Napheesa Collier

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 should I get a new trainer just because it's hard to switch that off where we're partners but you're telling me what to do and you're critiquing me when I'm playing and then all of a sudden I think you have an attitude or you think I have an attitude.

It's 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.

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 I think we just did a really great job of trusting each other in our different categories, and then you come together to create the best product.

So it was my junior year at UConn, and Alex was training a couple of the players on the Knicks, so he was in New York a lot, and I was struggling my junior year.

And so he would come down to help me train.

I'm like, I need to get some reps in because I'm not feeling good.

So we'd come down to train, and it's like a three-hour drive, so we would hang out for a little bit after.

We'd go to dinners or just hang out and talk about the season and stuff, and I guess it just naturally progressed.

There are definitely some years between that.

So the first time I met him was right before I left for UConn, and I had a different trainer.

And one of my friends was just like, you know, I'm going to this workout with this guy from the company they were with was called Pure Sweat.

I'm going to Pure Sweat, we're gonna work out, do you wanna just join me for this workout?