The First Annual Unnecessary Awards 2025

Summary

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Unsupervised with Syd & TP

Episode: The First Annual Unnecessary Awards 2025
Date: September 25, 2025
Hosts: Syd Colson & Theresa Plaisance (TP)
Podcast Network: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

This riotously unfiltered episode marks the debut of "The First Annual Unsupervised Unnecessary Awards" — a tongue-in-cheek take on sports superlatives, team antics, and life both on and off the basketball court. Syd and TP, best friends and former WNBA teammates, bring their usual blend of inside jokes, honest opinions, and playful randomness to the table, riffing on everything from playoff basketball to Mary Kay hustles, TSA nightmares, and the pitfalls of “co-” awards. As always, the conversation careens off-topic in delightful ways, offering listeners a behind-the-curtain look at women’s pro hoops with warmth, sarcasm, and a touch of chaos.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Playoff Catch-Up & Friendship Hijinks

[01:44 – 04:51]

• Setting the Scene: Syd and TP catch up in Las Vegas as TP visits for the WNBA semifinals. They reflect on their underdog “Fever” playoff run and reminisce about their time with the Aces.
• Bingo Tales: The crew describes a wild night at bingo with teammates, including a dyslexia shout-out and a particularly vocal fellow player’s wife (“she was stressed, though”).
• Quote:

  “What's that? Nice to have you at the semifinals with us now.”
  — TP [02:03]

• Atmosphere: Las Vegas is painted as their "birthplace" (though Syd was born in New Orleans), with plenty of nostalgia and inside jokes.

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2. "Hot Off the Bench" — Recognizing Coaches

[07:10 – 13:33]

• Congratulating Natalie Nakase:
  • Recap of Natalie Nakase’s journey from assistant coach with the Aces (2022–24) to Coach of the Year with the expansion Golden State Valkyries — winning 53 of 72 votes.
  • Laughing about her serious basketball focus and how their antics made her loosen up over the years.
  • Discussing how undervalued "role players" can thrive given the right context and coaching.
• Commissioner Flub:
  • The WNBA Commissioner hilariously mispronounces Nakase’s name during the award presentation, leading to jokes:

    “I don't know a Natalie Nikase at all.”
    — Sid [13:02]

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3. Applauding Dominance: Asia Wilson’s Fourth MVP

[13:38 – 15:58]

• Celebrating Asia Wilson (Aces Forward):
  • Earning her unprecedented fourth MVP; debates about whether she could have won more in previous years.
  • A shout-out to Asia’s drive and the “Bam Adebayo factor” (her NBA boyfriend, 6'10”, for those who don’t know), giving her an edge in offseason training.
  • Quote:

    “The award just comes ducking through the door, walking in like, all right, Bam is in the building.”
    — Sid [15:17]

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4. The First Annual Unnecessary Awards

[16:13 – 48:24, multiple interwoven segments]

Category 1: "Most Likely to Win the Mary Kay Pink Cadillac"

[18:07 – 20:21]

• The hosts brainstorm who in the WNBA would crush it in multi-level marketing—nomination: Isabel (Izzy) Harrison.

• “Congrats, Izzy. Wow. You now work, Mary Kay.”
  — TP [19:34]

Category 2: "Best Potential TSA Worker"

[21:27 – 27:55]

• After venting about flying commercial, TSA pat-downs, and travel woes, they decide Kalia "Ka" Copper would be the ultimate TSA agent due to her famously no-nonsense attitude and impeccable hair:

• “To be the best TSA worker you can be, you need to have the worst attitude.”
  — TP [27:14]

• “The wonderful thing about TSA workers is … their hair is going to be done. Done every time … but the attitude is going to be to the max.”
  — TP [26:42]

Category 3: "Coach Most Likely to Hit a Ref" (Three-Way Tie)

[30:04 – 37:11]

• Honorees: Cheryl Reeve, Becky Hammon, and Tyler Marsh
• • Each coach’s temperament is analyzed—Cheryl (the ticking time bomb); Becky (intense “mom” vibes); Tyler (the kindest, but almost snapped given a tough year).

