it. It's just happening, which is

559
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 1: the best. It's the best way to play when you're

560
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:38,680
Speaker 1: not even thinking.

561
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I wasn't thinking at all. Like it was just

562
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,240
Speaker 2: everything was just flowing out. Everything was just flowing.

563
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: And I mean you mentioned talking about wanting to play

564
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: with Sue, and so you played with Sue for three years.

565
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 1: What was that like? Getting to play with one of

566
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 1: the greatest point guards of all time? Her court vision,

567
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 1: her leadership, all those different things.

568
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 2: It was fun, Like like having a point guard that

569
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 2: had eyes behind her head. I guess they throw at

570
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 2: the suit. I'm spread out the floor because I know

571
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 2: I'm gone, she's going to throw it up there and

572
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 2: stuff like that's the good thing about having a good

573
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 2: point guard as vocal. That's a good leader. That's a

574
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 2: good point guard, like having like all in one, Like

575
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,639
Speaker 2: it's stress free, like you don't gotta worry about nothing

576
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 2: to listen to what she had to say, Like she

577
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 2: ran the four like she was the head of the

578
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 2: snake for us, and like she made sure that everybody

579
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 2: was on their piece and qs like she she put

580
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 2: me in my place one time. I'm like, okay, gotcha,

581
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 2: like like like what's coming up from the heart dough?

582
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 2: But it was like coming from a good place, So

583
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 2: I'm like, all d I got you. So like it's

584
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 2: having that type of point guard like that. It was

585
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 2: amazing plan with her, Like she did an incredible job

586
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 2: in the lead for fifteen years she's been in the league,

587
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 2: so like that's the goat.

588
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,880
Speaker 1: And I mean so then you had one more year

589
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,480
Speaker 1: with her. You guys moved into the twenty twenty bubble,

590
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: I imagine came with a lot of different struggles and

591
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 1: just craziness in the bubble, not even to mention the

592
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: social climate at the time. So you know, you guys

593
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,879
Speaker 1: came out winning, but how did that season go for you?

594
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: Playing in the bubble?

595
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,239
Speaker 2: It was stressful. It's kind of depressing a little bit,

596
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 2: like I ain't gonna lie with depressing who we couldn't

597
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,120
Speaker 2: see our family and our friends and stuff like that.

598
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,400
Speaker 2: It was doing COVID. But at the end of the day,

599
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 2: like our team, like we always hang out with each other.

600
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 2: We have a good time with each other, so we

601
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 2: us hanging out with each other kind of like made

602
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,959
Speaker 2: the days months go by fast and stuff. So like

603
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,959
Speaker 2: that's the thing about our team, Like we we was close,

604
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 2: like we spent all day with each other and stuff.

605
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 2: So like, but at the end of the day, we

606
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,080
Speaker 2: all came with the mindset like, hey, we understand this

607
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,440
Speaker 2: is the bubble, Like we know we're not going to

608
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 2: see our friends and family and stuff like that. But

609
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 2: our mindset, our focus should be on winning the championship

610
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 2: in the bubble, and that's what we all did. And

611
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 2: we all came together and we're like, y'all, like we

612
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 2: got one goal and we were like, all right, we

613
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,479
Speaker 2: bought into it, and that's that's what happened. We came

614
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,159
Speaker 2: out being champions in the twenty twenty.

615
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 1: It's hard to do. The bubble was hard. I mean,

616
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: we had our collegiate bubble, but it wasn't anything like

617
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: what you guys had to do. Being locked up in

618
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: that hotel not seeing the friends and family is insane.

619
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 1: But to hear that you guys a team that was

620
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,199
Speaker 1: able to grow closer because of that, I think is

621
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 1: an anomaly because I know even for our season, some

622
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,120
Speaker 1: teams that made you break apart. Now everybody got along

623
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: and that's led to downfall. But I think it just

624
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: speaks to you know, do you think that bubble allowing

625
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,879
Speaker 1: you guys to get so close just on a personal level,

626
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,679
Speaker 1: you know, the chemistry is gonna build this and that.

627
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: How much do you think that added to that championship run?

