February 4, 2026 • 34 mins
In this episode of Game Recognize Game, Breanna Stewart and Myles Turner show love to players who have been proving they have serious game this season, including Anthony Black, Chelsea Gray, and JT Toppin.
The show then shifts to the business side of basketball as Stewie dives deep into the WNBA CBA, having an open and honest player’s perspective conversation with Myles. They break down why understanding the CBA matters, how it impacts careers in real time, and the key differences between NBA and WNBA agreements, including the very real possibility that the WNBA season could be affected.
The episode also delivers plenty of classic Game Recognize Game moments: Myles admits to getting cooked by Reggie Jackson, Stewie gives Sue Bird her flowers for elite leadership, and the show wraps with parenting advice from Stewie and a grounding yoga lesson from Myles.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're prepared to do it to not play, but we
don't want to. We want to play because we know
how important it is to be on the court for
a number of reasons, for the people, for the fans,
for the city. But I think it'll it'll be something
that's that's really tough if that push comes to shove.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Welcome a game recognized game our Miles Turner. I love
your NBA VET Center for the Milwaukee Bucks, along with
my legendary coast three time WNBA champion for Honest Stewart
aka Steel. We're out here in Atlanta right now. Man,
I know thirty degrees here, it'll make no sense where
I'm at. But you know, it's all been here for
three days and just kind of be kicking it what
you've been on, Steward.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh, we've been. We've been in Miami and it's oh
seventy seventy five eighty just looking at some beach water.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Honestly, that's love. That's love, man. Good good for y'all.
You should you deserve it at this point.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Honestly, I'm happy to be here because it's snowing in
Brooklyn right now, so the warm weather is important.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's about to be negative fourteen degrees in Milwaukee when
we get back. So I mean, I'm a yeah, you
know whatever, Midwest baby, you know kind of is what
it is.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Mm hmmm. Well, everybody knows that the weather is just
all over the place right now. But we have a
lot on this show today. We're going to give respect
to a few players that have been showing out the
season between NBA Unrivaled and college hoops.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, I want to learn more a little bit more
about the w NBA CBA situation, So we're definitely gonna
get into that. We got some rapid fire questions and
we're get into some stories as well.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Mm hmm. And then we'll go off the court from
my parenting corner and Miles is going to teach me
something new. Jack can't wait.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Got you on that. The show is called game Recognized Game,
So let's get some respect a few of the best
players in the NBA this season. First and foremost. Man Like,
I'm like the NBA junkie, So when I have my
time off, I'm always on League Pass. I'm always watching,
you know, some of the late games and whatnot. So
for me, you gotta get some respect by Young Bull
from Dallas Man. He Anthony Black. You know, he's in
this second year right now, and he's a he's made
(02:02):
a major leap this year. You know, he's a shooting
the ball a lot better. You know, scouting him last
year was the sag off. He's a driver, but now
he's got to make him respect him at three point line.
Now the Orlando mager is starting to surge a little
bit more. And I think he's a big part. You know, uh,
you know of that. You know, you're young, you're young
guys developing you know, quicker than you expect him to
is always important. And yeah, man, like I think he's
a he's doing well. Another Dallas hoop on the map. Man,
(02:23):
so happy there. And then we got another Anthony as well. Man,
Anthony Edwards a man as a lot of y'all know,
I think he's taking a major step the season as well.
He's one of the more competitive guys I've played against.
You know, you've seen him in the conference final. You've
seen the way you know he goes about his business.
And yeah, man, he's one of those younger, young guys
that are you know, somewhat the face of the league
at this point right now, so you know, I think
(02:44):
there he's playing at a high level. You know, the
Timberwolves are kind of surge in the West right now
as well. So yeah, you know, NBA is always full
of the soap oper over here. Man, you never know
who's gonna you know, rise it, it's up.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I feel like it's just concert highlights. You know, he
just had fifty five, Anthony Otherrids just had fifty five,
and Anthony Black just dunked on four people. So those
are the type of highlights that I want to be
constantly checking up on. Moving on to unrival players, definitely
want to give love to my miss teammate Alicia Gray.
(03:15):
She's been going crazy. She's like the protigy three x
three player. Obviously here at Unrivaled, we're playing, we're playing
full court, but to be a three and D player
really separate you from from all the rest. And I'm
happy that she's on my team. We're doing way better
than we were doing last year. We're off to a
three and one start and really just hoping to to
(03:37):
kind of continue to get after and win that one
hundred K bonus if you win the championship.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
That's love, man. I've always liked Alicia Gray. I watched
her in Dallas when I wass go to the Wings
games and she got a strap. Man. Always been a
lefty's been a lefty with it. And she used to
wear them the Douglas too, So I mean that was
something that she still good for her. Man should her.
Miles is like, it's feels good about that. Man. I
wore the Rexpecs a minute of my damn self. So yeah, man,
(04:03):
I've always personally loved watching Chelsea great play. I man,
she you talk about dines where you talk about this
court vision. She's got like that like old women's game,
but could still like get to it and get active. Man.
And like she's from what I've seen person, she's upcoming
like a lot of injuries, and I think, you know,
at this point in her career, it's you know, it's
tough for anybody to kind of bounce back and still
be an effective player. I remember I was working out.
(04:24):
I forgot what we were think about it, but have
be in La. I think she did some part time
stuff with the Lakers or whatnot, and I got a
chance to meet her in person, just kind of wrap
it her, just gave her respect. Bro again, it's always
someone I've loved watching, like from Afar, and I think
she's doing a great job this arrivals so far as well. Man,
I think it's kind of cool just the fact that
you guys have kind of come together, get some of
the best players and really just just hope. Man. I mean,
at this outside of like the real league, which it
(04:46):
is like in y'all's regular season. So man, Yeah, Chelsea
great man. She's one of my favorite players to watch.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, she's a bucket, but listen, don't be a bucket
when we play. We haven't played them yet, Chelsea. Moving
on to to some woman's call basketball players, someone that
I want to give a shout out to, I'm gonna
I'm gonna bleed blue over here for the men's and
women's college basketball players. Sarah Strong really impressed with her game.
I think that her jump from her freshman to sophomore year,
(05:14):
she just looks a lot more comfortable in everything that
she's doing. And one of the biggest things is she
doesn't get sped up. She's a three level scorer. She's
all over the place offensively and defensively. I was just
up at Yukon and she's really making it a point
to lead the team in every single way possible.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
You know me, Man, I'm gonna give love to my
lady Longhorns and got to give real love to Maddie Booker.
Man Madison, if you're watching this, I'm really proud of you. Man.
We got a chance to wrap two years ago up
in Oregon at the Nike Skills Academy and everything you
talked about you're making coming to fruition right now. You're
doing it. You've been doing it, and keep going, man,
for real. I just enjoy watching you play. I think
(05:52):
you have a really good pace to your game. I
think that you are on obviously all of the you know,
the top when it comes to the w NBA. You
know we're there. We're definitely waiting you at this professional level.
So man, keep going, man, and keep leading the Lady
Longhorns because the again, you're fun to watch him afar.
You know it goes. Your impact goes beyond just the
game of hoos. Man. I think there's a lot of
young women after that are looking up to you right now.
(06:14):
So yeah, I got to get big love to to
the Longhorns. Man, keep him going, hunkmm know what it is,
and it's same on the college front. Man, I can't
believe I'm saying this, but you know, we got Texas
Tech player that's actually Hooper right now, man, JT topping
bro It's in big fella. Has been fun watching him play.
