October 25, 2023 • 29 mins
We got a special episode of Sometimes I Hoop this week, in partnership with the new Overtime Select girls' basketball league. And we’re bringing New Jersey’s own, the Twin Backcourt (TBC), Mia and Mya Pauldo, to chop it up with Haley! This year the twins are looking to repeat as NJ state champs, narrow down their long list of college offers, and, oh yeah, prepare for next summer’s inaugural Overtime Select season, where they'll face some of the best high school hoopers in the nation. Tune in!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Last year, women's college hoops got a lot of attention
as we all saw. I was watching March Madness and
seeing the hype around women's basketball as you now you
know are going to progress into that in the next
two years.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh the whole time, we were saying, imagine when we play,
we play to be fired, Like I can't wait to
go to college.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
I can't wait. We need to go now.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, like we actually wanted to go to our college
game in person, we have not been in that type
of environment where it's been packed. Well, yes, we are
of college. It was like twenty nineteen before COVID.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
I don't even remember that. I was in Ohio.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
You remember we was with China Robinson. We took the Okay, no, anyways,
we was in our environment, but not how it.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Is not definitely got to make the final four. When
I tell you it's insane. You gotta go as a
fan this year. Next year, then y'all gotta make it
when he's college.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
That's the plan.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Oh my gosh, the plan we get into existence. Welcome
back to Sometimes I Hoop. I'm your host Hailey Jones.
Today we're bringing you a special episode of the show
in collaboration with Overtime Women's Basketball. My two guests today
are two high school superstars who are going to be
playing in the recently announced Overtime selectly starting in the
(01:11):
summer of twenty twenty four. Quick Humble brag about these two.
They signed their first NIL deal at fifteen years old,
shout out Puma, had fourteen D one offers before they
even got into high school and New Jersey state champs
none other than the twin backcourt Miya and Maya Paldo.
How are we, hi Ah?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You flatter me?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I saw, I saw some blushing. I'm excited to have
you too, off. But I mean while you're tearing it
up in high school, gearing up for your junior year
at Morris Catholic, trying to repeat as state champs this year.
So let's take it back to the roots a little bit.
How did you get started in basketball? Who put the
ball in your hands?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
We've been around it our whole lives.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Our father played it, our mom played it, most of
our family played it, and we just fell in love
with the game.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The more we've been.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Around it, I would say it was only when our dad,
you know, he coached high level basketball players Kyle and
understand he hung out with j R. Smith and and.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah at a lot of a lot of studs.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And this just keeps on going.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It just keeps on going. So we just fell in
love with it.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You know, when we were younger, we did multiple things
like dance, ballet, gymnastics, but the one thing you fell
in love with was basketball. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Oh I love that. That's so similar. I grew up
my parents were high school coaches, so you just grew
up around the gym. But I think it's so important
to play all these different sports because you can take
different aspects from every sport you play. But you know
what said, basketball apart from the rest. And when did
you find out like, Okay, I'm really good, Like I
could really do something with basketball compared to other sports.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I don't know, like it just I just felt that
swagger with it, like yeah, I mean the excitement of
watching other people playing made us sick, like they made
its excited and love it more than other sports. And
you know, I feel like our person, you know, it's
always at a high. So playing the other sports help
has become who the people we are today. I feel
(03:06):
like that just helped us a lot become you know,
better basketball players, and you know, we just always wanted
the ball in our hands. So I feel like that.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I love that. And so you talked about seeing other
people's joy and excitement about basketball. Who were some of those,
you know hoopers that you guys looked up to when
you were growing up.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Essence Carson for one, She's our cousins related to her,
and we watched her play when she was playing for
the LA Sparks and New York Liberty especially. We also
had a team named after her, and she was like
ahead of it, our dad coach, Essence Carson e Ce
we called it. We looked up to her, especially like
she's the og of our family. Yeah, I agree, Okay,
(03:48):
that's a good one. She's definitely a dog too, like
watching her who she's a dog. So that's definitely somebody
that's really special look up to. I mean, I have
a cousin in my family, Delisia Moulton Jones, she was
a dog too. It's so cool having that family tie
where like you can ask them for so much advice
and relate to them and want to be like them,
which I think is really special to have that role
model connection.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
But high school picking. Was that a big thing for
you guys or was it always going to be Mores
Catholic or did you think about any other schools in
your area?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
We did. Yeah, we definitely wanted to play basketball in
our area, you know, make it. You know, we wanted
to be hometown here. Yeah, well we still are, but
we just wanted that support from our people. But I
feel like the situation was just fit better. I'm more
as Catholic, so our people still support us over there
as well, So we're grateful for that.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I love it. And I mean we see TVC in
the background, so you got to tell me a little
bit about that, the background story. When did you first
start calling yourselves that bring us in?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It was really our dad. He had his own like
his own brand, his own brand. It was DJ Poutle
Training and Development, and he had his own brand. And
then he's just the mastermind behind all. He gave us
the name twin backcourt, you know, because no one could
guard us in.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
The right all over the court.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So you know, it was really his idea of it,
and then you know we just built from there. Yeah,
it means like TBC represents us in our family and
it also represents us like inspiring others to want to
be who they are and have a confidence to do
whatever they want to do and just follow their genes.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh my gosh, I love that so much. Thank you.
Twin backcourt obviously unguardable, picking up defense, everything in between.
Have you guys ever pulled any twin switch pranks? I
know whenever I have to guard twins, it's very confusing.
You're like cool guarding. You can definitely play into that.
What's one of the best twin switch pranks that you
(05:44):
guys have?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Not ambassable?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Not in basketball because people we definitely play, we definitely
have the teams well we play differently, but we just
both skilled and all that stuff. But everyone's able to
tell us on the court. But off the court, the
best thing was probably it wasn't greed, No, it wasn't second.
It was full and it was her homeome teacher. She
knew which one was, which it was my home teacher
(06:09):
that didn't and we it was like two classes and
you switched.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
So we switched classes and her.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Teacher was like, oh, let's switch, and like, prank my teacher,
and so we pranked this.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
She didn't even know. We're like we were.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
We switched, but then we had to switch because you know,
we we do our work differently.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
You know, we have the sense of the work. So
he was just like, man, let's we're done with this.
