August 18, 2025 • 39 mins
Episode 399 "Ty Young" Feat: Ferrari Simmons & You Know BT Produced by: Baller Alert
Topics Include: WNBA, Overseas Basketball, Mental Health, Relationships
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The getty called me broadcasting live from Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome
to the bar Alert Show. I go by the NAT
for SIMS, I'll go by the name. You know, BT
brought to you by a revolt. Tell you out of
the building.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
What's good?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Now? This? You know how this happened. I was checking
my bag headed to the airport and I saw her.
I was like, what the hell are you doing? But
she got a shortcut. I'm not gonna say the shortcut
because everybody gonna start doing the shortcut to check your bags.
Don't even reply, don't say nothing, because you're gonna make
the You're gonna blow up the spot. Okay, at the
Atlanta airport is a short cut.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And we saw Atlanta Airport and I already know what
the shortcut.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I thought, you saw. What's the short cut to check
your bags in Atlanta?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
You know, I don't know?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tell us, tell us when we go to commercial.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Okay, now you're going, man, I'm good.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I can't complain living life death.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
You are now. I do want to bring it all
the way, you know, from the start to finish. Now
you're from North.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Carolina, North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You went to the same high school as Michael Jordan. Yep,
absolutely is it Cheney Cheney Laney Laney I got. I
got the Jordan five's that came out in the color
in the colorway exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Anyway, so you went to Laney High School? Say, now
can you explain that? Like is it like does he
have a statue out there like.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He does and his jersey is up my jersey?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Hey?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, And so you know, they got his emblem on
the floor, the players get Jordan gear. They got all
his you know, accolades and stuff in the little trophy cases.
So it's dope.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Now standing at six two, how long have you been
playing basketball? Like? What age did you start?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
For real? For real? Maybe like nine? Okay, But when
I was little, I used to go outside and play
with my brother and my sister. I always wanted to
be like my brother growing up as a kid, so
I played with them. But when I first played for
the girls club, I was like maybe ten eleven.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Were you like the tallest girl?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Then I was actually short. I hit a Grosberg. So
that's why I started off as a point guard because
I was short, and then I hit a Grospert. They
started trying to put me in the wing, put me
on the post, which helped me become more versatile as
I got older. But as a younger and I'm like,
I'm a guard, I'm not getting the post. I want
the ball. I'm not waiting for the ball. But it
worked out for me for my career to be more versatile.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now, when did you hit your gro spert? Like and
how like? How does that work? I never hit a
groc sper.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I was tall in fifth grade and then that was it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That was it. You just started.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
You start seeing everybody gets taller than you be like, well,
maybe I don't need to be playing.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
So it's crazy because my sister was tall and I
was short, and now I'm six two of my sister's
five three and a half. Really yeah, so it's like
I just hit a grosper in high school. I don't
know how it happened. You know, maybe God just knew
that I needed to make it to the league. I
don't know how what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, Now, going to Laney High School, did you guys
have like a surplus of recruitment there because that was
Jordan's school or was it? No?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Not at all. My sister is three years older than me.
She wanted to go there, so we used our auntie's
address to go there. And so then like we all did,
so I had to go there because my sister went there.
My brother went to a school in the country because
he lived with my father when my parents split. So
it wasn't like a recruitment. It wasn't even about basketball.
It was more so just following my sister footsteps.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Wow, okay, now going to college, how was that for you? Like? Now,
because you got a full scholarship to play basketball, how
was that for you?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And what was the something that you was like, damn,
you know, I like this or I don't like this.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
So it was a recruitment process. I had a lot
of colleges sending me prospect letters, but it was more
so about how the coach and the team made me feel.
I didn't want to go to a school where I
would have to sit the bench, you know, because the
top schools a lot of the new recruits they're having
to earn and wait. I wanted to go and make
an initial impact. I wanted to go make a difference.
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And so when I chose James Madison, that's what it was.
It was unheard of. I never even heard of it
until you know they were recruiting me.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Where's James Manson.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And Harrison Burd Virginia?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
So I never heard of it, but I believed in
the coach when I got there, the team, the campus
was beautiful, and I didn't want to go too close
to home, so out of my top five when I
went on my visit, I just felt that was the
decision that was the choice for me and it worked out.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Now, when you said that you didn't want to go
to like the top schools, did you actually go visit
those top schools?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
So one of my favorite schools was Carolina. Okay, So
as a kid, I'm from North Carolina. They used to
send letters to come to their camps, but four twenty
five for a camp. Growing up from my mother, we
couldn't afford that, so I never went. I went to
NC State, which we had like something for our team.
We always went to NC State and I did like
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in C State, but when it came to recruitment, those
schools wasn't recruiting me, not until I've already basically committed
to JMU and we was playing in the All Star Game,
the North Carolina All Star Game, and my family heard
the coach that was at Carolina asking about me. But
it's too late now, you know. So it was one
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of those things where it was like those were one
of my my favorite schools, but they wasn't recruiting me,
so I had to go where I was wanted.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Hello, and you did really good because number eighth pick,
first round Atlanta Dream. Yeah yeah, yeah, you didn't spend
ma Jory of your career. You spend MAJORI your career
in Chicago, but you know, we were definitely pleased to
have you in Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, I love the A.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
What was that experience like being the eighth pit and
then coming to Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
It was so crazy, right because I knew I would
be a top pick, but it's like I didn't know where, when, what,
And so I have never been to Atlanta. So here
I am coming from college, I get drafted, boom, they
fly me out first class. I never flew first class.
So I'm like, oh, I'm living to dream. Yeah, I
like this is lit. Yeah, and so I came. They
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took me around the city and just moving here and
being on my own. It was different because I didn't
really know a lot of people here, but it was
a dream come true. And so like ever since then,
Atlanta has always been my primary residence.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Okay, so even though you because you were in Chicago
for nine years, years.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
In Vegas for two years, okay, but my home has
always been here.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Now, how how does it feel when you get drafted?
Like does it feel like a movie like Two K? Like,
how does it feel that moment you get drafted? Because
I played two K and you know, like when they
do all the theatrical stuff, I imagine this is probably how
it feels to go to the league.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, like it feels it feels surreal. You know, it's
like they call me your name, everybody's like celebrating you,
like damn, like Mama, we really made it. You know,
like it's surreal. Like it's an undescribable thing because even
trying to think back now and relive it is just
like you can't. It's like just that moment, it was
just crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Yeah, you get a bunch of new cousins.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
My phone was the family immediately thinking, oh yeah we
rich were good.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Not my immediate family, but the other people. Oh, they
had all kind of room and she's making eight hundred thousand.
She's rich. I'm like, they have no idea what the
rookie salary was. And at that time, for me, because
I was a top pick, it was forty thousand, which
a year. Yeah, the for the four months that I'm
in Yeah, during that time, I am making more money
(07:37):
than my mother. You know, as a twenty one year
old kid. It's like, oh, I'm good. You know, you're
going from making fifteen getting fifteen hundred for a pelgram
in college, so now I'm getting none of that nothing.
So you're getting forty thousand for four months for a
twenty one year old I'm like, oh, I am kind
of rich, you know, but not really.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So yeah, really we're gonna go to commercial. Uh, Tale
Young is in the building, Ferrari Simmons, you know BT, Yeah,
Baller on Revolt.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
That's right, and we are back ball Alert TV right
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Speaker 2 (08:13):
Tie Young is in the building.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And we're over here talking about how you got drafted
and how that made you feel. So was there some
cousins and people that you just had to just block?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I wasn't blocking, but from then to now, I probably
changed my number about twenty times.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Twenty times.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Damn, that might be me being modest. I probably changed
it more than that.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Damn.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
I can't even imagine like having that, having that type
of you know pressure. So when you came to Atlanta, Uh,
what was your take when you first, you know, got
in the team practice and you started me and your
teammates and everything.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
They were strong, like stronger man. I was running into
every screen like a ping pompom. The pace was fast,
so you know, it was it was tough to adapt to,
especially for me coming from a mid major. So in
a mid major, I'm not even playing playing the top
players all the time. You know. My my coach was
set up games for non conference to play some of
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the top teams. But it was a big adjustment. And
that's why even now, as talented and as good as
a lot of these college players are, I always say
it's an adjustment. Like the league is grown women. They're stronger,
and the pace is faster.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
And they got mortgage just to pay and you ain't
taking the spot. You ain't taking the spot. That was
that movie He loving Basketball, She left the weights on
the chest.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, you here, you only here because that's got hurt shout.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
As a rookie. They sized you up for sure, like
you ain't coming from my spot, especially from a vet
to a rookie. And I was a top pick. Oh yeah, no,
they had a.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Boy because you number eight. Yeah, you're coming in with
some cash.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
And they know if you're their first round, somebody gotta go.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
No, somebody gotta go because you're taking somebody spot.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Yeah, it was tough now time is.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I just said, I like some ladies. How was that
when you moved to Atlanta? Because it's not it's just beautiful.
