Meet Evil Azzi w/ Gabby Williams

Azzi and Ashanti sit down with the always-iconic Gabby Williams for a conversation that covers hoops, fashion, anime, injuries, and everything in between. Fresh off the WNBA draft lottery broadcast, Gabby talks about repping the Storm on air, getting styled in a Sasha Colby look, and finally taking an offseason to actually rest.

She opens up about ACL recoveries, getting humbled at UConn, and how those classic “little UConn habits” still shape her game today. Gabby also shares stories about meeting Adam Sandler, embracing the “evil Azzi” memes, playing for France, and the truth behind the jorts curse.

Plus — fan questions, Beyblade battles, DJ Pinky lore, and more!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of futt Around
and find Out.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
I'm here with my girl as Shanty.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Hey, Hi, I'm really excited. We have a special guest,
and I'm really looking forward to jumping right into what
we're talking about today.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Me too, So let's get into it today. Our special
guest is do you want and Only? Gabby Williams.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
Hey, so, Gabby, we recently just saw that you were
in LA for the ESPN w NBA Draft lottery.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
What was that?

Speaker 4 (00:37):
Like?

Speaker 2 (00:38):
That was exciting. I'm like really wondering, how is he
gonna play this year? You know? I mean you can.
I want you to have a great season, but not
too good.

Speaker 5 (00:46):
I mean, I don't know, like I'm waiting for another
national championship, but if you know, if you want to
go post.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Pop two, that'd be really cool. I don't like I
haven't saying any of that. How'd you get chosen to
represent your team?

Speaker 5 (01:05):
I was actually already in LA rehabbing my knee, and
I've kind of just been around all off season. I've
been kind of like the only one there, me and
are video person. We've kind of been joking around, like
I wonder if everyone's kind of sick of me.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Like I've been the only person kind of in Seattle.

Speaker 5 (01:22):
So I'm just doing all the media and pr just
been bored and just felt right to do the draft lottery.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Okay, we're looking very stylish. It definitely work. Thank you.
Let's talk about your fit. Yeah, I've been name dropping
her all for the last twenty four hours.

Speaker 5 (01:37):
But uh, a friend of mine, Sasha Kolbe, I was
freaking out because they asked me to do the lottery
last second, and I was like, oh, I'm packing to
like go to Turkey and trying to get ready to
go overseas, so I'm already stressed out of my mind
and I was like, now I have to find an
outfit for this thing.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
And she was like, just come over, I have five
million things you can wear. Wait, that's amazing. And you
looked great than you do you always thank you well?
She did me right. I don't think anyone can look
bad in the Sasha Colby fit, so you better go ahead,
you big Sasha up. Did you actually do your own makeup?

(02:14):
I did.

Speaker 5 (02:14):
I got touched up a little bit, like I didn't
do my own lashes and stuff. And then one of
the makeup artists there gave me like a little hint
on how to do like a little tip on how
to do my blush.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Your makeup looked so good. I was impressed. Thank you.
Wait drop the tip help them?

Speaker 5 (02:27):
Yeah, well, you know that's like the new trend now
is everyone trying to do blush. And I was like,
I can't get it right, and she's like, girl, you're
using the wrong color. But I've been doing my makeup
myself forever. I did it for like draft day, I've
done it for like any event. I don't do it
for like a lot of photo shoots because they usually
have like a specific thing.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
They want, But any kind of event, I usually do
my own.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Wait, draft day, like when you were drafted back in
twenty eighteen.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, So let's break down the lottery.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Number one Dallas obviously bringing with page, new coach, new facility, exciting,
like I have no notes, it's all right. Number two Minnesota,
I feel like Yukon is everywhere every single team there's
a Yukon player fee, obviously leading the charge over for

(03:16):
number two, and then Seattle number three. Any what do
you gotta say, how are you feeling about number three?

Speaker 5 (03:23):
Like I said, now, No, Honestly, I was really happy
with top three. I was like, Okay, as long as
we get top three, maybe it'll just be a sign
that I'm not like bad luck for the Storm at least.
But this draft class is so talented, I think the

(03:44):
most talented that we've seen in a really long time
as far as just like depth, you know, And so
I think all the lottery picks everyone's going to kind
of be a steal.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
There's a competition out there, all right. Anyway, it's enough
draft drop, yabby. How are you enjoying your off season?
It's been fun. This is my first kind of off
season in three years.

Speaker 5 (04:08):
For the last three years, I've just been constant, go go, go,
like just go from one team overseas to national teams
w NBA. But I really just needed it health wise,
and this is kind of like the best physically I've
felt in a really long time and mentally honestly, So
it's been really nice just to like, yeah, reset.

Speaker 1 (04:23):
That's amazing. So what was the first thing you did
when the w season ended. Did you have a fun
trip plan? Did you have like anything just to reset
and relax and unwind.

Speaker 5 (04:32):
I kind of like went into what is it called
like I went to a coma.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
I don't know if coma strive work, but I just
kind of like.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
She hibernated you guys, Yen, that's a better word. That's no.
I also just woke up hibernated as a better word.
I like turned my phone off.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
I was not responding to any messages, any calls. I
was just like in my apartment. I just slept and
kind of yeah, I just needed to rest, I was.
I had no trips planned, I had nothing but just
like rest and relaxation planned.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Good to Ezy. You know about that. No phone, no text,
no nothing. Yeah that's me most days, not just post season.
My friends are like, you hate me? What happened? I
was like, no, I just I cannot respond to anything
right now, Gabby.

Speaker 1 (05:23):
I also saw that you recently met Adam Sandler. He
is one of my favorite actors.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
What was that? Like? He's even sweeter and nicer than
you can imagine.

Speaker 5 (05:33):
I was like so happy that he was just as
good of a person as we all imagine him to be.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Obviously, I don't know him.

Speaker 5 (05:39):
Personally, like I only spent that kind of one day
with him, but I mean he invited us to his show,
took us backstage talk to us.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
He's just he was just so normal and easy to
talk to.

Speaker 5 (05:48):
And I was just like, oh, I'm just glad you're
exactly how I would imagine you to be, just like
so sweet and personable. And he just he was traveling
with all his friends too, like Nick Roll and David
Spade and Rob Schneider like every but he was there,
Kevin Spade and there were That's incredible sweet.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, oh that's amazing. That is so cool. I want
to meet him so bad. I'm sure you will.

Speaker 5 (06:09):
He literally just every city he goes to you he
just finds a gym to just go hoop in. Apparently
one day.

Speaker 3 (06:16):
I feel like he's always so random, like it'll be
a bunch of like Hoopers pro Hooper sometimes and then
it's like Adam Sandler.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Oh Miam was laughing.

Speaker 5 (06:27):
She was like because it was me, Adam Sandler and
Jamal Crawford on a team, and she was like, that
sounds like the beginning of a joke, like.