Let's do our own work.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Everybody in my class was telling her like why are
you in Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
They were like, why are you in this class?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You're not.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Classes, y'all?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, be quiet?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Bro?
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We're trying to be slick.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
That's crazy. And so you guys talked about on the court,
you have different playing styles but still similar. What would
you say are the key differences between the two of you? Like,
what does one bring that the other one doesn't bring?
Those types of things? How do you play so well
together and compliment one another while you're on the court together.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I'm like more of a floor general. We both can
see the floor very well. But I'm a very good
passor and I know how to like make plays for
my teammates. She does too, But I'm like more of
a point guard. You feel me. I also like, I'm
very gritty, I'm locked down on defense. I feel like
I could guard anyone. Like we can't get passing.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
I'll say I'm more flashier.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I'll be dropping everybody doing all these crazy stuff, crazy shots,
like that's what I do. I'm just comfortable in doing that.
Now I'm working on getting my defense to the top.
But you know, this season, I'm definitely gonna be locking
down on defense, so I'll really about it.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Sounds the complimenting is there. You know we have the
floor in general, we got the scoring forward. Sounds like
the two you would be a two on two unbeatable.
That's what it sounds like.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
To tell these college please please, They know they know,
but it's just sometimes hard to have that confidence with
having two small guards like.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We grab rebuilds. We don't act like we five whatever,
we have like we six foot but like.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
These but these coaches be like, oh, it's the college level.
It's different. We understand that. But we's got you, coach,
like we mature.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
We got it.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Like I've been convinced. I never had any doubts. But
for anybody, so who wins the one on one battle?
What are those battles? Like, I know there's something crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
It's rough, it's rough, it's really competitive, and we both
could guard each other, that's all. Like anybody in the
world cannot guard its stuff for each other. Yeah, and
you tell everyone this because she knows my moves. I
know her moves, and you know that's how we get
better because you know, you do counter moves and one
of different ways try to learn your style of basketball
and you build it from that. So having a twin
(08:59):
helped me do that. It depends on what day is
good for each other. Like sometimes she'll win, sometimes I'll
be winning. Like it depends, like the day we literally
just didn't one on one and we posted it on
our Instagram too, and she won.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
It was two and one, but that was before my
surgery and all, yeahs, so we can run it back.
You feel mean, we're gonna runn back soon.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
I got You're back. But that's such an advantage you
have that your best competition is literally at home with you.
Anytime you can ge out there and push each other
and whatnot. I think that's so special and honestly, like
y'all competing, and it seems like y'all are also like
so supportive one another. I feel like sometimes there's that
sibling battle and it's just not healthy. But I think
to have that healthy relationship sometimes maybe a little toxic.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
I mean we do argue with mere sisters. We have
the same room, we be with each other twenty four seven,
so you know, we argue that's gonna happen, but you
still love each other at the end of the day,
love each other.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, a you has always been that main option for
girls basketball in the summertime. So what led you and
your family to start your own AAU team?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
That was a good question, great question. Well, when we
got our NL deal, we gained resources that we didn't
have before, and so we thought, like, why can't we
just take advantage of that and start something new for
girls in our area and urban communities and build on
that and help them get opportunities or have opportunities that
most players don't have. Because we know a lot of
(10:29):
talented girls from these communities that don't have the opportunities
that we have, and we wanted to give it to them.
So that's just the main thing. Also, would be dope,
like start having our own programs so they start our
own vibe. You know, definitely a girl she.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Said over time. Select Girls Basketball League was announced this week,
which will start next summer. What were your thoughts and
what drew you to it?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Exactly the same thing with my said, you know, create
our own vibe, our own wave things, and you know,
just bring our energy where it's needed, which is you
know everywhere. You know, we feel like we should spread
our energy everywhere. You know, that's that's the only way
we can really help the girl's game of basketball and
you know girls women's sports in general. So I feel
(11:14):
like this is a great opportunity to do that.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Oh for sure. I mean I think it's going to bring.
Visibility has already increased so much just with the social
media presence that women's basketball has and seeing the two
of you everywhere, and so for you to be joining
this league, I think it's just going to make it
even bigger and better. But do you think that the
competition here is really going to help you get better?
We talked about YouTube being the best competition for yourselves,
(11:38):
but what else do you think you're going to gain
from this league beyond visibility? Maybe skill, competition, all the above.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
The action is really going to show that we can
dominate and we're the best because we say we dominate
and we show it, but like when we're with the
best all in the same league, it will really show.
And I also love that we have other competitors that
you know, are up there with the US, and we
can always compete and push each other to be better.
So like, yeah, I definitely agree, you know, competing in
(12:07):
the same event as other high level players as US,
I feel like that shows us that we're not just
all talked. You know, you're about that action too. So
we want all of smoke and they want all of
smoke as well. So let's say we make it out.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Let's see who the best really is for real facts.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I mean, that's a bag to be the best, you
really got to play the best because you could play
anybody from your hometown, anybody from whatever AU league and
you're in. But when you start playing the big competition,
you really going to see who the big dogs are
amongst the rest of the big dogs. So I'm excited
to be there and watch y'all really hoop. I think
it'll bring out the best in everyone, but I think
it'll also bring out, you know, some people's weaknesses and whatnot.
(12:45):
So it's going to be an opportunity for everybody to
get better as well, which I'm excited to see firsthand.
Curious if there's any other high school players that are
going to be at the overtime events that you guys
are excited to play against or excited to compete against.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
We've played against them before, yeah, you know, Jas Davison,
Jenniica play against them. But I'm really I'm really mostly
looking forward to girls that to play against in our class,
you know, to dominate. Yeah, especially top ten girls, top
ten girls. I want to just dominate, dominate all.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
I love that. Who's the biggest dog, who's the best.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Us? Us?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
And we talked about, you know, the visibility that this
is going to bring. But high school girls hoops has
been getting a lot more attention recently everywhere across the media,
just people talking about it, word of mouth. So events
like Queen of the Court and Why Verse and why
What has the atmosphere been like playing in those types
of events.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
It's outrageousgeous, So like tingling, it's in station.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
But I love it though, yes.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yes, it's it's really it's really hard to explain the
experience when if you're not really there. It's the type
of experience where you have to be in that type
of environment to really know how to feel.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
So it's all it's like on like the audience the competitiveness,
like the trash talk, the love you feel me, the support,
Like all that together just brings it all together and
makes it like a wonderful environment to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I'm jealous. I wish I had these type events when
I was in high school, so like be able to
witness and like watch you guys go through these things.