• “Everybody, in a way, is a ticking time bomb. You just need the right set of things to happen for you to get to that point.”
  — TP [31:22]

The Spirit of the Awards

• No trophies, just verbal shoutouts and imaginary thumbs-ups.

• “Unsupervised, you don't actually get a physical something for it, but more like a thumbs up.”
  — Sid [16:39]

• “...our unnecessary awards, it's not a one time thing. We'll bring them back whenever we want. That's what y’all need to understand. It’s our show.”
  — TP [38:45]

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5. Rant: “Co-” Defensive Player of the Year & Participation Trophies

[40:06 – 48:30]

• Soapbox Segment:
  • TP rails against the WNBA awarding Co-Defensive Player of the Year (presumably splitting between two Minnesota teammates) as symptom of “greatness fatigue.”
  • Advocates for giving individual awards to the clearly best performer rather than splitting honors to make everyone feel included.
  • Suggests DPOY should go to versatile, lockdown defenders—shouts to Gabby Williams and Natasha Cloud as overlooked guards.

• “Don't be tired of the fact that someone is playing out of their mind and being really dominant to then make sure we're just like, including everybody.”
  — TP [45:06]

• Philosophizes about the pitfalls of participation trophies and shares WNBA life lessons on contracts and career uncertainty.

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6. Listener DMs, Art Critiques, and Chestplate Tangents

[49:11 – 55:10]

• “Go Down in the DM” Segment:
  • Listener sends in a colored-in page from Flagrant Magazine, including a drawing of Syd "with a beard" — leading to a comedic, candid tangent on body hair, bras, and physical quirks in women’s basketball.

  • “I'm a hairy person, so you know what? Actually, I probably would get a beard if I just stop doing the things I do to get rid of the hair.”
    — TP [51:04]

  • Moves into stories about confronting body image as athletes, the realities of gear and pay in early WNBA days, and the shared trauma of “Shark Week” (synced menstrual cycles on road trips).

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7. Childhood Nostalgia & “Critical Thinking”

[55:10 – 58:53]

• Reminiscing about using actual dictionaries and encyclopedias, then lampooning how dictionary definitions often use the word being defined.

• “Stop using the word within the definition. That irritates the life out of me.”
  — Sid [57:05]

• Re-asserting a call for “critical thinking” rather than taking everything they say on face value.

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8. Wrapping Up: Life, Death, and Family Shoutouts

[58:53 – End]

• Philosophical riff on enjoying the present and cherishing memories (“The older I'm getting, the closer I am to the end. Let me go back to the beginning.” — TP [58:46])
• Birthday wishes for Syd’s grandfather turning 96 (or “67,” depending on who you ask), humorous family asides.
• Ending call to listeners: DM your stories, engage, and “throw kindness around like confetti.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Asia Wilson's MVP run:

  “She’s still getting better, still hungry for more, still getting better.”
  — Sid [14:33]

• On the problem with co-awards:

  “If you have $100 and I have $10 and they’re like, we’re co dollars. I’m like, wait, not really. She has 100.”
  — Sid [44:57]

• On TSA agent energy:

  “For everybody who didn’t already hear—any jackets, electronics, shoes, they all need to go in the bin. Unless you’re stupid and you can’t comprehend this simple shit I’m saying right now. I don’t want to have to repeat this.”
  — TP [28:17]

• On participation trophies:

  “We never got an award for being the funniest on our teams. … That was a thankless job.”
  — TP & Sid [45:35]

• On mispronouncing Natalie Nakase’s name:

  “I don't know a Natalie Nikase at all.”
  — Sid [13:02]

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Episode Flow & Tone

• The tone is off-the-cuff, sarcastic, supportive, and at times (hilariously) bordering on “unhinged,” but always grounded in genuine friendship and a love for the women’s game.
• Segments flow organically—often veering from serious basketball analysis into pop culture, personal anecdotes, and playful improvisational skits.
• The podcast remains accessible to new listeners while rewarding longtime fans with callbacks and recurring in-jokes.