Speaker 2 (06:35):
Sander walk into a bar like so Gabby.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
The fans on social media have been referring to you
as evil Asy. Asy seems to support this. Why do
you posted all TikTok? I do feel about that.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
I love it. I honestly love it. I liking the
evil one too, don't. I don't think Marien loves being
the evil paid, but I do love being evil easy.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Wait, I don't where that start. I don't know where
it started, but it had me dying the.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
First time I saw. I don't know if it's how
it started.

Speaker 5 (07:10):
Was Colleen actually a manager from your com shout out
to Colleen.

Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yeah, she shot up screen. Yeah, shout out Colleen.

Speaker 5 (07:17):
She sent me a screenshot of like the Evil page
Street and I was cracking up. And she works for
the Storm now and she like we were. She just
showed us for the next day and she was like
this is hilarious. I'm gonna start calling her this so.

Speaker 1 (07:29):
Well, those people are so like creative and just I
don't know a lot of stuff they say, yes.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Say funny.

Speaker 6 (07:36):
It's not a pocket, not a pocket very much. So
let's talk about your youth and your upbringing. So all
of us are multi sport athletes. Gabby, you used to
high jump.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
You talk about your high jumping experience and what like
that brings or teaches you about basketball.

Speaker 5 (07:54):
Yeah, when I was younger, I always just wanted to
try a different sport outside of basketball, and that was
like a big known and my family, and I was
finally just like track, It's like, Okay, this one, I
think I can just get away with.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
It was really just for fun and just to like
do something.

Speaker 5 (08:09):
I think I had tried it in like Pe one
time in middle school, and yeah, I just found a
passion for it. It was fun because like your biggest
competitors kind of yourself, you know, you're just always trying
to best yourself, and I think that like translated to
the basketball side of things. It made me love like
working out on my own a bit more, which I
wasn't really doing before I was high jumping. But yeah,

(08:33):
just kind of like learning how to be your biggest motivator,
be your biggest kind of reason and just kind of
always just like focusing on yourself and how going to
be a better version of me.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
Okay, I'm gonna spire your girl. Azy. You played flag football?

Speaker 3 (08:47):
How did some of the things from flag football translate
for you in basketball?

Speaker 1 (08:51):
Well? I also ran track, go like leading up into
I guess my sophomore year was the last year I
did it. Because then I got hurt and then it
was COVID. It's like my last year. I didn't get
to but I would agree with everything Gabby just said.
But it also made me because it was such like
an individualized as much as it was a team sport
like I did relays, it is very individualized. So it
made me appreciate when I played basketball and had all

(09:13):
my teammates because they just make it so much more fun. Wait, Gabby,
what other events did you do? I did the heptathlon,
so it's like the seven event.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
Liked.

Speaker 5 (09:23):
Yeah, I did, and I was also a hurtler. Yeah,
oh wow, Yeah, I agree with you too. That I
did make me appreciate my teammates more. I was like, okay,
I missed the because I was in college. I was
between track and basketball, and I was like, okay, I'm
glad I got to enjoy college, especially like in a
team atmosphere.

Speaker 1 (09:44):
I did high jump in middle school and then I
lost all of my buddies. So yeah, yes, that's not
true that like eight rebounds this last game, you know, okay,
career high Okay, we're going to make that a normal though.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
Just wait, I love it. We will be holding you accountable.

Speaker 1 (10:12):
So, Gabby, you trey your ACL in high school and
came back even stronger. What helped you get through that mentally?

Speaker 5 (10:18):
Again, I think it was like, Okay, now I get
to I was focused just like on the process. I
think I had a really good trainer with me luckily,
and I just that became like my new competition and
like that became my new way to kind of get
my competitiveness out since I wasn't, you know, playing sports.
But just like, Okay, I'm going to get two degrees
better today, or I'm going to get a little bit

(10:39):
stronger today, or get a little bit faster on like
the ladder of the cones, and so kind of yeah,
made me enjoy the process of just like working out
and training and getting better and learning things about my body.
And I think it helped me kind of today and
has that me has it allowed me to stay to
stay like as athletic because I've gotten to learn all

(11:01):
these things so young about like what it takes the
workout to keep your body healthy, like just maintenance. I'm
sure like you can relate having like so many injuries
so young. You learn these things a lot earlier than
like most pro athletes too.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Mm, that's a great mindset to have, makes it easier.

Speaker 5 (11:17):
Well you kind of, I'm sure you know, like you're
kind of forced to have this mindset too.

Speaker 2 (11:22):
I want to know.

Speaker 3 (11:22):
Okay, so that was high school and then you ended
up at Yukon. I want to know what your recruitment
process was like and then why you chose Yukon.

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (11:31):
I was being very stubborn about track for the longest,
and I was dead set on doing both for a
really long time. I think the only school that had
said that didn't accept it was Oregon because their track
program is like so so serious.

Speaker 2 (11:47):
But even like Yukon, even coaches ready for me to
do both.

Speaker 5 (11:50):
When I came on my visit, I met with like
the high jump coach and coach or Emma, and then
I tore my ACL again and had to miss track season,
and so I had to two years out track, And
it just kind of naturally happened that I was can
only do basketball.

Speaker 1 (12:05):
Wait, that's really cool that he was gonna let you
do both. I definitely would have ye not guessed that.

Speaker 2 (12:12):
Everybody was shocked.

Speaker 5 (12:13):
Even we were shocked because we were like, Okay, that'll
kind of make the recruitment process easier because we'll eliminate
like more schools that way.

Speaker 2 (12:20):
But everyone was like kind of cool with it. Coaches, Yeah,
he was cool with it.

Speaker 5 (12:25):
But I think he was very very happy when I
went to the basketball only round.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
He was like, yeah, that probably wasn't.

Speaker 1 (12:31):
Gonna work, but for sure, Yeah, it worked out how
it was supposed to.

Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, and I.

Speaker 5 (12:36):
Think he knew deep down that I was only going
to be basketball once I got to Yukon.

Speaker 1 (12:41):
If you had any energy left to go through a
whole track season after bastal season, I don't.

Speaker 2 (12:47):
I don't know how you would have done it. Yeah,
and I think coach knew that. I think coach knew
that HO was being over ambitious. I feel like track
is safe if you think about it.

Speaker 3 (12:56):
It's not contact, not likely to you know, get her
compared to other sports, so they're probably more likely to
let you do something like that, and you're going to
be a shame. So it translates hopefully to the court.
That's a great point. Actually, Yeah, I mean, if you
wanted to join the wrestling team or something, he's probably
not He's probably not gonna go for that, right, Gabby,

(13:17):
You were known for your defense WBCA Defensive Player of
the Year.

Speaker 2 (13:22):
What's the mindset that made you so elite on that end?

Speaker 5 (13:27):
I think I didn't realize how good of a defender
I should have been until I got to Yukon, because
I was humbled, obviously, as you are when you come
to Yukon. And obviously I was a good defender in
high school just because I was more athletic than people,
but I wasn't really you know, focused on defense, and
that Yukon, I was like, Okay, this is actually what's

(13:48):
going to get me playing time, like I did not
expect coming into Yukon, and like rebounding and defense is
going to be what got me playing time.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
Like those are things I never ever focused on growing up.