It's beautiful women everywhere.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
So when I first got drafted, I did have a
girlfriend at the time. I had to think I had
a girlfriend at the time, but I still was uh
dating men. Wait yeah she said what she said, not
go ahead, not not while I'm with my girl.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Oh okay I was.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I was like yeah, but I was still like I
still was attracted to men.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
So yeah, and the guys were after me when I
was drafted here.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I mean, can you fly you're putting that, you're putting it.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Out a list. Celebrities too, was after me. I ain't
gonna name drop but for sure. Okay, but I had
a girl, you know, so it didn't last long after
I was in the league. She was still in college.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
But yeah, you forgot all about it.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
I didn't. But she tried to play a game, you know.
So you know people try to play a game. You
can't play a game with me because I'm play a
game back we got now, we got two controllers, Sega Genesis.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
What was the moment that made you say, because you
said I used to that's past tense. Now, what was
the moment that made you say, you know what, I'm
just rocking with the ladies.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Now, I just realized I like women more. I'm like
even now, like I find God's attractive. But I'm not
sleeping with them. I'm not dating them, you know. I
just like women more, and I don't want to go
back and forth. That's not for me, you know, So
I just chose the women.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Okay, it was just a random thought one day.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah, or you I'm dealing with someone, he be like,
I want somebody made you mad?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
This dude made you mad and was like, yeah, I'm
cool with dealing with nah.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
I like, you know, God, criminals, I mean, women, women
are women steky. Women cheat men, you know, like, so
I don't. I never understand when they're like, oh, you know,
this guy hurts me, So now I want to date
women because a woman can hurt you too. It's just
my preference, Like I like women more so that's what
I chose to date and to be with.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
That is interesting when people when people have a switch,
just as like I don't want to date a man
because he hurt me, and then you just said, well,
a woman can hurt you too. Like I always wonder
what made people like, you know, really really take it
there to be like you know what this this.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Is the last hurt.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yeah, and I'm converting. I mean, even as lesbian, i'd
be feeling the same. I'm like, okay, I guess I
don't even get into it with people.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
All right. So you're in Atlanta two seasons and you
get traded.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well it was yeah it was halfway through my second season.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
H wow, So halfway in your second season you get
traded to Chicago.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Who you make mad?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
What happened?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
So I was asking for a trade prior, right, gotcha Detroit.
They wanted me. Their player that was in my position
got hurt. So I'm asking to be traded because my agent,
you know, he was having a conversation, but my coach
wasn't here for it. She's like, she's happy. Mind you.
I went from playing twenty some minutes my first year
to like maybe five to nine minutes my second year.
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So yeah, I'm pissed. I'm sitting on the jump now,
and you know, I'm not used to sitting on the bench.
And so I had a conversation with my coach and
she's like, no, I'm not trading you. You have so
much potential, you know, like I have a veteran that's
sitting the bench. I'm like, that's her. I didn't work
this hard to be a cheerleader. Like, so, why don't
you trade me here to a team that wants to me?
And she said, no, I'm not trading you. So randomly,
one day, I'm on my way to the mall and
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she calls me and says she's trading me to Chicago. Like,
I never asked to go to Chicago. How do we
get here?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
You're like, I want to go to Detroit.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah. But during that time, the person they traded me
for college coach was my assistant coach. So it worked
out more in their favor, you know. So that's how
that trade happened.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Now, so you go to the windy City, shy town, Yeah,
how's that because Chicago, Nobody just says I'm going to Chicago.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
It was family there.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
I didn't have no.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Family, No disrespect Chicago.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
I love Chicago.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
We love Chicago. The best food in the city, the
Chicago Bears, the White Sox, we get it.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
We get it. They're not gonna They're not gonna come.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
No folks come for you. People walk up to us,
especially if we got to get in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
We go there, they can walk up. I was just saying,
you get real cold. My boy dad hester played for
the Chicago Bears. WI Yeah, I just want to make
sure all cool.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I don't got nothing to do with that.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
So when you get to Chicago, I had.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
No idea what's going on. Like I've never been except
when I played there. I did have an auntie that
lived there.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
City. That's the third largest market in the country.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Cute city. And we lived right downtown too, So it
was beautiful. It was fun, but I had to, you know,
have my teammates showed me around a little bit.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Now, how was it was it popping.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
It was popping. They had some cool day parties. They
had the great food. I haven't been to a restaurant
in Chicago where I did not like the food.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Oh y'all, yeah, I know.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hell, Hero's Chicken is everywhere and it ain't sat Uncle Remas,
but I haven't had. But I love Chicago. I stayed
one winner and I haven't stayed another winner.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Of that scene, now, that is what I was talking about.
They got the water, the water turn ice out. There's
something called wind chill. It is five with the wind
chill of negative fifteen. What and then you gotta have
like your undershirt, gotta have an undershirt? He I'm cool.
What the hell?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
What the hell?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Let's talk about Chicago when we come back with the
Ball Alert Show, brought to you by Revolt.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
That's right, man, we are back right here on the
Battle Alert Show on Revolt TV.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Now, were talking about sha Town.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Traded to Chicago. We're talking about the lifestyle and everything.
That's cool, But what about practice? How was that practice?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
So practice in Chicago from Atlanta, it was so chill,
Like I had all of these veterans on my team
in Chicago. So it wasn't as as intense as Atlanta
because Atlanta's a new team. So I got them like damn,
Like it's pretty cool. But soon as I got there,
the player that was in my position got hurt. So
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then I moved right into the starting lineup. So I
went from sitting the bench. So now I'm back starting
playing significant minutes. Now I love that.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Now, when you when you got your start back, how
did that make you feel?
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Like did that get your confidence back going?
Speaker 4 (16:43):
And and how how did your teammates treat you like
when you got there.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Like, man, he came on here and got you know
what I mean, Yo, My teammates showed mad love like
it wasn't no hate, it wasn't no jealousy. Like even
the player that got hurt that she was like showing
me the route, showing me the way, like they showed that,
especially in a business like a professional because you know,
you're fighting for a job at the end of the day,
it's your job, it's your livelihood. But they showed man
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up like I can't even complain about the teammates I
had during that time.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
And you stayed there nine years season, so that was
that was That's a long tenure to even play a
professional sport. Yeah, so that's a blessing.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Number one.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Number two, I think around this time, when did your
high school jersey get retired while you were in Chicago?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
While I was in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Yep, So you go home and your jersey gets retired.
How was that?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
It was cool? Like, my family was there, my jersey
now about to be hunger with Jordan. I'm in the
same pro city as Jordan. I felt like I was
about to get a Jordan deal. Yeah, it makes sense Chicago,
but it ain't happened. I felt like it could happen.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
But you know, now these days, the w NBA women
players are traveling better. Yeah, a lot of deals. Now, Yeah,
was that an issue with you guys? Because I heard
and I want to ask you, as soon as you
got season was done, you had to go overseas and
play right like it was not even an option, like
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or I got to go get a job or I
got to pick up a different hustle on the side.
Was that something that you had to do?
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Yeah, So for the most part, I went overseas. There
were a couple of times, you know, every season for
my first five years. Yeah, yeah, first five years I
went overseas, and then it became a point where I
was stay in Chicago and do an internship. They started
doing deals with the teams for players, like they would
pay you to stay in the city. You could do
an internship, or you could do like marketing for the team.
(18:41):
But wow, yeah, So then I started doing that because
I got tired of going overseas being away from my family.
You know, like four to five months in the summer,
then you oversee seven eight months away. It was a lot,
and it takes a toll on your body. So I
stopped doing that. Where people didn't see it fit for me.
They're like, oh, you got to get to chase the
bag as long as you can. But my sanity and
my happiness is more important than me chasing the bag.
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But it still was a good life, you know, like
living a dream being yeah, being paid to play basketball,
and I'm able to see the world. If I didn't
play ball, I wouldn't have been to a lot of
places that I travel to.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
I'm glad you said that because we do have a
mental health check in courtesy of the Faith Project. When tooification,
How do you ty young keep your mental strong?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
What do you do pray, and I speak with my family,
like I stay close to my family, and sometimes I
get off the internet, you know, like social media. People
behind phones or computers, they feel like they know you.