It's surreal because it gives you, like, you know, things
like a Final four atmosphere where it's loud, people are hyped,
you're engaged, Like it's just surreal and like you're struggling
to find the words. I always struggle to find the
words to describe it as well. It's just you really
(14:44):
got to be there to experience it. And So now
that you guys are on this big stage and you've
grown your platform to these amazing heights, what are you
hoping your impact is on the younger generation as you're
about to start hooping in this overtime league.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Be yourself and step outside the box as well, you know,
because a lot of girls are shy and they don't
really want to do a lot of things. But once
you step out that box and show like people who
you really are and like what you can do so
many doors that open up for you. It's also inspiring
for small girls like us because like a lot of
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short girls might think like, oh, I'm too little, like
I can't really like do as much as a tall
girl can. But that's not true, like, and we're proving
them wrong. Like you know, like we just want other
kids to like me as to have a confidence and
just feel inspired to do what they want to do
and never downgrade anything.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
You're completely right, and I think you guys are setting
the standard. I mean, little guards, y'all can hoop. And
I know me personally is a big guard. It is
so annoying to have y'all picking me up like up,
I just be like everyding different body sec you have
your own different type advantage to use. And you're completely right.
And so you guys are in the age of nil,
which is amazing. And so when it first came out,
(15:59):
it was different. You guess we're coming out of middle school.
So how did you guys have those beginning conversations about
what that could mean for you and brand building and
all those different things at such a young age.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Well, we really didn't understand it. We were just like, oh,
that's cool.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Like we get free closed, like if we close, like
got the sneakers, But we didn't understand like the concept
of it and how important it was and just like
all the little stuff, Like we didn't even think we
were gonna get as many boxes as we do, Like
we get boxes almost every day every week, and it's
actually like stacking up in our living room.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
We don't have a living room wom anymore. Yeah, we
don't even have a living room.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Like if you see in our if you see in
our episode, it's a mess.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
But we just thought it was like, oh, that's.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Cool, Like we have a Puma dude, Like yeah, and
I would say it being from Puma. We were just
like at first. But then like we did some more
research on Puma and you know, deep into the grassroots
of it, and once we started getting more of the
clothes and shoes, you just like, yo, this is dope,
Like this is real official stuff. They have collapsed with
(17:09):
designer stuff and ball maine and stuff, and we're just
looking like yo, that opened our eyes to so many things.
You know, don't judge anything if you never.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Really like wore it before.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Because when we were younger, we grew up in the
age like we grew up where kids was wearing Pumas,
we'd be like, what are those?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Now It's like, yo, that's dope.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
I see so many people wearing Puma now it's like
I feel like it's because of us. But you know,
just seeing that, it's just at the same time, we
just didn't probably look at it or realize it. Like
we realized how Pulmo's actually like really big on soccer.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I didn't. We didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
So like just seeing other people wear it, if I'm
popping up and they see me out, think they're gonna go.
So I'm like, ah, it's not because us, they were.
They gotta be from soccer or something else. It was
an opener for us.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Yeah, for sure. I mean nil is it's very broad
and so it's figure out where you fit in. And
for you guys to sign a deal with Puma at
such a young age, it's literally insane. And like you said,
like off bat, you're like Puma what, like that's crazy.
But once you dive in, and I think that's something
to be said about a lot of Nile deals. There
could be a company you never heard of and then
they reach out to you and you try their product
(18:23):
and you're like, oh, like this is nice. You can
be a part of that rebranding and helping grow their
brand and at the same time yourselves, which I think
is something to be said. But what has it really
meant for you guys to align yourself with such a
global brand at such a young age, Like, have you
found like things that you want to stay through the
(18:43):
brand doing? Excited for collaborations in the future, whatever it
may be.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
I'll say, I'm looking forward to, like, you know, making
our own shoe, you know, and that's something I'm really
looking forward to. And then once we heard Brianna Stewart
saw with Puma, Jackie Young, som Mellows with Pumage, Scholar Diggings,
they got so many people exactly. So when we heard
like all these people started signing, We're like, that could really.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Be our older brother, but through the brand, you know.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
So I'm like, I'm like, yo, we could really be
connecting with them, getting the gym with them, and just
open up so many things for us. And you know,
we were just excited for facts.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
I mean, that's quite a roster. And it's like the
brands like you don't really realize how tight knit brands
like that are like you can really reach out and
this and that and it's dope and so moving through
the NIL world and everything like that. What's some of
the best advice that you've gotten talking about juggling NIL,
social media, basketball school, but also your social life, because
(19:47):
you gotta have you gotta have everything.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
That's hard.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
We just make time for everything. Well, yeah, no, the
best advice was to make time because we weren't as
consistent we're posting, but we always had our dad on
our back and just are on our side in our ears,
always telling us you have to post.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You have to be consistent.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
That's how you build your brand. That's how you, you know,
have other companies want to sign you and stuff like that.
And so we realize, like, you're definitely right about that,
because you know, when you're young, you always like, man,
post a lot is too much, like I'm trying to
be cool, you know, but like it was just like
we posted too much like old people went to the
(20:31):
social media first, but then we learned like the more
you post, the more more people gonna see your face.
So that's one thing.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
And I think that comes with like also understanding what
works best for you, you know, because you never want
to burn out and do too much. So it's out
when to say no, when to say yes, that you're
in the power. I think that was the biggest adjustment
for me was understanding like these people are now like
they're your partners now, right, so you can say no,
they're coming to you asking to work with you. You
have all the power in the situation, which I think
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is it's an adjustment to make, especially you guys are
so young and you're about to be like, no, grown
people look to work for me, like this is what
I have. So I think you know this adjustment that
everybody has to make. But it sounds like you guys
have the right support system with your family, the people
in your ears. But you know, looking forward in your career,
you guys have countless Dwanet offers right now and you've
(21:22):
been doing your visits. Are any schools sticking out and
if not, what are kind of your non negotiables? What
are you really looking for in a school that's going
to help you make your decision?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Okay, well, we have a couple on the list, but
it's not like our fun for anything like these that's
interesting in us, you know, because.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm trying to.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
We're still trying to. We're just trying to build a
be don't say we could say school, No, don't say nothing. Okay, okay,
well what are you looking for in a school?