Speaker 5 (14:00):
So I was like, okay, well, if I want to
get in the court, I need to really like dive
into these things, or you know, like I need to
I need to find a reason for coach put me
on the court.

Speaker 2 (14:08):
And that was kind of it. No, no's right, and
he still says stuff like that too, so it's very true.
Oh really, I'm not surprised.

Speaker 1 (14:19):
You're also only one of five players in Yukon history
with a triple double. What was going through your mind
that game, Like did did you think you were going
to get that?

Speaker 2 (14:28):
Was that? I don't know, I can't even get a
double double? You were so close. Yeah, you're close. I'm
not surprised.

Speaker 5 (14:37):
Well, you know, it's hard at Yukon because you never
know when you're going to play forty minutes or seventeen
because you're up by you know, a lot.

Speaker 2 (14:47):
And I think.

Speaker 5 (14:51):
Thanks to you know, the excellence that we have at Yukon,
we don't have to play thirty something minutes a game,
and so you never when you're going to have like
these games where it's close enough that you're going to
be in that much, you know, to kind of then
you know how it is like you're not all focused
on individual accolades when you're there, also because you are
winning most games by like twenty thirty points and also

(15:14):
it's just like not important at all like when you're there.

Speaker 2 (15:17):
But I do think that Coach likes.

Speaker 5 (15:21):
Allowing us to get these kinds of little achievements as well,
because you knows how important it is and how much
it means to like our legacies and how special those
moments are to like celebrate with your teammates but I remember, like,
the thing I remember the most is just that the
bench going crazy, And I think that's the thing I
missed the most about playing for Yukon is just like, yeah,
the energy and excitement from your teammates and just how

(15:43):
everyone hypes everybody up all the time. It's just something
that like, I haven't had since Yukon, And I think
Yukon is the only school that I really see hyping.

Speaker 2 (15:52):
You know, how important the bench.

Speaker 5 (15:52):
Culture is and just like the team cultures that Yukon
so you just don't see that anywhere else in college
or and pro.

Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, you really individualized accolades, any of that is so
not important here. I think that makes just the environment
that much more special. Yeah, when you can share everything.

Speaker 3 (16:09):
Yeah, those bench celebrations go crazy. Yeah you went from
six player of the year to a starter leading the team.
What kept you patient and motivated while you were waiting
for your moment?

Speaker 5 (16:24):
Yeah, Like I said earlier, any kind of playing time
on the court, I was always like very thankful for,
especially in those early years, getting six Player of the year.

Speaker 2 (16:35):
I think I was a freshman, a freshman sophomore, but
I remember.

Speaker 5 (16:38):
Just not expecting it at all because if I was
barely getting any playing time at the beginning of the year,
like I needed to get humbled when I got there
and learn what it really meant to be, like, you know,
just disciplined, I guess is the word. And so again, yeah,
getting your that's not why you're like doing those things,
but when you get those kind of individual accolades, it

(16:59):
does feel really good in that Yukon environment because it's
like everything is so difficult and hard and you're in
such a pressure cooker. So it's like, oh, okay, like
I am I am able to thrive in this environment,
you know, like because you're he has to kind of
beat you down before he builds you back up. And
I think getting like those little accoletes just him building

(17:19):
you back up, getting playing time, showing that he has
trusted me, showing myself that I can trust myself, and
to yeah start a role and.

Speaker 2 (17:27):
Having more responsibilities. That's beautiful, h for sure. So while
you're at Yukon, you played with.

Speaker 1 (17:44):
I mean some Yukon grades in general basketball grades, you're
there with Suwie lou Fi. What did you learn from
being able to play with them and just yeah having
them with you?

Speaker 5 (17:56):
I think just I had to learn what it meant
to be like a great teammate, especially and see that
kind of these players who I thought could do no wrong,
who I thought were like the most talented and skilled
basketball players I'd ever seen, But watching how they were
equally just as great teammates, I think was huge for me.
It's just like, okay, because then in your pro career

(18:18):
and even at Yukon, you come across amazing players, but
they don't quite succeed or they don't become winners because
they don't have the teammate aspect as well to watching.
Like I mean, everyone I've played with is still some
of my best friends, some of my sisters, even like
ten years later. And yeah, I just realized realizing how
important that aspect of being an all time great is.

Speaker 2 (18:44):
I love huh.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
I feel like you have such a unique experience at Yukon,
and that would make sense why you guys bond the
way you do, and then ten plus years later, you
guys still are connected.

Speaker 2 (18:56):
Like all the things I've heard, there's no place like it.

Speaker 5 (19:01):
Yeah, it's very easy to connect with Yukon players because
like you said, there's you just instantly, no kind of
put that that person's gone through already, and you also
share very similar unique experiences that.

Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yeah, and also I mean he recruits certain kinds of people.

Speaker 5 (19:19):
He recruits good people too, so it's very easy to
connect with Yukon people.

Speaker 2 (19:23):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (19:24):
Coach Gino, as we mentioned, is known for pushing players hard.
Do you have any fun Coach Gino or interesting Coach
Gino stories?

Speaker 5 (19:33):
I don't know you can say, but I can say,
or it could be a CD story.

Speaker 2 (19:44):
I have a bunch of CD stories.

Speaker 5 (19:45):
I remember, I remember trying to I'm so like kind
of traumatized by this, like I think about it my heights,
which is like I remember, like there's always moments where
you had to challenge coach too, you know, like he
wanted sometimes he wanted it to be kind of us
versus him, Like he wanted us to come together. He
wanted us to like not always just yeah, kind of

(20:08):
lay down and take whatever. Remember my senior year, we
were having like a very rough stretch. We're still winning games,
but it just that doesn't matter that you gone like whatever.
And we were doing a drill where he would like
yank a practice player off because he was like, you
can't play five on five okay, play five on four
and then we would turn the ball over, so okay,

(20:28):
play five on three, you know, and those were sometimes
those were moments where coach would like want to challenge you.
You know, I got that moment completely wrong. It was
not the time to challenge coach. And I was actually
usually like okay with it. So I think we got
down to like five on two and I was like, no,
come on, like Pete Ryan, I was calling the practice players.
I was like, no, we can do it, like go
five on five and I was like, come on, like, guys,

(20:50):
get our shit together.

Speaker 2 (20:51):
And now he started like yelling at my teammates. I
was like, get our shit together. We're gonna five and five.
We're gonna do this. And I was thinking coach is
gonna be like, yeah, gab, that's it. He goes, what hell?

Speaker 5 (21:06):
And this is my senior year too, and like you
kind of trusted me, like in this moment. He was
usually allowing me to challenge him in these kinds of
things and like fight back.

