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Number one show on late night nothing but illustrious guests.
Today, we had a friend of the show,
the homie in the building.
Mero, who's in the virtual zoom-dom.
This woman has been a champion in every league
that she has participated in.
Goddamn, I can't even list the accomplishments.
Sue Bird, ladies and gentlemen.
The motherfucking fucking legend, y'all.
You know what I'm saying?
She'll bust your ass.
That's right.
In the building, we got Sue Bird, the legend.
The homie, Sue.
How's it going?
I mean, listen if I get an intro where they go,
this is Sue Bird, she'll bust your ass.
I can live with that.
There you go.
Simple, clear, concise.
Gotta ask, how's the knee feeling?
The knee is good. The knee is good.
I think I'm going to play in our next game, so I'm happy.
OK that's good.
That's good, because now, you know, you're the homie.
And now I see the news updates.
And it's not like, oh wow Sue Bird got injured.
I'm like, no is Sue all right?
The homie, is she good?
What was it like--
listen, we're not athletes.
We're washed.
We get simple injuries from lifting
Playstation 4 controllers.
What's it like being a professional athlete,
and getting an injury?
Cause I know that's what you live for.
You love playing.
You're super competitive.
What's it like being a hobby like that?
What's the mental state?
How do you rehab from that?
Walk us through that.
Yeah.
It can be a little bit of a mindfuck at times, because
especially as an older player, this injury
actually wasn't an old injury.
It's not like some wear and tear.
Something happened.
So I'm sitting in my room doing my little rehab stuff.
And I'm like, dang I don't want people thinking I'm old.
It's not my fault this time.
Other times I was old.
Not this time.
But, luckily, when you are older, you've gone through it.
So you just try to be patient.
I don't know.
It's like a war in your head though, I'm not going to lie.
Got you.
I got a wild question.
I gonna just just steal this from-- shoutout
to Darius Miles, I'm gonna just steal his question.
When you first got into the league it was '02.
You came in the league.
Who was the first person--
because you come from UConn.
That's the top of the top.
You know what I'm saying?
When you're talking about women's basketball.
When got to the WNBA, it's a different level of competition.
Who was the first person to bust your ass on the court?
You were like, yo, woah, oh.
Hold on, wait a minute.
So, LA Sparks, they ended up winning that year.
So, it's like Lisa Leslie, big names.
And so they would they would give it to us, pretty much.
We got them a couple of times.
But they pretty much gave it to us.
They had a point guard.
Her name was Nicky McCrimmon.
And she stripped me like three times
at half court, which has a point guard, that right there
is getting your ass busted.
It's not about offense.
She was on defense busting.
So then, come to find out like a week a month later,
I don't know.
I heard that it was like a bounty on my head.
So, the coach, Michael Cooper, had told her,
every time you rip Sue, I'll give you like $50,
$100, whatever it was.
Now I know.
She was just like licking their chops trying to get me.
Wow.
You had a bounty on your head like Putin put out there.
See?
You see what I'm saying?
If you would've had that info ahead of time?
The scouts fucked up.
If you would have had that info ahead of time,
you would have been like, Yo.
[MAKES BASKETBALL DRIBBLING NOISES]
Splash.
What's up?
If only I knew.
So right now, as WNBA player you've always been
having the moment in the WNBA.
But for some reason right now, the WNBA is in the spotlight.
People are trying to finally appreciate it.
People are seeing what it is.
People are respecting the sport.
And shoutout to the rookie, Sabrina, on the Liberty.
She's got the New York state, tri-state area,
super amped about watching it.
And it's the other day I tried to watch
a WNBA game, the Liberty game.
And they was like, yeah we don't show this on TV.
We're not showing is on TV.
And I went on Twitter, and it was
like, yeah what do you want?
It's been like this for years.
What's it like playing in a league that just has
not been respected like that?
That's got to be a while feeling.
Yeah.
It's frustrating.
I will say, you just kind of said
it, right now, in this moment, we are getting more coverage.
Obviously, we're one of the few professional leagues
that's playing.
So, we're on ESPN a lot.
Our games are about to be on Twitter starting, I think,
tomorrow.
I'm shocked.
I mean, YES Network?
I feel like they're going to carry those Liberty game.
You know what?
They were saying it was because it was an exhibition game.
It was like a preseason game or something.
And so I cut the site.
Well, listen, I'm out here.
I'm a real Liberty fan.
Fan since day one.
I'm out of here.
I'm trying to rep.
But also speaking of the WNBA, shoutout to you guys.