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Looking for in ther So we both want to play.
We don't want to sub in for one another.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
We're going to make sure the n I L Is
top tier? Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, have you on.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Playing with each other like we like yourself. We don't
want to sub for one another. We want to play
together like for out one in or like even like
a well but well, both of us, two small guards.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I'll get you both.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, yeah, both of us out there. We want to
go somewhere where it's like nice weather because we dislike
the code, but that's not shortening our options or anything.
You know. We're open to anything, you know, and we
want to build trust with the coach, and we want
to see who our teammates are, you know, who we're
working with. Obviously the education comes with it as well,
(22:34):
like any college will have a good education exactly.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
So yeah, those are the main thing. Main things seem
like good main things. I think very similar to my
my non negotiables with colleges. I think the big one
is your teammates because insider advice here, when you're in school,
you're going to spend like ninety percent of your time
with those girls. So you got to make sure not
only they're going to compete with you like you two
compete with one another, but also you like them, like
(23:00):
you want to be around there. Like my second experience
was so great because the teammates that I had and
the chemistry that you built, that's what really gets you
to go postseason deep runs in March madness. But I'm
gonna be kidding behind you too excited to see where
you ended up going. Talking about atmospheres and whatnot. I
heard you all got to be a game for the
w NBA Finals. How crazy game that.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Junke was jumping. It was five. We was in the suite.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Were supposed to be core side, but it was it
was too packed. It was to pack, but we was
in the suite chilling.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
They gave us free food.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
We got mac and cheese spring rolls.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
But back look.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Shout out to Joel Santana and his twin brother. You
know they helped us get those tickets. You know that's
family grew up with them, but overall the game was
very competitive, but we definitely.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Wanted a game five.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
We were so we got the last play in a
game on our phones, like we was right there, like.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Bro, Bro, they better ourself, They better ourself.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Like we wanted them to know that case just look.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Be a game five like and br on the store
of our girl, you know, like Jackie Young too, but
they just got a championship like on Steward's MVP feel me.
You know, we reached out to her, talk to her
in one on one.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
I just wanted her to get.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
That dub and it's east Side east Side.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
We was mad now, but we were.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Really excited to have that experience because we didn't think
we were gonna go to a final WNBA game because
we found that out the day before that we were
gonna go. It was kind of like a surprise, yes,
and you can know it was the best surprise by far.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
This year.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
We got to get our hair done exact gun.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
We got ready. We just posted on our Instagram to
with our fits.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Y'all y'all has but I mean you've talked about you know,
they just won one last year. Y'all just want to
stay chip last year, and I'm sure you want another
one this season. So watching that game, what do you
think is going to be the hardest part about y'all
going back to back this year?
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Nobody in the hold I just nobody in the stakeholders.
Nothing really literally nothing.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
I mean, like, you know, yes, you're confident, never arrogant,
always confident.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Exactly like we just trusted in our team, our team
this year to to like probably better than last year.
So that give that gave us the extra confidence, you know,
like we're gonna be good this year, but we gotta
stay locked in.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Yeah, Okay, so I'm expecting another state ship with no
problems is what I'm hearing, because y'all said, ain't nothing
gonna make it harder. Understanding, We're gonna head into our
last section here, which is gonna be rapid fire questions
called the babe check. So here we go. First question
and one or three pointer and.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
One and one yeah almost yeah it one.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
It was what's our favorite Puma sneaker?
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Brianna Stewart, what's your go through trash talk line? My
new one this season is gonna be step up turned Oh.
In one of my mixtapes, I'll say can't guard me.
That's the classic class exactly.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Yeah, you gotta do that. What's the best sports celebration,
like when you hit a big shot? What's your goal
to sally?
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Me and me are gotta selly with each other. Y'all
gonna have to stay two for that though.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Okay, I'm I'm not see me personally, I'm just a yeller.
I'm not just screaming, you know, I just got I'm
working on them on the Gun Show right now. I'm working,
but I'm gonna give it. See what's your favorite TikTok
sound right now?
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Is party next Door Resentment? That's just the light skinned videos, you.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Know, I really don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
There's a lot of dancing ones, but I can't think
that's okay, but light Skin did it for me.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
She's really light skinned.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Okay, who's your favorite TikTok creator? Me? Personally? I love
Monam McMichael that.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
I love her. I was trying to figure.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
I love's content. My gosh, I'm lost her.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
That that's definitely. What about Tatiana?
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Oh yeah, Taa.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
What's her last name? I forgot?
Speaker 2 (27:25):
I don't know, but she her boyfriend is the Dunker.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Oh, I know exactly who you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
She's so funny.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Yeah, I'm up with all her content too. Okay. Who's
your women's basketball goat, Diane?
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Oh yeah, mine's dianeach oh.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
T t Okay, that's a good one. Mine's mine more
but like DT is also very respected. That's a good one. Okay.
And our last rapid fire question is what's your biggest basketball.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
When my teammate or any teammate will passed on ball
and like turn it over when your teammates there like
you're passing, like I'm right here. When they try to
do the most, you feel me the pass it turn
it over and it's like, boy, I'm right here. Like
I say, when a big smokes my my down past
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or anybody smokes.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
My smoking dimes, is just like come on now, it's outrageous.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Come on.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
That's fine. Those are both really good ones. Mine is
I have a new one every day. But when people
trash talk and they got nothing to back it up,
like saying you over here trash talking, you just got
in Like what I'm out here killing you all game?
Why are you trying to talk to me right now?
Like all I can do is laugh. So that's mine well,
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this has been nothing but a pleasure. I'm so excited
to meet you guys and hang out with you in
person at these overtime events. But thank you for coming
on me and my eye. I'm a big fan, and
like we said, shout out to college coaches. They play
bigger than they are in the head six five so
come on now.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
That's what.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
She went it sy, But thank you everybody for listening
to this episode. Sometimes I hope you too have been amazing.
Thank you for thank you.