Speaker 2 (21:15):
It was not the moment. Yeah, and he was like,
who do you think you are? I'm on too, Like
I was like, oh, I was like sorry, everybody. I
just pissed him off more hopes.

Speaker 1 (21:34):
That's so funny because I feel like it is very
hit or miss, Like it's hard to read that fine
line of like oh he wants you to stand up
to him, or like okay, actually listen to him this time.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
Yeah, it was that the moment that is so funny.

Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, I'm not even gonna tell much, right, Okay, Yeah
that's definitely not your story.

Speaker 2 (22:03):
Okay, what am I going to ask?

Speaker 4 (22:04):
Now?

Speaker 2 (22:07):
What was?

Speaker 1 (22:07):
So? What would you say your senior year was like
preparing for that transition to the w Like what do
you think helped you the most?

Speaker 2 (22:13):
And what tips would you give me?

Speaker 5 (22:17):
I remember when saying like how they want to recruit
Yukon kids because they're already like pretty pro ready. I remember,
like we were talking, we're talking with Tipage about this
at all start just like how different it is, just
like phones in the locker room. They're not running to
a timeout, but like walking during warm ups when you
become pro, just like all those little things that are

(22:38):
so weird to kind of u Kon kids at first.
So I guess like the tips I would give you
is just to like keep those as long as you
possibly can, because they do make a huge difference.

Speaker 2 (22:48):
And we're talking to like Sue.

Speaker 5 (22:49):
About this on her podcast about how last year during
the Olympics, I finally had time to like be in
training camp a long time with the national team, and
I was like, you know, I'm going to treat this
like I I was treated at Yukon.

Speaker 2 (23:02):
I was like, if you're on the sideline, you're gonna clap.

Speaker 5 (23:03):
I remember even like yelling at our coaches because our
coaches were like not paying attention during practice. I was like, clap,
like we're spreading sprints, Like you need to be just
as engaged as we are. I was young at my teammates,
like you know, like you need to touch hands when
you get off the sideline or whatever.

Speaker 2 (23:18):
Everyone needs to be talking. Everyone needs to be this.

Speaker 5 (23:21):
And I think it like really paid off and just
seeing how just a little like an ounce of Yukon
culture can go a long way. I think it's allowed
me to to just have like a long career as well. Professionally,
I think this, yeah, your eight and I think it's yeah,
it's allowed me to stay on the league. It's allowed
me to get contracts just like keeping just these little
Yukon nuances as long as I can.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
That's amazing. Doing the little things the right way go along. Yeah,
they really do.

Speaker 5 (23:45):
And you'll see when you go pro that it's not
instilled in everyone the way you might think it is.

Speaker 2 (23:51):
So keep that as long as you can.

Speaker 1 (23:53):
Coach reminds us all the time that we are in
a bubble here and no other program in college outside
of college is like this, And I think that it's
just something that we don't really realize until we're thrown
into whatever environment we're in next, just because that's the
standard here.

Speaker 2 (24:09):
It's what we're used to. Yeah, you know, nothing else
but that I love that you brought that to your
national team. That's so cool.

Speaker 5 (24:16):
Tried try too, try my best. I mean it's it's
you know, he's been doing it for forty years. Like
it's not something that you do overnight. But like I said,
if I could just bring a little bit to it,
I think it goes such a long way.

Speaker 2 (24:27):
So let's talk now a little bit about your w NBA.

Speaker 3 (24:31):
Like you're preparing to go into the drafts, right those
weeks are those nights leading up to that?

Speaker 2 (24:38):
Can you talk to us a little bit about that process? Weeks?
I got like four days. Yeah, my bad, My bad,
My bad. Girls who played to April.

Speaker 3 (24:52):
So the couple of days leading up to the draft
that you have what it.

Speaker 2 (24:56):
Was hard because that year we had lost on another
over time.

Speaker 5 (25:00):
I'm a freaking buzzer reader, and I remember just like, yeah,
it was kind of like an out of body experience,
just like, Okay, you come to a realization that you've
just played your last Yukon game that you ended on
in l which is the worst feeling ever. And I
remember just like feeling kind of weird before the draft,

(25:22):
just like, okay, it's over. Like I don't know, I
just wasn't quite ready for the next step in that way.

Speaker 2 (25:29):
But as soon as.

Speaker 5 (25:32):
You know, I started looking at outfits, you started getting
We didn't have nils, you know, back then, so it
was like, oh, I started getting like kind of freethings.

Speaker 2 (25:40):
I started getting like some jewelry for the draft.

Speaker 5 (25:43):
I'd had my agent and started seeing like how cool
life could look like as a pro in just like
a few days, you know, like having an agent and
then doing all these things in writing family out and
having your alph already, picking a stylist, having your hair
done Like I'd never you never had these things for
you con because they were all illegal, and then I
was like, okay, like you see the you see the

(26:05):
light at the end of the tunnel, like oh, like okay,
my life's going to be a kind of more fun.
Not more fun, but like you said to see, like
everything that you've worked for just in like that quick weekend.

Speaker 2 (26:18):
What was your welcome to the W moment?

Speaker 5 (26:20):
My More scored a five million points on me when
I was playing in Chicago.

Speaker 3 (26:25):
Yeah, I had never I mean, that's kind of cool
about this. I was gonna say legendary, legendary.

Speaker 5 (26:34):
I get well, I would it was welcome to the
W moment because that first half I felt like we
were guarding her pretty well, and I was like, okay,
I can guard my More, Like hell yeah. As soon
as I said that to myself, yeah, like it was
just step back three, like buoying me to the basket,
just taking my ankles from me. Just everything she did

(26:57):
on me, she knows had twelve highlights and they're all
on me, Like she could have had a whole end
one mixtape and it was just willing oh no, and yeah,
because the first half, I remember she kind of struggled
in the second half. She I think she alterally scored
like twenty something in the second half and finished with
thirty something, And I was like, never think that you've
figured you figure someone out.

Speaker 3 (27:17):
My more so, you remember what it's like being a rookie.

Speaker 2 (27:22):
What advice would you give a z when she gets
to her rookie year. Uh?

Speaker 5 (27:27):
Yeah, Like I said, just don't lose a lot of
the things that have been installed in you at Yukon,
like they're gonna they're gonna go a long way, I remember.
I mean, I'm not sure where you're gonna land, but
when you're a lottery takes more than likely you're gonna
land on a team that's not used to like winning
as much and it's gonna be like it was definitely

(27:47):
a culture shock for me, just like everyone was so
okay with losing, which was so weird. And I would say, like,
don't fall into that for sure. If I mean, unless
you go number three and end up just somewhere.

Speaker 2 (28:00):
That's not I know.

Speaker 5 (28:03):
But if you got anywhere else, you happen to go
to a team that's you know, not really fending for playoffs,
do not let like that mindset contaminate you. I guess
or like be contagious. Uh, because it can be very
easy to just like fall into that.