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Essential Segments by Timestamp

| Segment | Timestamps | |----------------------------------|-------------| | Playoff & Vegas catch-up | 01:44–06:29 | | “Hot Off the Bench” (coaching) | 07:10–13:33 | | MVP & WNBA awards discussion | 13:38–16:10 | | Unnecessary Awards categories | 18:07–39:07 | | Soapbox: Co-awards rant | 40:06–48:30 | | Listener DMs/chest tangents | 49:11–55:10 | | Nostalgia (dictionaries) | 55:10–58:53 | | Reflection and wrap-up | 58:53–end |

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Final Word

If you like your sports podcasts with a side of chaos, wit, and behind-the-scenes reality, this episode is a can’t-miss. The “Unnecessary Awards” might not come with hardware, but you’ll walk away laughing and maybe even thinking a little deeper about life, basketball, and who you want patting you down at the airport.

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Transcript

[Sid]

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[TP]

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[Sid]

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[TP]

We have pig ladder.

[Sid]

Cut to the intro.

[Intro Rapper]

We say what we want and yeah, we say what we feel Sitting tmp of the mix and they be keeping it real on brand, off topic, out of pocket anything you need they got it why don't you shout? We know they gonna block it when it's game time and you know I'm gonna block them and we cover everything like who harder than us and yeah, we looking down on haters cause they smaller and yeah, my flow is so damn sick I be coughing it up. You said that we gon fly well then I'm calling your blood.

[TP]

Oh, my God. We don't have. We don't have our post its.

[Sid]

Oh, also, I have to make a small announcement. Oh, it's never small. I posted, like, these sauces on my Instagram page. Everyone was commenting like, the podcast finally got a sponsor. No, it was just me. I got the sauces personally. So we're still in search of sponsors. So with that being said, we're going to take a moment to thank them.

[TP]

This should be day nine.

[Sid]

Yeah, nine or ten at this point. Double digits. It could be double digits.

[TP]

Who's keeping up?

[Sid]

Not us.

[TP]

So as y' all see, TP's here again, stalking me.

[Sid]

Stage five clinic.

[TP]

Like, you keep showing up, but it's fun having you here.

[Sid]

It's been fun. It's nice to have, you know, we've been having a lot of fun. What's that?

[TP]

Nice to have you at the semifinals with us now.

[Sid]

Wow. It's nice to see you guys. And the little engine that could is still going, and it's so fun to watch.

[TP]

We're the. The fever.

[Sid]

The fever. The little engine that could. You guys are just tearing it up. Y' all are. You guys are just playing defense.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

In scoring a lot of points.

[TP]

It's been fun.

[Sid]

It's been.

[TP]

I had a feeling in the Atlanta Series, I was like, we're gonna win this game. For me, I was looking at the end of it.

[Sid]

Like, for me, I knew you guys were going to be special. Leading up to playoffs, y' all had, like, so many opportunities to, like, give up, and y' all didn't have a solidified playoff seat. Like, you were fighting to the very end, and you were the first one to clinch out of, like, the last Three or four teams that were left.

[TP]

Clinch like booty cheeks. Like that.

[Sid]

Oscar, you. I want to go like this, but I just kept it clinched instead of, so. Yeah, but it's so. Y' all are so much fun to watch. And I think both of these series, honestly, are going to be really good. Really, really good. Really good.

[TP]

Nobody wants us to advance, but, you know, it was a good game one. Also be a fun series. I just gonna go to 5.

[Sid]

Use context clues here, everybody. We're in Vegas, right? Our birthplace.

[TP]

Our birthplace.

[Sid]

Not really our birthplace. Like, I was born in New Orleans.

[TP]

No. Yeah, I think they know.

[Sid]

Oh, okay.

[TP]

Monique.

[Sid]

Yeah. So.

[TP]

But it was the start of everything for us. It was. Which makes it really fun that we're even here playing against the Aces in the semifinals. Like, you being in the crowd. What was it? What was that like?