Speaker 5 (29:22):
The players Tribute dot com
Last year, women's college hoops got a lot of attention
as we all saw. I was watching March Madness and
seeing the hype around women's basketball as you now you
know are going to progress into that in the next
two years.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh the whole time, we were saying, imagine when we play,
we play to be fired, Like I can't wait to
go to college.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
I can't wait. We need to go now.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Well, like we actually wanted to go to our college
game in person, we have not been in that type
of environment where it's been packed. Well, yes, we are
of college. It was like twenty nineteen before COVID.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
I don't even remember that. I was in Ohio.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
You remember we was with China Robinson. We took the Okay, no, anyways,
we was in our environment, but not how it.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Is not definitely got to make the final four. When
I tell you it's insane. You gotta go as a
fan this year. Next year, then y'all gotta make it
when he's college.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
That's the plan.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Oh my gosh, the plan we get into existence. Welcome
back to Sometimes I Hoop. I'm your host Hailey Jones.
Today we're bringing you a special episode of the show
in collaboration with Overtime Women's Basketball. My two guests today
are two high school superstars who are going to be
playing in the recently announced Overtime selectly starting in the
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summer of twenty twenty four. Quick Humble brag about these two.
They signed their first NIL deal at fifteen years old,
shout out Puma, had fourteen D one offers before they
even got into high school and New Jersey state champs
none other than the twin backcourt Miya and Maya Paldo.
How are we, hi Ah?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
You flatter me?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I saw, I saw some blushing. I'm excited to have
you too, off. But I mean while you're tearing it
up in high school, gearing up for your junior year
at Morris Catholic, trying to repeat as state champs this year.
So let's take it back to the roots a little bit.
How did you get started in basketball? Who put the
ball in your hands?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
We've been around it our whole lives.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Our father played it, our mom played it, most of
our family played it, and we just fell in love
with the game.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The more we've been.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Around it, I would say it was only when our dad,
you know, he coached high level basketball players Kyle and
understand he hung out with j R. Smith and and.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah at a lot of a lot of studs.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
And this just keeps on going.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
It just keeps on going. So we just fell in
love with it.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
You know, when we were younger, we did multiple things
like dance, ballet, gymnastics, but the one thing you fell
in love with was basketball. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Oh I love that. That's so similar. I grew up
my parents were high school coaches, so you just grew
up around the gym. But I think it's so important
to play all these different sports because you can take
different aspects from every sport you play. But you know
what said, basketball apart from the rest. And when did
you find out like, Okay, I'm really good, Like I
could really do something with basketball compared to other sports.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I don't know, like it just I just felt that
swagger with it, like yeah, I mean the excitement of
watching other people playing made us sick, like they made
its excited and love it more than other sports. And
you know, I feel like our person, you know, it's
always at a high. So playing the other sports help
has become who the people we are today. I feel
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like that just helped us a lot become you know,
better basketball players, and you know, we just always wanted
the ball in our hands. So I feel like that.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I love that. And so you talked about seeing other
people's joy and excitement about basketball. Who were some of those,
you know hoopers that you guys looked up to when
you were growing up.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Essence Carson for one, She's our cousins related to her,
and we watched her play when she was playing for
the LA Sparks and New York Liberty especially. We also
had a team named after her, and she was like
ahead of it, our dad coach, Essence Carson e Ce
we called it. We looked up to her, especially like
she's the og of our family. Yeah, I agree, Okay,
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that's a good one. She's definitely a dog too, like
watching her who she's a dog. So that's definitely somebody
that's really special look up to. I mean, I have
a cousin in my family, Delisia Moulton Jones, she was
a dog too. It's so cool having that family tie
where like you can ask them for so much advice
and relate to them and want to be like them,
which I think is really special to have that role
model connection.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
But high school picking. Was that a big thing for
you guys or was it always going to be Mores
Catholic or did you think about any other schools in
your area?
Speaker 2 (04:17):
We did. Yeah, we definitely wanted to play basketball in
our area, you know, make it. You know, we wanted
to be hometown here. Yeah, well we still are, but
we just wanted that support from our people. But I
feel like the situation was just fit better. I'm more
as Catholic, so our people still support us over there
as well, So we're grateful for that.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I love it. And I mean we see TVC in
the background, so you got to tell me a little
bit about that, the background story. When did you first
start calling yourselves that bring us in?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It was really our dad. He had his own like
his own brand, his own brand. It was DJ Poutle
Training and Development, and he had his own brand. And
then he's just the mastermind behind all. He gave us
the name twin backcourt, you know, because no one could
guard us in.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
The right all over the court.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
So you know, it was really his idea of it,
and then you know we just built from there. Yeah,
it means like TBC represents us in our family and
it also represents us like inspiring others to want to
be who they are and have a confidence to do
whatever they want to do and just follow their genes.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Oh my gosh, I love that so much. Thank you.
Twin backcourt obviously unguardable, picking up defense, everything in between.
Have you guys ever pulled any twin switch pranks? I
know whenever I have to guard twins, it's very confusing.
You're like cool guarding. You can definitely play into that.
What's one of the best twin switch pranks that you
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guys have?
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Not ambassable?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Not in basketball because people we definitely play, we definitely
have the teams well we play differently, but we just
both skilled and all that stuff. But everyone's able to
tell us on the court. But off the court, the
best thing was probably it wasn't greed, No, it wasn't second.
It was full and it was her homeome teacher. She
knew which one was, which it was my home teacher
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that didn't and we it was like two classes and
you switched.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
So we switched classes and her.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Teacher was like, oh, let's switch, and like, prank my teacher,
and so we pranked this.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
She didn't even know. We're like we were.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
We switched, but then we had to switch because you know,
we we do our work differently.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
You know, we have the sense of the work. So
he was just like, man, let's we're done with this.
Let's do our own work.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Everybody in my class was telling her like why are
you in Yeah?
Speaker 3 (06:36):
They were like, why are you in this class?
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You're not.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Classes, y'all?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, be quiet?
Speaker 1 (06:44):
What are you doing?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Bro?
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We're trying to be slick.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
That's crazy. And so you guys talked about on the court,
you have different playing styles but still similar. What would
you say are the key differences between the two of you? Like,
what does one bring that the other one doesn't bring?