(06:35):
I watched him play against I think it was Duke
about like it might have been like two weeks ago
or so, and that was my first time really getting
to watch him play. You know, I've heard a lot
of heard a lot of hype like around him and whatnot.
And I think he's playing at a very high level. Uh,
someone who's like at the top of the draft wars
as well. I think he just uh someone's leading the
charge on his team as well. You know, to Texas Text,
playing like playing good basketball right now. And it's still
(06:56):
pains me to say that, but it's all good man.
The Red Raiders rolling a little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Texas Tech uses us on their Instagram account.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Shout that's real man. And then also Nata met Man's
he's another person that was at that uh the Nike
Skills Academy over there in Oregon a couple of years ago.
He's just a big prospect, man, He's he's a freshman
right now, and I think he's playing at a very
high level as well. I think any freshman, especially you know,
in his heightened stature, trying to kind of like face
(07:26):
up and play like with them guards skills, is going
to struggle a little bit trying to go into into
the college game. But I think he's someone who's kind
of picked it up rather quickly. I think he should
be at the top of like all the draft boards
as well. He's some of that. I think he's a
three big guy, gets up and down because he's like
developing his shot like a lot more and plays above
the rim. And that's very important, you know obviously in
our league, especially coming in, and I think he's the
NBA ready prospect at that And uh yeah, we got
(07:49):
my former coach Rick Barnes over there coaching him as well.
So man, get him to the league, man, I don't
care what you gotta do. Get him to the league.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
And lastly, shout out to my other Husky Brightlyn Mullins.
Heard he's going to be an NBA lottery pick.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Oh yeah, yeah, your first go Huskies, all right, them
Huskies roll a little bit. What y'all do is this
y'all righty here, which I'll be own.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
I like this. We got to bend the ears a
little bit.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Okay, alright, right, fair, that's fair, All right, Stewie, I
know you've been dying to talk about the CBA negotiations.
You know, obviously it's been an ongoing thing for a
while now. Uh So in the meantime, just for people
who may be fresh to the situation, can you give
us like a little synopsis and kind of explain what
the situation the situation is and what's your role, isn't
(08:32):
it right now?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, so the situation is a little bit insane with
the CBA negotiations to start. I'm a VP, So I'm
a vice president on the Executive Committee, which is basically
the committee that oversees all of the players. You know,
we're the ones that are like really kind of feeding
the information to the players, but also, uh the ones
(08:55):
that are sitting on the other side of the table
with the league. And we have been negotiations for sixteen seventeen,
going on seventeen months now, and we're really struggling to
agree on the salary system. So the biggest problem with
us is we're talking about gross revenue, which is revenue
(09:17):
after expenses, and then net revenue, which is overall. And
our struggle is that between the WNBPA and the WBA,
we can't figure out like a common ground. So we've
were pasted our extension. We had an extension, we're past
that extension. Now we're just in this period of status
(09:40):
quo where we just continue to negotiate in good faith.
But obviously for those that follow the w it's you know,
we're well into the new year, and it should be
free agency happening right now, like there should have been
an expansion draft. There's a lot of things that are
really going behind. So I feel like my brain is
(10:04):
hurting a little bit, Like people keep asking me about it,
and I'm like, yeah, my brain is hurting because it's
like I want to be president and unrivaled, but also
I'm a part of the the EC and I want
to make sure that this league happens because we're in
such a monumental time with what's happening in women's sports
and we don't want to lose that. So overall, that's
(10:24):
the just the biggest thing is we're struggling with the
salary system, and then we struggle with the salary, and
then from there, I think all the other things that
we're fighting for, housing benefits, like retired players, like that'll
come once we can agree on a number, but right
now we can't agree.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Understood. I think you did a great job breaking that down,
you know, especially like just in layman terms with people
who may not be paying attention, you know, as much
the situation. I gotta kind of I got a question
this from you know, on my side of things, I
think when when Fee first kind of went at the
ba A commissioner, you know, like a couple months ago,
that was obviously unprecedented thing and kind of like you know,
(11:02):
made shockwaves through the league. Was that the first like
telltale sign like you know that you know there was
going to be an issue, or was it like kind
of like a where there you know, other things are
bubbled towards the top, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yeah, I mean I think that there were rumblings. I
think that you know, fe her season just finished, h
she she was injured and really just kind of voicing
her frustrations overall and definitely respect your opinions and things
like that, but uh, it's because we've been going through
(11:35):
this for months and months and months and months, and
I feel like we're not getting any kind of movement
or shift in their direction. And we and and that's
not to say I know the w BA wants to
have a season, but I feel like there's like a
line of communication that's just not happening between owners and
players or EC and WNBA or w p A and
(12:00):
b NBA. So I don't know, Miles, if you've ever
been in any of these rooms, but it's like it's
just very it's stuffy, yeah, because you have to you're
talking about like the proposal and the amendments and all
(12:20):
these things, and the wording is like has to be
specific to the contract, and it's like, well, let's just
talk about money. You know, when can we when can
we get to that point?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I did a little bit of studying for our last CBA.
You know, I was in the I'm not on the
executive community or anything like that, but our committee or
anything like that, but I've been in some of the
union meetings and a lot of it. The way they
incentivized us was like, let's just go ahead and get
the CBA sign so we don't have to worry about that.
And I can see on the NBA sign their lawyer's
side where it's like how it benefits them. I like,
all right, you get these players to sign this cool
(12:50):
pitch post. We did, we had to do. But I
think a lot of people are upset now on the
NBA side because you look at our a couple of
these the first, second, third, apron and whatnot, Like it's
not covering majority of the players in this league. There's
a whole isn't it.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Like the middle the middle man of the league is
like really kind of getting screwed.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
It's obsolete. Yeah, they're getting kind of they're basically having
to sign just over minimum deals, you know what I'm saying.
And you know, obviously, you know it's kind of comparing
apples oranges, you know, when it comes to NBA and
in the in the NBA with our problems right now,
because it's on two different scales, if you will. Yeah,
like we at the end of day, we don't really
don't have a lot to complain about, you know what
I mean, Like guys are getting paid at that. But
(13:28):
to your point, originally it was with these lawyers and whatnot,
they just obviously just kind of kind of pushed to
us and incentivized us and other things that don't like
really matter and all types of stuff, Like I know
a big one was they took away like drug testing,
like right trying to like push over to CBA. It's like, okay,
we gotta sign this right now, then we're not going
to test y'all. And as a bachelor of players in
this league, that's like, hey, you know what, that sounds
like a great idea we should do that, you know,
(13:48):
while not reading the fine prints. So it is tough
being in those rooms that I don't think at all times,
like you know, one everybody's on the same page and stuff.
Is a good way to describe me it because you know,
again like it's just a I don't know, man, the
environment just doesn't create like a really good negotiation ground
like if you will, I.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Completely agree, And I think like the other thing that
I'll say is like I don't know, Like for me,
it's like this is the first time we're in a
revenue shared model. So before it was like we had
like a hard cap and we had a structure, and
we had you could have two twenty max and everything
else kind of trickled down, you know. Now we're gonna
(14:28):
like really blow that out of the water, which is incredible.