628
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 2: Absolutely, because some of us stayed in the hotel, some

629
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 2: of us stayed in the houses and stuff, so like

630
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 2: that actually brought all of our bonds together. We actually

631
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,959
Speaker 2: knew each other even more than when we know them

632
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 2: besides basketball, and that's a good thing right there. We

633
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 2: all was opening up to express like you know, I

634
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 2: came like our background and stuff. So that was good

635
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 2: to actually, like me to actually know everything over one

636
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 2: of my teammates, so like, well I didn't know that

637
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 2: about you, but no I do now, Like okay, that's

638
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 2: good to know, like what's your pet peas and stuff

639
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 2: like that, the thing that you like, things that you

640
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 2: don't like, things that irritate you, like I want like

641
00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 2: I want to know, like so I won't do it

642
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 2: or you know, so stuff like that. It was really fun,

643
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 2: Like it was fun? Was that? That was fun?

644
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: So that was your last championship so far. That's the

645
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 1: most recent one that you've had. So out of your

646
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: three chips, can you say which one has been your

647
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: favorite championship twenty eighteen, that was with the.

648
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 2: Baby twenty twenty two, but like, oh more than none

649
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,959
Speaker 2: as twenty eighteen, hands down twenty eighteen.

650
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you already established that's your baby, so

651
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: would I would hope it would be twenty eighteen.

652
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty eighteen for sure.

653
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: Okay, So moving back into this season a little bit,

654
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: you guys have been killing it in doubtless making noise

655
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: coaches first year. This that the third, but this is

656
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: your fifth team over all, the seasons that you've been

657
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: a part of the league. So what's that experience been

658
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 1: like adjusting to new players, new coaches, new coaching styles,

659
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: moving cities. How is that different experience all those different

660
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: times you had to change.

661
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 2: Part of the job. You know. Yeah, sometimes you like

662
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 2: you might be with a team for a lifetime. Time

663
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: you might, you might not. So my thing is like

664
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 2: you have to just re and just get your mind,

665
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 2: turn your mind to a different page and stuff like that.

666
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 2: He's getting ready to like okay. For example, when I

667
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 2: was with New York, I was like, Okay, I'm about

668
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 2: to be with New York for you know, I'm about

669
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 2: to retire here and stuff like that. And next thing

670
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 2: you know, oh I got traded. I'm like, dang, that sucked.

671
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, I had to

672
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 2: turn that switch on. Okay, like my fiance do I'm

673
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 2: living in Mississippi. Who I'm closer to my family. I

674
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 2: got family that living Dallas too, So I'm like, okay, cool,

675
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 2: Like it ain't no big deal. So and also having

676
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 2: a new head coach here, like I was like, she

677
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 2: was the defensive code for LA. Now she's the head coach.

678
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 2: I'm like Jesus, So how this stuff gonna look. How

679
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 2: it is gonna be? Like I barely know any of

680
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 2: my teammates here besides the Rique and saw too and

681
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 2: stuff like that. I'm like, hm, hm, are we all

682
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 2: gonna get along? Are we gonna match together? And stuff

683
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 2: like that? Is our game gonna be the same, Like

684
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 2: how we're gonna play put all this talent together all

685
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 2: in one I'm like, huh, I'm like, okay. This when

686
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 2: the leadership started kicking in, I'm like, all right, cool.

687
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 2: And that's when coach hopped her on, like you know,

688
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 2: like we're gonna do things different and stuff like that.

689
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 2: The different terms that she used, I'm like what. Like,

690
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't what do you mean? Everything that

691
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 2: she said for defensive wives, like pink, pink is I

692
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 2: ain't about to say it because I ain't about to

693
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 2: take our defensive schemes either. So, but like pink is

694
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 2: like breast can because her mother had breast cancer. That's

695
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 2: when she called like one of one of our defensive

696
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 2: schemes pink because my mother had breast cancer. She battled

697
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 2: for so long and stuff, that's why she called it pink.

698
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 2: I'm like wow, Like she has so many terms and

699
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 2: the reason why she called this this and that. I'm like, okay, cool,

700
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 2: that's real cool. But uh, you know, I used to

701
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,480
Speaker 2: have to like wrap my head around everything real quick.

