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  • -Welcome to the show. -Thank you.

  • This is so fun, especially having a woman president

  • -on the show. This is nice. -Oh, gosh.

  • I hope this is a predictor of the future. Welcome.

  • -(laughs) Thank you. -(cheering and applause)

  • I-I don't even know where to start in your world

  • b-because of how many achievements you just have,

  • you know, in yoursumé.

  • Let's start with your journey as a player.

  • -Okay. -You know, you are one of the most accomplished players

  • that we've ever seen in the game of basketball.

  • Magic Johnson said that he watches you play, and he goes,

  • you're one of the smartest players on and off the court.

  • He actually said you-you... you are like a combination

  • of Magic Johnson and LeBron James.

  • I appreciate that.

  • -That-that is... That is really high praise. -(laughs)

  • -You've dominated. -(cheering and applause)

  • You've dominated for such a long time.

  • What's interesting is your sister

  • plays in the team with you.

  • -She does. -She's also amazing.

  • -Yeah. -And then you have a younger sister

  • who has been predicted to also be coming into the W...

  • What are they feeding you in your family?

  • (laughs) If you must know,

  • we're Nigerian, so we eat a lot of egusi soup.

  • Ah, that's what it is.

  • -Yeah. (laughs) -That's what it is.

  • But is, like, is there something in your family where, like...

  • Like, how do you... how do you have

  • so many great basketball players in the family?

  • I don't know.

  • I-I really couldn't tell you.

  • You know, we just kind of grew up

  • -knowing what excellence was. -Right.

  • Um, in our culture, it's just the staple and the standard.

  • -Yes. -And so, to be honest,

  • like, if I was playing another sport,

  • I would have found a way to be excellent in that.

  • -Right. -And it just so happened that we all play basketball.

  • Um, but not only that. You know, we had the opportunity

  • to play basketball at Stanford University

  • between me and my sister,

  • and then my youngest two sisters play at Rice.

  • And it's just in the blood, you know?

  • -Yeah. -It's interesting that you-you've been playing

  • for so long, and the WNBA is so young as a league.

  • So when-when you started off playing,

  • there wasn't even an idea of a possible future.

  • I mean, the-the WNBA has been growing exponentially,

  • but it's still... W-Was that ever an idea?

  • Did you think, "Oh, I'm gonna be playing professionally"?

  • Or were you just doing this for fun?

  • I'm not gonna lie, Trevor. I didn't think

  • I was gonna play professionally till I was, like,

  • -halfway through my senior year of college. -Wow.

  • Um, and I think that is attributed

  • just to how we were raised but also not being...

  • Kind of being ignorant to the opportunities

  • -for women in sports. -Right.

  • And for me to look back and understand

  • how much I've grown in my intellect about that

  • and being able to educate people about that

  • and also affect change in this current CBA,

  • I feel like I found my legacy.

  • -It's kind of cool. Yeah. -That's really amazing.

  • -(cheering and applause) -That really is amazing.

  • But the W... the WNBA

  • is-is truly one of the most interesting stories,

  • because here you have this league

  • that keeps on growing year on year.

  • You know, it does... it does better and better.

  • It makes more and more money,

  • and-and yet there are so many complicated stories within it.

  • You-you have amazing women who are athletes

  • who play in this league.

  • Um, most of them, I've-I've heard, have college degrees.

  • -Almost everyone. -Like-- Almost everyone?

  • -Yeah, yeah. -That's-that's special on its own.

  • -That's very special. -You have business owners.

  • You have entrepreneurs.

  • But then, because of the pay structures in the league,

  • most of the women have to go overseas to earn--

  • and-and correct me if it's wrong--

  • but more money from other countries playing

  • -in a basketball league. -We have a 12-month season.

  • -Right. -And that is to-- That gives us an opportunity

  • to earn... (quietly): up to ten times more than...

  • -I'm sorry, what? Up... -Up to ten times more overseas.

  • What do you mean, up to te-- Up to ten times more where?

