Napheesa Collier
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So usually I'd be like, screen! But especially when I'm having to go really fast, my voice goes higher, so I'm like, screen! So it's really loud like that. Or I'm like, we're going to trap! We're trapping! Like, try to make it a little lower. Yeah. So just whatever it is, like whatever what my normal voice isn't, try to make it different so they can hear.
So usually I'd be like, screen! But especially when I'm having to go really fast, my voice goes higher, so I'm like, screen! So it's really loud like that. Or I'm like, we're going to trap! We're trapping! Like, try to make it a little lower. Yeah. So just whatever it is, like whatever what my normal voice isn't, try to make it different so they can hear.
yeah so we went over a list of like must-haves so you have to have a weight room which actually not everybody has you have to have a training room we have to have you know like those just things that you have to have okay what can we make those how can we elevate those so we got like the best of all the equipment in the weight room we got the best of all the equipment in the training room where
yeah so we went over a list of like must-haves so you have to have a weight room which actually not everybody has you have to have a training room we have to have you know like those just things that you have to have okay what can we make those how can we elevate those so we got like the best of all the equipment in the weight room we got the best of all the equipment in the training room where
we don't have the stuff in the W like these equipments that we're using and then it's like okay we have our necessities now what would what we just want just to make the experience better so we have like a sauna we have an esthetician room we have like a makeup room we have you know hot and cold tubs which that's more of a necessity but just stuff like that where it's not a necessity but it's nice to have it makes the experience nice we have masseuse on call like every week and
we don't have the stuff in the W like these equipments that we're using and then it's like okay we have our necessities now what would what we just want just to make the experience better so we have like a sauna we have an esthetician room we have like a makeup room we have you know hot and cold tubs which that's more of a necessity but just stuff like that where it's not a necessity but it's nice to have it makes the experience nice we have masseuse on call like every week and
or every day. And so things that will elevate the experience in that way, where it's like, you know, we want to make this better than what we've had. It's not just meeting our needs. We want to make a professional experience where you have things that are just nice to have too.
or every day. And so things that will elevate the experience in that way, where it's like, you know, we want to make this better than what we've had. It's not just meeting our needs. We want to make a professional experience where you have things that are just nice to have too.
I don't have to do all the roles, but I definitely am intermingling with things. I mean, when I'm in the facility and with my team, I definitely try to focus on basketball, but then you'll have players come up to you and be like, we want this, or can this happen, or what's going on with this? And so you kind of step into that role.
I don't have to do all the roles, but I definitely am intermingling with things. I mean, when I'm in the facility and with my team, I definitely try to focus on basketball, but then you'll have players come up to you and be like, we want this, or can this happen, or what's going on with this? And so you kind of step into that role.
And then at the end of the day, Alex tells me everything that goes on on the business side. And then if I have an opinion about something, then you step into that role. So there's definitely some intermingling, but I try to keep when I'm there, I'm with my team, I'm locked in.
And then at the end of the day, Alex tells me everything that goes on on the business side. And then if I have an opinion about something, then you step into that role. So there's definitely some intermingling, but I try to keep when I'm there, I'm with my team, I'm locked in.
Yeah, we have a lot of practice because like I said, he was my trainer for like several years before we started dating. And so when we transitioned over to dating, it was really hard to work together.
Yeah, we have a lot of practice because like I said, he was my trainer for like several years before we started dating. And so when we transitioned over to dating, it was really hard to work together.
we were questioning like should I get a new trainer just because it's hard to switch that off where you know we're partners but you're telling me what to do like when and you're critiquing me when I'm playing and then all of a sudden like I think you have an attitude you think I have an attitude it's like hard to listen so we had to have
we were questioning like should I get a new trainer just because it's hard to switch that off where you know we're partners but you're telling me what to do like when and you're critiquing me when I'm playing and then all of a sudden like I think you have an attitude you think I have an attitude it's like hard to listen so we had to have
like a conversation where when we step on the court, this is now, you know, teacher, student environment, like you need to listen to me. I won't be getting an attitude if I think you're not listening, like whatever it is, like set that aside. And once we did that, it was great. So you kind of have to establish those boundaries.
like a conversation where when we step on the court, this is now, you know, teacher, student environment, like you need to listen to me. I won't be getting an attitude if I think you're not listening, like whatever it is, like set that aside. And once we did that, it was great. So you kind of have to establish those boundaries.
So we had some practice in that a little bit, and then once it switched over to Unrivaled, it was just really collaborative because I defer to him on the business side. He knows all the business stuff, and he defers to me on the player experience side because I know that.
So we had some practice in that a little bit, and then once it switched over to Unrivaled, it was just really collaborative because I defer to him on the business side. He knows all the business stuff, and he defers to me on the player experience side because I know that.