But I know, like personally as WBA players, it's like, well,
we've signed however many cbadails before, and we just don't
want to get jipped. We don't want to feel like
we're signing something and we're actually getting like screwed because
now we know how much you need us. We see
the valuations between all the teams and all the things
and the expansion piece, and it's like, no, there's a
(14:49):
lot of money behind this, so like, don't forget to
pay us too. So it's just really a back and
forth battle.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
So would y'all say, would you say y'all prepared not
to play the season? I know you want to, but
would you say your prayer not to play as a collective.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
I think that we so we have we've approved the
strike authorization vote, which means that we're able to formally
lock out whenever we want because we have majority of
the players votes behind us. I think that for me personally,
(15:26):
like the sooner it gets the closer it gets a
w BAS season, it's we're prepared to do it to
not play, but we don't want to. We want to
play because we know how important it is to be
on the court for a number of reasons, for the people,
for the fans, for the city. But yeah, I think
it'll be something that's that's really tough if that if
(15:47):
push comes to shove, because you know, like you said,
you're comparing apples to oranges. The W in the W
in the NBA, like contracts are vastly different. So it's like, yeah,
the top ten, maybe fifteen players can survive without a
W contract, right, But the rest it's like, no, you
(16:11):
don't want to. You don't want to go that much
without getting paid. But I feel like the PA is
doing a great job of making sure that we have
like the amenities and the resources, and if we don't
get what we want, we will sit out, but we
we don't want to do that.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Of course not. And I really like what you said
in like the says you're taking this isn't for y'all.
This is like for the next generation of players you know,
coming up and whatnot. This is going to be their model.
And then eventually, you know, when you're retired on you're
going to want someone to pass us on. So I
think it's I think it's I think it's very powerful,
you know, obviously the state that you have to take
in it right now, very historical at that.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
I mean, yeah, I mean I'm definitely like, I definitely
want to take a lot of it on myself and
the EC and just knowing like we're gonna make this
saying the best thing possible. And you know, I know
a lot of people are kind of like hating about
being a part of Unrivaled and also trying to negotiate
(17:09):
the w n b A. But it's like I want
two things to both be successful.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Mhm.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
And literally that's how I'm looking at it, Like I'm
looking at this from a pre business standpoint and how
things can be great for everyone. I think that Unrivaled
the only thing the only positives, like the only thing
that Unrivaled the showing is positive. When you show players
on social media or in games or wherever the case
may be, people watch, right, So we can't we can't
(17:36):
not have that for our summer season in the w
n b A.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
M hm. I agree. How do you think the negotiations
like affected you, just like personally, you know, as a
player and obviously you just spoke to me, like the
business side of things but how is it just affected
you and just your just your overall psyche.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, I mean, I think negotiations Honestly, during the season,
I don't think it was as kind of chaotic as
as it is now. So I'm happy to be like
in the off season, obviously playing unrivals on a game
day when I have calls and things like that, it's
a little bit more stressful, but like, this is the
(18:13):
price you pay of being in these seats. It's like,
if you want to be able to do both and
use I want to use my platform on my voice,
Like I have to be able to be present all
the time, and I do not want to be there
and something happened and then regret it when we sign
a CBA that we don't like for the next six years,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Mm hmm. Yeah, as your more obligation if you will.
And I like the fact that you're, like, I guess,
advocating and actually just like switching, like switching to that
mode because you know, you feel like you had to.
But yeah, man, we don't have to keep like plugging
away at that. I just think there's a lot of
fans out there that are very you know, curious about
what's going on, and you know, it's just a lot
of WA fans that are going to be missing the
(18:54):
league if nothing does happen. So you'll heard of your
first man, Mason. Mason, shit happened.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Up real Wenna. Make it happen. We're gonna make it happen.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
We're gonna figure. Yeah, well it's not very quick break.
When we come back, we'll do some rapid fire questions
and we'll find out who the best trash talker is
in the w.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Welcome back to Game, recognized game with Stuie and Miles,
and let's do some rapid fire topics. I'll start first, Miles,
what part of your game are you most proud of today?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
I think it had to be just my ability to defend
the room. It's something that I've always had and I've
always kind of a you know, it's second in night
since man, you can't necessarily like teach that either you
got it or you don't. I've always been a you know,
a great shot block or whatnot. And I've led the
league in uh blocks, you know twice now just in
my career. So something I'm very proud of is something
that I continue just to uh, you know, just I
(19:57):
do just to keep using out there again. It's like
a sixth cent you know what type of thing. So yeah,
I agree. Yeah, I'm sure you know a lot about that.
Who's the best trash talker in the w n B A.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Oh, so this was a hard one when I was
thinking about this. I think the best, the best trash
talker in the WBA, I'm gonna go like former, So
former would be Dinah Tross He's like the ultimate trash talker.
And then current, Uh, Marina Maybrey. She's on the Connecticut
Sun and she's just like a firecracker, you know. She's
(20:30):
she's from Jersey. She's competitive and she just says whatever
comes to her mind whenever she wants. So I love
her competitive nature. She's here and unrivaled and I I
walk by and I'm like, no crash out today, please, like,
don't crash out here.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Gotta love it, man. It creates the personality to the game.
That's fine, No, it's great.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
You you love the competitive aspect of it, and and
know that, like you know, majority of this ship that's
on set on the court is not it's not anything personal.
It's just said, you know, one year, like in the
heat of the game, all right to you most underrated
player in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Uh, it's tough man, because like, okay, I got to
go on. His name is a Sege McCollum. We're all
very aware of his game. He's not like super like underrated,
but he's someone who kind of flies under the radar, right.
You know, he obviously had his like really good days
in Portland and then ever since, you know, he's kind
of bounced around teams. I think people just forget like
he's just a cold blooded like assassin. Bro. He a killer. Yeah,
(21:37):
he's really. He's like kind of has like a real
like mild demeanor, Like he don't really talk like a
lot of shit either. He kind of just goes after
does his business. And he's he had two game winners
in US this year, bro, like just off rip. And again,
it's like one of those things where like you just
he's like one of those guys you kind of just
like forget about because again, like he's he's been on
like teams that you know aren't haven't necessarily been winning
and whatnot, and he flies in the radar. So he's
(21:58):
probably like one of my most sons rate of guys
just because you know just the way you get down.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
So yeah, and you play him tomorrow, so no game winners,
you're gonna report back.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Who do you think the best leader you ever played with?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
This is an easy one for me. The best leader
I ever played with is Supered. She's like my point guard,
someone that I played with in Seattle for seven years
with the national team, and I feel like I kind
of just followed in her footsteps. You know, we're both
from New York. We both went to Yukon and we
both got drafted to Seattle, and I was just trying
(22:37):
to be a sponge, and you know, she's someone that
she literally played until the wheels fell off, and I
loved playing with her every second of that. So I
missed playing with her, but I'm happy to be able
to to kind of go to her for guidance for
(22:58):
anything that I need on the court off the court,
and just call her friend. So shout out to Sue.
Gotta get around the pod. Honestly, Sue and Meghan both
come on the pod and just just rapid fire some
questions that I talk.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
So that's real, Okay, like that all right?
Speaker 1 (23:13):
So you asked me this already and I had to answer,
So now I get to ask you a time you
got cooked on the court.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Man, So I think it was might have been like
my third or my fourth year. His name is Reggie Jackson,
Like he's not in the league currently, but he's someone
who's at a very successful career and he was playing
for Detroit Pistons at the time. And when I was
Indiana and Troy Yan is like it's a big rivalry whatnot? Right,
always goes back to mouse in the Palace and all
sorts of stuff. So it was actually a really close game,
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and it was like the third quarter or something like that,
and the clip is definitely out there, but he basically
came by and hit me with like a double cross, bro,
And like I felt right, like as a big, like
getting dunked on is like a right whatever, you know
what I'm saying, Right, Yeah, he was gonna be on
sports either way that you blocked it or got dunked on.
