Speaker 1: Welcome back to this week's episode of futt Around and
Speaker 1: find Out. It's your girl, Ashanti and Asy is getting
Speaker 1: buckets where her team right now? Okay, where we want
Speaker 1: her to be. So I'm going to lead this episode.
Speaker 1: This is going to be the second part of our ama.
Speaker 1: But first let's talk about what's been going on in
Speaker 1: the world of fut Around and find out over the
Speaker 1: last few weeks. Of course, I have to start this
Speaker 1: episode by saying, one, we.
Speaker 2: Want a hashtag award. We freaking won. We won best
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Speaker 1: I want to thank everybody who listen, who watch, who voted.
Speaker 2: We really couldn't do it without y'all.
Speaker 1: Me and As are a static and honestly we were shots,
Speaker 1: but really thankful that we won.
Speaker 2: And also shout out to.
Speaker 1: Our producers and all those who nominated us, because we
Speaker 1: can do it out y'all.
Speaker 2: So yeah, that was insane.
Speaker 1: There was a whole liked her and Banquet. Shout out
Speaker 1: to the hashtager war Like Academy. It was a great
Speaker 1: time and we're so so thankful to be nominated and
Speaker 1: to win. So that's first. Next in the world of
Speaker 1: fun Around, to find out Asy's been cooking. She's listen.
Speaker 1: Every single time I watch her play, it feels like
Speaker 1: she's getting more and more comfortable on the court. I
Speaker 1: love seeing her with her team. I love seeing her
Speaker 1: figure it out. I have enjoyed every second of it.
Speaker 1: The girl is made for it. Right now, she's on
Speaker 1: the road and I'm been excited. It's been like back
Speaker 1: to back road games and stuff like that. She I
Speaker 1: believe by the time this comes out, she will be
Speaker 1: heading back home soon, and I'm hopeful that I'll be
Speaker 1: able to make my way back out to Dallas to
Speaker 1: be able to.
Speaker 2: See her again for another home game. So we love you,
Speaker 2: a Zy. Keep it up.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a long season and we're supporting
Speaker 1: you the whole way. What else is happening in the
Speaker 1: life of fight around to find out? Oh, if you
Speaker 1: haven't noticed, I am rocking my New York Knicks merch.
Speaker 2: It has been electric in New York City.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about packed wall to wall every single game.
Speaker 1: I mean, celebrities are popping out, the athletes from different
Speaker 1: sports are popping out.
Speaker 2: MSG is lit, the city is lit.
Speaker 1: And you know, by the time this comes out, I'm
Speaker 1: praying we'll be on the way to Game five. Okay,
Speaker 1: to finish it off in San Antonio to win it all.
Speaker 2: So shout out to my New York Knicks.
Speaker 1: As y'all know, always supporting my New York teams, So
Speaker 1: shout out to my Knicks, specifically Jaylen Brunston. He is
Speaker 1: the captain, he is leading the way. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: watch them. I mean, those are the two players I'm
Speaker 1: watching right now, Jaylen Brunston and Asy Fund. I what,
Speaker 1: it's the best basketball right now, the absolute best basketball,
Speaker 1: and I'm loving every second of bit.
Speaker 2: And you guys pray for me hopefully.
Speaker 1: You know, I've become a millionaire so I can watch
Speaker 1: a game at MSG in my lifetime because right now
Speaker 1: that you've tike, it's like seven thousand dollars. Anyways, that's
Speaker 1: enough of Knick's basketball. Guys, thank you for tuning in.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get right into our ama.
Speaker 3: What was your first impression of me? What was the
Speaker 3: first time that we met? Was it All Star or
Speaker 3: do we.
Speaker 2: Meet before that, like in person or on the phone?
Speaker 2: We had we had talked, Yeah.
Speaker 3: But was our first time in person? L Star?
Speaker 2: I don't remember, but sure.
Speaker 3: I think it was like we had maybe crossed pathses
Speaker 3: for like not as not as like people were like, hey,
Speaker 3: nice to meet you. Yeah, for sure, Okay. My first
Speaker 3: impression after the call, it's like, Okay, she's cool. I
Speaker 3: like her energy, like yeah, I think this could work.