You guys have been using your platform for speaking out
about injustice.
You really recently got into it with part owner of the Atlanta
Dream, Kelly Loeffler.
Is that how you say her last name?
Something like that.
Speak on that situation.
Let people know about that situation.
Because she was wildin'.
She basically told you guys to shut up and dribble.
And, yeah, I was like, no we're not doing it.
So tell us about that situation.
So when our season started, we asked players, made it really
clear to the league who backed us 100%,
we want this to be about Black Lives Matter.
We want it to be about Say Her Name.
We want to represent these things, support these things,
amplify these things.
And so right away, like you said, the owner of the--
co-owner, she came out and was basically against us.
Talking about, again, shut up and dribble, for sure.
But talking about, oh we're going
to lose fans because of this.
And they have their election coming up in November.
And it's a special election, where
it's Republicans and Democrats all in the same thing.
So once we kind of started to look into it,
and understand what was happening.
It was like, oh you're just trying to use us.
So when we start to make noise, she
can be the one that's like, no look, I'm going to stand
up to these players see.
I am a Republican.
And trying to get votes.
So we were like, wait a minute.
Listen, the ownership part, and like everyone's
trying to give it like that Donald Sterling thing.
Not quite the same, which I respect, in some ways,
you know?
From what the league has to do.
But for players, we were like, well we can't just let this.
So we tried to be strategic on what we can do.
And we're a league that's always been, like get
out and vote get out and vote.
So we're like, wait a minute.
Who's running against her?
And we started to get to know Reverend Warnock,
who's her Democratic opponent.
And that's where the Vote Warnock t-shirts came from.
You guys came out heavy with it.
Reppin' hard.
Got the name out there.
How did you feel to see, like you know saying,
your brother league on the other side.
Kyrie came out with the Vote Warnock kicks and everything
like that.
Just like the synergy.
Yeah, Yeah.
I mean, listen, the NBA, everyone always talks about,
oh we see them on commercials being like the WNBA is great.
And they're just told to say that stuff.
This is exactly how they sound by the way.
But it's actually not like that.
Chris Paul held this awesome, it was a Zoom call.
But it was with Michelle Obama.
We got invited to go on, and we just got to listen to her talk.
That actually also played into the Vote Warnock stuff,
because she was like, Yo when Barack,
I mean I shouldn't say that.
When President Obama, got voted in people go--
--hey, hey, hey. We can call him Barack.
That's the homie. That's the homie.
We can call him Barry. That's a the homie.
You know what I'm saying? I'll Facetime him right now.
I'll be like, yo, B!
Yo, Barry, say what's up to Sue.
What's up?
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She was talking about like these midterm elections.
And how Democrats, everyone came out
for the presidential election.
But when it came to the midterms.
So President Obama had to fight the Congress
and whatnot for a pretty much all his eight years.
Then we were like, oh we need to turn Georgia blue.
And that all kind of played into it.
All right.
Here's a part of it if you would like to call
Sneaker Shopping with Sue Bird.
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Oh shit.
You, in the middle of a pandemic,
decided to do the heaviest flex we
have seen in quite some time.
You came out with the Dior 1s.
You set Twitter ablaze.
Listen, now I've seen you in real life.
The sneaker game 10 of 10.
You're never out there with the wackiness.
Did you get the Dior 1s?
Did you get them gifted?
Did you buy-- talk to me.
Walk us through the journey, because right
now we're just like Pixar kids.
We're just looking at you, like oh my god.
How'd she do it?
So I'm going to keep it real.
My man right here is much more of a sneakerhead than I am.
But this is the one pair of sneakers that I'm like,
I must have these stickers.
I'm calling boutiques and shit.
I gonna say it on national television,
can you plunked me in?
Listen, you see all the sneakers behind me?
Oh, when I watch you guys' show,
I'm always like, looking in.
What does he got back there?
Let me look in those boxes.
From months ago, Mero was I want the Dior 1s.
I want the Dior 1s, like every other sneakerhead.
So to see you actually--
and you don't do the thing where you're just like on Instagram
with the box, like hey look.
Look, guys, this is what I got.
You was like I'm out on the court with them.
What's up?
I'm wearing them.
Yeah, I mean, listen, if you're going to get the shoes,
you gotta wear them.
That's how I feel.
Can't just keep them in the box.
They're in the box, right now.
But yeah, you gotta go rock them.
I'm lucky, Nike athlete.
Obviously I've been into this shoe thing for a long time.
So they hooked it up.
It's as simple as that
Do you have a favorite sneaker to ball in?