  • Compared to what we make here.

  • You get paid ten times more outside of America?

  • There-there are players that do.

  • Um, and so we wanted to make sure that...

  • But, like, what c-- which countries are these?

  • (laughs)

  • I mean, Russia's one.

  • -(chuckling) -(gasping) -Wait.

  • Russia? So Russia is paying

  • some of the women up to ten times more

  • -what they make in America? -Yeah. Yes.

  • -Wow. -Yeah. Yeah.

  • I-I never thought I would be saying to ladies,

  • -"Go to Russia." -(laughs)

  • But-but that's what-- So-so, players in the WNBA

  • have h-- have had to make this choice,

  • where it's like you play the entire year

  • just to basically sustain yourself as a basketball player.

  • Yeah. And, you know, it kind of was reflected in our CBA now.

  • We wanted to kind of--

  • You know, we-we didn't want to make it a-an obligation.

  • We wanted to create more disparity in the choices.

  • -Mm-hmm. -Um, so now, with what we hopefully catalyzed

  • in this current collective bargaining agreement,

  • there's players that now have opportunities

  • to not only make more money but to be compensated

  • in the league market, in the team market,

  • so that they don't feel like they have to go overseas,

  • -which also affects motherhood and child planning. -Right.

  • -Right, right, right. -So, um, now you don't have to decide

  • "when am I gonna have my kid"

  • -or "am I scared to tell them that I'm pregnant." -Right.

  • And those are the types of resources and implications

  • that we wanted to change at a foundational level

  • that can hopefully create a much better future

  • -for women's basketball. Yeah. -That's really amazing.

  • (cheering and applause)

  • How did you...

  • how do you respond to those people who--

  • some of-- some of which are trolls

  • but some who maybe, you know, genuinely from their side, say,

  • -like, "I don't understand why..." -They're all trolls.

  • -Yeah, they're all trolls? I like that. -Yeah.

  • You know, some people are like, "Why do WNBA players

  • "want more money? Like, they don't have as many fans

  • -as the NBA." -You know, I just don't understand,

  • um, the ignorance,

  • because it doesn't make sense.

  • -Right. -But, at the same time, I think it boils down

  • to the business being run properly,

  • which, um, our current commissioner now

  • is really working hard to fix.

  • Granted, basketball's basketball.

  • But the game's different on the women's side,

  • -and the fans that we do have-- which are a lot. -Mm-hmm.

  • That is not true. We do have fans.

  • And I expect everyone here to go to a WNBA game this summer.

  • -Including you. -(cheering and applause)

  • -I'm gonna go. I love... -You're gonna go.

  • -I love watching live basketball. -Okay.

  • -But we do have fans. -WOMAN: 23 years, we've been going!

  • (chuckles) You guys go already?

  • -23 years! -WOMAN 2: 23 years!

  • -23 years? -Thank you. Thank you.

  • -Wow! -Thank you.

  • -(cheering and applause) -Thank you.

  • Thank you.

  • So-- I told you we had fans.

  • -Wow. That's from the beginning. -We have fans.

  • -That's O.G. fans. -Yeah. So, like, you know,

  • it's just-- it's not true that we don't have fans.

  • But the business is different.

  • You know, we play differently.

  • -Um, we appeal to a different market. -Mm-hmm.

  • And we have to tap into that in order for the business

  • -to thrive. -When-when you look at the journey you've been on,

  • when you look at the journey the league has been on,

  • the players have been on,

  • there's no doubt that the league is growing.

  • There's no doubt that the league makes more money.

  • Is-is there an argument of-of chicken and the egg?

  • You know, like, people go, like, "Oh, maybe if the league

  • makes more money, then the players can get more money."

  • But is there also the argument of, "Oh, if you invest more

  • "in the league, then the league becomes more popular.

  • If it becomes more popular, it makes more money"?

  • That is definitely what we're dealing with right now.