Speaker 3: And then when I met you in person, I was like,
Speaker 3: oh my gosh, she's crazy.
Speaker 2: I love her.
Speaker 1: My first impression when we got on the phone. First
Speaker 1: of all, I met your parents first, and they they
Speaker 1: don't play about you at all, and I was like.
Speaker 2: Whoa, I'm nervous. I'm nervous.
Speaker 1: And then I blink and it's like two hours later
Speaker 1: and we've been chatting our heads off, and then you
Speaker 1: get on the call and low key, it's like only
Speaker 1: part of your face was like.
Speaker 2: On the call, you're like hello.
Speaker 1: So I thought you were like quiet, yeah, just like
Speaker 1: kind of shy and quiet and then medium. In person,
Speaker 1: I still thought you were a little bit shy and quiet,
Speaker 1: but I think that it just takes time.
Speaker 2: And then now I'm like, oh.
Speaker 1: No, yeah, she's not shy and quiet, y'all. She's a princess,
Speaker 1: but she ain't shy and quiet. If we could both
Speaker 1: go on vacation together, where would we go?
Speaker 2: Somewhere warm?
Speaker 3: Azy, Yeah, we're definitely going somewhere like tropical for sure.
Speaker 3: I need water at the beach of the pool. Both
Speaker 3: both okay, period, we're going. Yeah, somewhere tropical on an ocean,
Speaker 3: an all inclusive resert resort.
Speaker 1: All inclusive reserve. Not for sure when you see an
Speaker 1: old book, we are. But yeah, definitely somewhere tropical. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm down for anywhere warm. All right, we're going to
Speaker 1: book it, Azy, What books have you been reading lately?
Speaker 3: I just read Wish You Were Here, which, honestly, well,
Speaker 3: I wasn't really expecting the twist that kind of caught
Speaker 3: me up.
Speaker 2: Guard.
Speaker 3: I was so like locked into the island.
Speaker 2: But it's like, what.
Speaker 3: Am I trying to say here? The timeline is right
Speaker 3: during COVID. So it's like this couple that's plenty a trip,
Speaker 3: but one is a doctor. It's like the pandemic starting
Speaker 3: and he's like, oh, I can't leave work, you should
Speaker 3: still go on the trip. And the girlfriend goes in
Speaker 3: the trip, and the boyfriend's like writing these letters talking
Speaker 3: about the pandemic and his experiences, and it's I mean,
Speaker 3: we all live through it, but it's been so long
Speaker 3: that I was like, wow, we really lived through this,
Speaker 3: so that it just brought back memories and I was like,
Speaker 3: what a terrible.
Speaker 2: Time, like insane.
Speaker 1: We've lived through so many historical events and I was like, terrible,
Speaker 1: why why us? As soon as we become adults, it's
Speaker 1: like boom boom boom.
Speaker 2: Here you go.
Speaker 1: Ah man, that actually sounds really interesting.
Speaker 2: Though.
Speaker 3: There are a lot of readers on the team. Just
Speaker 3: on these two trips or these couple of trips, people
Speaker 3: have had different books. So I kind of brought up
Speaker 3: the idea of a little book club. So I think
Speaker 3: that we should start that as season starts. So we'll
Speaker 3: see if we do one, but that'd be fun.
Speaker 1: I hope we're okay with my light looking like this
Speaker 1: because this is what we got and it might cut
Speaker 1: off again.
Speaker 3: Just still a good I don't know, like.
Speaker 2: Thanks good enough, I like not too much. What are
Speaker 2: some of your favorite hobbies or like past times? I
Speaker 2: know my sleep, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3: Okay, So now I've been struggling with that. So like
Speaker 3: after shoot around, there's just this awkward amount. I mean
Speaker 3: it's not awkward, it's like two to three at least
Speaker 3: hours of time in between when we have to leave
Speaker 3: or like when I was start getting ready to leave
Speaker 3: for the game, everyone literally everyone naps and I'm not
Speaker 3: a napper, So I'm just like the first first game,
Speaker 3: like I was just laying there staring at the ceiling, like, oh, okay,
Speaker 3: am I gonna fall asleep the next game, like I
Speaker 3: went outside, I read a book, I watched some film, Like,
Speaker 3: I don't know what to do with my time, so
Speaker 3: you need to teach me how to nap.