But it's one of the most embarrassing things, is a
big getting crossed because you're just tall as hell and
(24:06):
just that that time you spent being up landing on
the ground is just so tough. Bro. It's like it's
like slow motion or whatever, and the worst part of
about is he hit the shot and it's like that's
like when it kind of just all goes to go
to share after that. So yeah, man, shot of Reggie
Jackson and he got me when I was a young bull.
Oh god, Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
We wish we wish you would have messed, Reggie. We
wish you would have messed.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I should have sold the clip. Man. That's all good.
I think we talked about this last time too, but
in reverse as well, like if you can steal one
skill from me, like what would it be?
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So I wanted to I wanted to say this at
the beginning, but I just let you. I didn't want
to jump down to all the questions. So if I
could steal one skill from you, your ability to protect
the rim. I think that the way that you're consistently
like leading the league or top five and blocks per
game is something that is an underrated quality and people
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don't really recognize that. It's it's not just because you're tall, like,
it's because you have to have timing and all of
those things. So I feel like I get my fair
share of blocks, but like compared to you, I need
to get a lot more so. So that's something that
I'm like, I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna watch some film.
I'm gonna see your timing and figure out where I
need to be when I need to be there.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Oh yeah, man, we love some pay protection. Man. I
appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Time for one more break. Next up, we go off
the court and get personal Welcome back to the game
recognized game with Stewie Miles. Let's get to my favorite
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part of the show, Stewie's parent corner. Okay, so I
have I have a few situations that I just need
to share with you because you know what, when you
have toddlers, you have to be ready for anything. So
the other day, Ruby was with our nanny and she
was like, can I Can I say something? And our
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nanny was like, what do you want to say? And
she's like, Ruby said, can I say Jesus Christ? And
and she was like why And she was like, because
when I'm crossing the road and people are beeping and
honking their horns, it's just really loud. And we were like,
(26:40):
she was like, you know what, Ruby, you can say
oh my gosh or Jesuise mind you. Ruby's four years old,
so okay, you know what, sometimes she's hearing things at
home and like, you know, Martha and I aren't always proud,
but it's just the realistic way that we live. And
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then and then she said one more time to Madie.
She said, to our nanny, she said, can I say?
What the fuck? Oh?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
We were like two extremes.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
We were like, no, that's that's for adults only. So
I guess from my parents' corner, my advice would be
is to watch what you say when your kids are around,
because they're always listening and they definitely want to repeat it.
Even though I will give a shout out to Ruby,
my four year old, she knows when to use these words.
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Not that we recommend her using them, but at least
she knows how to use them in context.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
That is hilarious, bro, because I feel like you're right,
they're just sponges, right, And it's constantly just like you
wouldn't you don't even recognize. You'll just say something and
you know, they'll just you know, regurgitated. Like one of
the days like what the hell who taught you that? Right?
I know?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I know the other day I'm gonna like go off
in a little tangent. The other day, I was on
the phone heal my two year old, and he was like,
where are you? And I'm like, I'm in Miami. And
he's like, why are you in? Youurami? Like he was
like Miami and I was like, no, I'm in like Miami,
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Florida and he was like Youurami. I'm like, okay, you
know what, I'm in Florida. So at least they're they're
just dissecting every single word that you say at all times. So,
like I said to his parents, be careful.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
I bet that's dope. Man. Though you kind of get
to see the development or whatnot is how they're formulating
words and thoughts and sentences, like just over time. I
can't imagine how rewarding that is, though.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
It is until until they say some wild shit.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Yeah. Yeah, you kind of have to take it all right, man.
So I do not have kids yet, you know, one
of these days I would be blessed to, you know,
call myself a parent. So uh, this part of seven
is called new to Stewart. And I think last time,
you know, we talked about my infinity and my love
for Lego whatnot. It's just to you know, kind of
get down in that verse. But there's another hobby that
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do and uh, I've always been big into the yoga field. Man,
Yoga is something that's uh brought a lot of balance
into my life. You know. I first I was doing
it for the physical you know benefits, but then there's
a lot of mental and spiritual benefits that come with
it as well. And uh, you know sometimes when your
kids are out there and they're really just uh driving
you insane or just kind of even push you to
that point. One thing obviously, just are some breathing techniques, right,
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there's a bunch of breathing texts you learn and and
learning to use your diaphragm is like a very big thing.
So there's a breath called the vortext breath, and essentially,
you know, I it's it's it's pretty kind of a
quick thing, but I personally feel benefit benefits from a
right away. So it's playing it real quickly. Like imagine
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like like visually in your mind of kind of like
a tornado or like a helix or something like that,
basically right kind of going shrimp to the air. You
essentially start at the top of this helix and you're
working your way down on to the bottom of it.
So what you do is you're gonna inhale for ten seconds,
then you exhale for ten seconds. And the most important
part of all this is actually the exhale, right, So
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the timeframe of ten seconds, eight seconds, five seconds, three seconds,
two seconds, one second, that's the actual like he list,
I'm saying that you're coming down and whatnot. But again,
the most important part is to excel. So I'm going
to guide you through it and we can do it together.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
If you're ready, come on, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
So close your eyes and again I want you to
imagine that tornado, right, and you're at the top of
that tornado, So I want you to inhale for ten seconds.
I'll count you ready. Inhale for one two three, four, five, six, seven,
eight nine ten, excel for ten nine eight seven six
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five four three two one. Then you l for eight
seven six five four three two one, and excel for
eight seven six five four three two one. Then inhal
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for five four three two one, then excel for five
four three two one, then inhale for three one two three,
and excel for three two one. Then in heal for
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two one, excel for two one then in heale then
excel h how do you feel?
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Honestly, And I'm not just saying this. I do think
I feel a little bit calmer. But I wasn't thinking
about this the tornado while I was breathing. Was I
was supposed to be thinking about that necessarily?
Speaker 2 (32:13):
It's not necessarily, it's honestly, whatever comes to you in
that moment. The most important things is to close your
eyes and just like actually folcus with that breath. And
I think where a lot of people get mixed up
is like it's impossible for your brain to think about nothing.
I hate when people say, you know, I'm gonna meditate
and I'm gonna sit here just think about nothing. It's impossible.
You're supposed to view your cloud like, view your thoughts
as clouds essentially, right like you're gonna have one thought
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is gonna pass and there's a bunch of clouds in
the sky. It's wherever you bring your awareness to, I guess.
But the whole essentially part of the vortex breath is
like coming from up, you made your way up to down,
and then what we do is literally go from down
back up. You nail for one, then you nail for
two and three to five eight, and then afterwards you're
supposed to feel kind of like this calming kind of
like effect. And then the first couple times I did it,
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I kind of felt like internally, like you know, in
my head, I kind of felt like this like essential
like spinning feeling, but like I wasn't dizzy. It was
kind of like a weird kind of like call me feeling.
But that's something I where am I. Yeah, Yeah, It's
something I do like every now and then just to
kind of like ground myself or if I'm in a
new environment or somewhere that I'm just kind of trying
to just you know, make myself again. I kind of
(33:18):
just feel or be where my feet are, if you will.