Speaker 1 (28:21):
Well, how did you find that middle ground of like
not being okay with losing, but not holding onto those
losses because you guys have such a like quick turnaround
the games.

Speaker 2 (28:29):
You can't be so upset about those last three losses.

Speaker 1 (28:33):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (28:34):
Well, it was like it was the pace was a
lot slower when I first came into the league. We
weren't playing like as many games as we play now
and we're still like flying commercials, So you weren't you know,
you couldn't have the back to backs and stuff. I
remember just like trying to keep my head above water
my rookie year. No one had any idea what to
do with me, Like, I mean, coach had used me

(28:55):
in such a specific way to Yukon. That kind of
worked only at Yukon because of like the way you
ran offense way everyone was just like read each other
and played off each other. That that wasn't really going
to like translate to a WNBA team that wasn't as
used to playing together, wasn't as disciplined, and so I
remember just like trying to keep my head afloat and

(29:17):
the wins and losses were just like, yeah, it seems
very clear that no one was like set on making
playoffs too, which was weird. I was just like, Okay,
I don't think anyone really cares if we don't make playoffs,
which was weird.

Speaker 2 (29:30):
I was like, y'all are mad about this, Like no,
it's upset.

Speaker 5 (29:34):
So I just were just trying to keep my head
above water and just like figure things out myself.

Speaker 1 (29:47):
Okay, so we've talked a little bit, or you've talked
a little bit about playing for a national team. How
did you decide to play for the French national team
instead of the US team.

Speaker 5 (29:55):
I remember in college someone brought it up up to me.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
It was like a shot. I don't want to say
who it is. Someone brought someone brought it up to me.

Speaker 5 (30:08):
I remember I was taking like a French history course
or something, and she was like, wait, are you French?
Like because I was like, yeah, you can speak French,
blah blah blah. She's like, you do have a like
you have dual citizenship. And I was like, oh, I
guess I never really thought about even like pursuing it,
and so they put in my head and then I
just reached out to the national team and they're like, oh, yeah,
you could totally play, like with your heritage and stuff.
But at that time they weren't really like feeling me yet,

(30:31):
and so because I was still in college, I think
they were just kind of like, who is this because
I remember like watching the Olympics in twenty twelve and
like knowing and at that time I was with spending
a lot of time with my grandma. It was French,
so I was pretty like, you know, in tuned in
my French culture at that point, and I was like, Okay,
that just kind of I didn't know it was possible,

(30:53):
So I was kind of just like fantasizing about it,
you know, just like Wow, what if I played for France?
But I never thought that it was something that could
actually become real. I thought it would have I thought
I would just have to go to the USA route.
And once I learned that it was kind of possible, yeah,
I reached out and they didn't really hit me back
for years, honestly, like they we had we would have

(31:16):
like conversations because I was playing in France too. I'd
met the national team coach, like introduced myself. She came
to like one of our games. I talked to a
few people from the federation. I thought about like going
to three on three route, and they were interested, and
they weren't, and then they're interested and they weren't, and
then I ended up having like a great season in
EuroLeague to.

Speaker 2 (31:37):
The point where like they couldn't deny me anymore.

Speaker 5 (31:40):
I guess like it became a topic of like you know,
they'd be asking me, like, why isn't Gabby on the
national team. So yeah, it was actually mostly thank to
like thanks to my team in Hungary that I played
for the national team, because they really put me in
a position to like be successful in euro League and
kind of put my name on the map in Europe
and prove that I can be a great European player.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
Wow, I can't believe they didn't just jump on that
immediately when you reached that.

Speaker 2 (32:07):
That's shocking. Yeah, it's different. It's just different out there.
They don't the way they don't view the NCAA the
same way we do.

Speaker 3 (32:17):
Yeah, okay, well you made yourself undeniable and you ended
up missing the whole twenty twenty one WNBA season to
play for France.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
That's a huge statement. What made you make that decision?
Things weren't going great for me in Chicago as it was.

Speaker 5 (32:36):
I think like it was just like a it's very
obvious that it wasn't the right fit, and I was
honest with them, Like even before draft night they called
me like, oh, we heard that you have a French
passport and I was like, yeah, don't don't draft me
if that's going to be a problem.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
And they still drafted me and it became a problem.

Speaker 5 (32:56):
But I was always very open and honest that if
I ever got called to the national team that I
would go. It was something that was always just like
a huge priority for me. I mean, playing for your
national team is just different than pro It's just like
a legacy that you kind of just want to leave
and an opportunity to play in the Olympics.

Speaker 2 (33:14):
There was no way that I was gonna get anything
up for that. What was it like being a first
time All Star? Oh? That was so fun. It was
such a fun weekend. Yeah.

Speaker 5 (33:23):
I really wasn't expecting it. I wasn't expecting them to last.
Seattle have three All Stars as well. I came into
the season like in really really great shape, kind of
from like I had just come from Turkey, and so
just seeing that finally be able to kind of translate
to the WNBA side just felt just felt awesome.

Speaker 2 (33:42):
You know. It was a lot of fun.

Speaker 5 (33:44):
Again, like seeing my my family's reaction to it, my
friend's reaction to it was cool. Getting to spend that
weekend like just with you and and all like the
Yukon people that were there as well that like showed up.

Speaker 2 (34:00):
That was It was really cool.

Speaker 1 (34:02):
It was definitely a fun weekend from the outside perspective,
so being actual, so I can't imagine how much fun
that was.

Speaker 2 (34:09):
It was cool.

Speaker 5 (34:09):
I mean, there were so many Yukon people too as well,
and just like even the old teammatesal roommates, so it's
kind of cool to like spend those moments with them. So, yeah,
you mentioned you're getting ready to go to Turkey. Are
you about to go play again? No more rest, No
more rest, No more rest. No. I I had come

(34:30):
to this agreement with I played for friend and BATCHI
in Istimbul, Turkey, and it was pretty like I already
had to wear a lot of wear and tear on
my body even before then. I had the Olympics, came back,
played the end of the season with Seattle, I got
about two days, went right to play the Super Cup
in is Tim bul Yeah, and so I already and

(34:54):
they were well aware of it. They knew that I
was going to need rest at some point, so they
were lucky enough to, you know, allow me to get
some things done for my knee, and I really need
to get done so that I can be like the
best player I can be for them this season. And
it was very obvious by the way I looked at
the end of this w season that everyone.

Speaker 2 (35:12):
Was like, why are you limping? I was like, I've
been limping. I've been limping. This is nothing new. So just.

Speaker 5 (35:22):
I think everyone knew that this break was going to
be necessary, and I think mentally too, just give me
a you know, wanted to be excited to go back,
versus just like, oh, okay, I only have a couple
of days, just being like, Okay, now I'm getting antsy
to kind of play again.

Speaker 2 (35:36):
Okay, well, good luck, I'm excited for you. Thank you.
I was going to say, if you got more rest,
come to a Yukon game.