Those types of things? How do you play so well
together and compliment one another while you're on the court together.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
I'm like more of a floor general. We both can
see the floor very well. But I'm a very good
passor and I know how to like make plays for
my teammates. She does too, But I'm like more of
a point guard. You feel me. I also like, I'm
very gritty, I'm locked down on defense. I feel like
I could guard anyone. Like we can't get passing.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
I'll say I'm more flashier.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
I'll be dropping everybody doing all these crazy stuff, crazy shots,
like that's what I do. I'm just comfortable in doing that.
Now I'm working on getting my defense to the top.
But you know, this season, I'm definitely gonna be locking
down on defense, so I'll really about it.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Sounds the complimenting is there. You know we have the
floor in general, we got the scoring forward. Sounds like
the two you would be a two on two unbeatable.
That's what it sounds like.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
To tell these college please please, They know they know,
but it's just sometimes hard to have that confidence with
having two small guards like.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
We grab rebuilds. We don't act like we five whatever,
we have like we six foot but like.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
These but these coaches be like, oh, it's the college level.
It's different. We understand that. But we's got you, coach,
like we mature.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
We got it.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Like I've been convinced. I never had any doubts. But
for anybody, so who wins the one on one battle?
What are those battles? Like, I know there's something crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
It's rough, it's rough, it's really competitive, and we both
could guard each other, that's all. Like anybody in the
world cannot guard its stuff for each other. Yeah, and
you tell everyone this because she knows my moves. I
know her moves, and you know that's how we get
better because you know, you do counter moves and one
of different ways try to learn your style of basketball
and you build it from that. So having a twin
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helped me do that. It depends on what day is
good for each other. Like sometimes she'll win, sometimes I'll
be winning. Like it depends, like the day we literally
just didn't one on one and we posted it on
our Instagram too, and she won.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
It was two and one, but that was before my
surgery and all, yeahs, so we can run it back.
You feel mean, we're gonna runn back soon.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
I got You're back. But that's such an advantage you
have that your best competition is literally at home with you.
Anytime you can ge out there and push each other
and whatnot. I think that's so special and honestly, like
y'all competing, and it seems like y'all are also like
so supportive one another. I feel like sometimes there's that
sibling battle and it's just not healthy. But I think
to have that healthy relationship sometimes maybe a little toxic.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
I mean we do argue with mere sisters. We have
the same room, we be with each other twenty four seven,
so you know, we argue that's gonna happen, but you
still love each other at the end of the day,
love each other.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, a you has always been that main option for
girls basketball in the summertime. So what led you and
your family to start your own AAU team?
Speaker 2 (10:08):
That was a good question, great question. Well, when we
got our NL deal, we gained resources that we didn't
have before, and so we thought, like, why can't we
just take advantage of that and start something new for
girls in our area and urban communities and build on
that and help them get opportunities or have opportunities that
most players don't have. Because we know a lot of
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talented girls from these communities that don't have the opportunities
that we have, and we wanted to give it to them.
So that's just the main thing. Also, would be dope,
like start having our own programs so they start our
own vibe. You know, definitely a girl she.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Said over time. Select Girls Basketball League was announced this week,
which will start next summer. What were your thoughts and
what drew you to it?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Exactly the same thing with my said, you know, create
our own vibe, our own wave things, and you know,
just bring our energy where it's needed, which is you
know everywhere. You know, we feel like we should spread
our energy everywhere. You know, that's that's the only way
we can really help the girl's game of basketball and
you know girls women's sports in general. So I feel
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like this is a great opportunity to do that.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Oh for sure. I mean I think it's going to bring.
Visibility has already increased so much just with the social
media presence that women's basketball has and seeing the two
of you everywhere, and so for you to be joining
this league, I think it's just going to make it
even bigger and better. But do you think that the
competition here is really going to help you get better?
We talked about YouTube being the best competition for yourselves,
(11:38):
but what else do you think you're going to gain
from this league beyond visibility? Maybe skill, competition, all the above.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
The action is really going to show that we can
dominate and we're the best because we say we dominate
and we show it, but like when we're with the
best all in the same league, it will really show.
And I also love that we have other competitors that
you know, are up there with the US, and we
can always compete and push each other to be better.
So like, yeah, I definitely agree, you know, competing in
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the same event as other high level players as US,
I feel like that shows us that we're not just
all talked. You know, you're about that action too. So
we want all of smoke and they want all of
smoke as well. So let's say we make it out.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Let's see who the best really is for real facts.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
I mean, that's a bag to be the best, you
really got to play the best because you could play
anybody from your hometown, anybody from whatever AU league and
you're in. But when you start playing the big competition,
you really going to see who the big dogs are
amongst the rest of the big dogs. So I'm excited
to be there and watch y'all really hoop. I think
it'll bring out the best in everyone, but I think
it'll also bring out, you know, some people's weaknesses and whatnot.
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So it's going to be an opportunity for everybody to
get better as well, which I'm excited to see firsthand.
Curious if there's any other high school players that are
going to be at the overtime events that you guys
are excited to play against or excited to compete against.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
We've played against them before, yeah, you know, Jas Davison,
Jenniica play against them. But I'm really I'm really mostly
looking forward to girls that to play against in our class,
you know, to dominate. Yeah, especially top ten girls, top
ten girls. I want to just dominate, dominate all.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
I love that. Who's the biggest dog, who's the best.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Us? Us?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
And we talked about, you know, the visibility that this
is going to bring. But high school girls hoops has
been getting a lot more attention recently everywhere across the media,
just people talking about it, word of mouth. So events
like Queen of the Court and Why Verse and why
What has the atmosphere been like playing in those types
of events.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
It's outrageousgeous, So like tingling, it's in station.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
But I love it though, yes.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yes, it's it's really it's really hard to explain the
experience when if you're not really there. It's the type
of experience where you have to be in that type
of environment to really know how to feel.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
So it's all it's like on like the audience the competitiveness,
like the trash talk, the love you feel me, the support,
Like all that together just brings it all together and
makes it like a wonderful environment to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I'm jealous. I wish I had these type events when
I was in high school, so like be able to
witness and like watch you guys go through these things.