Is some of one the things I like to do,
and it's one of my yoga breaths and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
So yeah, well I really like that, and I think
that I'm going to take that with me. I think
that it you know, only being about thirty seconds, and
it's just a way for you to kind of get
centered in, get back to where you need to be
and focus on what you need to be focused on.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
Power of the breath Man is very real for all
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Welcome a game recognized game our Miles Turner. I love
your NBA VET Center for the Milwaukee Bucks, along with
my legendary coast three time WNBA champion for Honest Stewart
aka Steel. We're out here in Atlanta right now. Man,
I know thirty degrees here, it'll make no sense where
I'm at. But you know, it's all been here for
three days and just kind of be kicking it what
you've been on, Steward.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh, we've been. We've been in Miami and it's oh
seventy seventy five eighty just looking at some beach water.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Honestly, that's love. That's love, man. Good good for y'all.
You should you deserve it at this point.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Honestly, I'm happy to be here because it's snowing in
Brooklyn right now, so the warm weather is important.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
It's about to be negative fourteen degrees in Milwaukee when
we get back. So I mean, I'm a yeah, you
know whatever, Midwest baby, you know kind of is what
it is.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Mm hmmm. Well, everybody knows that the weather is just
all over the place right now. But we have a
lot on this show today. We're going to give respect
to a few players that have been showing out the
season between NBA Unrivaled and college hoops.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, I want to learn more a little bit more
about the w NBA CBA situation, So we're definitely gonna
get into that. We got some rapid fire questions and
we're get into some stories as well.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Mm hmm. And then we'll go off the court from
my parenting corner and Miles is going to teach me
something new. Jack can't wait.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Got you on that. The show is called game Recognized Game,
So let's get some respect a few of the best
players in the NBA this season. First and foremost. Man Like,
I'm like the NBA junkie, So when I have my
time off, I'm always on League Pass. I'm always watching,
you know, some of the late games and whatnot. So
for me, you gotta get some respect by Young Bull
from Dallas Man. He Anthony Black. You know, he's in
this second year right now, and he's a he's made
(02:02):
a major leap this year. You know, he's a shooting
the ball a lot better. You know, scouting him last
year was the sag off. He's a driver, but now
he's got to make him respect him at three point line.
Now the Orlando mager is starting to surge a little
bit more. And I think he's a big part. You know, uh,
you know of that. You know, you're young, you're young
guys developing you know, quicker than you expect him to
is always important. And yeah, man, like I think he's
a he's doing well. Another Dallas hoop on the map. Man,
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so happy there. And then we got another Anthony as well. Man,
Anthony Edwards a man as a lot of y'all know,
I think he's taking a major step the season as well.
He's one of the more competitive guys I've played against.
You know, you've seen him in the conference final. You've
seen the way you know he goes about his business.
And yeah, man, he's one of those younger, young guys
that are you know, somewhat the face of the league
at this point right now, so you know, I think
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there he's playing at a high level. You know, the
Timberwolves are kind of surge in the West right now
as well. So yeah, you know, NBA is always full
of the soap oper over here. Man, you never know
who's gonna you know, rise it, it's up.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I feel like it's just concert highlights. You know, he
just had fifty five, Anthony Otherrids just had fifty five,
and Anthony Black just dunked on four people. So those
are the type of highlights that I want to be
constantly checking up on. Moving on to unrival players, definitely
want to give love to my miss teammate Alicia Gray.
(03:15):
She's been going crazy. She's like the protigy three x
three player. Obviously here at Unrivaled, we're playing, we're playing
full court, but to be a three and D player
really separate you from from all the rest. And I'm
happy that she's on my team. We're doing way better
than we were doing last year. We're off to a
three and one start and really just hoping to to
(03:37):
kind of continue to get after and win that one
hundred K bonus if you win the championship.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
That's love, man. I've always liked Alicia Gray. I watched
her in Dallas when I wass go to the Wings
games and she got a strap. Man. Always been a
lefty's been a lefty with it. And she used to
wear them the Douglas too, So I mean that was
something that she still good for her. Man should her.
Miles is like, it's feels good about that. Man. I
wore the Rexpecs a minute of my damn self. So yeah, man,
(04:03):
I've always personally loved watching Chelsea great play. I man,
she you talk about dines where you talk about this
court vision. She's got like that like old women's game,
but could still like get to it and get active. Man.
And like she's from what I've seen person, she's upcoming
like a lot of injuries, and I think, you know,
at this point in her career, it's you know, it's
tough for anybody to kind of bounce back and still
be an effective player. I remember I was working out.
(04:24):
I forgot what we were think about it, but have
be in La. I think she did some part time
stuff with the Lakers or whatnot, and I got a
chance to meet her in person, just kind of wrap
it her, just gave her respect. Bro again, it's always
someone I've loved watching, like from Afar, and I think
she's doing a great job this arrivals so far as well. Man,
I think it's kind of cool just the fact that
you guys have kind of come together, get some of
the best players and really just just hope. Man. I mean,
at this outside of like the real league, which it
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is like in y'all's regular season. So man, Yeah, Chelsea
great man. She's one of my favorite players to watch.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Yeah, she's a bucket, but listen, don't be a bucket
when we play. We haven't played them yet, Chelsea. Moving
on to to some woman's call basketball players, someone that
I want to give a shout out to, I'm gonna
I'm gonna bleed blue over here for the men's and
women's college basketball players. Sarah Strong really impressed with her game.
I think that her jump from her freshman to sophomore year,
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she just looks a lot more comfortable in everything that
she's doing. And one of the biggest things is she
doesn't get sped up. She's a three level scorer. She's
all over the place offensively and defensively. I was just
up at Yukon and she's really making it a point
to lead the team in every single way possible.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
You know me, Man, I'm gonna give love to my
lady Longhorns and got to give real love to Maddie Booker.
Man Madison, if you're watching this, I'm really proud of you. Man.
We got a chance to wrap two years ago up
in Oregon at the Nike Skills Academy and everything you
talked about you're making coming to fruition right now. You're
doing it. You've been doing it, and keep going, man,
for real. I just enjoy watching you play. I think
(05:52):
you have a really good pace to your game. I
think that you are on obviously all of the you know,
the top when it comes to the w NBA. You
know we're there. We're definitely waiting you at this professional level.
So man, keep going, man, and keep leading the Lady
Longhorns because the again, you're fun to watch him afar.
You know it goes. Your impact goes beyond just the
game of hoos. Man. I think there's a lot of
young women after that are looking up to you right now.
(06:14):
So yeah, I got to get big love to to
the Longhorns. Man, keep him going, hunkmm know what it is,
and it's same on the college front. Man, I can't
believe I'm saying this, but you know, we got Texas
Tech player that's actually Hooper right now, man, JT topping
bro It's in big fella. Has been fun watching him play.
(06:35):
I watched him play against I think it was Duke
about like it might have been like two weeks ago
or so, and that was my first time really getting
to watch him play. You know, I've heard a lot
of heard a lot of hype like around him and whatnot.
And I think he's playing at a very high level. Uh,
someone who's like at the top of the draft wars
as well. I think he just uh someone's leading the
charge on his team as well. You know, to Texas Text,
playing like playing good basketball right now. And it's still
(06:56):
pains me to say that, but it's all good man.
The Red Raiders rolling a little bit.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Texas Tech uses us on their Instagram account.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Shout that's real man. And then also Nata met Man's
he's another person that was at that uh the Nike
Skills Academy over there in Oregon a couple of years ago.