Speaker 5 (35:43):
I know, I know I need to. It's the same Yeah,
it's the same calendar. I remember I wake everyone up.
I was like, my mom was in Istanbul during the
National Championship last year, in the final four, and I
was like.

Speaker 2 (35:57):
We're staying up for this game. I don't care. Oh,
I made her watch it. It's a real one right there, dedicated.

Speaker 5 (36:07):
I think it started at like one am. I was like,
oh my gosh. Yeah, Oh that's love. That really is.
It's time to pivot. You have some fan questions.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
I think over five hundred questions were submitted, so yeah,
obviously we're not asking five hundred. We only picked some
of them, but there were a lot of people want
to know a lot of.

Speaker 2 (36:35):
Things about you.

Speaker 3 (36:38):
Can I discuss say one, yeah, Courtney williams ax one
and I think that should be the first question.

Speaker 2 (36:46):
Gabby, why are you so fond Courney? When are you
going to leave me alone? God? I'm so sick of it.
Leave me alone? All right?

Speaker 1 (37:00):
Next question, So, I've heard from some special source that
you have a lot of hobbies, some including Djang bayblade,
battles on the plane, watching anime. How do you have
time to have these hobbies outside of basketball? I guess

(37:22):
bab lad battles on the plane kind of that one
self explanatory. I'm interested to know how how that came about.

Speaker 5 (37:29):
Facts Sometimes I like realize that I have adult money now,
you know, and.

Speaker 2 (37:38):
Free will adult money and free will free will. That
was a big one. I was like, I could just
buy it whatever Bayblades I want now, I don't have
to ask.

Speaker 5 (37:53):
So I bought all the bayblad exs that I wanted
and got back into it. My little brother I was
so into them, like so so into them when we
were little, and so then when I remember he need
to visit me, and he was like, oh, this is
this one and this one, Oh this is picass and
you have people like so he goes we got into

(38:14):
and you're dispect with my brothers and my niece the
whole time they're in Seattle.

Speaker 2 (38:17):
And yeah, same with djaying. I was like, I'm just
very Yeah.

Speaker 5 (38:22):
Sometimes they randomly just learned that I have adult money
and can do it I want sometimes.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
And that was those are two things I just kind
of ever born of it.

Speaker 1 (38:29):
Did you get like a I don't even know what
it's called, like the DJ like.

Speaker 5 (38:33):
Little Well, I had brought it up that I had
been wanting to do it for like a really long
time and I just didn't. I was like, I don't know,
and then Marine got me when I think for like Christmas,
my birthday or something.

Speaker 2 (38:46):
She got me like the controller, and I was like,
all right, that is a good idea. I should do.
That end up being really really fun. You got to
send some of your mixes. I'd love to.

Speaker 5 (38:57):
I'll come do it. What's your DJ name? We don't
have one yet. My pinky's broken, and so it was
really funny like whenever I would DJ, you can always
see like my pinky like this. So we're like, we
should just call me pinky, like DJ pinky or something.
I think it's stupid, but I'll find a name.

Speaker 2 (39:16):
We need DJ Pinky to come perform at TS.

Speaker 3 (39:19):
So you're also into anime? How'd you get into that?

Speaker 2 (39:23):
That's been forever. That was before I knew it was
like anime.

Speaker 5 (39:27):
You know, they were just like they were just the
cartoons that I came home and watched at three o'clock
when I go home from school, just like sprinting because
Yugyo started at the three thirty, you know, so get
a sprinting home from the bust stop so I could
be in front of the TV in time. So I
think Yugyoh was like the biggest one that got me

(39:50):
into it.

Speaker 2 (39:52):
In Yasha was also one, because yes, yeah, I used
to watch that. Remember it used to be an adults swim.
I used to come on with all kinds of hours
and I'm like, right, so I.

Speaker 5 (40:05):
Remember being like, oh, this is like the bad thing
I'm gonna watch, and my parents don't know what I'm watching, like.

Speaker 3 (40:14):
An elevated cartoon about like going around killing and saving people,
like okay, right, right, And I.

Speaker 2 (40:22):
Just remember just yeah, being up on when it was
in the school night.

Speaker 5 (40:25):
I got to like watching Yuyasha late at night, and
then again learning that I had free will in college,
and I was like, oh, I can just go back
and watch all the same Remoon episodes, like I can
just go back and watch all the Dragon Dragon ball
z and just like yeah, And then of course you
start to find like the anime community that puts you
on to you know, if you like this, you should

(40:45):
watch this, and then you just get down a rabbit
hole that.

Speaker 2 (40:47):
You can't escape. What's your favorite?

Speaker 5 (40:49):
Right now, I'm watching Get Your Kuda right now, Left
Chance on Man. This is controversial because of the fan service,
but I do love fire Force. I don't agree with
the fan service, but Force. Yeah, these are all anime names.

Speaker 3 (41:08):
She's like, I don't know what you guys about. It's
an elevated cartoon. I might have to watch an episode.
Don't cartoon. The community is real serious, right, Start with Naruto. Okay,
I've heard of from Dragon Ball Z or something. Yes,

(41:32):
dragon Ball z yu yoh easy, Yeah, Naruto too.

Speaker 5 (41:36):
Naruto is the one I watched a lot as a
kid that was on I think it was on Nickelodeon.

Speaker 2 (41:40):
All the time.

Speaker 3 (41:40):
But yeah, now some of these are on Netflix and stuff,
so accessible.

Speaker 5 (41:46):
Yeah, there's a lot of Netflix originals. I have a
tattoo of a Netflix original that's really really good. Don't
start with that one. It's called Doubleman, cry Baby. I
think you need to. If you start with that one,
you're going to be put off from anime for a
long time. Like it not traumatized, You're gonna traumatize. Yeah,
don't don't start with that. I gonna start it is
definitely one of my favorites. Oh, speaking of your tattoos,

(42:07):
what's your favorite tattoo?

Speaker 2 (42:09):
I really like my anime ones. How many anime ones
you have? Let's see I.

Speaker 5 (42:14):
Have two from Spirited Away. I don't know, you've probably
seen Spirited Away. It's like not that, it's yeah, that's
the movie you should watch.

Speaker 2 (42:24):
That's when you can start with for sure. Yeah, I
have perfect perfect some movie.

Speaker 5 (42:29):
It's cute these horses, Okay, Yeah, it's like beautiful to
watch too, like the animation.

Speaker 2 (42:37):
But yeah, I like my spirit.

Speaker 5 (42:38):
I get a lot of compliments on my no face tattoo.
I have one for my tack on tighten on my arm.
That's like that I love. I just love you are
you are really into anime and I love this.

Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yeah, I have more.