It's surreal because it gives you, like, you know, things
like a Final four atmosphere where it's loud, people are hyped,
you're engaged, Like it's just surreal and like you're struggling
to find the words. I always struggle to find the
words to describe it as well. It's just you really
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got to be there to experience it. And So now
that you guys are on this big stage and you've
grown your platform to these amazing heights, what are you
hoping your impact is on the younger generation as you're
about to start hooping in this overtime league.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
Be yourself and step outside the box as well, you know,
because a lot of girls are shy and they don't
really want to do a lot of things. But once
you step out that box and show like people who
you really are and like what you can do so
many doors that open up for you. It's also inspiring
for small girls like us because like a lot of
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short girls might think like, oh, I'm too little, like
I can't really like do as much as a tall
girl can. But that's not true, like, and we're proving
them wrong. Like you know, like we just want other
kids to like me as to have a confidence and
just feel inspired to do what they want to do
and never downgrade anything.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
You're completely right, and I think you guys are setting
the standard. I mean, little guards, y'all can hoop. And
I know me personally is a big guard. It is
so annoying to have y'all picking me up like up,
I just be like everyding different body sec you have
your own different type advantage to use. And you're completely right.
And so you guys are in the age of nil,
which is amazing. And so when it first came out,
(15:59):
it was different. You guess we're coming out of middle school.
So how did you guys have those beginning conversations about
what that could mean for you and brand building and
all those different things at such a young age.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Well, we really didn't understand it. We were just like, oh,
that's cool.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Like we get free closed, like if we close, like
got the sneakers, But we didn't understand like the concept
of it and how important it was and just like
all the little stuff, Like we didn't even think we
were gonna get as many boxes as we do, Like
we get boxes almost every day every week, and it's
actually like stacking up in our living room.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
We don't have a living room wom anymore. Yeah, we
don't even have a living room.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Like if you see in our if you see in
our episode, it's a mess.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
But we just thought it was like, oh, that's.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Cool, Like we have a Puma dude, Like yeah, and
I would say it being from Puma. We were just
like at first. But then like we did some more
research on Puma and you know, deep into the grassroots
of it, and once we started getting more of the
clothes and shoes, you just like, yo, this is dope,
Like this is real official stuff. They have collapsed with
(17:09):
designer stuff and ball maine and stuff, and we're just
looking like yo, that opened our eyes to so many things.
You know, don't judge anything if you never.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Really like wore it before.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Because when we were younger, we grew up in the
age like we grew up where kids was wearing Pumas,
we'd be like, what are those?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Now It's like, yo, that's dope.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
I see so many people wearing Puma now it's like
I feel like it's because of us. But you know,
just seeing that, it's just at the same time, we
just didn't probably look at it or realize it. Like
we realized how Pulmo's actually like really big on soccer.
Speaker 3 (17:46):
I didn't. We didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
So like just seeing other people wear it, if I'm
popping up and they see me out, think they're gonna go.
So I'm like, ah, it's not because us, they were.
They gotta be from soccer or something else. It was
an opener for us.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Yeah, for sure. I mean nil is it's very broad
and so it's figure out where you fit in. And
for you guys to sign a deal with Puma at
such a young age, it's literally insane. And like you said,
like off bat, you're like Puma what, like that's crazy.
But once you dive in, and I think that's something
to be said about a lot of Nile deals. There
could be a company you never heard of and then
they reach out to you and you try their product
(18:23):
and you're like, oh, like this is nice. You can
be a part of that rebranding and helping grow their
brand and at the same time yourselves, which I think
is something to be said. But what has it really
meant for you guys to align yourself with such a
global brand at such a young age, Like, have you
found like things that you want to stay through the
(18:43):
brand doing? Excited for collaborations in the future, whatever it
may be.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
I'll say, I'm looking forward to, like, you know, making
our own shoe, you know, and that's something I'm really
looking forward to. And then once we heard Brianna Stewart
saw with Puma, Jackie Young, som Mellows with Pumage, Scholar Diggings,
they got so many people exactly. So when we heard
like all these people started signing, We're like, that could really.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Be our older brother, but through the brand, you know.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
So I'm like, I'm like, yo, we could really be
connecting with them, getting the gym with them, and just
open up so many things for us. And you know,
we were just excited for facts.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
I mean, that's quite a roster. And it's like the
brands like you don't really realize how tight knit brands
like that are like you can really reach out and
this and that and it's dope and so moving through
the NIL world and everything like that. What's some of
the best advice that you've gotten talking about juggling NIL,
social media, basketball school, but also your social life, because
(19:47):
you gotta have you gotta have everything.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
That's hard.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
We just make time for everything. Well, yeah, no, the
best advice was to make time because we weren't as
consistent we're posting, but we always had our dad on
our back and just are on our side in our ears,
always telling us you have to post.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
You have to be consistent.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
That's how you build your brand. That's how you, you know,
have other companies want to sign you and stuff like that.
And so we realize, like, you're definitely right about that,
because you know, when you're young, you always like, man,
post a lot is too much, like I'm trying to
be cool, you know, but like it was just like
we posted too much like old people went to the
(20:31):
social media first, but then we learned like the more
you post, the more more people gonna see your face.
So that's one thing.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
And I think that comes with like also understanding what
works best for you, you know, because you never want
to burn out and do too much. So it's out
when to say no, when to say yes, that you're
in the power. I think that was the biggest adjustment
for me was understanding like these people are now like
they're your partners now, right, so you can say no,
they're coming to you asking to work with you. You
have all the power in the situation, which I think
(21:01):
is it's an adjustment to make, especially you guys are
so young and you're about to be like, no, grown
people look to work for me, like this is what
I have. So I think you know this adjustment that
everybody has to make. But it sounds like you guys
have the right support system with your family, the people
in your ears. But you know, looking forward in your career,
you guys have countless Dwanet offers right now and you've
(21:22):
been doing your visits. Are any schools sticking out and
if not, what are kind of your non negotiables? What
are you really looking for in a school that's going
to help you make your decision?
Speaker 2 (21:32):
Okay, well, we have a couple on the list, but
it's not like our fun for anything like these that's
interesting in us, you know, because.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm trying to.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
We're still trying to. We're just trying to build a
be don't say we could say school, No, don't say nothing. Okay, okay,
well what are you looking for in a school?