Speaker 2: Listen if napping's not your thing.
Speaker 1: What we used to say to like when I was
Speaker 1: coaching kids, when it was time to like go low
Speaker 1: energy activities, playing cards, reading a book, getting outside. I
Speaker 1: think that's cool because you don't want to start napping.
Speaker 1: And then you get like you try to wake up
Speaker 1: and you're like extremely drowsy because I feel like you
Speaker 1: sleep hard.
Speaker 3: I do. And so that's the other thing is that
Speaker 3: growing up, my dad yelled at me went multiple times,
Speaker 3: but I was not allowed to nap, and I was
Speaker 3: not allowed to read before games. When I read, I
Speaker 3: was in La La Land, I was in Fantasy World,
Speaker 3: he would tell me. And when I napped, I was
Speaker 3: asleep and I wasn't awake for the game, And I
Speaker 3: was like sleepwalking through the court so that like.
Speaker 2: I'm like scared to nap before games.
Speaker 1: Okay, naps and no and no reading, but play cards
Speaker 1: do something to like challenge your brain.
Speaker 2: We got to XK stuff, Stephen Curry, We'll see. I
Speaker 2: know he got something. Okay.
Speaker 3: Oh.
Speaker 2: What are some routines, habits or little things you do
Speaker 2: before games or an everyday life to stay grounded and
Speaker 2: keep yourself in a good headspace.
Speaker 3: I have a daily devotional I'll read start my morning
Speaker 3: with that and praying and just like lots of gratitude,
Speaker 3: like reminding myself all the little things that I have
Speaker 3: and that are going on in my life, and then
Speaker 3: reading my Bible, spending time outside like affirmations before games,
Speaker 3: or even journaling. Journaling helps a lot. I feel like
Speaker 3: I keep a lot in my head, so being able
Speaker 3: to write it down as a way to get it
Speaker 3: out and let it go is also really helpful for me.
Speaker 2: It's awesome therapy and the Bible is what I do
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 1: Locked in with my therapist and locked in with my word,
Speaker 1: it gets me right every time.
Speaker 3: M H.
Speaker 2: What is something you've learned to appreciate more this year?
Speaker 3: Lots of things I think those little in between moments,
Speaker 3: like life is so busy, or at least for me,
Speaker 3: like I'm always going from one thing to the next,
Speaker 3: but those little moments in between, it's an interaction with
Speaker 3: a teammate or someone on staff or like whoever, it
Speaker 3: is just how important those little moments are and how
Speaker 3: like to you it might just be you know, you're
Speaker 3: passing by, but to other people like that could make
Speaker 3: someone's day if you like stop and say hi to
Speaker 3: them or just like the little things.
Speaker 2: That's nice, it's beautiful, poetic. What about you?
Speaker 1: Ooh, quality of time with my family Now, while we're
Speaker 1: mostly from New York, a lot of us have like
Speaker 1: moved out, lived all over, and so this past year
Speaker 1: I definitely have had the opportunity to spend more time
Speaker 1: and fly out and see them, and I just realized
Speaker 1: how like quickly my nieces and nephews are growing up,
Speaker 1: or like how much older your grandparents are getting, and
Speaker 1: so just really appreciating the time that I do have
Speaker 1: with them, spending that time well with them.
Speaker 2: So I definitely appreciate that more this year.
Speaker 1: I love that who is someone famous that you met
Speaker 1: that left you starstruck?
Speaker 3: Oh? When we were at the US Open one year,
Speaker 3: we got to meet a bunch of the Scandal cast.
Speaker 3: Carrie Washington was not there, but I got to meet
Speaker 3: mister President. I got to meet fits most of like
Speaker 3: the main characters, so that was really cool. And I
Speaker 3: was in the middle of watching the show, so I
Speaker 3: was like, this is crazy.