Speaker 5 (42:51):
I have JoJo's Bizarre Adventure on my ribs and I
love how that one looks too. Yeah, my only ones
I think are the coolest. I have doublem in Cribby
on my knee. I have another Spirited Away one. I'm
probably gonna get more animate ones. But yeah, what was
the first tattoo you ever got? I got a matching
one on my shoulder with my sister. I'm from Reno,

(43:12):
shout out to seven seven five and we are. We
like to get our tattoos in people's kitchens and garages.
We like to find whoever has a tattoo gun or
nose an artist, oh gosh, And so yeah, I got
my first tattoo in my friend's kitchen at fourteen, and

(43:34):
then when I got.

Speaker 2 (43:36):
To Yukon, we weren't allowed. I think you guys can
have tattoos visible now, right.

Speaker 1 (43:41):
But yeah, no, I remember watching you play and my
whole family was convinced that you had some sort of
shoulder injury.

Speaker 5 (43:48):
Yeah, for four years, the same one. Yeah, and they're like,
what kind of injury?

Speaker 2 (43:56):
Like does that kind of tape help?

Speaker 1 (43:57):
Like I I wasn't asking questions.

Speaker 2 (44:00):
I was like, just a sore, right. Oh.

Speaker 5 (44:04):
I remember, like CV, I probably put her through hell,
like my first two weeks of Yukon, like Cauz.

Speaker 2 (44:12):
You know, CD also has a lot of rules of
like she didn't like wearing.

Speaker 5 (44:15):
Shirts under jerseys because I heard like the tattoo rule,
and I was like, oh, that's fine, Like I wear
a long sleep under my jersey like I did in
high school.

Speaker 2 (44:21):
Anyways, I was like, I'll just wear her under.

Speaker 5 (44:22):
CD was like, oh, that's even worse than the tattoo,
and I was like okay. We tried to like cut
the shirt a certain way, which looked horrible. We tried
to put makeup on it, and she didn't want regular
tape because she was like, the only thing I hate
more than the tattoo was tape covering up a tattoo,
like she thought it looked tacky, and I was like.

Speaker 2 (44:43):
Okay, just CD, you know.

Speaker 5 (44:46):
Yeah, And so I think like five games into the season,
after trying different things, we finally settled on canisio tape because.

Speaker 2 (44:52):
It looked yeah, like an injury.

Speaker 5 (44:54):
And then it became a part of my pregame routine,
like cutting the tape properly, getting the trainer to put
it on right, like yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:01):
Speaking of CD, tell us about your cat and how
you hit it from her?

Speaker 1 (45:10):
Oh man, yeah, oh that was so bad.

Speaker 2 (45:16):
I got. Yeah.

Speaker 5 (45:19):
I remember like when I finally left Yukon and with
my cat and my mom being like, you survived, you
made it out.

Speaker 2 (45:30):
You made it out with your cat. It's so bad.
I don't think.

Speaker 5 (45:35):
I think, even to this day, I'm scared to tell
her that, like my whole senior year I had.

Speaker 2 (45:40):
Yeah, sorry, yeah, she sees this like I.

Speaker 5 (45:45):
Remember one time Lou Lou got called into or she
was not called into, but she was in the coach's
offices and she had cat hair like all over her.

Speaker 2 (45:55):
Shout out to lou she is a real one. But
she's been cuddling with my cat all day and the
coach like is that cat hair?

Speaker 5 (46:01):
And she was like I was at my friend's house,
like thought of a lie on the fly, like a
real one, A real one.

Speaker 2 (46:07):
Yeah, for sure. She's like, oh my god. She was
like I forgot to get the cat hair on.

Speaker 5 (46:13):
But I remember like having my cat, had to stay
at like my friend's house. When we would do like
the fire inspections mm hmm whatever, when the people would
come inspect the apartment, I'd have to hide her and
just we had a fire droll once can ourselves the
story and I had to like grab the cat and
run out.

Speaker 2 (46:30):
And then I had like hit in the car so
nobody saw that I had. I had her with me,
but I can't believe that.

Speaker 1 (46:38):
I can't believe successfully you hit her from CD. That's
so impressive.

Speaker 5 (46:45):
And I had her like though my entire senior year
two Like I got her, Oh wow, I got her.
She was yeah, they had her November December. Yeah, yeah,
to this day, this is GOODA she found finds out
I'm really still petrified and like, haven't told her.

Speaker 2 (47:04):
Well, I'm sorry.

Speaker 1 (47:05):
You're definitely going to get as fans love your style
and so do I. What was your favorite fit from
last season?

Speaker 2 (47:12):
Ooh good question? Also thank you flattered.

Speaker 5 (47:20):
I think it was when my niece was in town visiting.
She's ten years old, and she styled it was like
a Jordan vest. I think I had like a long
button up underneath like a white skirt, and my niece
actually styled that one for me.

Speaker 2 (47:36):
Oh yeah, And I think that was my favorite look.

Speaker 5 (47:39):
And it was fun, like because I have a group
chat with my niece and my sister and they would
help me out with my outfits all season, so I
don't have a stylist of my own.

Speaker 2 (47:46):
I just do it myself or with them.

Speaker 5 (47:49):
And so that my niece was finally visiting me and
I was like, okay, like we can go through the
closet together, you can help me, And yeah.

Speaker 1 (47:54):
That's so sweet. All right, if I come to Seattle,
I'm gonna need to come stele me.

Speaker 5 (48:00):
Honestly, she'd do a great job. She would do a
great job. She's so cool. It's so annoying how cool
she is at ten years old.

Speaker 2 (48:08):
Well she's a cool aunts. So oh.

Speaker 3 (48:12):
So Gabby, the fans want to know, what did you
whisper into Jules's ear after Game three?

Speaker 2 (48:18):
Yeah? That was weird. It got like weirdly weirdly viral,
and I was, yeah, it was.

Speaker 5 (48:24):
Yeah, it was just one of those things where I
just said, like, all right, I was like you little
shit or something stupid, like, you know, like you got
me whatever, it's it's duel, it's all love. And I think, yeah,
we always just make little remarks, like even when we
would score on each other sometimes in like games during
the regular season or whatever, she'd like, don't do that again,

(48:45):
like she blocks this shit out of me.

Speaker 2 (48:46):
Once.

Speaker 5 (48:47):
I was like, don't do that again, you know, just
like I've done do it forever, just joke. So I
think I just said like, like, you little shit, and
then I wish just wished her good luck for for
the rest of playoffs.

Speaker 1 (48:58):
When you were George the storm loss, how do you
feel about that? Oh?

Speaker 2 (49:02):
And people were georgs it's kind of crazy. Listen, I'm
thank you, thank you for asking me about this. This
has been like the most annoying thing, and it was
so annoying. We were losing every game.

Speaker 5 (49:18):
At that point, we were on like a six game,
seven game losing streak. I'm like, it's not the georts, y'all,
like we're we are not playing well. And it was
so annoying because it would like mess with me mentally,
which I hate it because usually, like, I'm not on Twitter.
I got off Twitter a long time ago. Even my

(49:38):
anime Twitter, it's not even fun anymore. I know all
the basketball fans for my anime Twitter, so I'm like,
I got to see Escape Basketball and now they've all
found me. So I'm like, I'm not even on Twitter anymore,
but people were still finding a way for me to
like see this freaking thing. Every Instagram comment was like
about georgs I ruined a lot of my outfits that
I had ready for this year, So jokes on y'all.