He's just a big prospect, man, He's he's a freshman
right now, and I think he's playing at a very
high level as well. I think any freshman, especially you know,
in his heightened stature, trying to kind of like face
(07:26):
up and play like with them guards skills, is going
to struggle a little bit trying to go into into
the college game. But I think he's someone who's kind
of picked it up rather quickly. I think he should
be at the top of like all the draft boards
as well. He's some of that. I think he's a
three big guy, gets up and down because he's like
developing his shot like a lot more and plays above
the rim. And that's very important, you know obviously in
our league, especially coming in, and I think he's the
NBA ready prospect at that And uh yeah, we got
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my former coach Rick Barnes over there coaching him as well.
So man, get him to the league, man, I don't
care what you gotta do. Get him to the league.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
And lastly, shout out to my other Husky Brightlyn Mullins.
Heard he's going to be an NBA lottery pick.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Oh yeah, yeah, your first go Huskies, all right, them
Huskies roll a little bit. What y'all do is this
y'all righty here, which I'll be own.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
I like this. We got to bend the ears a
little bit.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Okay, alright, right, fair, that's fair, All right, Stewie, I
know you've been dying to talk about the CBA negotiations.
You know, obviously it's been an ongoing thing for a
while now. Uh So in the meantime, just for people
who may be fresh to the situation, can you give
us like a little synopsis and kind of explain what
the situation the situation is and what's your role, isn't
(08:32):
it right now?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, so the situation is a little bit insane with
the CBA negotiations to start. I'm a VP, So I'm
a vice president on the Executive Committee, which is basically
the committee that oversees all of the players. You know,
we're the ones that are like really kind of feeding
the information to the players, but also, uh the ones
(08:55):
that are sitting on the other side of the table
with the league. And we have been negotiations for sixteen seventeen,
going on seventeen months now, and we're really struggling to
agree on the salary system. So the biggest problem with
us is we're talking about gross revenue, which is revenue
(09:17):
after expenses, and then net revenue, which is overall. And
our struggle is that between the WNBPA and the WBA,
we can't figure out like a common ground. So we've
were pasted our extension. We had an extension, we're past
that extension. Now we're just in this period of status
(09:40):
quo where we just continue to negotiate in good faith.
But obviously for those that follow the w it's you know,
we're well into the new year, and it should be
free agency happening right now, like there should have been
an expansion draft. There's a lot of things that are
really going behind. So I feel like my brain is
(10:04):
hurting a little bit, Like people keep asking me about it,
and I'm like, yeah, my brain is hurting because it's
like I want to be president and unrivaled, but also
I'm a part of the the EC and I want
to make sure that this league happens because we're in
such a monumental time with what's happening in women's sports
and we don't want to lose that. So overall, that's
(10:24):
the just the biggest thing is we're struggling with the
salary system, and then we struggle with the salary, and
then from there, I think all the other things that
we're fighting for, housing benefits, like retired players, like that'll
come once we can agree on a number, but right
now we can't agree.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Understood. I think you did a great job breaking that down,
you know, especially like just in layman terms with people
who may not be paying attention, you know, as much
the situation. I gotta kind of I got a question
this from you know, on my side of things, I
think when when Fee first kind of went at the
ba A commissioner, you know, like a couple months ago,
that was obviously unprecedented thing and kind of like you know,
(11:02):
made shockwaves through the league. Was that the first like
telltale sign like you know that you know there was
going to be an issue, or was it like kind
of like a where there you know, other things are
bubbled towards the top, you know.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Yeah, I mean I think that there were rumblings. I
think that you know, fe her season just finished, h
she she was injured and really just kind of voicing
her frustrations overall and definitely respect your opinions and things
like that, but uh, it's because we've been going through
(11:35):
this for months and months and months and months, and
I feel like we're not getting any kind of movement
or shift in their direction. And we and and that's
not to say I know the w BA wants to
have a season, but I feel like there's like a
line of communication that's just not happening between owners and
players or EC and WNBA or w p A and
(12:00):
b NBA. So I don't know, Miles, if you've ever
been in any of these rooms, but it's like it's
just very it's stuffy, yeah, because you have to you're
talking about like the proposal and the amendments and all
(12:20):
these things, and the wording is like has to be
specific to the contract, and it's like, well, let's just
talk about money. You know, when can we when can
we get to that point?
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I did a little bit of studying for our last CBA.
You know, I was in the I'm not on the
executive community or anything like that, but our committee or
anything like that, but I've been in some of the
union meetings and a lot of it. The way they
incentivized us was like, let's just go ahead and get
the CBA sign so we don't have to worry about that.
And I can see on the NBA sign their lawyer's
side where it's like how it benefits them. I like,
all right, you get these players to sign this cool
(12:50):
pitch post. We did, we had to do. But I
think a lot of people are upset now on the
NBA side because you look at our a couple of
these the first, second, third, apron and whatnot, Like it's
not covering majority of the players in this league. There's
a whole isn't it.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Like the middle the middle man of the league is
like really kind of getting screwed.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
It's obsolete. Yeah, they're getting kind of they're basically having
to sign just over minimum deals, you know what I'm saying.
And you know, obviously, you know it's kind of comparing
apples oranges, you know, when it comes to NBA and
in the in the NBA with our problems right now,
because it's on two different scales, if you will. Yeah,
like we at the end of day, we don't really
don't have a lot to complain about, you know what
I mean, Like guys are getting paid at that. But
(13:28):
to your point, originally it was with these lawyers and whatnot,
they just obviously just kind of kind of pushed to
us and incentivized us and other things that don't like
really matter and all types of stuff, Like I know
a big one was they took away like drug testing,
like right trying to like push over to CBA. It's like, okay,
we gotta sign this right now, then we're not going
to test y'all. And as a bachelor of players in
this league, that's like, hey, you know what, that sounds
like a great idea we should do that, you know,
(13:48):
while not reading the fine prints. So it is tough
being in those rooms that I don't think at all times,
like you know, one everybody's on the same page and stuff.
Is a good way to describe me it because you know,
again like it's just a I don't know, man, the
environment just doesn't create like a really good negotiation ground
like if you will, I.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Completely agree, And I think like the other thing that
I'll say is like I don't know, Like for me,
it's like this is the first time we're in a
revenue shared model. So before it was like we had
like a hard cap and we had a structure, and
we had you could have two twenty max and everything
else kind of trickled down, you know. Now we're gonna
(14:28):
like really blow that out of the water, which is incredible.
But I know, like personally as WBA players, it's like, well,
we've signed however many cbadails before, and we just don't
want to get jipped. We don't want to feel like
we're signing something and we're actually getting like screwed because
now we know how much you need us. We see
the valuations between all the teams and all the things
and the expansion piece, and it's like, no, there's a
(14:49):
lot of money behind this, so like, don't forget to
pay us too. So it's just really a back and
forth battle.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
So would y'all say, would you say y'all prepared not
to play the season? I know you want to, but
would you say your prayer not to play as a collective.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
I think that we so we have we've approved the
strike authorization vote, which means that we're able to formally
lock out whenever we want because we have majority of
the players votes behind us. I think that for me personally,
(15:26):
like the sooner it gets the closer it gets a
w BAS season, it's we're prepared to do it to
not play, but we don't want to. We want to
play because we know how important it is to be
on the court for a number of reasons, for the people,
for the fans, for the city. But yeah, I think
it'll be something that's that's really tough if that if
(15:47):
push comes to shove, because you know, like you said,
you're comparing apples to oranges. The W in the W
in the NBA, like contracts are vastly different. So it's like, yeah,
the top ten, maybe fifteen players can survive without a
W contract, right, But the rest it's like, no, you
(16:11):
don't want to. You don't want to go that much
without getting paid. But I feel like the PA is
doing a great job of making sure that we have
like the amenities and the resources, and if we don't
get what we want, we will sit out, but we
we don't want to do that.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Of course not. And I really like what you said
in like the says you're taking this isn't for y'all.
