Welcome back to the show.
Thanks for having me.
I always love talking to you.
We have a lot to discuss.
By the way, did you watch the Knicks last night?
Did I watch the Knicks last night?
Come on.
Was that unbelievable?
Barely slept watching the Knicks last night.
Was that unbelievable?
I can't believe you're there.
I'm so jealous.
Oh, my God.
I'm jealous of myself.
I'm like, someone untie my shoes.
It was amazing.
Yeah, it was crazy.
Love a comeback.
Is that wild?
It's the best.
When you watch a game and not play the game, do you enjoy it as much or is it a different beast?
It's a different beast.
I feel like when you're out there and you're a player, you kind of get lost in it.
You have a little bit of control because you're out there.
When you're watching, you have no control.
I'm like, I can't even imagine shooting a three, shooting free throws.
I get so much more nervous watching.
Really?
Yeah.
And what do you think the next chances are going to the championship?
I mean, I think they're pretty good.
Yeah, me too.
I like it.
I like it.
I think they got that rust off, right?
The whole rest versus rust.
They had a ton of days off.
The Cavs were game seven.
Does that help the team that they were in?
It depends who you talk to.
Yeah, because a lot of people last night were saying, oh, maybe the Knicks had too much time off.
Yeah, but then finally in, like, what, the last, like, what, six, seven, eight minutes?
Yes.
They finally got it back.
Dude, six, seven.
Oh, my God, yeah.
Walked right into that.
You have kids, clearly.
Yes, of course, I clearly have kids, yeah.
So, but, and they don't even do that.
They're like, that's so, that was three months ago.
But, but...
I'm watching the game, and I go, oh, my gosh.
When you're playing, and you play the game, you play your heart out, obviously.
When you go to overtime, do you go, wait, this isn't fair?
When you're down and you go it over time, you're like, let's go.
When you're up and you go it over time, yeah.
You're mad.
You're upset.
You're not only one of the biggest legends in WNBA history, but also you have a great statue made of yourself.
And this is rare, because people make statues of people and sometimes it doesn't look like them and it's not cool.
Yours looks really cool.
Thank you.
Here's you posing next to it.
Congratulations about this.
Look at this.
Thank you.
I had to go with a layup.
Yes, you had to go with that.
Sure thing.
Sure thing.
Are you happy with how it turned out?
I'm thrilled.
I didn't see it until... I saw it in, like, clay form.
You see this ginormous clay form.
I didn't see the real thing, like, the bronze version, until that day.
So I was a little nervous.
But in the clay form, when I walked underneath, I was like, whoa, that's my nose.
Like, that's my nose, yeah.
And also, like, you know, the muscles don't look so bad.
Yeah, of course.
I get to be ripped forever.
Forever.
By the way, Sacha Baron Cohen?
Is he jacked or what?
Looking like a statue.
That's what I'm saying.
Yeah, thank you.
I was like, in three weeks?
That took me, like, 20 years.
That's a whole career right there.
But also, your school retired your number, number 10, to the rafters.
Congratulations on this.
Thank you.
This is not, uh...
UConn, they don't just retire numbers.
No, they don't just retire.
They run out.
You'll run out of numbers.
You'll run out of numbers.
But this is because you're in the Hall of Fame.
Yeah, so at UConn, obviously you've had so many amazing players.
Some are still playing, so their numbers will get there.
But the way they separate you and the way they acknowledge your retirement is you have to be in the Hall of Fame.
So it's not just like All-American, Player of the Year.
They're like, oh, no, no, we have a lot of those.
So once you get into the Hall of Fame, they retire it.
So it's pretty special.
I mean, come on.
It's been a crazy year.
How do you stay humble?
It's been a crazy year.
I heard something, and we don't have to air this if you don't want, but I heard that you haven't played since you retired.
No, I haven't.
You haven't?
No.
Not for fun, nothing?
Nah.
I don't want to be bad.
What?
I don't want to be bad.
You'll never be bad.
You're superb.
Now I'm like in a Pilates group.
I don't have to do ice baths when I wake up.
When I wake up, I can walk.
It's great.
It's actually really wonderful.
So when you're playing, it's that hard, huh?
No, it's not that hard.
There's days, though.
There are.
There's days.
You have to ice everything, and it's like... All the things.
Oh, my gosh.
All the things.
Well, welcome to the NBC family.
Thank you.
I'm happy you're here.
Yeah, me too.
What's happening now?
You're here in New York this weekend.
Yeah, so I'm part of the studio show, which is amazing.
Come on, bud.
Maria Taylor, Chyna Robinson, the great Cheryl Miller.
That's my teammate.
Yes.
And we're going on-site for the two Liberty games that are on Sunday and Monday.
So we'll be in the studio show.
We'll be on-site.
I'm super psyched for it.
Come on, you're fantastic.
I was gonna ask because obviously you know how to play and I've seen a lot of players now becoming commentators and it works so good because you know the game.
You go, oh no, here's what I would do.
What they're gonna do is the coach is gonna pull them out.
I'm gonna put that in there.
Do you practice at home?
Because that's what I would do.
Like, it's two birds sitting in her house going, okay, and they're just going to pass the ball.
Do you do that?
No, I do watch film, though.
Ooh, film.
Yeah.
Wow.
Old habits.
Really?
Yeah.
I'll, like, put a game on.
I'll be like, fast forward, rewind, rewind, rewind again.
I'll get play calls.
Come on.
Yeah, I teach you old habits.
I can't wait.
Great to see you.
Sue Bird, everybody.
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