[Sid]

It was exciting. Honestly, this was my first time back in a little minute. And the ASUS fans have always been really good to me. Really good to us. And no love lost. Like, I feel like I was here yesterday.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

I've been here at every home game, really. The way that, you know, the Aces fan just, like, brought me in, and.

[TP]

Marty said there was a line. Like, there was a line for you all.

[Sid]

Marty. Marty. It took, like, even Marty has 45 minutes.

[TP]

Marty's got fans.

[Sid]

Maria's fans, too.

[TP]

What's she wearing? What's she wearing?

[Sid]

He had a small line. It was like Disney World. People were just lined up to see their favorite characters, which were Marty and I. But it was so much fun. The game was so intense. The Aces always put on a really great production. Like, the atmosphere is good.

[TP]

CJ and Joe.

[Sid]

CJ and Joe. It was so good to see everybody, too.

[TP]

It was.

[Sid]

It was really nice.

[TP]

And then we got to. We reunited with Kia the nerd.

[Sid]

Her got back together. That was always a real treat.

[TP]

Yeah. We went to eat, and then we did our favorite. One of our favorite pastimes out here.

[Sid]

And it's not gambling, necessarily, but it is bingo. You got it. No, it actually was bingo. We played bingo last night, and we.

[TP]

Were there with Tosh and Giselle, her wife. And Giselle was so stressed, like, the whole time, she's like, wait, what? What they said? What they said? And we were like. She was like. He said, M30 something. I said, there is no M. That's.

[Sid]

Not actually a possibility.

[TP]

You could never hear that because that's not a part of bingo, babe. Just stay focused. You got it. She was stressed, though.

[Sid]

She was. Honestly, it is like, that as someone with dyslexia, I don't know why I ever go to bingo. It's fun every time.

[TP]

Shout out to dyslexia, man.

[Sid]

The struggle is there. But honestly, nothing like a bunch of numbers. And on one smaller square all compiled into one. Like, it's really. It's a test to see if I still have it. And the lady that was sitting across from us made sure I, like, knew that I missed a few. She was telling me periodically that I missed letters. So that's probably why I didn't win last.

[TP]

Yeah, y' all were talking so much.

[Sid]

It was like, she was an interesting person.

[TP]

Yeah. But, like, also, shut up. It's bingo. And they have signs like, keep your voice down. They literally made an announcement for not for tp. They didn't know what server. They're like, let's make sure that we're keeping our voices to the gentleman in the front.

[Sid]

They didn't actually say that. And also, the announcement could have been for anybody. I was using my inside voice.

[TP]

It could have been, but it wasn't. It was our group. That was loud. Like, what? I don't know.

[Sid]

There's just doubt there.

[TP]

Can't say for sure.

[Sid]

By the way, the mic's blocking my shirt. I just want everyone to know that women are smarter. So shout out to women, y'. All.

[TP]

And that's not. And that's not fact. That's not opinion based. Is fact.

[Sid]

It is fact.

[TP]

So I think that's important.

[Sid]

I mean, it's not, like, universal. Like, there are outliers to this, but generally speaking, fact. Awesome.

[TP]

Thank you for wearing that.

[Sid]

No, thank you for being here, Sid. It means the world.

[TP]

I had to go.

[Sid]

Yeah. We were both scheduled to show up at the same time today, so, honestly, if you didn't show up, it would look like more of a knock on your character, but you have good character, man.

[TP]

On to our next segment.

[Sid]

Okay, moving on.

[TP]

You want to name the next one or you want me to do it?

[Sid]

No, I feel like I could do it. I can handle this. So I think we came to a conclusion last week that we're gonna call this segment Hot off the Bench.

[TP]

I like fresh off the bench, but whatever.

[Sid]

Straight off the bench.

[TP]

All good.

[Sid]

Again, whatever you want to call it, we're down for it.

[TP]

Just do what you want to do. Stop relying on us to make these decisions for you. If you want to call it something different, call it something different.