Because I've seen you a lot in the Kyrie 4s?
Yeah, all the Kyries.
Kyries are my favorite.
I mean our games are nothing alike.
On some real shit, is it a technical thing?
Or is it a design thing?
Is it both?
Because my son is a little hooper and he
automatically is like, the Kyries, the Kyries, the Kyries.
I don't know if it's the rounded mid shole or whatever.
Does it help with balance?
I don't know.
Is it they're fly?
Or is it actually help your performance?
I think it's both.
I mean, Deion Sanders said it best.
It's true, when you look good, you feel good, you play good.
I definitely subscribe to that.
And that's part of it.
And Kyrie has like insane colorways.
They do custom.
That's a whole other thing.
But his colorways are ridiculous.
But they are light.
They are super, super light.
If you wear LeBrons?
LeBrons are-- well they used to be really heavy.
And actually, Diana Taurasi has the LeBrons.
And she loves the heaviness.
Wereas like, I don't know.
I can't carry extra weight.
it feels like a Timberland.
It's so heavy.
OK.
Shoutout to you guys.
You guys are like really doing.
I sound like an guy old now.
I'm like, you guys doing really well.
Seattle Storm, you're hot right now.
How's it feeling?
There was that Liberty thing you held up.
I have to get you a Seattle one.
Hook it up.
I'll rock it.
I need more facemasks.
Yeah I mean, let me get in early.
Let me get in early on the winning team.
The projections seems like you guys
going all the way this year.
Is that feeling?
is it too early?
I mean, coming in I think we're
projected to be number one.
We finally have our whole team back from a team
that won the whole thing.
So our MVP for sure is Breanna Stewart, she's killing it.
But everybody's playing well.
And I've been out.
And they've just like--
I mean part of me is low key, I'm like now I come back,
we're definitely going to lose.
That storyline I already know.
They're trying to insert her too early.
It was the Kyries.
She thought the earth was flat, and they lost because of that.
All the tweets are like, wow Seattle Storm is killing it,
wait until Sue gets back.
So, listen we might have to put some money on the side there,
you know Mero?
I got Seattle plus 5,000, you know what I'm saying?
It's a solid pick, lock it in.
But speaking about Brianna, what is it
about UConn that produces, consistently,
the best of the best of the best players.
what is it?
Is it Geno?
Is it the system?
Is it the environment?
The water?
I know right?
That lovely Storrs water.
It's Coach Auriemma.
It's the staff, for sure.
And they just make you miserable for four years.
And mentally torture you in a way.
Where when you are like set free,
you're like the toughest, mentally toughest,
most you name it, nobody is going to crack you.
He tried to crack you for four years.
And if you can survive that.
Nothing else can crack you.
So once you're released.
It's like look out.
So you came in the league in 2002, as a rookie,
and were the vet in the locker room.
For real.
Except for Nicky McCrimmon, that motherfucker got me.
Three times.
We're coming for you.
We never forget.
Sue, how have you been maintaining,
right now, during the pandemic and the quarantine?
How you been keeping your sanity?
What you been up to?
Walk us through a day.
A day in the wobble?
Or like pre-wobble?
A day in the wobble.
Well, OK, let's rewind it back a little.
Because we saw some of the initial photos of the wobble.
Is it as bad as was shown?
Did they fix things?
What's going on?
Yeah, so that was kind of a scenario where they probably
should have been on top of some of these small things
before we got here.
It took us getting there to be like, wait a minute.
And then they fixed it right away.
But I have to say, that was just a small-- it was
like 10% of what was happening.
Everything else was like, yeah ready to go.
So it was cool.
But now that we've been here a little over a month.
Games obviously started.
So that's good.
I mean a lot of downtime.
And you can't away from basketball.
I go in the elevator, I'm seeing like three referees.
I go to try to eat breakfast it's, like the team
I'm about to play.
You have to be like, hey how's the morning.
Oh hey, how's your day, you know?
Are you being mad nice to the refs?
Are you being extra nice to the refs?
Do you hold the elevator door for them, like after you,
after you.
I have an extra granola bar, what would you like?
They're kicking it in the pool with us.
It's like, hey?
So what are you doing with the downtime?
Is it Netflix?
Is it just reading is it just existing?
Just existing.
I mean, so Megan and I are watching Black Monday, love it.
Showtime.
Shout out to Showtime.
That worked out nice.
Yeah, we're into that right now.
Yeah, Netflix, hanging out, there is like a players
lounge you can go.
And there's TV.
So I'll go down there watch game.