  • And instead of just talking about the chicken or the egg,

  • bring a chicken that lays an egg, or let an egg crack.

  • -Like, do something. Don't... -Mm, mm, mm, mm.

  • -Don't just keep talking about it. -Right.

  • -Yeah. -So, what's-what's your... what's your goal

  • and-and your journey now?

  • Because, I mean, you are a legend

  • both in and outside of basketball.

  • Um, you know, you've-you've achieved so many accolades.

  • Um, where do you... where do you see your journey taking you?

  • Um, right now, I've... I'm finally grabbing the wheel

  • -of the car that's taking me to wherever I need to go. -Right.

  • Um, but, to be honest, I just want to educate more people

  • about the WNBA, women in sports, empowering women in general.

  • -Mm-hmm. -Um, especially educating other women

  • on how to empower women.

  • We do need allies, of course.

  • (laughter)

  • -(laughing): And so... -(applause and cheering)

  • And so, that's just kind of what I want to do.

  • I just want to educate people, because

  • ignorance really eliminates a lot of preconceptions,

  • -and it changes actions in a very small way. -Mm-hmm. Right.

  • And I tell everyone, "Okay, if you can't go to a WNBA game,

  • at least have the TV on and let it contribute to the ratings."

  • Turn it on if you absolutely have nothing to do.

  • You can find a game.

  • It's not impossible to find a game.

  • Turn it on, watch it.

  • Follow me now. You know me now.

  • You know? In whatever way you can.

  • I know a lot of people probably know

  • my teammate, Candice Parker. I'm sure you can follow her.

  • -Right. -Don't just watch her as an analyst. Watch her play.

  • And if you can't see her, then you can't be her,

  • and that's what I want to change.

  • Let's-let's talk a little bit about that.

  • Because I think one of the... one of the more interesting

  • and heartbreaking stories is undeniably that

  • -of Gigi Bryant. -Yeah.

  • We saw all these images of her, and there were...

  • there were seldom images of her that didn't involve basketball.

  • You know, whether it was her playing

  • in-in... in her dress and in her heels.

  • You know, that-that... that video that went around.

  • Whether it was pictures of her practicing with her dad Kobe.

  • Whether it was images of her at a game staring at you.

  • You know, almost looking at you like,

  • "Wow. This is where I dream of being."

  • There's no denying that Gigi Bryant in many ways

  • represented the future of what the WNBA could be.

  • You know, because she was...

  • She wasn't just playing basketball to play basketball.

  • She was trying to get somewhere, and that somewhere was the WNBA.

  • She looked up to you,

  • she looked up to many other players in the WNBA.

  • What do you think that's done for the sport,

  • and what do you hope young girls out there

  • who are playing right now will have

  • that your generation doesn't?

  • You know, losing Gigi, I think, to the world, um,

  • it exposed people to a lot that they didn't know.

  • Not just about a young girl

  • who wanted to aspire to be like her dad,

  • but a young girl that was moving things for women

  • without even realizing it.

  • -She was authentically herself. -Right.

  • And by her being authentically herself,

  • um, you know, we saw a living legacy in her.

  • Uh, not just through her father,

  • um, but also for women in sports and for the WNBA.

  • -Right. -When we got to experience her,

  • we were looking at what we were working for.

  • You know, we're not just here to make a difference

  • for the current players, for the rookies coming in.

  • We're here to make a difference for those girls like Gigi

  • whose eyes lit up every time that they saw us.

  • And... that is out there,

  • and people need to know that that is out there.

  • -Um, we were tragically alarmed by it. -Mm-hmm.

  • But it certainly was a wake-up call,

  • um, and it really hit hard

  • for the women's basketball community to lose her,

  • -but we're gonna live in her honor. -(applause, cheering)

  • I could give you that every single day.

  • -Congratulations on everything you've done. -Thank you.

  • -Congratulations on making history. -Thank you. Thank you.

  • Nneka Ogwumike of the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, everybody.

-Welcome to the show. -Thank you.

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