They can say whatever they want. You know, misery loves company,
and so sometimes you have to get away from that.
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But me being in the public eye for so long
and basketball has helped me build, you know, like a
tough mentality where I've learned to ignore critics. But we
all human, you know. Sometimes it does take a toll,
but that's when I just separate myself and do the
things that I enjoyed, like spending time with my family,
watching movies, just detaching from the things that could, you know,
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cause fog or cause issues for you mentally.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, you're you're. You were to me one of the
very popular faces in the w NBA when you played,
and you're a popular face now still because you are
an assistant coach.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
No no, yeah, this one year.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Ok, yeah, I thought you still like kept doing that now.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Well, I'm still like doing different coaching jobs, but I'm
not with the Chicago Sky anymore. They fired our head
coach last year after one year.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Oh yeah, I remember that, and they I thought they
did good.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Yeah we did.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
After one year, because.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I would see you on the bench, I was like, damn, okay.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Yeah, it's been like very controversial now because like normally
you get at least two years, and then you got
that one.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
I mean, well, Chicago had Cardoza, Cardoz and Angel and
I saw the hot pics. Yeah, I thought you guys
did really good.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Like season, Yeah, we we did better than we were expected.
They expected us to finish last. We were one game
from making playoffs. Even in the end, we had like
four of our starters injured. So it was a lot
of things that happened where I didn't think she was
gonna get fired that soon. And we was also renegotiating
bringing me back too.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
So so they sound like they need to pick up
the phone to call you because this is crazy. Man.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Professional basketball is a very grueling business.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
It's like, man, you like, if you see how like
these coaches are being fired at it's like you ain't
even got a chance.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Yeah, it's cutthroat. But as you see in the NBA
when they fired coaches, they like kind of rotate, you know.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
They send him over here, he come over here, he
go over there. Never see anyone Vanish.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Yeah, and like ours, they were like seven different head
coaches and changes, and they probably only rotated like two
of them.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Before we go to commercial because we got a couple
more minutes. Is it a thing? Is it better for
a w NBA player or a college woman player to
have a female coach or or a man coach? Doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
I don't feel like it matters. I think it just
depends on the coach and their philosophy. Like one of
my favorite coaches is a man coach. My college coach,
he was a male, and then I've had female coaches
that I love too, So I just feel like it's
the nature of the coach and how that coach can
resonate and you know, get the players to do what's
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needed to be done, get the players to respect you
and buy into your system.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Do you think that the NBA should put eventually, one
day get a woman head coach full absolutely team?
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Yes, absolutely. I mean like they have assistant female coaches,
So when it's the time that we're going to have
a female head coaches, Like we got male head coaches
in the W and now they're still adding more male coaches.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
To the W.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
So when are we going to get the opportunity for
the for the men because basketball and coaching and knowing
the game, it doesn't matter if you male are female.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
I just feel like women have to know twice is
more sports than men in the sporting world.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I feel like they make it harder for women.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
So yeah, because the women, the women coaches and the
women analysts that I see, I'll be like, dog, she
knows way more than anyone on this television set. And
and she's not getting enough air like face time on
television here, Like yo, she is like what's the girl.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
She used to play?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
She know her stuff, she know her stuff. It's a
it's a it's a couple of other ones that be
knowing their stuff that I see that steven A will
put on first take.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
The women we know our stuff, you know, but it's
it's like a male dominant thing. But the women, we
know our stuff for sure.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
One time for El Dunk, she fought too and she
being anyway, let's go to commercial. T Young in the
building of the Ballert Show brought to you, and we're
back on the ball Alert Show brought to you by
a Revolt. Ty Young is in the building. Uh, the
legend the person were about to ask this question too.
It is now time for do you like me? This
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is that moment when you're looking at the camera and
you shout out your crush. Who you crushing on? Somebody
you have a crush on? It's single.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I'm trying to think, I don't really have no crush.
It's not a woman that I wanted to date and
couldn't date.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to think, do
you check your d ms? Like, how does someone get
a hold of you in a romantic way?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
It's usually like in person. Social media scares me, you know,
like people be using apps filters, you.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Know, like you ain't trying to get caffeine.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
But like I'm an energy person too, you know. So
usually the people that I've dated, I've met in person
and they like just connect. But my dms are going crazy,
like even more so now that I'm on basketball wise,
so it's like now when you you know, back on
TV again, people was like the yah, yeah they're crazy.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Yeah, and you I feel like I was talking to
worry about this off camera. I'm like, man, you are
probably more popular now than when you was playing basketball. Yeah,
And I feel like it's normally the opposite.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
Yeah, but you know, like basketball now for the women
has gotten way more eyes than they were getting when
I played, because I was popular as a basketball player.
But in our realm, you know, because it's a whole different,
different demographic reality element. Yeah, and then like the basketball world,
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and so it was a thing too, Like when I
was reading some of the comments, someone was like, yeah,
well you know who is she? I never even heard
of her before she did love a hip hop And
I'm like, so, because you haven't heard of me, you
want to discredit my success and who I am because
I could name some WNBA or NBA owners who you've
never heard of, and that ain't gonna take away from
him being a billionaire and him being successful, you know.
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So it's it's like a different, different graphic. And I
can always tell the difference when I'm out when someone
approaches me, whether they're a basketball support or our fan
or a reality TV support our fan.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Yeah, you get to both sides of the story. And
y'all start reading them comments. Y'all tell y'alla stop reading
them comments. I get fulfillment because I got Rory is
gonna reply and he's gonna send very detailed reply.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
I'm applying to these folks. Yeah, but sometimes someone needs
to get put in their place sessionally for sure, so
they don't feel like sometimes like bro people and then
the personal DM you and be like, yo, I just
wanted to get your attention. Listen to my music and
I'll be over here like that's all you could have did.
But that's not how certain people. And I've learned what
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it's called. It's called trolling.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
People definitely control.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
But I have learned from when I first, you know,
did reality TV. I used to respond to everything, and
now I'm like, you just want attention. So now if
it's like negative and I see it, because I don't
see everything, but if it's negative and I see, I
block are Sometimes if I'm in the mood patrol and
I got timed, then I controlled back too, like what's up?
You know that's what you want? You really want some
attention and then you want to apologize.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
I hate when people do, but you know what, they
probably are so mad at they like that that is
probably the only fulfillment that they get. And said, look
at look at how young they at work. You know
what I'm saying they at work, like, look.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
They don't care if it's good or bad, but you
have to be confident in who you are in yourself
because like, if you're not, then all of that will
bother you. But I know who I am, so it
don't bother me. But if I got time, I'm controlled
right back. I was just trolling on one of the
sneakers yesterday. What happened you know ko that?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yeah, So one of the they was like, oh, do
you wear the hangtag on your Jordans or not? And
so I was like, why do y'all care what other
people think? I'm wearing what I want? And then dude
was like, nah, that's corny you wearing the hangtag? I said,
And it's people like you asked Tom, why I'm gonna
wear the hangtag because you think it's corny? He said, See,
you shouldn't let me dictate what you wear. I said,
I'm not. He was like, that's corny. I said, you
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writing I got a new page and your bio is corny?
Like I was just he was like, why are you
saying that? Why can't let people know I got a
new page? I said, Look, see, you want to troll
on my trol back. It was fun.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
It feels good. It feels good. You should try it.
You eat it one time for your TikTok.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
Man. TikTok, y'all got to chill out.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Man.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
They be making me mad on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
I ain't gonna cat. It's different people on TikTok that
there is.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Oh the rip. The real evil people live on.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Pop are not the same at all. Neighbor at all.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
I think one neighborhood is I think the people on TikTok.
And you got no job because of what the stuff
they be saying.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
And how they make so many different fake pages. You
like emails you're going to.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Create yo, one follower, but you're following five thousand people.
And okay, but see I have a ratchet cousin in Florida.
I'll never say her name, but she does that. Yeah,
so I would literally be like, okay, I know who
you are. I have a relative just.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Like maybe want to have conversation on TikTok. I ain't
doing I want and done. I'm a comment back, good
or bad.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
And I just like the fact that I got you
boiling hot on the other side on your phone, like
you so mad going off right, you're watching watching together
and my sisters bedroom house with my movie theater in
my basement. Okay, anyway, uh, let's go to commercial when
we come up. When we come back, we got What's
tire Young, and we gonna get a little serious when
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we get back on the Ballert Show.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Brought to you about to get serious.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Shit gets serious, and we're back with the ball Alert Show.
We were having some labs off camera, and I think
we should bring it back in Brought to you by Revolt.