702
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 2: So I was like, this is my fifth team. I'm

703
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 2: used to it, Like it's gonna be my fifth and

704
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 2: last team. I'm not getting traded no more like I'm

705
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: retired somewhere like I'm not no. But other than that,

706
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 2: like I was like, that's a new a new chapter,

707
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 2: new journey in my life, some different. I'm down south,

708
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 2: never being down South before, so I'm like okay, like

709
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 2: I'm about to play with one of my old teammates Rique,

710
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 2: I'm like cool, Like everything's gonna be cool and everything's

711
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: gonna be smooth selling and stuff. But like everybody when

712
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 2: I came, everybody had open arms for me. And that's

713
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 2: one thing I liked about Dallas. They braced me with

714
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 2: open arms, like and like, this is the reason why

715
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 2: I called Dallas my home, Like this is my new

716
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 2: my new home now, like I'm comfortable and stuff. I

717
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 2: was kind of looking for a new house. I was

718
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 2: looking for a house here. So overall, everything's been good

719
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 2: here and like the organization. I love it. They love me,

720
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 2: The fans loved me. I do a lot of you know,

721
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 2: community stuff out here, like seeing like kids going to

722
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 2: camps having like smiles them kids faces and stuff like that.

723
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: Which is amazing. It's what you know, you wish for

724
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: going to a new place. It's a little nerve racking,

725
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: but you know, you've played with a lot of amazing

726
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: players over your career. And this is probably gonna be

727
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: a tough question, but if you could create a starting

728
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: five of any of the players that you've played with,

729
00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: who would it be?

730
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 2: One? Guard, Superherd, center, Sibia Files, the three I'll say,

731
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 2: Maya Moore, the four Me yeah, and then I'm in

732
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 2: a shooter mm hmm, I say, Stuie, you can shoot

733
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 2: the bar. Okay, that's a tough five. That's a tough five.

734
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: I would respect that.

735
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 2: That's a good pas.

736
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: Something that's been getting talked about a lot across the

737
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: league is talking about expansion and where the WNBA is

738
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: going to grow from here, the growth of it. Right

739
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: but I know some people are talking about therefore it

740
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: right now, let's do it. Others are talking about, you know,

741
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: figure out what we have going on. Issues that we

742
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: have right now with charters and this and that, figuring

743
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: it out first before expansion. Where do you kind of

744
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 1: land on that issue.

745
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 2: I think that we've been having an issue with charter

746
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 2: like flights for the longest since I got in the lead,

747
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 2: to be honest, and that's going to take process right

748
00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 2: there to get that going bo With adding new teams

749
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 2: and stuff like that. I think that would be a

750
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 2: good thing because there's a lot of talent out here

751
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 2: that's not being seen. Like I feel like we need

752
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: to have more roster spots and it's so crazy, like

753
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 2: a lot of people like man like the WNBA, that's

754
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 2: the reason why don'tbody don't really playing the WNBAF why

755
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 2: they player receives more because roster spots and it's not

756
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 2: enough teams and like I feel you like as a union,

757
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 2: like we're trying to do a lot of stuff right

758
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 2: now and stuff like trying to get a team and

759
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 2: the Bay Like we're trying to get the team in Canada.

760
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 2: Like when I think Minnesota and Chicago played that was

761
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 2: sold out. Our games should be like that every single night,

762
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: not just only when we play in Canada. For what

763
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 2: I think, it's a preseason game. It shouldn't just be

764
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 2: in Canada, should be in every state that we play.

765
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: And a lot of people have been harping on that

766
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 2: too about like it's just crazy how that game got

767
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 2: sold out. But like when we go to Chicago and

768
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 2: you go to India or something like that, their games

769
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 2: is not sold out. Like I feel like we need

770
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 2: to expand the lead a little bit more hot at

771
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 2: least two or three more teams, like bring the Houston

772
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 2: comments back. Bring I think it was like a Miami team.

773
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 2: I don't know what it was called, but like like

774
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 2: belief those teams back that actually did a lot and

775
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 2: stuff for the WNBA, Like bring those teams back instead

776
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 2: of trying to like make other teams and make new names.