This is like for the next generation of players you know,
coming up and whatnot. This is going to be their model.
And then eventually, you know, when you're retired on you're
going to want someone to pass us on. So I
think it's I think it's I think it's very powerful,
you know, obviously the state that you have to take
in it right now, very historical at that.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
I mean, yeah, I mean I'm definitely like, I definitely
want to take a lot of it on myself and
the EC and just knowing like we're gonna make this
saying the best thing possible. And you know, I know
a lot of people are kind of like hating about
being a part of Unrivaled and also trying to negotiate
(17:09):
the w n b A. But it's like I want
two things to both be successful.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Mhm.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
And literally that's how I'm looking at it, Like I'm
looking at this from a pre business standpoint and how
things can be great for everyone. I think that Unrivaled
the only thing the only positives, like the only thing
that Unrivaled the showing is positive. When you show players
on social media or in games or wherever the case
may be, people watch, right, So we can't we can't
(17:36):
not have that for our summer season in the w
n b A.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
M hm. I agree. How do you think the negotiations
like affected you, just like personally, you know, as a
player and obviously you just spoke to me, like the
business side of things but how is it just affected
you and just your just your overall psyche.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Yeah, I mean, I think negotiations Honestly, during the season,
I don't think it was as kind of chaotic as
as it is now. So I'm happy to be like
in the off season, obviously playing unrivals on a game
day when I have calls and things like that, it's
a little bit more stressful, but like, this is the
(18:13):
price you pay of being in these seats. It's like,
if you want to be able to do both and
use I want to use my platform on my voice,
Like I have to be able to be present all
the time, and I do not want to be there
and something happened and then regret it when we sign
a CBA that we don't like for the next six years,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Mm hmm. Yeah, as your more obligation if you will.
And I like the fact that you're, like, I guess,
advocating and actually just like switching, like switching to that
mode because you know, you feel like you had to.
But yeah, man, we don't have to keep like plugging
away at that. I just think there's a lot of
fans out there that are very you know, curious about
what's going on, and you know, it's just a lot
of WA fans that are going to be missing the
(18:54):
league if nothing does happen. So you'll heard of your
first man, Mason. Mason, shit happened.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Up real Wenna. Make it happen. We're gonna make it happen.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
We're gonna figure. Yeah, well it's not very quick break.
When we come back, we'll do some rapid fire questions
and we'll find out who the best trash talker is
in the w.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Welcome back to Game, recognized game with Stuie and Miles,
and let's do some rapid fire topics. I'll start first, Miles,
what part of your game are you most proud of today?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
I think it had to be just my ability to defend
the room. It's something that I've always had and I've
always kind of a you know, it's second in night
since man, you can't necessarily like teach that either you
got it or you don't. I've always been a you know,
a great shot block or whatnot. And I've led the
league in uh blocks, you know twice now just in
my career. So something I'm very proud of is something
that I continue just to uh, you know, just I
(19:57):
do just to keep using out there again. It's like
a sixth cent you know what type of thing. So yeah,
I agree. Yeah, I'm sure you know a lot about that.
Who's the best trash talker in the w n B A.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Oh, so this was a hard one when I was
thinking about this. I think the best, the best trash
talker in the WBA, I'm gonna go like former, So
former would be Dinah Tross He's like the ultimate trash talker.
And then current, Uh, Marina Maybrey. She's on the Connecticut
Sun and she's just like a firecracker, you know. She's
(20:30):
she's from Jersey. She's competitive and she just says whatever
comes to her mind whenever she wants. So I love
her competitive nature. She's here and unrivaled and I I
walk by and I'm like, no crash out today, please, like,
don't crash out here.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Gotta love it, man. It creates the personality to the game.
That's fine, No, it's great.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
You you love the competitive aspect of it, and and
know that, like you know, majority of this ship that's
on set on the court is not it's not anything personal.
It's just said, you know, one year, like in the
heat of the game, all right to you most underrated
player in the NBA.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Uh, it's tough man, because like, okay, I got to
go on. His name is a Sege McCollum. We're all
very aware of his game. He's not like super like underrated,
but he's someone who kind of flies under the radar, right.
You know, he obviously had his like really good days
in Portland and then ever since, you know, he's kind
of bounced around teams. I think people just forget like
he's just a cold blooded like assassin. Bro. He a killer. Yeah,
(21:37):
he's really. He's like kind of has like a real
like mild demeanor, Like he don't really talk like a
lot of shit either. He kind of just goes after
does his business. And he's he had two game winners
in US this year, bro, like just off rip. And again,
it's like one of those things where like you just
he's like one of those guys you kind of just
like forget about because again, like he's he's been on
like teams that you know aren't haven't necessarily been winning
and whatnot, and he flies in the radar. So he's
(21:58):
probably like one of my most sons rate of guys
just because you know just the way you get down.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
So yeah, and you play him tomorrow, so no game winners,
you're gonna report back.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Who do you think the best leader you ever played with?
Speaker 1 (22:15):
This is an easy one for me. The best leader
I ever played with is Supered. She's like my point guard,
someone that I played with in Seattle for seven years
with the national team, and I feel like I kind
of just followed in her footsteps. You know, we're both
from New York. We both went to Yukon and we
both got drafted to Seattle, and I was just trying
(22:37):
to be a sponge, and you know, she's someone that
she literally played until the wheels fell off, and I
loved playing with her every second of that. So I
missed playing with her, but I'm happy to be able
to to kind of go to her for guidance for
(22:58):
anything that I need on the court off the court,
and just call her friend. So shout out to Sue.
Gotta get around the pod. Honestly, Sue and Meghan both
come on the pod and just just rapid fire some
questions that I talk.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
So that's real, Okay, like that all right?
Speaker 1 (23:13):
So you asked me this already and I had to answer,
So now I get to ask you a time you
got cooked on the court.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Man, So I think it was might have been like
my third or my fourth year. His name is Reggie Jackson,
Like he's not in the league currently, but he's someone
who's at a very successful career and he was playing
for Detroit Pistons at the time. And when I was
Indiana and Troy Yan is like it's a big rivalry whatnot? Right,
always goes back to mouse in the Palace and all
sorts of stuff. So it was actually a really close game,
(23:43):
and it was like the third quarter or something like that,
and the clip is definitely out there, but he basically
came by and hit me with like a double cross, bro,
And like I felt right, like as a big, like
getting dunked on is like a right whatever, you know
what I'm saying, Right, Yeah, he was gonna be on
sports either way that you blocked it or got dunked on.
But it's one of the most embarrassing things, is a
big getting crossed because you're just tall as hell and
(24:06):
just that that time you spent being up landing on
the ground is just so tough. Bro. It's like it's
like slow motion or whatever, and the worst part of
about is he hit the shot and it's like that's
like when it kind of just all goes to go
to share after that. So yeah, man, shot of Reggie
Jackson and he got me when I was a young bull.