I go by the Nat Ferrari Sivens, you know bt
Tie Young. In the building. We were talking about height
and I was saying, if I could get any type
of surgery, it would be for me to enhance my height.
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I'm five six and a half. I always say five
to seven, and I would I would wish to be
five nine five ten. That's the crazy thing is it's
really my mom fault because my dad's five ten. My
dad's taller than me. My mom is five to one,
my grandma is four eleven, my wife is five to one.
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So I know my kid's gonna be short.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
Now, you said you will want your height to be
like five nine, five ten, to be able to do what.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Grab stuff off the counter, grabs at the cupboards at
the house.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
You're a married man.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Yeah, I understand that, but I also feel like if
you don't get your ass on.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
That stool and you got step stool, but that's the lame.
First of all, I got three stepstools in the house.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
I got so I get it.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
But you probably have a lot of shoes.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
And this is my crazy thing. I got the steps stool,
but I can't reach the top my sneakers because my
sneakers go up to the ceiling. So how you get
your I gotta take the whole thing out. Yeah, it'd
be like jumping up the time knock one of the
shoe down.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Yeah it's okay, but but yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Man, that surgery looks painful, and I don't I don't
think people should be.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Getting I wouldn't indulge in it.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
But I'm just saying I feel like one one kick
to that shin and it's the end.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah. Anyways, man, all right, so what does t have
going on personally?
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Like these?
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Because I see this T shirt?
Speaker 3 (32:03):
You want my clothing brand Tune and Tie. You know
they did her? Little rent said, I was opportunists. I said, okay, well,
let me make a T shirt. Then they go opportunity.
Now you could buy his shirt at Ty one Gear.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I like that. I like that shirt. Why they say
you opportunists though.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
That's just something my ex and one of her friends
was running with because they was mad.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Really yeah, wait, which one?
Speaker 3 (32:28):
You the only one that go and talk crazy about
me publicly?
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Y'all haven't spoken.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
It's crazy because before that interview, I thought, you know,
we was cordial. I've seen her out with her Man's
and I sent them a drink. She said everything was cool,
She's doing well. And then I see that interview and
I'm like, well, damn.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Now was the interview like clip bait?
Speaker 2 (32:49):
On the clip?
Speaker 3 (32:51):
You know, they gonna use Thay young name for some clickbaits,
for sure, But I think her her friend did a
interview first talking trash and it didn't get enough motion
behind it. So then they brought my ex on to,
you know, to get it popping a little more.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
But and stuff like that doesn't bother you.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
You clean on that.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
I made a T shirt because for me, I'm going
to always elevate, I'm going to always get better. I'm
going to always make opportunities for myself, you know, And
if you don't make opportunities for yourself, you can't be
mad at me. That's that's my stance. I've been like
that since the kid. I'm writing down my goals, my
dreams to continue to get better as a person and
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work wise.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I always feel like professional athletes are the best goal
achievers because to be a professional athlete is very difficult.
Takes a lot of focus and dedication and.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Sacrifices and discipline and discipline.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Like yeah, man, So I've always feel like anything you
guys put your minds too, you can accomplish I feel
like people in the media as well too, because you
be broke forever until you make money, like forever in
the media, you make money at the very.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Forever building, until you get it.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
I don't know what he talking about.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
He probably talking about the people that probably time for
them to retired.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
But but yeah, it does. It does take a long
time to make money in this business.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Yes, I just want Yeah. And then also we got
something that we just want to give your flowers, bring
you on the show one time for my og. Chubby
Baby passed away and we never got a chance to
interview him. So I always want to make sure we're
very intentful with people that we bring and sit across
from us and give you your flowers live on television
and these clips, so it's documented that we said we
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appreciate you everything you represent and we support you. You're
crucial to the culture, to the sports sports culture, the
woman's sports sports culture. Yeah, Like, first of all, your
whole outfits is always crazy. Are we going to get
into some fashion.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
Yeah, let's get into some fashion. And wait, I want
to say thank youppreciate y'all giving me my flowers and
acknowledge that you know me as a basketball player the
women's sports culture, because it wasn't an easy journey, Like
it was difficult, you know, like and it was a
dream that I made come true with many sacrifices and discipline.
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So I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
And before we go, so let's talk about some fashion
real quick, like what we got going because every time
I see you have it on, like I can literally
steal this whole outfit right now, I literally wear your entire.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Outfit, and you know what's crazy coming in I'm like
one of my friends, Like what you're gonna wear? I
have no idea. So I'm in the shower, I get out,
I'm like, okay, I want to wear this shirt. I
want to wear my hat. I don't know. I just
went down found a short Loyalty that's my clothing brand.
That's part of my brand too, So I love this
is my favorite e boji. Actually, my best friend made
this logo for me and then shout out to Chris KC.
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He helped me create my my logos.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Second, look, he all.
Speaker 3 (36:01):
Thinks photographer security.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
You know, it's that hat he got on. You know,
security guards always had that black hat on.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
You don't know if he's gonna shoot you a gut you.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
I don't know. Then, like you know, just throwing the
Rick Owen shorts with the kicks. Yeah, I'm the type
like I just want to wear like what makes me
feel good, what I'm comfortable in.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
So like I'm not but it's influential, is what I'm saying.
Your style is influential. I think you should. You know
what I'm saying, figure out some content around.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
That, appreciate it. I mean I do some get ready
with me sometimes. Okay, incorporate my clothing brand too.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Yeah, and then what about the oh.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
This is my brand too, forever young bad Danna. I
just tied it around my neck.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
Okay, I'm saying you have it. And then the tattoos.
The tattoos is crazy.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
Thank you. I love tats. It started though in college.
I had to hote him because my mother wasn't big
on tattoos. Yeah, I thought I made it to the league.
I'm like, I made my own money.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Now boom, you don't get any more tax as.
Speaker 3 (37:03):
You get older, they hurt. So I'm like, I don't know.
I do want something, but I don't know if I
want to sit there and do it.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The pain man, they got that numb and cream.
Speaker 4 (37:13):
Now you got you got some NBA players I've seen getting.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Put to sleep. Yeah, yeah, that's a that's a tap
out session.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
Yeah I'm not I'm not going to sleep.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
Full backs of back tattoos.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
Man, If you got to get put to sleep in
the tattooed, you don't need no damn tattoo.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Yeah it ain't. It ain't that serious that Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Anything else you got for us? For you.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I'm working on my books, Okay, let's talk about it.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
So I'm working on a fairly young book.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
Biography.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
Yeah, a biography you know, just growing up and then
making it to the league. So I feel like I'm
going to do multiple books because I lived a cool
life and you know, I still got time. So I
feel like I might have a couple of thing. I'm
trying to do my thing a little bit.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
And before we go, you man, the jumper still there
because I saw you out there with I understand now
shooter shooter, Yeah, I saw you. You ain't missed. Yeah,
I can tell you that was raw footage. That's not
clipped that together.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Nah, it was raw. And I haven't been in the
gym in a minute. But once you shoot, always a shooter.
Shooter shoot exactly.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
We shoot up out of here.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
But I got one more question before we shoot up
out of here.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
Uh, do you feel like with the I guess with
the new generation of the w n B A and
and and the things have changed a lot. You know,
they're taking private planes and all these things that have changed.
Do you feel like Kaylyn Clark had a lot to
do with the change of the w.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
N B A.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Kayln has brought a lot more, you know, notoriety to
the game, her and Angel, especially that college rivalry thing
they had going on. But flying Charter has already been
in the talks for the league. It's always been an
issue with travel. How we were traveling commercial in the
back of the plane. So I just feel like, you know,
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the right timing. I wouldn't say she's solely made that
change now, but she has brought a crazy fan base
and more eyes to the league, as well as the
other you know, new generational players.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Before we go, my favorite players. Rique is a Bucket.
That's my dog.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
Yeahritae Bucket.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Yeah, she don't play. I wish he was on the
train town. Anyway, we gotta got fault.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
See y'all next week.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
Oliver Line
The getty called me broadcasting live from Atlanta, Georgia. Welcome
to the bar Alert Show. I go by the NAT
for SIMS, I'll go by the name. You know, BT
brought to you by a revolt. Tell you out of
the building.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
What's good?
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Now? This? You know how this happened. I was checking
my bag headed to the airport and I saw her.
I was like, what the hell are you doing? But
she got a shortcut. I'm not gonna say the shortcut
because everybody gonna start doing the shortcut to check your bags.