[Sid]

Exercise your free speech.

[TP]

Yep.

[Sid]

Okay.

[TP]

Congratulations to Natalie.

[Sid]

Nikase.

[TP]

Nikase. Very important to get that pronunciation right. Y'. All. Okay, so Natalie Nikase.

[Sid]

Nat coached us.

[TP]

She was an assistant coach in Vegas for us from 22 to 24.

[Sid]

Yep.

[TP]

And she was the Golden State Valkyries head coach this year. She won coach of the year, and she led her team to the playoffs in their inaugural season. She received 53 of the 72 votes from sports writers and broadcasters around the country. It's just so funny to see because we. We knew Nat as, like, a little firecracker, like, cussing us out. Like, very, very basketball focused.

[Sid]

Only basketball focused.

[TP]

So basketball focused. The fun part that we brought to it, she was like, oh, yeah, they're not serious enough for me. Like, if it's not about a championship or winning, I'm not trying to talk about it.

[Sid]

But she liked it.

[TP]

But she liked it.

[Sid]

She loved it.

[TP]

You got to think about how we. The way that we groomed.

[Sid]

Is that a word that we want to use today?

[TP]

That's the word we're going to use. The way we groomed that coaching staff in 2022 with our that's what he said and that's what she said jokes. We literally made them so uncomfortable beyond to the point that they had to just become like us.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Or else it was just gonna be a hellish season. You know what I'm saying? We're, like, naming baseline out of bounds plays like, coochie.

[Sid]

And Becky was like, Gucci. And we're like, no, not with a G, girl.

[TP]

Coochie.

[Sid]

She was like, oh, my gosh. Y' all would say that. We were like, of course we would.

[TP]

They would. They couldn't believe some of the stuff that came out of her mouth. And it was funny to see Natalie just, like, loosen up over time.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

And it really. I feel like it wasn't until, like, 24, you know, when she was. When she was leaving, like, when she hit us and told us that she was leaving, just, like, her asking, like, what advice we had or whatever for a head coach and stuff like that. But she. She came around to seeing that, like, you can be very basketball focused and work hard, but you can also have fun like this. This is something that you should absolutely be enjoying while you're in it, or else after you get that championship or whatever. It's not gonna feel as sweet if you didn't enjoy the moments with your team along the way. It just isn't.

[Sid]

And it was fun to see her open up like that because she's very hardworking, very driven, like, very passionate, like, everything's there. And also, Natalie has, like, this infectious laugh that makes other people around her want to laugh. And in the first couple months you could tell that her laugh snuck up on her. Like she wasn't expecting to laugh. And then like she just started rocking with it and it just felt like so natural and fun for her. And it like brought out a different side in that which was, I mean, you obviously see what she's doing. You've never seen this before.

[TP]

No.

[Sid]

First time head coach at a first time franchise.

[TP]

And you remember that, you remember the draft, people were laughing.

[Sid]

No one saw her vision during the draft. She saw her vision.

[TP]

She saw her vision. Absolutely. She knew she wanted a 3 and D team. She got a team that goes out there and like Timmy, Timmy said, like they're like a team of role players, but people disrespected them. A lot of games or you come out thinking that it's going to be easy and shit was not sweet. If Kayla Thornton and Tip has stayed healthier, they would have been a top four team in the league the way that they were playing.

[Sid]

Because a lot of the times in the W, like everybody's really good and the Valkyries are like a really great example of how you can see so many per se role players have breakout seasons. And it's not coincidental. Like it's just we know it doesn't shock the players that see these people on a day to day basis what they're doing behind the scenes. Just because you're not getting minutes and real time and throughout your season doesn't mean that you're not capable.

[TP]

Exactly.

[Sid]

Maybe it's. It could be anything. But to see the Valkyrie do what they did, it was really inspirational. And also to see the city of or the Bay, the whole Bay, Golden State really show up for them was.

[TP]

Every game was, it's so good.