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Looking for in ther So we both want to play.
We don't want to sub in for one another.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
We're going to make sure the n I L Is
top tier? Mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Yeah, have you on.
Speaker 2 (21:59):
Playing with each other like we like yourself. We don't
want to sub for one another. We want to play
together like for out one in or like even like
a well but well, both of us, two small guards.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
I'll get you both.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, yeah, both of us out there. We want to
go somewhere where it's like nice weather because we dislike
the code, but that's not shortening our options or anything.
You know. We're open to anything, you know, and we
want to build trust with the coach, and we want
to see who our teammates are, you know, who we're
working with. Obviously the education comes with it as well,
(22:34):
like any college will have a good education exactly.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
So yeah, those are the main thing. Main things seem
like good main things. I think very similar to my
my non negotiables with colleges. I think the big one
is your teammates because insider advice here, when you're in school,
you're going to spend like ninety percent of your time
with those girls. So you got to make sure not
only they're going to compete with you like you two
compete with one another, but also you like them, like
(23:00):
you want to be around there. Like my second experience
was so great because the teammates that I had and
the chemistry that you built, that's what really gets you
to go postseason deep runs in March madness. But I'm
gonna be kidding behind you too excited to see where
you ended up going. Talking about atmospheres and whatnot. I
heard you all got to be a game for the
w NBA Finals. How crazy game that.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Junke was jumping. It was five. We was in the suite.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Were supposed to be core side, but it was it
was too packed. It was to pack, but we was
in the suite chilling.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
They gave us free food.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
We got mac and cheese spring rolls.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
But back look.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Shout out to Joel Santana and his twin brother. You
know they helped us get those tickets. You know that's
family grew up with them, but overall the game was
very competitive, but we definitely.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Wanted a game five.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
We were so we got the last play in a
game on our phones, like we was right there, like.
Speaker 3 (23:55):
Bro, Bro, they better ourself, They better ourself.
Speaker 1 (23:57):
Like we wanted them to know that case just look.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
Be a game five like and br on the store
of our girl, you know, like Jackie Young too, but
they just got a championship like on Steward's MVP feel me.
You know, we reached out to her, talk to her
in one on one.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
I just wanted her to get.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
That dub and it's east Side east Side.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
We was mad now, but we were.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Really excited to have that experience because we didn't think
we were gonna go to a final WNBA game because
we found that out the day before that we were
gonna go. It was kind of like a surprise, yes,
and you can know it was the best surprise by far.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
This year.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
We got to get our hair done exact gun.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
We got ready. We just posted on our Instagram to
with our fits.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Y'all y'all has but I mean you've talked about you know,
they just won one last year. Y'all just want to
stay chip last year, and I'm sure you want another
one this season. So watching that game, what do you
think is going to be the hardest part about y'all
going back to back this year?
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Nobody in the hold I just nobody in the stakeholders.
Nothing really literally nothing.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
I mean, like, you know, yes, you're confident, never arrogant,
always confident.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Exactly like we just trusted in our team, our team
this year to to like probably better than last year.
So that give that gave us the extra confidence, you know,
like we're gonna be good this year, but we gotta
stay locked in.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
Yeah, Okay, so I'm expecting another state ship with no
problems is what I'm hearing, because y'all said, ain't nothing
gonna make it harder. Understanding, We're gonna head into our
last section here, which is gonna be rapid fire questions
called the babe check. So here we go. First question
and one or three pointer and.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
One and one yeah almost yeah it one.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
It was what's our favorite Puma sneaker?
Speaker 2 (26:02):
Brianna Stewart, what's your go through trash talk line? My
new one this season is gonna be step up turned Oh.
In one of my mixtapes, I'll say can't guard me.
That's the classic class exactly.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Yeah, you gotta do that. What's the best sports celebration,
like when you hit a big shot? What's your goal
to sally?
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Me and me are gotta selly with each other. Y'all
gonna have to stay two for that though.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
Okay, I'm I'm not see me personally, I'm just a yeller.
I'm not just screaming, you know, I just got I'm
working on them on the Gun Show right now. I'm working,
but I'm gonna give it. See what's your favorite TikTok
sound right now?
Speaker 2 (26:43):
Is party next Door Resentment? That's just the light skinned videos, you.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Know, I really don't know.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
There's a lot of dancing ones, but I can't think
that's okay, but light Skin did it for me.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
She's really light skinned.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Okay, who's your favorite TikTok creator? Me? Personally? I love
Monam McMichael that.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
I love her. I was trying to figure.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
I love's content. My gosh, I'm lost her.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
That that's definitely. What about Tatiana?
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Oh yeah, Taa.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
What's her last name? I forgot?
Speaker 2 (27:25):
I don't know, but she her boyfriend is the Dunker.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
Oh, I know exactly who you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
She's so funny.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
Yeah, I'm up with all her content too. Okay. Who's
your women's basketball goat, Diane?
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Oh yeah, mine's dianeach oh.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
T t Okay, that's a good one. Mine's mine more
but like DT is also very respected. That's a good one. Okay.
And our last rapid fire question is what's your biggest basketball.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
When my teammate or any teammate will passed on ball
and like turn it over when your teammates there like
you're passing, like I'm right here. When they try to
do the most, you feel me the pass it turn
it over and it's like, boy, I'm right here. Like
I say, when a big smokes my my down past
(28:14):
or anybody smokes.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
My smoking dimes, is just like come on now, it's outrageous.
Speaker 2 (28:20):
Come on.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
That's fine. Those are both really good ones. Mine is
I have a new one every day. But when people
trash talk and they got nothing to back it up,
like saying you over here trash talking, you just got
in Like what I'm out here killing you all game?
Why are you trying to talk to me right now?
Like all I can do is laugh. So that's mine well,
(28:43):
this has been nothing but a pleasure. I'm so excited
to meet you guys and hang out with you in
person at these overtime events. But thank you for coming
on me and my eye. I'm a big fan, and
like we said, shout out to college coaches. They play
bigger than they are in the head six five so
come on now.
Speaker 2 (28:59):
That's what.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
She went it sy, But thank you everybody for listening
to this episode. Sometimes I hope you too have been amazing.
Thank you for thank you.
Speaker 5 (29:22):
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