Don't even reply, don't say nothing, because you're gonna make
the You're gonna blow up the spot. Okay, at the
Atlanta airport is a short cut.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
And we saw Atlanta Airport and I already know what
the shortcut.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I thought, you saw. What's the short cut to check
your bags in Atlanta?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
You know, I don't know?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Tell us, tell us when we go to commercial.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Okay, now you're going, man, I'm good.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I can't complain living life death.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
You are now. I do want to bring it all
the way, you know, from the start to finish. Now
you're from North.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Carolina, North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You went to the same high school as Michael Jordan. Yep,
absolutely is it Cheney Cheney Laney Laney I got. I
got the Jordan five's that came out in the color
in the colorway exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Anyway, so you went to Laney High School? Say, now
can you explain that? Like is it like does he
have a statue out there like.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He does and his jersey is up my jersey?
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Hey?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, And so you know, they got his emblem on
the floor, the players get Jordan gear. They got all
his you know, accolades and stuff in the little trophy cases.
So it's dope.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Now standing at six two, how long have you been
playing basketball? Like? What age did you start?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
For real? For real? Maybe like nine? Okay, But when
I was little, I used to go outside and play
with my brother and my sister. I always wanted to
be like my brother growing up as a kid, so
I played with them. But when I first played for
the girls club, I was like maybe ten eleven.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Were you like the tallest girl?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Then I was actually short. I hit a Grosberg. So
that's why I started off as a point guard because
I was short, and then I hit a Grospert. They
started trying to put me in the wing, put me
on the post, which helped me become more versatile as
I got older. But as a younger and I'm like,
I'm a guard, I'm not getting the post. I want
the ball. I'm not waiting for the ball. But it
worked out for me for my career to be more versatile.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Now, when did you hit your gro spert? Like and
how like? How does that work? I never hit a
groc sper.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I was tall in fifth grade and then that was it.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That was it. You just started.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
You start seeing everybody gets taller than you be like, well,
maybe I don't need to be playing.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
So it's crazy because my sister was tall and I
was short, and now I'm six two of my sister's
five three and a half. Really yeah, so it's like
I just hit a grosper in high school. I don't
know how it happened. You know, maybe God just knew
that I needed to make it to the league. I
don't know how what happened.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, Now, going to Laney High School, did you guys
have like a surplus of recruitment there because that was
Jordan's school or was it? No?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Not at all. My sister is three years older than me.
She wanted to go there, so we used our auntie's
address to go there. And so then like we all did,
so I had to go there because my sister went there.
My brother went to a school in the country because
he lived with my father when my parents split. So
it wasn't like a recruitment. It wasn't even about basketball.
It was more so just following my sister footsteps.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Wow, okay, now going to college, how was that for you? Like? Now,
because you got a full scholarship to play basketball, how
was that for you?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And what was the something that you was like, damn,
you know, I like this or I don't like this.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
So it was a recruitment process. I had a lot
of colleges sending me prospect letters, but it was more
so about how the coach and the team made me feel.
I didn't want to go to a school where I
would have to sit the bench, you know, because the
top schools a lot of the new recruits they're having
to earn and wait. I wanted to go and make
an initial impact. I wanted to go make a difference.
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And so when I chose James Madison, that's what it was.
It was unheard of. I never even heard of it
until you know they were recruiting me.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Where's James Manson.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And Harrison Burd Virginia?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
So I never heard of it, but I believed in
the coach when I got there, the team, the campus
was beautiful, and I didn't want to go too close
to home, so out of my top five when I
went on my visit, I just felt that was the
decision that was the choice for me and it worked out.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Now, when you said that you didn't want to go
to like the top schools, did you actually go visit
those top schools?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
So one of my favorite schools was Carolina. Okay, So
as a kid, I'm from North Carolina. They used to
send letters to come to their camps, but four twenty
five for a camp. Growing up from my mother, we
couldn't afford that, so I never went. I went to
NC State, which we had like something for our team.
We always went to NC State and I did like
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in C State, but when it came to recruitment, those
schools wasn't recruiting me, not until I've already basically committed
to JMU and we was playing in the All Star Game,
the North Carolina All Star Game, and my family heard
the coach that was at Carolina asking about me. But
it's too late now, you know. So it was one
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of those things where it was like those were one
of my my favorite schools, but they wasn't recruiting me,
so I had to go where I was wanted.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Hello, and you did really good because number eighth pick,
first round Atlanta Dream. Yeah yeah, yeah, you didn't spend
ma Jory of your career. You spend MAJORI your career
in Chicago, but you know, we were definitely pleased to
have you in Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Yeah, I love the A.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
What was that experience like being the eighth pit and
then coming to Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
It was so crazy, right because I knew I would
be a top pick, but it's like I didn't know where, when, what,
And so I have never been to Atlanta. So here
I am coming from college, I get drafted, boom, they
fly me out first class. I never flew first class.
So I'm like, oh, I'm living to dream. Yeah, I
like this is lit. Yeah, and so I came. They
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took me around the city and just moving here and
being on my own. It was different because I didn't
really know a lot of people here, but it was
a dream come true. And so like ever since then,
Atlanta has always been my primary residence.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Okay, so even though you because you were in Chicago
for nine years, years.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
In Vegas for two years, okay, but my home has
always been here.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Now, how how does it feel when you get drafted?
Like does it feel like a movie like Two K? Like,
how does it feel that moment you get drafted? Because
I played two K and you know, like when they
do all the theatrical stuff, I imagine this is probably how
it feels to go to the league.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, like it feels it feels surreal. You know, it's
like they call me your name, everybody's like celebrating you,
like damn, like Mama, we really made it. You know,
like it's surreal. Like it's an undescribable thing because even
trying to think back now and relive it is just
like you can't. It's like just that moment, it was
just crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Yeah, you get a bunch of new cousins.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
My phone was the family immediately thinking, oh yeah we
rich were good.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Not my immediate family, but the other people. Oh, they
had all kind of room and she's making eight hundred thousand.
She's rich. I'm like, they have no idea what the
rookie salary was. And at that time, for me, because
I was a top pick, it was forty thousand, which
a year. Yeah, the for the four months that I'm
in Yeah, during that time, I am making more money
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than my mother. You know, as a twenty one year
old kid. It's like, oh, I'm good. You know, you're
going from making fifteen getting fifteen hundred for a pelgram
in college, so now I'm getting none of that nothing.
So you're getting forty thousand for four months for a
twenty one year old I'm like, oh, I am kind
of rich, you know, but not really.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
So yeah, really we're gonna go to commercial. Uh, Tale
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Speaker 4 (08:08):
That's right, and we are back ball Alert TV right
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Speaker 2 (08:13):
Tie Young is in the building.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And we're over here talking about how you got drafted
and how that made you feel. So was there some
cousins and people that you just had to just block?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
I wasn't blocking, but from then to now, I probably
changed my number about twenty times.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Twenty times.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Damn, that might be me being modest. I probably changed
it more than that.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Damn.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
I can't even imagine like having that, having that type
of you know pressure. So when you came to Atlanta, Uh,
what was your take when you first, you know, got
in the team practice and you started me and your
teammates and everything.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
They were strong, like stronger man. I was running into
every screen like a ping pompom. The pace was fast,
so you know, it was it was tough to adapt to,
especially for me coming from a mid major. So in
a mid major, I'm not even playing playing the top
players all the time. You know. My my coach was
set up games for non conference to play some of
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the top teams. But it was a big adjustment. And
that's why even now, as talented and as good as
a lot of these college players are, I always say
it's an adjustment. Like the league is grown women. They're stronger,
and the pace is faster.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
And they got mortgage just to pay and you ain't
taking the spot. You ain't taking the spot. That was
that movie He loving Basketball, She left the weights on
the chest.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, you here, you only here because that's got hurt shout.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
As a rookie. They sized you up for sure, like
you ain't coming from my spot, especially from a vet
to a rookie. And I was a top pick. Oh yeah, no,
they had a.
Speaker 1 (09:50):
Boy because you number eight. Yeah, you're coming in with
some cash.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
And they know if you're their first round, somebody gotta go.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
No, somebody gotta go because you're taking somebody spot.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Yeah, it was tough now time is.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
I just said, I like some ladies. How was that
when you moved to Atlanta? Because it's not it's just beautiful.