[Sid]

And they're setting the standard of, you know, what a new franchise should look like or what it should feel like coming in and they're setting the bar extremely high over there. Also, how cute is Violet, the little mascot with the glasses? I'm like, not glasses too.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

So cute.

[TP]

But I love it. Shout out to Natalie who, I don't know who the 19 people are that did not vote for her, but I just, once again, you know, I hate when people are stupid. So like it was a stupid decision to not vote for her because what she did with what she was working with was very impressive. So shame on y'. All.

[Sid]

Something that we're bringing back in.

[TP]

Another shameful thing. If you saw when the commissioner, when she gave Natalie or when she would announce that she was the winner, pronounced her last name wrong. Okay, so we don't know Natalie Nikasi Nakase.

[Sid]

I don't know a Natalie Nikase at all.

[TP]

I personally don't.

[Sid]

Me neither.

[TP]

I know someone with a similar name, but when I saw it, when I saw it on social media, there were captions like while she was saying the name and it looked like Jay Z. It was N A K A dash Z. I'm like, no way. You said it so wrong that they think she's a black rapper now.

[Sid]

Natalie Nikase, if it were a person, would be someone that looked like someone that you know.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

But not that person. Be like, you look like my friend Natalie Nakase. Nevermind.

[TP]

Not her.

[Sid]

Anyway. Congrats, Nat. Yeah, well deserved. Well deserved.

[TP]

Well, more congratulations are in order.

[Sid]

There's another one. There's a big one. There's a big. We have our first time 4 time MVP VP. And that once again is Asia Wilson.

[TP]

Shout out to a. Shout out to.

[Sid]

A. Congratulations four times.

[TP]

But it honestly, it would have been crazy if she didn't get it.

[Sid]

Honestly, like, there was years that like arguably there could have been, there could be more.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

Asia is probably one of the most dominant players, which is so cool that A, we played with her.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

But B, to see her growth, she had promise coming out of college. She showed even more promise. The way that she entered the league and her growth throughout the league and how she continues to add to her game.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

After you've already accomplished the best accolade you can attain. And she's still getting better, still hungry for more, still getting better.

[TP]

And I mean a big part of that obviously is her work ethic. And also Bam. Everybody doesn't have a 610 boyfriend. Play one on one against, you know what I'm saying? And work out with. So like, naturally you're gonna be getting better, like in the off season, like significantly better than other people just by who you're, who you're working out with. But like also a flex to have Bam present.

[Sid]

Right. The award too just comes ducking through the door, walking in like, all right, Bam is in the building.

[TP]

But that's incredible. Four time was crazy. I think people, a lot of people early in the season, I think Phi was what two people were looking at. And she was playing really well. And I think once she went down and Asia was still. Cause Asia was doing so well even when the aces were losing.

[Sid]

Correct.

[TP]

So it was like, you're still dropping 30 plus double doubles. So to keep that up at that rate is insane. Honestly, her lung capacity and her stamina is nuts.

[Sid]

It's really.

[TP]

Shout out to Bam. Woo. All right, well, you. You got to introduce this since you came up with with the name.

[Sid]

Oh, y', all. We are.

[TP]

We've already done a couple awards, but.

[Sid]

So s. I wanted to do a little something special today since the W's giving out all their awards.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

We also wanted to, you know, highlight those who deserve it. And it is now our first annual unsupervised Unnecessary awards.

[TP]

Woo.

[Sid]

Unsupervised, you don't actually get a physical something for it, but more like a thumbs up.

[TP]

We thought about you, so you're welcome.

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[TP]

So for me, all right, so there was this story. I mean, there was this comment on TikTok in this on one of my videos. And this lady was like, love her. I wish she was my Mary Kay customer. I was like, so random. But also core memory unlocked. A few of my aunts used to sell it. I think one still does. Shout out, auntie Leisha, y' all go buy from my girl. But like, that makes me think, which player in the league is most likely to win the pink Cadillac selling Mary Kay.

[Sid]

Okay. I got somebody in my head.