Speaker 2 (50:01):
Y'all missed out on a lot of good looks.

Speaker 5 (50:03):
So between about George and missing now on some outfits.

Speaker 2 (50:09):
Jokes on them. I'm crying. I'm crying. Jeorde gay eliminated, eliminated. Yeah.
I was like, this is what y'all decided to focus on?
How about the basketball? How about the night?

Speaker 3 (50:32):
All right, So now it's time for our funding games.
The first one is the what the fud of the week?
So what the fudd of week? Is something that happened
this week that made you go, what the fun?

Speaker 2 (50:43):
I already have one. It is miss Asy flood dropping.

Speaker 3 (50:46):
Thirty one, baby, thirty one, first one of the season,
thirty ball.

Speaker 5 (50:52):
M h yeah, first one, but we know we're going
to see a few more. I mean, you look in
such great shape and it's a thirty one, but it
is the most efficient thirty one in college basketball right now,
which I really respect because as you know, like scoring
thirty at Yukon is not.

Speaker 2 (51:09):
Something that happens a lot.

Speaker 5 (51:11):
But obviously you know you're going four for four, like
that's gonna be easy.

Speaker 2 (51:14):
But because you don't see.

Speaker 5 (51:18):
Like volume shooters and so you're not you're getting this
as a non volume shooter, Like you're geting this officially. Wow,
this year, you're taking the best matchup like you're you're
also your defense is what has really impressed me, uh
this year, and I just think, let me stop happying you.

Speaker 2 (51:35):
So that you don't go time.

Speaker 5 (51:41):
Actually, like hold up, let me relax for someone takes
you before.

Speaker 2 (51:46):
Well, thank you.

Speaker 1 (51:46):
I'm channeling my inner Gabby Williams this year defensively, you know,
I'm trying to get on those boards and that's where
my what the food comes in? Min What the fudd
is Sarah Strong and her twenty rebounds?

Speaker 5 (51:57):
Yeah, that's insane. Yeah, she's bursting a generational talent. She're
absolutely saying generational talent. So we're gonna pivot onto our
next game. It is called Thanksgiving this or that. So
I'm gonna give you, guys to options, and you're gonna
tell me which one you would prefer.

Speaker 2 (52:16):
Ready, first one turkey, your ham turkey. I don't eat meat. Yeah,
I was vegan for a long time.

Speaker 5 (52:31):
I'm hearing because going overseas it's a lot harder to
especially in Turkey.

Speaker 2 (52:38):
I don't speak the language.

Speaker 5 (52:39):
So I still like, I never eat meat, but I'll
go between vegan and vegetarian. When I'm in the States,
it's much easier, or even in France, it's way easier
to be vegan. Vegan is no eggs, no eggs, no dairy,
no honey, no yogurt, cheese. Don't get her started as

(53:03):
a vegetarian, Like, what the heck do you eat if
you don't eat cat of cheese?

Speaker 2 (53:06):
A lot of things.

Speaker 5 (53:07):
They actually make garry for younger, which I eat almost
every day. Actually, okay, yeah, all right, y'all.

Speaker 3 (53:13):
Mashed potatoes or sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet.

Speaker 2 (53:17):
Potato, potato casserole, sweet potato. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (53:23):
Stuffings are dressing, stuffing, stuffing, gravy or cranberry sauce.

Speaker 2 (53:31):
Gravy either, oh I do. Green bean casserole.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
Are roasted Brussels sprouts green.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
Bean, Oh, Bressels sprouts. I love Breussels sprouts.

Speaker 3 (53:47):
Corn Bread are dinner rolls both, yeah, both mac and
cheese or scalped potatoes, maca mac and cheese baked.

Speaker 2 (54:01):
For me. Pumpkin pie or apple pie. Oh, apple pie,
potato bags. Probably a dinner starting at two pm or
eight pm, two so I can eat again at eight Yeah, exactly.

(54:25):
If there was a right answer, that'd be it.

Speaker 3 (54:28):
Yeah, host at your house or visit family, visit.

Speaker 2 (54:34):
I don't want to do all the cooking as long
as my family is there, I don't care where we are.
Oh that's cute. That was cute. I like to host.

Speaker 5 (54:44):
I like to cook a lot, like to cook. Tell
people over, Yeah, yeah, I come over. I'll host that.

Speaker 2 (54:52):
I will good question. So who's tasting it? How do
you good? I'll be tasting I will have that.

Speaker 5 (55:05):
Yeah, I have someone taste it. But yeah, I'm not
I'm not someone like I'm not gonna yuck, you're yum.
I'm not like one of the you know, the duaries.

Speaker 2 (55:13):
It's like, oh, you're eating that, and do you know
what that is?

Speaker 5 (55:16):
Like?

Speaker 2 (55:17):
Do your thing if you want me to cook it off,
cook it if you want to eat it.

Speaker 5 (55:19):
It doesn't gross me out or it does gross me out,
but I'm not going to like make you not want
to eat it, you know.

Speaker 3 (55:25):
Yeah, dress comfy or dressed up comfy, dressed up, dressed
up Black Friday shopping in person are online online?

Speaker 2 (55:37):
In person stores? It depends what I'm shopping for, but
probably in person. All right, we have fighting a grandma
over a TV. Good luck. It's because online is dangerous.
It's easy to put it.

Speaker 5 (55:55):
Yeah, no, like so easy to put everything in your
cart and that you don't need.

Speaker 3 (55:59):
Oh okay, in person you have a little bit more no, yeah, okay.
Start decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving.

Speaker 2 (56:11):
After.

Speaker 1 (56:12):
When I'm at home it's after, but at school it's before.

Speaker 3 (56:16):
After well, honestly, I love Christmas, so I'm like ring
on the pink Christmas tree.

Speaker 5 (56:23):
I leave my Halloween decorations up too long, so I'm
like mourning Halloween.

Speaker 2 (56:28):
When Christmas comes around, I'm like, no, this cookie season
is so bad.

Speaker 1 (56:34):
All right, ladies, that's the end of our game, all right,
And that is all we have for today's episode. Gabby,
thank you so much for joining us. This was a
lot of fun. I really enjoyed getting to know a
lot of things about you, but mostly your anime. I'm
excited to go watch some I don't even know what
what I'm That's what I'm starting with. I'm excited to start. Yeah,
So thank you so much for joining us and listeners.

(56:56):
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Speaker 2 (57:14):
And Stephen Curry.

Speaker 1 (57:15):
Co executive producer is Kleana Maria Cutney, producers are Mike
Coscarelli and co producers are Kurt Redmand, Maya Howard, and
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Speaker 2 (57:24):
This podcast is edited by Mike Coscarelli and hosted by
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