It's beautiful women everywhere.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
So when I first got drafted, I did have a
girlfriend at the time. I had to think I had
a girlfriend at the time, but I still was uh
dating men. Wait yeah she said what she said, not
go ahead, not not while I'm with my girl.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Oh okay I was.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
I was like yeah, but I was still like I
still was attracted to men.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
So yeah, and the guys were after me when I
was drafted here.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I mean, can you fly you're putting that, you're putting it.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Out a list. Celebrities too, was after me. I ain't
gonna name drop but for sure. Okay, but I had
a girl, you know, so it didn't last long after
I was in the league. She was still in college.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
But yeah, you forgot all about it.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
I didn't. But she tried to play a game, you know.
So you know people try to play a game. You
can't play a game with me because I'm play a
game back we got now, we got two controllers, Sega Genesis.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
What was the moment that made you say, because you
said I used to that's past tense. Now, what was
the moment that made you say, you know what, I'm
just rocking with the ladies.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Now, I just realized I like women more. I'm like
even now, like I find God's attractive. But I'm not
sleeping with them. I'm not dating them, you know. I
just like women more, and I don't want to go
back and forth. That's not for me, you know, So
I just chose the women.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Okay, it was just a random thought one day.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
Yeah, or you I'm dealing with someone, he be like,
I want somebody made you mad?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
This dude made you mad and was like, yeah, I'm
cool with dealing with nah.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
I like, you know, God, criminals, I mean, women, women
are women steky. Women cheat men, you know, like, so
I don't. I never understand when they're like, oh, you know,
this guy hurts me, So now I want to date
women because a woman can hurt you too. It's just
my preference, Like I like women more so that's what
I chose to date and to be with.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
That is interesting when people when people have a switch,
just as like I don't want to date a man
because he hurt me, and then you just said, well,
a woman can hurt you too. Like I always wonder
what made people like, you know, really really take it
there to be like you know what this this.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Is the last hurt.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yeah, and I'm converting. I mean, even as lesbian, i'd
be feeling the same. I'm like, okay, I guess I
don't even get into it with people.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
All right. So you're in Atlanta two seasons and you
get traded.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well it was yeah it was halfway through my second season.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
H wow, So halfway in your second season you get
traded to Chicago.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Who you make mad?
Speaker 1 (12:49):
What happened?
Speaker 3 (12:49):
So I was asking for a trade prior, right, gotcha Detroit.
They wanted me. Their player that was in my position
got hurt. So I'm asking to be traded because my agent,
you know, he was having a conversation, but my coach
wasn't here for it. She's like, she's happy. Mind you.
I went from playing twenty some minutes my first year
to like maybe five to nine minutes my second year.
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So yeah, I'm pissed. I'm sitting on the jump now,
and you know, I'm not used to sitting on the bench.
And so I had a conversation with my coach and
she's like, no, I'm not trading you. You have so
much potential, you know, like I have a veteran that's
sitting the bench. I'm like, that's her. I didn't work
this hard to be a cheerleader. Like, so, why don't
you trade me here to a team that wants to me?
And she said, no, I'm not trading you. So randomly,
one day, I'm on my way to the mall and
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she calls me and says she's trading me to Chicago. Like,
I never asked to go to Chicago. How do we
get here?
Speaker 2 (13:41):
You're like, I want to go to Detroit.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah. But during that time, the person they traded me
for college coach was my assistant coach. So it worked
out more in their favor, you know. So that's how
that trade happened.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Now, so you go to the windy City, shy town, Yeah,
how's that because Chicago, Nobody just says I'm going to Chicago.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
It was family there.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
I didn't have no.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Family, No disrespect Chicago.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
I love Chicago.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
We love Chicago. The best food in the city, the
Chicago Bears, the White Sox, we get it.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
We get it. They're not gonna They're not gonna come.
Speaker 5 (14:19):
No folks come for you. People walk up to us,
especially if we got to get in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
We go there, they can walk up. I was just saying,
you get real cold. My boy dad hester played for
the Chicago Bears. WI Yeah, I just want to make
sure all cool.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I don't got nothing to do with that.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
So when you get to Chicago, I had.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
No idea what's going on. Like I've never been except
when I played there. I did have an auntie that
lived there.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
City. That's the third largest market in the country.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Cute city. And we lived right downtown too, So it
was beautiful. It was fun, but I had to, you know,
have my teammates showed me around a little bit.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Now, how was it was it popping.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
It was popping. They had some cool day parties. They
had the great food. I haven't been to a restaurant
in Chicago where I did not like the food.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Oh y'all, yeah, I know.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Hell, Hero's Chicken is everywhere and it ain't sat Uncle Remas,
but I haven't had. But I love Chicago. I stayed
one winner and I haven't stayed another winner.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Of that scene, now, that is what I was talking about.
They got the water, the water turn ice out. There's
something called wind chill. It is five with the wind
chill of negative fifteen. What and then you gotta have
like your undershirt, gotta have an undershirt? He I'm cool.
What the hell?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
What the hell?
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Let's talk about Chicago when we come back with the
Ball Alert Show, brought to you by Revolt.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
That's right, man, we are back right here on the
Battle Alert Show on Revolt TV.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Now, were talking about sha Town.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Traded to Chicago. We're talking about the lifestyle and everything.
That's cool, But what about practice? How was that practice?
Speaker 3 (16:08):
So practice in Chicago from Atlanta, it was so chill,
Like I had all of these veterans on my team
in Chicago. So it wasn't as as intense as Atlanta
because Atlanta's a new team. So I got them like damn,
Like it's pretty cool. But soon as I got there,
the player that was in my position got hurt. So
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then I moved right into the starting lineup. So I
went from sitting the bench. So now I'm back starting
playing significant minutes. Now I love that.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Now, when you when you got your start back, how
did that make you feel?
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Like did that get your confidence back going?
Speaker 4 (16:43):
And and how how did your teammates treat you like
when you got there.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Like, man, he came on here and got you know
what I mean, Yo, My teammates showed mad love like
it wasn't no hate, it wasn't no jealousy. Like even
the player that got hurt that she was like showing
me the route, showing me the way, like they showed that,
especially in a business like a professional because you know,
you're fighting for a job at the end of the day,
it's your job, it's your livelihood. But they showed man
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up like I can't even complain about the teammates I
had during that time.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
And you stayed there nine years season, so that was
that was That's a long tenure to even play a
professional sport. Yeah, so that's a blessing.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Number one.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Number two, I think around this time, when did your
high school jersey get retired while you were in Chicago?
Speaker 3 (17:28):
While I was in Chicago.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Yep, So you go home and your jersey gets retired.
How was that?
Speaker 3 (17:33):
It was cool? Like, my family was there, my jersey
now about to be hunger with Jordan. I'm in the
same pro city as Jordan. I felt like I was
about to get a Jordan deal. Yeah, it makes sense Chicago,
but it ain't happened. I felt like it could happen.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
But you know, now these days, the w NBA women
players are traveling better. Yeah, a lot of deals. Now, Yeah,
was that an issue with you guys? Because I heard
and I want to ask you, as soon as you
got season was done, you had to go overseas and
play right like it was not even an option, like
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or I got to go get a job or I
got to pick up a different hustle on the side.
Was that something that you had to do?
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Yeah, So for the most part, I went overseas. There
were a couple of times, you know, every season for
my first five years. Yeah, yeah, first five years I
went overseas, and then it became a point where I
was stay in Chicago and do an internship. They started
doing deals with the teams for players, like they would
pay you to stay in the city. You could do
an internship, or you could do like marketing for the team.
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But wow, yeah, So then I started doing that because
I got tired of going overseas being away from my family.
You know, like four to five months in the summer,
then you oversee seven eight months away. It was a lot,
and it takes a toll on your body. So I
stopped doing that. Where people didn't see it fit for me.
They're like, oh, you got to get to chase the
bag as long as you can. But my sanity and
my happiness is more important than me chasing the bag.
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But it still was a good life, you know, like
living a dream being yeah, being paid to play basketball,
and I'm able to see the world. If I didn't
play ball, I wouldn't have been to a lot of
places that I travel to.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
I'm glad you said that because we do have a
mental health check in courtesy of the Faith Project. When tooification,
How do you ty young keep your mental strong?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
What do you do pray, and I speak with my family,
like I stay close to my family, and sometimes I
get off the internet, you know, like social media. People
behind phones or computers, they feel like they know you.
They can say whatever they want. You know, misery loves company,
and so sometimes you have to get away from that.
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But me being in the public eye for so long
and basketball has helped me build, you know, like a
tough mentality where I've learned to ignore critics. But we
all human, you know. Sometimes it does take a toll,
but that's when I just separate myself and do the
things that I enjoyed, like spending time with my family,
watching movies, just detaching from the things that could, you know,
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cause fog or cause issues for you mentally.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, you're you're. You were to me one of the
very popular faces in the w NBA when you played,
and you're a popular face now still because you are
an assistant coach.