Speaker 2: That is super dope.
Speaker 1: I met Michelle Obama and I'm still on cloud nine
Speaker 1: about that.
Speaker 2: I will not let that go. I wouldn't either. That's valid.
Speaker 1: Thank you the First Lady, my fa First Lady. Dream
Speaker 1: collab or partnership? What is your dream collab or partnership?
Speaker 3: I don't know. I love all my partnerships now maybe
Speaker 3: like a jewelry brand, Like I just got a couple
Speaker 3: of David German bracelets. It's like they're less a little
Speaker 3: more on the expensive foujie side, but it's like quality
Speaker 3: at least. So I tell myself that it's an investment
Speaker 3: if I take care of it, keep track of it,
Speaker 3: Like it's timeless stuff that I can wear for the
Speaker 3: rest of my life. Investment piece for sure, and I
Speaker 3: want to like get better with wearing my jewelry.
Speaker 2: Off the court. Yep, we'll figure it out. We'll figure
Speaker 2: it out.
Speaker 1: My dream collabor partnership is Akira because I wear their
Speaker 1: stuff all the time. So if they want to just
Speaker 1: go ahead and uh make this a thing, I would
Speaker 1: love that.
Speaker 3: I support that in my girla please. Okay, favorite playlist
Speaker 3: to listen to right now? Okay, so I'm an Apple
Speaker 3: Music girl, but I have Spotify. I've gotten Spotify recently,
Speaker 3: and I'm really lazy with my music, and Spotify has
Speaker 3: the best playlists like that'll curate for you based on
Speaker 3: your listening habits, and so each day it's like a
Speaker 3: little bit different, but it's all like I've got. It's
Speaker 3: like a chill R and B one. It's like just
Speaker 3: a mix of all the stuff I like. So I
Speaker 3: can click it and it'll a little difer than it
Speaker 3: was yesterday, but it's the same vibe. And I'll put
Speaker 3: me on to new music and new artists. So there's
Speaker 3: like one of my personalized Spotify chill R and B playlists,
Speaker 3: and that's like my go to.
Speaker 1: I love that he needs to share that I love
Speaker 1: a good R and B chill vibe, but Spotify.
Speaker 3: Wow, Okay, maybe I need to come on over just
Speaker 3: because I'm so bad at making my own playlist. But
Speaker 3: some people love that. They live for it, and that's awesome.
Speaker 3: But that's not me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not me either, But I do appreciate the
Speaker 1: people who do do it, because send that over, please.
Speaker 2: No exactly.
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Speaker 3: usually think one thing. Work, sweating, lifting, running early mornings,
Speaker 3: cracking an egg and drinking out of a glass. And yeah,
Speaker 3: that's part of it, everything except the egg. I'm more
Speaker 3: of a cottage cheese person. But training isn't just about
Speaker 3: working hard. It's about working right. I could go in
Speaker 3: the gym and just do a bunch of random stuff
Speaker 3: for two hours and be like, yeah, I trained today,
Speaker 3: But that doesn't mean I actually got better. Maybe I
Speaker 3: just lifted a bunch of stuff that I didn't even
Speaker 3: need to lift. Real training is intentional, it's specific, it's structured,
Speaker 3: and most importantly, it's guided. I'm not out here just
Speaker 3: making this up as I go. I've got Carl, shout
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Speaker 3: the wings, and trust me, they have a plan. I
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Speaker 3: something bigger. That's when it really clicks, when it stums
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Speaker 2: Are you in bed by ten pm? Or scrolling till
Speaker 2: three am?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 3: Not scrolling till three am. Actually I have been in
Speaker 3: bed so early. My wake ups have been early, so
Speaker 3: like two days ago, my orderings that I was asleep
Speaker 3: by ten thirteen, which, if you know me, that's crazy.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, I am proud of you because I'm
Speaker 1: scrolling till about one am and then I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: to sleep.
Speaker 3: That's such a bad habit. That's crazy because you don't
Speaker 3: need to Your brain doesn't need all that information before
Speaker 3: you go to bed, like you're trying to wind down exactly.