A lot of Uber Eats.
Does it feel like college?
Like Yo we're going to go to the common area
and play Mario Cart.
And make microwave mac and cheese.
A little bit.
There is a bar, though.
So that's different.
I mean it sounds like you're surviving.
You're not having any Tommy dinners.
I'm not there with y'all.
We're not eating sushi like we did.
I haven't gotten the text.
You haven't gotten the text.
You haven't had one of those in a while.
Can't wait for those to come back.
That's when we know civilization is back.
When we have a big massive Tommy dinner.
I gotta to ask these questions.
When you get your signature shoe?
Who do I gotta pressure?
What do I gotta say?
Where the hell are my Sue Bird 1s?
What's going on?
I already got the whole roll out planned out.
Nike, I'm putting you under pressure.
I need a pair of Sue Birds for the wall.
Sue Bird?
Flight?
Come on, dog, put it together.
Makes perfect sense, Nike.
We need a pair of Sue Birds, but they can't be by AllBirds,
because I know people think the synergy is there,
but that's not, no, no, no.
She can't ball in AllBirds.
That's if she starts a tech company or something,
you know what I'm saying?
We need Sue Birds in fly a colorways.
Let's go.
And no hot pink.
I know how y'all do the women's sneakers, all right.
Give us some real colors.
You know what I'm saying, Nike?
Sue, what's the diet like?
I'm fake trying to get healthy.
I'm trying to ball like you.
You just eating like baked chicken or?
That's all I know is healthy.
Yeah there's some baked chicken in there.
I'm not vegan.
I'm not vegetarian, none of that.
But I do like stay away from dairy.
And I stay away from, I eat carbs you
have a cards to like workout.
But I'm like selective with my cards.
Not a lot of sugar.
it sounds boring.
I promise it's not.
I can still do a good dinner.
Listen, we've got to take your advice.
Me being healthy is only four potato chips for dinner.
We are the sucio boys.
We're not the healthy boys.
My idea of a diet is, yo, if I just drink mad coffee all day,
and don't eat food, I'll be all right.
You know what I'm saying?
Oh man.
Sue, what else you got?
What's it was on the game plan today?
Got any games today?
No.
We played last night. Play tomorrow.
I mean it's crazy.
So the schedule is like every other day.
Legit every other day.
Sadly, I think there's been like a lot
of injuries because of it.
But we're making it through.
But it's a lot of games. A lot of games.
But it's good.
They've all been on TV.
I think there's some on TV today.
So let's cool.
A lot of ice baths.
A lot of ice baths?
It's like blow up ice baths.
They've got portable one.
Inflatable, because it's like so there's so many players
and only like one actual one.
So everyone has to like blow up their own.
And by the way it is so disgusting here.
I will never live in--
I cannot.
I've been in to Seattle too long.
I'll own that.
I am from New York, so like humidity, I'm like OK.
This is disgusting.
This is just the worst.
I'm like, how do people live here?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Yeah.
You change your clothes three times a day.
I'm like, I do I actually need to shower?
I'm just going to sweat 5 seconds from now.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
And then like oh it's just going
to pour rain on me, right now?
Great, thanks.
For 45 seconds.
This is that hot rain?
That comes down.
It's hot.
Windows are all foggy.
There's this horn.
I don't even know what it was.
So there's that so we're at IMG academy,
which is like basically a college campus for sports.
And so there's actually other kids that are here for camp.
They're like on a whole other part.
But there's like soccer field, baseball fields.
I thought, lowkey, they were like just
playing games, because I would hear these like horns
all the time.
These sirens.
I thought it was like, oh the half.
No.
That means lightning is coming?
Where are we right now?
[LAUGHTER]
Just playing In the Wizard of Oz.
What the hell?
Go inside, there's lightning coming.
I was like, I gotta get out here.
Playing Call of Duty and shit.
Get inside, this is a drone strike.
[LAUGHTER]
Sue, thank you for talking to us.
Stay inside.
Don't get struck by lightning.
Guys, someone wants to say hi.
Megan!
[HAPPY SHOUTING]
I've been so jealous.
I've been on the side like.
Hey, we miss you.
We gotta go to dinner soon.
Between the two of you, I know you to give me these Diors,
man, I need them in a size 12.
Sue, everyone gets a neon side.
What would you like a neon sign to say?
Watch out for lightning.
Watch out for lightning?
I like that.
Watch out for lightening.
Listen, keep your mind clear.
Yo, give it up for Sue Bird.
Seattle Storm, the homie.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Shootout to the WNBA.