777
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,640
Speaker 2: Bring the team that was already here, bring them back

778
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 2: to be honest.

779
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, because I mean the sand base is already there,

780
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,359
Speaker 1: right exactly. People are waiting for it to come back,

781
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: especially like a team like Houston. I'm sure they would

782
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: highly welcome a team coming back, right. So, I mean,

783
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: I haven't thought about bringing back an old organization. I've

784
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: only thought about like creating one out of scratch. But

785
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: I guess it does make more sense to I mean

786
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 1: they're established, they already know how it runs this and

787
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 1: that you've already got the city. So I mean, I

788
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: think I agree, there's so much talent to fill up

789
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 1: another team. It's just figuring out all the logistics behind

790
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 1: it to make it work, because you want to make

791
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: it work, like the longevity of it. You know, you

792
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: don't just want to have one come in and then

793
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: it's like, oh, not working, gotta go.

794
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 2: Right right that team phone, Now what we're gonna do,

795
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,479
Speaker 2: Like we tried our best to expand teams, but teams

796
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 2: are voting like we'll see, we'll see from years to come.

797
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: So and I feel like it's it's the time too,

798
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: because coverage of women's sports has been grown like at

799
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: an insane rate, and fans are becoming more and more

800
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: invested in the game, like we saw in Canada or

801
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: even at our games, like we have a lot of

802
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: fans in the league, and I think it's really exciting

803
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: to see. But what are some of the ways that

804
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: you've seen coverage get better over the years.

805
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,839
Speaker 2: I'll say commercial wise, like we always on commercials, even

806
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 2: doing the off season too, like because I think last

807
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 2: season somebody brought it up, like like when we're not

808
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,720
Speaker 2: in season. I feel like we still need to brand

809
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 2: ourselves on commercials and stuff, even though our season I

810
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 2: haven't even started yet. I think we need to keep

811
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 2: pushing ourselves out there on every social media platforms and

812
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 2: TV magazines are like anything that you see, you like,

813
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: you see the WNBA, like you see the WNBA, you

814
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 2: see this phase, you see that phase, like you see

815
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 2: the WNBA. Anywhere you turn, you do a whole three

816
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 2: six you see the w NBA. And I feel like

817
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 2: they've been they've been doing a good job with that branch,

818
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 2: and that's putting us out there even more, branding the

819
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 2: WNBA more so. I'm that part right there. They've been

820
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 2: doing a good job right there doing the off season

821
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 2: and they've been doing that so and social media has

822
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 2: been incredible, Like everybody's always on their phone, so like

823
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,439
Speaker 2: why not just like you know, put everything on social media.

824
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 2: That's what the young kids beyond, we beyond.

825
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 1: Like yeah, no, I'm with you. I think the commercials

826
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,080
Speaker 1: are huge. I think having them running, like especially like

827
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,320
Speaker 1: as the college season ends, oh yeah, really pubbing the

828
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: league because a lot of people are like, oh like college,

829
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: she's no have to wait for women's basketball. No, you

830
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: don't like the league is starting up right where all

831
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: the college girls go, where all the icons are playing

832
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,320
Speaker 1: right now. I think commercials are huge, like playing during

833
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,280
Speaker 1: off season NBA games, whatever it may be, Just like pubbing.

834
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: The league, I think has done a really good job.

835
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: And like social media gives you access to who we are,

836
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: right Like, we all have different things that we're interested in,

837
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: So then fans can connect with who we are and

838
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: then they're like, I want to watch her play. Oh,

839
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: I thought she was funny on TikTok. I want to

840
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:54,439
Speaker 1: go watch your game.

841
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 2: Oh I saw like.

842
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: His cool picture. And so it just gives you a

843
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: different way to feel connected to your favorite players, which

844
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: I think is really special. But so our last section

845
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: to wrap this up is the vibe check, and it's

846
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,280
Speaker 1: going to be rapid fire answers. Yes are always different.

847
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: Some people are true rapid fire, some people hit me

848
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: with some ums I don't know, and some pauses. So

849
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: I'll give you some grace if you need some time

850
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:18,240
Speaker 1: with some of these questions.