Speaker 1: You don't not wrong. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Speaker 3: I would say I'm in is it introverted extrovert? Extroverted introvert?
Speaker 3: Like I'm an introvert, but like I have like a
Speaker 3: little bit more like I'm not truly just an introvert.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would, So, I think when you're both it's
Speaker 1: called ambivert. But I think you're introverted until you really
Speaker 1: get to know someone, and then you're extroverted. So I
Speaker 1: don't know what that's called a extroverted introvert.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 3: You can Yeah, you're an extrovert for sure.
Speaker 2: Excuse me, I could be both. You're an extrovert. I
Speaker 2: am an extrovert.
Speaker 1: But there are days when I do feel more introverted,
Speaker 1: and that's fair, and I feel bad because I just
Speaker 1: don't be wanting to talk or whatever, and people are like,
Speaker 1: what's wrong, what's going on?
Speaker 2: Which I don't.
Speaker 3: That annoys me for you because just because you know,
Speaker 3: you're like, you're allowed to have a day too.
Speaker 2: Yes, Like, can I just chill? Can I just chill? Okay?
Speaker 1: I don't know this answer, but it's basically asking what
Speaker 1: are your star signs?
Speaker 2: I only know that I'm a tourist. I'm not really
Speaker 2: into stars signs.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a scorpio, but that's all I know. I
Speaker 3: don't really follow that either.
Speaker 1: I would love to hear the answer to this, y'all.
Speaker 1: Next question text or FaceTime?
Speaker 3: FaceTime?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Never text?
Speaker 1: Actually, azy, will you be bringing back vlogs on your YouTube?
Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, like back in the day, Wow, that
Speaker 2: was great.
Speaker 3: Never say never.
Speaker 2: I would love to see that day in a life.
Speaker 2: Come on, we'll see.
Speaker 1: Good luck, y'all, sho good luck. I don't know what
Speaker 1: to tell y'all. Follow her on Instagram. If you could
Speaker 1: switch lives with one w NBA player for a day,
Speaker 1: who would it.
Speaker 2: Be and why? I don't know.
Speaker 1: You go first Maya Moore while she was playing, and
Speaker 1: not not for a day, for her whole career. Oh
Speaker 1: my goodness, because I would love to see for her
Speaker 1: own lens, like what it takes to be that great.
Speaker 3: It's also my goat, so it's easy. That would be
Speaker 3: really cool. I think I would go with Cheryl Swoops
Speaker 3: mm hmm. She was the first the first number one
Speaker 3: pick and the NBA Draft. She was actually at the draft.
Speaker 3: We had a chance to talk to her and listen
Speaker 3: to her and ask her some questions. But I think
Speaker 3: that'd be so cool, like to hear her story how
Speaker 3: she was all set to go back to school with
Speaker 3: I think to be a lawyer, she'd said, and then
Speaker 3: the w started and she was like, oh, like okay,
Speaker 3: maybe I would join and kind of see what this
Speaker 3: is about, like what And she's probably the greatest of
Speaker 3: all time and like paved the way for all of us.
Speaker 3: So I think that would be really cool to kind
Speaker 3: of start and then to be able to look back
Speaker 3: and see how much the game has grown and how
Speaker 3: much of that is because of her.
Speaker 2: That's fire that I agree girl. I want to be
Speaker 2: her on a draft.
Speaker 1: All right, last question, Azy, do you still play your
Speaker 1: iPad smurf skame or what games are you onto now?
Speaker 3: I actually do face my, but I am looking for
Speaker 3: new games. So if you have any rugs, let me know.
Speaker 3: I just recently ordered a PS five, so don't ask me.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, we play Fortnite together? Yes, I have
Speaker 3: a love Oh yeah, dream collab Fortnite, a Fortnite skin.
Speaker 1: Oh actually, oh Princess Fortnite skin.
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I could hit my own emo bro.
Speaker 2: That'd be so cool. Yeah, that'll be fire.
Speaker 3: All right. Well that is a wrap on today's episode
Speaker 3: of Thutter Around and find Out. Thank you guys so
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