Speaker 3 (20:23):
No no, yeah, this one year.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Ok, yeah, I thought you still like kept doing that now.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Well, I'm still like doing different coaching jobs, but I'm
not with the Chicago Sky anymore. They fired our head
coach last year after one year.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Oh yeah, I remember that, and they I thought they
did good.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Yeah we did.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
After one year, because.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I would see you on the bench, I was like, damn, okay.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Yeah, it's been like very controversial now because like normally
you get at least two years, and then you got
that one.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
I mean, well, Chicago had Cardoza, Cardoz and Angel and
I saw the hot pics. Yeah, I thought you guys
did really good.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Like season, Yeah, we we did better than we were expected.
They expected us to finish last. We were one game
from making playoffs. Even in the end, we had like
four of our starters injured. So it was a lot
of things that happened where I didn't think she was
gonna get fired that soon. And we was also renegotiating
bringing me back too.
Speaker 4 (21:19):
So so they sound like they need to pick up
the phone to call you because this is crazy. Man.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Professional basketball is a very grueling business.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
It's like, man, you like, if you see how like
these coaches are being fired at it's like you ain't
even got a chance.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Yeah, it's cutthroat. But as you see in the NBA
when they fired coaches, they like kind of rotate, you know.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
They send him over here, he come over here, he
go over there. Never see anyone Vanish.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Yeah, and like ours, they were like seven different head
coaches and changes, and they probably only rotated like two
of them.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Before we go to commercial because we got a couple
more minutes. Is it a thing? Is it better for
a w NBA player or a college woman player to
have a female coach or or a man coach? Doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
I don't feel like it matters. I think it just
depends on the coach and their philosophy. Like one of
my favorite coaches is a man coach. My college coach,
he was a male, and then I've had female coaches
that I love too, So I just feel like it's
the nature of the coach and how that coach can
resonate and you know, get the players to do what's
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needed to be done, get the players to respect you
and buy into your system.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Do you think that the NBA should put eventually, one
day get a woman head coach full absolutely team?
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Yes, absolutely. I mean like they have assistant female coaches,
So when it's the time that we're going to have
a female head coaches, Like we got male head coaches
in the W and now they're still adding more male coaches.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
To the W.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
So when are we going to get the opportunity for
the for the men because basketball and coaching and knowing
the game, it doesn't matter if you male are female.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
I just feel like women have to know twice is
more sports than men in the sporting world.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
I feel like they make it harder for women.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
So yeah, because the women, the women coaches and the
women analysts that I see, I'll be like, dog, she
knows way more than anyone on this television set. And
and she's not getting enough air like face time on
television here, Like yo, she is like what's the girl.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
She used to play?
Speaker 1 (23:41):
She know her stuff, she know her stuff. It's a
it's a it's a couple of other ones that be
knowing their stuff that I see that steven A will
put on first take.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
The women we know our stuff, you know, but it's
it's like a male dominant thing. But the women, we
know our stuff for sure.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
One time for El Dunk, she fought too and she
being anyway, let's go to commercial. T Young in the
building of the Ballert Show brought to you, and we're
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legend the person were about to ask this question too.
It is now time for do you like me? This
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is that moment when you're looking at the camera and
you shout out your crush. Who you crushing on? Somebody
you have a crush on? It's single.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
I'm trying to think, I don't really have no crush.
It's not a woman that I wanted to date and
couldn't date.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
That's what I'm talking about. I'm trying to think, do
you check your d ms? Like, how does someone get
a hold of you in a romantic way?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
It's usually like in person. Social media scares me, you know,
like people be using apps filters, you.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Know, like you ain't trying to get caffeine.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
But like I'm an energy person too, you know. So
usually the people that I've dated, I've met in person
and they like just connect. But my dms are going crazy,
like even more so now that I'm on basketball wise,
so it's like now when you you know, back on
TV again, people was like the yah, yeah they're crazy.
Speaker 4 (25:22):
Yeah, and you I feel like I was talking to
worry about this off camera. I'm like, man, you are
probably more popular now than when you was playing basketball. Yeah,
And I feel like it's normally the opposite.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
Yeah, but you know, like basketball now for the women
has gotten way more eyes than they were getting when
I played, because I was popular as a basketball player.
But in our realm, you know, because it's a whole different,
different demographic reality element. Yeah, and then like the basketball world,
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and so it was a thing too, Like when I
was reading some of the comments, someone was like, yeah,
well you know who is she? I never even heard
of her before she did love a hip hop And
I'm like, so, because you haven't heard of me, you
want to discredit my success and who I am because
I could name some WNBA or NBA owners who you've
never heard of, and that ain't gonna take away from
him being a billionaire and him being successful, you know.
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So it's it's like a different, different graphic. And I
can always tell the difference when I'm out when someone
approaches me, whether they're a basketball support or our fan
or a reality TV support our fan.
Speaker 4 (26:29):
Yeah, you get to both sides of the story. And
y'all start reading them comments. Y'all tell y'alla stop reading
them comments. I get fulfillment because I got Rory is
gonna reply and he's gonna send very detailed reply.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
I'm applying to these folks. Yeah, but sometimes someone needs
to get put in their place sessionally for sure, so
they don't feel like sometimes like bro people and then
the personal DM you and be like, yo, I just
wanted to get your attention. Listen to my music and
I'll be over here like that's all you could have did.
But that's not how certain people. And I've learned what
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it's called. It's called trolling.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
People definitely control.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
But I have learned from when I first, you know,
did reality TV. I used to respond to everything, and
now I'm like, you just want attention. So now if
it's like negative and I see it, because I don't
see everything, but if it's negative and I see, I
block are Sometimes if I'm in the mood patrol and
I got timed, then I controlled back too, like what's up?
You know that's what you want? You really want some
attention and then you want to apologize.
Speaker 4 (27:29):
I hate when people do, but you know what, they
probably are so mad at they like that that is
probably the only fulfillment that they get. And said, look
at look at how young they at work. You know
what I'm saying they at work, like, look.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
They don't care if it's good or bad, but you
have to be confident in who you are in yourself
because like, if you're not, then all of that will
bother you. But I know who I am, so it
don't bother me. But if I got time, I'm controlled
right back. I was just trolling on one of the
sneakers yesterday. What happened you know ko that?
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (28:06):
Yeah, So one of the they was like, oh, do
you wear the hangtag on your Jordans or not? And
so I was like, why do y'all care what other
people think? I'm wearing what I want? And then dude
was like, nah, that's corny you wearing the hangtag? I said,
And it's people like you asked Tom, why I'm gonna
wear the hangtag because you think it's corny? He said, See,
you shouldn't let me dictate what you wear. I said,
I'm not. He was like, that's corny. I said, you
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writing I got a new page and your bio is corny?
Like I was just he was like, why are you
saying that? Why can't let people know I got a
new page? I said, Look, see, you want to troll
on my trol back. It was fun.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
It feels good. It feels good. You should try it.
You eat it one time for your TikTok.
Speaker 2 (28:50):
Man. TikTok, y'all got to chill out.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Man.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
They be making me mad on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
I ain't gonna cat. It's different people on TikTok that
there is.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Oh the rip. The real evil people live on.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Pop are not the same at all. Neighbor at all.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
I think one neighborhood is I think the people on TikTok.
And you got no job because of what the stuff
they be saying.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
And how they make so many different fake pages. You
like emails you're going to.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Create yo, one follower, but you're following five thousand people.
And okay, but see I have a ratchet cousin in Florida.
I'll never say her name, but she does that. Yeah,
so I would literally be like, okay, I know who
you are. I have a relative just.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Like maybe want to have conversation on TikTok. I ain't
doing I want and done. I'm a comment back, good
or bad.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
And I just like the fact that I got you
boiling hot on the other side on your phone, like
you so mad going off right, you're watching watching together
and my sisters bedroom house with my movie theater in
my basement. Okay, anyway, uh, let's go to commercial when
we come up. When we come back, we got What's
tire Young, and we gonna get a little serious when
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we get back on the Ballert Show.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Brought to you about to get serious.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Shit gets serious, and we're back with the ball Alert Show.
We were having some labs off camera, and I think
we should bring it back in Brought to you by Revolt.
I go by the Nat Ferrari Sivens, you know bt
Tie Young. In the building. We were talking about height
and I was saying, if I could get any type
of surgery, it would be for me to enhance my height.