Oh god, Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
We wish we wish you would have messed, Reggie. We
wish you would have messed.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
I should have sold the clip. Man. That's all good.
I think we talked about this last time too, but
in reverse as well, like if you can steal one
skill from me, like what would it be?
Speaker 1 (24:43):
So I wanted to I wanted to say this at
the beginning, but I just let you. I didn't want
to jump down to all the questions. So if I
could steal one skill from you, your ability to protect
the rim. I think that the way that you're consistently
like leading the league or top five and blocks per
game is something that is an underrated quality and people
(25:05):
don't really recognize that. It's it's not just because you're tall, like,
it's because you have to have timing and all of
those things. So I feel like I get my fair
share of blocks, but like compared to you, I need
to get a lot more so. So that's something that
I'm like, I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna watch some film.
I'm gonna see your timing and figure out where I
need to be when I need to be there.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
Oh yeah, man, we love some pay protection. Man. I
appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Time for one more break. Next up, we go off
the court and get personal Welcome back to the game
recognized game with Stewie Miles. Let's get to my favorite
(25:52):
part of the show, Stewie's parent corner. Okay, so I
have I have a few situations that I just need
to share with you because you know what, when you
have toddlers, you have to be ready for anything. So
the other day, Ruby was with our nanny and she
was like, can I Can I say something? And our
(26:16):
nanny was like, what do you want to say? And
she's like, Ruby said, can I say Jesus Christ? And
and she was like why And she was like, because
when I'm crossing the road and people are beeping and
honking their horns, it's just really loud. And we were like,
(26:40):
she was like, you know what, Ruby, you can say
oh my gosh or Jesuise mind you. Ruby's four years old,
so okay, you know what, sometimes she's hearing things at
home and like, you know, Martha and I aren't always proud,
but it's just the realistic way that we live. And
(27:02):
then and then she said one more time to Madie.
She said, to our nanny, she said, can I say?
What the fuck? Oh?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
We were like two extremes.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
We were like, no, that's that's for adults only. So
I guess from my parents' corner, my advice would be
is to watch what you say when your kids are around,
because they're always listening and they definitely want to repeat it.
Even though I will give a shout out to Ruby,
my four year old, she knows when to use these words.
(27:34):
Not that we recommend her using them, but at least
she knows how to use them in context.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
That is hilarious, bro, because I feel like you're right,
they're just sponges, right, And it's constantly just like you
wouldn't you don't even recognize. You'll just say something and
you know, they'll just you know, regurgitated. Like one of
the days like what the hell who taught you that? Right?
I know?
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I know the other day I'm gonna like go off
in a little tangent. The other day, I was on
the phone heal my two year old, and he was like,
where are you? And I'm like, I'm in Miami. And
he's like, why are you in? Youurami? Like he was
like Miami and I was like, no, I'm in like Miami,
(28:15):
Florida and he was like Youurami. I'm like, okay, you
know what, I'm in Florida. So at least they're they're
just dissecting every single word that you say at all times. So,
like I said to his parents, be careful.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
I bet that's dope. Man. Though you kind of get
to see the development or whatnot is how they're formulating
words and thoughts and sentences, like just over time. I
can't imagine how rewarding that is, though.
Speaker 1 (28:39):
It is until until they say some wild shit.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Yeah. Yeah, you kind of have to take it all right, man.
So I do not have kids yet, you know, one
of these days I would be blessed to, you know,
call myself a parent. So uh, this part of seven
is called new to Stewart. And I think last time,
you know, we talked about my infinity and my love
for Lego whatnot. It's just to you know, kind of
get down in that verse. But there's another hobby that
(29:04):
do and uh, I've always been big into the yoga field. Man,
Yoga is something that's uh brought a lot of balance
into my life. You know. I first I was doing
it for the physical you know benefits, but then there's
a lot of mental and spiritual benefits that come with
it as well. And uh, you know sometimes when your
kids are out there and they're really just uh driving
you insane or just kind of even push you to
that point. One thing obviously, just are some breathing techniques, right,
(29:28):
there's a bunch of breathing texts you learn and and
learning to use your diaphragm is like a very big thing.
So there's a breath called the vortext breath, and essentially,
you know, I it's it's it's pretty kind of a
quick thing, but I personally feel benefit benefits from a
right away. So it's playing it real quickly. Like imagine
(29:48):
like like visually in your mind of kind of like
a tornado or like a helix or something like that,
basically right kind of going shrimp to the air. You
essentially start at the top of this helix and you're
working your way down on to the bottom of it.
So what you do is you're gonna inhale for ten seconds,
then you exhale for ten seconds. And the most important
part of all this is actually the exhale, right, So
(30:10):
the timeframe of ten seconds, eight seconds, five seconds, three seconds,
two seconds, one second, that's the actual like he list,
I'm saying that you're coming down and whatnot. But again,
the most important part is to excel. So I'm going
to guide you through it and we can do it together.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
If you're ready, come on, let's do it.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
So close your eyes and again I want you to
imagine that tornado, right, and you're at the top of
that tornado, So I want you to inhale for ten seconds.
I'll count you ready. Inhale for one two three, four, five, six, seven,
eight nine ten, excel for ten nine eight seven six
(30:54):
five four three two one. Then you l for eight
seven six five four three two one, and excel for
eight seven six five four three two one. Then inhal
(31:19):
for five four three two one, then excel for five
four three two one, then inhale for three one two three,
and excel for three two one. Then in heal for
(31:42):
two one, excel for two one then in heale then
excel h how do you feel?
Speaker 1 (32:00):
Honestly, And I'm not just saying this. I do think
I feel a little bit calmer. But I wasn't thinking
about this the tornado while I was breathing. Was I
was supposed to be thinking about that necessarily?
Speaker 2 (32:13):
It's not necessarily, it's honestly, whatever comes to you in
that moment. The most important things is to close your
eyes and just like actually folcus with that breath. And
I think where a lot of people get mixed up
is like it's impossible for your brain to think about nothing.
I hate when people say, you know, I'm gonna meditate
and I'm gonna sit here just think about nothing. It's impossible.
You're supposed to view your cloud like, view your thoughts
as clouds essentially, right like you're gonna have one thought
(32:34):
is gonna pass and there's a bunch of clouds in
the sky. It's wherever you bring your awareness to, I guess.
But the whole essentially part of the vortex breath is
like coming from up, you made your way up to down,
and then what we do is literally go from down
back up. You nail for one, then you nail for
two and three to five eight, and then afterwards you're
supposed to feel kind of like this calming kind of
like effect. And then the first couple times I did it,
(32:56):
I kind of felt like internally, like you know, in
my head, I kind of felt like this like essential
like spinning feeling, but like I wasn't dizzy. It was
kind of like a weird kind of like call me feeling.
But that's something I where am I. Yeah, Yeah, It's
something I do like every now and then just to
kind of like ground myself or if I'm in a
new environment or somewhere that I'm just kind of trying
to just you know, make myself again. I kind of
(33:18):
just feel or be where my feet are, if you will.
Is some of one the things I like to do,
and it's one of my yoga breaths and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (33:24):
So yeah, well I really like that, and I think
that I'm going to take that with me. I think
that it you know, only being about thirty seconds, and
it's just a way for you to kind of get
centered in, get back to where you need to be
and focus on what you need to be focused on.
Speaker 2 (33:39):
Power of the breath Man is very real for all
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