851
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:19,760
Speaker 2: Got you okay?

852
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: First question, I hope I hope you saw all of

853
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: our draft fits this year. Who was the best dressed

854
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: at our this year's draft.

855
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 2: Uh, don't be mad at me, but I say z

856
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 2: I cook. Her dress was nice.

857
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: Hers was good. Her dress she came out, We were like, dang,

858
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: that's fire.

859
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 2: Her just was nice. I ain't gonna lie n.

860
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: Who's the best dressed in the league?

861
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 2: Uh me Rique copper Courtney? Yeah, that I seems so far.

862
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 1: Okay, those are good picks. What's the drill that you

863
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: never want to see on your practice plan?

864
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 2: Three man weave? Oh?

865
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 1: Universal, that's to know. Yeah, that's a no. Would you

866
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: ether a game winning shot or a game winning block?

867
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 2: A game winning block?

868
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: Okay? And one a three pointer?

869
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 2: Three? Okay? Toughest place to play in the w Connecticut?

870
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's so loud in there. It's so loud,

871
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: and I feel like I never see outside whenever I'm there.

872
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:20,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.

873
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: What's your go to trash talk line?

874
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 2: I don't have one. Okay, I don't.

875
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: Really have one either. So who's the biggest trash talker

876
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 1: in the league?

877
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 2: Mayby?

878
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: Oh, I'm with you. I've heard some. I've heard I've

879
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: heard who is the hardest player to guard?

880
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 2: Who's the hardest player to guard? She is a good one.

881
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: So you be guardening a lot of good people. You

882
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: always be gardened, like the power forwards, and there's a

883
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: lot of tough ones in the league.

884
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 2: I'll say Asia, Okay, yeah, she's at She's a lefty,

885
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 2: so it's kind of hard to guard a lefty sometimes,

886
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,720
Speaker 2: but like her, Asia, I'm okay, okay.

887
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: Who's got best handles in the league?

888
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 2: Chelsea Gray?

889
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, insane, hands down, Okay, couldn't be controversial here. Who's

890
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: the biggest flopper in the league?

891
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 2: Kelsey Plump? Okay, okay, Kelsey Plump. That girl flopping?

892
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: She was trying to get them calls she do, but

893
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: she get them she do? What's your biggest basketball.

894
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 2: When I'm not sweating, I don't like nobody touching me.

895
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 2: I don't like that. But I'm not sweating yet, and

896
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 2: you owe me like our practice flap, Like, bro, get

897
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,800
Speaker 2: off me. I'm like, I'm like, can I get a tie?

898
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 2: I don't like that. I'm yet your sweat on me? No,

899
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 2: I don't like that.

900
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: Something about practice players always be so sweaty.

901
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 2: I'm like, bro, why we haven't even done that yet?

902
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: Exactly? It'd be why who's your goat?

903
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 2: Who's my goat?

904
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: Mm hmm.

905
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 2: I say, my mother's my goat to be honest. Sorry,

906
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:54,720
Speaker 2: my mother.

907
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 1: I love that. Okay, And our last question here is

908
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,879
Speaker 1: what's your best impersonation of Trammel?

909
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 2: I think I said this before how she said, I

910
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 2: get so I decided to make me want to chest

911
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 2: bump you.

912
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: What?

913
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 2: Yes'd She's like, I'm so excited to make me want

914
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 2: to chest bump you.

915
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: Do she ever chest bump? Y'all?

916
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 2: Yeah? She did? She checks bump me more time. I'm like, okay,

917
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 2: that's a lot, right there, That's a lot. Okay, So okay,

918
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 2: cool it right?

919
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: I love that, Natasha. This has been such a pleasure.

920
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming on.

921
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 2: Thank you for having me.

922
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's been amazing, and thank you to everyone

923
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Speaker 1: for listening. We'll be back next week with another episode

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Speaker 1: of Sometimes I Hope. Okay. Also, Natasha fun facts. I

925
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Speaker 1: was just told the other day I think somehow we're related,

926
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Speaker 1: maybe cousins somehow with the Howard Hill or something like that.

927
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Speaker 1: I was okay, I was told. I was like, cool, Hey, everyone,

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