(30:28):
I'm five six and a half. I always say five
to seven, and I would I would wish to be
five nine five ten. That's the crazy thing is it's
really my mom fault because my dad's five ten. My
dad's taller than me. My mom is five to one,
my grandma is four eleven, my wife is five to one.
(30:49):
So I know my kid's gonna be short.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
Now, you said you will want your height to be
like five nine, five ten, to be able to do what.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Grab stuff off the counter, grabs at the cupboards at
the house.
Speaker 3 (31:03):
You're a married man.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
Yeah, I understand that, but I also feel like if
you don't get your ass on.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
That stool and you got step stool, but that's the lame.
First of all, I got three stepstools in the house.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
I got so I get it.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
But you probably have a lot of shoes.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
And this is my crazy thing. I got the steps stool,
but I can't reach the top my sneakers because my
sneakers go up to the ceiling. So how you get
your I gotta take the whole thing out. Yeah, it'd
be like jumping up the time knock one of the
shoe down.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
Yeah it's okay, but but yeah.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Man, that surgery looks painful, and I don't I don't
think people should be.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
Getting I wouldn't indulge in it.
Speaker 4 (31:50):
But I'm just saying I feel like one one kick
to that shin and it's the end.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah. Anyways, man, all right, so what does t have
going on personally?
Speaker 2 (32:01):
Like these?
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Because I see this T shirt?
Speaker 3 (32:03):
You want my clothing brand Tune and Tie. You know
they did her? Little rent said, I was opportunists. I said, okay, well,
let me make a T shirt. Then they go opportunity.
Now you could buy his shirt at Ty one Gear.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I like that. I like that shirt. Why they say
you opportunists though.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
That's just something my ex and one of her friends
was running with because they was mad.
Speaker 2 (32:24):
Really yeah, wait, which one?
Speaker 3 (32:28):
You the only one that go and talk crazy about
me publicly?
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Y'all haven't spoken.
Speaker 3 (32:35):
It's crazy because before that interview, I thought, you know,
we was cordial. I've seen her out with her Man's
and I sent them a drink. She said everything was cool,
She's doing well. And then I see that interview and
I'm like, well, damn.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Now was the interview like clip bait?
Speaker 2 (32:49):
On the clip?
Speaker 3 (32:51):
You know, they gonna use Thay young name for some clickbaits,
for sure, But I think her her friend did a
interview first talking trash and it didn't get enough motion
behind it. So then they brought my ex on to,
you know, to get it popping a little more.
Speaker 1 (33:04):
But and stuff like that doesn't bother you.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
You clean on that.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
I made a T shirt because for me, I'm going
to always elevate, I'm going to always get better. I'm
going to always make opportunities for myself, you know, And
if you don't make opportunities for yourself, you can't be
mad at me. That's that's my stance. I've been like
that since the kid. I'm writing down my goals, my
dreams to continue to get better as a person and
(33:29):
work wise.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
I always feel like professional athletes are the best goal
achievers because to be a professional athlete is very difficult.
Takes a lot of focus and dedication and.
Speaker 3 (33:45):
Sacrifices and discipline and discipline.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Like yeah, man, So I've always feel like anything you
guys put your minds too, you can accomplish I feel
like people in the media as well too, because you
be broke forever until you make money, like forever in
the media, you make money at the very.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Forever building, until you get it.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
I don't know what he talking about.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
He probably talking about the people that probably time for
them to retired.
Speaker 2 (34:09):
But but yeah, it does. It does take a long
time to make money in this business.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
Yes, I just want Yeah. And then also we got
something that we just want to give your flowers, bring
you on the show one time for my og. Chubby
Baby passed away and we never got a chance to
interview him. So I always want to make sure we're
very intentful with people that we bring and sit across
from us and give you your flowers live on television
and these clips, so it's documented that we said we
(34:38):
appreciate you everything you represent and we support you. You're
crucial to the culture, to the sports sports culture, the
woman's sports sports culture. Yeah, Like, first of all, your
whole outfits is always crazy. Are we going to get
into some fashion.
Speaker 3 (34:56):
Yeah, let's get into some fashion. And wait, I want
to say thank youppreciate y'all giving me my flowers and
acknowledge that you know me as a basketball player the
women's sports culture, because it wasn't an easy journey, Like
it was difficult, you know, like and it was a
dream that I made come true with many sacrifices and discipline.
(35:16):
So I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
And before we go, so let's talk about some fashion
real quick, like what we got going because every time
I see you have it on, like I can literally
steal this whole outfit right now, I literally wear your entire.
Speaker 3 (35:30):
Outfit, and you know what's crazy coming in I'm like
one of my friends, Like what you're gonna wear? I
have no idea. So I'm in the shower, I get out,
I'm like, okay, I want to wear this shirt. I
want to wear my hat. I don't know. I just
went down found a short Loyalty that's my clothing brand.
That's part of my brand too, So I love this
is my favorite e boji. Actually, my best friend made
this logo for me and then shout out to Chris KC.
(35:54):
He helped me create my my logos.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Second, look, he all.
Speaker 3 (36:01):
Thinks photographer security.
Speaker 2 (36:03):
You know, it's that hat he got on. You know,
security guards always had that black hat on.
Speaker 1 (36:09):
You don't know if he's gonna shoot you a gut you.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
I don't know. Then, like you know, just throwing the
Rick Owen shorts with the kicks. Yeah, I'm the type
like I just want to wear like what makes me
feel good, what I'm comfortable in.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
So like I'm not but it's influential, is what I'm saying.
Your style is influential. I think you should. You know
what I'm saying, figure out some content around.
Speaker 3 (36:29):
That, appreciate it. I mean I do some get ready
with me sometimes. Okay, incorporate my clothing brand too.
Speaker 2 (36:35):
Yeah, and then what about the oh.
Speaker 3 (36:38):
This is my brand too, forever young bad Danna. I
just tied it around my neck.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
Okay, I'm saying you have it. And then the tattoos.
The tattoos is crazy.
Speaker 3 (36:47):
Thank you. I love tats. It started though in college.
I had to hote him because my mother wasn't big
on tattoos. Yeah, I thought I made it to the league.
I'm like, I made my own money.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
Now boom, you don't get any more tax as.
Speaker 3 (37:03):
You get older, they hurt. So I'm like, I don't know.
I do want something, but I don't know if I
want to sit there and do it.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
The pain man, they got that numb and cream.
Speaker 4 (37:13):
Now you got you got some NBA players I've seen getting.
Speaker 1 (37:17):
Put to sleep. Yeah, yeah, that's a that's a tap
out session.
Speaker 3 (37:21):
Yeah I'm not I'm not going to sleep.
Speaker 1 (37:22):
Full backs of back tattoos.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
Man, If you got to get put to sleep in
the tattooed, you don't need no damn tattoo.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
Yeah it ain't. It ain't that serious that Yeah.
Speaker 1 (37:31):
Anything else you got for us? For you.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
I'm working on my books, Okay, let's talk about it.
Speaker 3 (37:35):
So I'm working on a fairly young book.
Speaker 1 (37:39):
Biography.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
Yeah, a biography you know, just growing up and then
making it to the league. So I feel like I'm
going to do multiple books because I lived a cool
life and you know, I still got time. So I
feel like I might have a couple of thing. I'm
trying to do my thing a little bit.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
And before we go, you man, the jumper still there
because I saw you out there with I understand now
shooter shooter, Yeah, I saw you. You ain't missed. Yeah,
I can tell you that was raw footage. That's not
clipped that together.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
Nah, it was raw. And I haven't been in the
gym in a minute. But once you shoot, always a shooter.
Shooter shoot exactly.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
We shoot up out of here.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
But I got one more question before we shoot up
out of here.
Speaker 4 (38:21):
Uh, do you feel like with the I guess with
the new generation of the w n B A and
and and the things have changed a lot. You know,
they're taking private planes and all these things that have changed.
Do you feel like Kaylyn Clark had a lot to
do with the change of the w.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
N B A.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
Kayln has brought a lot more, you know, notoriety to
the game, her and Angel, especially that college rivalry thing
they had going on. But flying Charter has already been
in the talks for the league. It's always been an
issue with travel. How we were traveling commercial in the
back of the plane. So I just feel like, you know,
(38:57):
the right timing. I wouldn't say she's solely made that
change now, but she has brought a crazy fan base
and more eyes to the league, as well as the
other you know, new generational players.
Speaker 1 (39:09):
Before we go, my favorite players. Rique is a Bucket.
That's my dog.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
Yeahritae Bucket.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Yeah, she don't play. I wish he was on the
train town. Anyway, we gotta got fault.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
See y'all next week.
Speaker 1 (39:27):
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