[TP]

Okay. Cause in my mind, I'm thinking like, all right. Who are already, like, influencer types in the league. Influencer type who does, like, skin care stuff already.

[Sid]

Who can appeal to different crowds, has a smile, charismatic.

[TP]

Yeah, you gotta have it. All the pieces, Mary Kay, they were doing. Look, they slanging that stuff out the trucks. They doing door to door. Like, you gotta.

[Sid]

They're like, throwing parties at your house. They convince you. Like, hey, throw a party for me at your house, though. Like, you're gonna pay for the full party, but we're coming with products that you can also pay for. And it does well. So I like, wow, Mary Kay, really great business model. So who can do this?

[TP]

Who can do it?

[Sid]

Who's capable of doing this?

[TP]

Who's yours? Izzy. So congrats, Izzy. Wow. You now work, Mary Kay.

[Sid]

We do hope that you get that pink Cadillac. Not from us. We aren't gonna provide it.

[TP]

What if this award, like, we send people into this, like, universe of. They're now doing the thing that we gave them an award for. We didn't know what happened. But now Izzy quits basketball in a couple weeks and is.

[Sid]

I'd like to announce my retirement so I can pursue my Mary Kay career. Would be a crazy announcement.

[TP]

Yeah. Sorry, Isabel Harrison, but your basketball days are done. And you are now Mary Kay's number one seller.

[Sid]

So up for success.

[TP]

But when we see her, it will be cool. Cuz we'll know. Oh, my God. We spoke that into existence. Right? Okay.

[Sid]

We can make that a business plan also. Like, come down, we'll talk later.

[TP]

I'm going to talk later.

[Sid]

So traveling over here also in the W. I never got to see a PJ in the W. Pj meaning that's not true.

[TP]

We rode.

[Sid]

That isn't true. I saw PJ one time. I didn't want to see that pj. So that one didn't count. Like, that one's actually a triggering moment in my life. And I could have done without that PJ ride. But the other one was cool there. So for like 99.8% of my professional career, we got to. And by got to, we had to. So not a budget based fly charter. I mean, whoa. Again, commercial. Commercial. So show of hands, whoever had to ride commercial and then play in a game the next day as a professional athlete.

[TP]

Next day there was the same day there was.

[Sid]

Yeah, no, we did. Also with a layover on the same day. Those killed me sick. I'm like, no way. We're going from Tulsa to North Carolina to then go to Indiana and we play in three hours. Like, they're like, yeah, we got to go straight to the gym. The delay set us back.

[TP]

No, that has times where you show up, and it's like, because of the delays, you're in at like, 6am so you just go take a nap in the room because then you're having to get up for, like, a 3pm game.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Six stuff. Shame on you.

[Sid]

And some people would take a shoot around with that, but get your rescue people. It matters. With that being said, we did travel a lot, and I have this arch nemesis called tsa. Not because I ever did anything, but just because I get misgendered more times than not coincidentally, every single time there was a random searched person, it was me. Also, when you would go through the security thing where you have.

[TP]

So you're gender profile, not racially profile.

[Sid]

No. Yeah, I'm genderly profiled. Also, you would think as a white man, I'd get more in society. It never worked out for me. It never once did. It actually caused me more internal suffering and external embarrassment than anything else.

[TP]

Oh, my gosh.

[Sid]

You know, you would go through, and you put your hands like this, and, like, my chest would light up. And then some man would walk over and be like, I need to check you. And I'd be like, whoa, why you? And he was like, because you're a guy. And I'm like, no, I'm definitely not. My bad, sir. And then they would send me back through, but somehow I would always get checked. Also, on our Aces team, I'm like, we had people that were married to women. We had Kiersten Bell on the team, Raquana Williams. I'm like, why is it me? Every time, like, I get it.

[TP]

There are more masculine presenting me, but.

[Sid]

I'm like, y' all couldn't pick them any other time. Like, I got it 100% of the time. It's kind of crazy.

[TP]

Not. You suggested other people when they pick.

[Sid]

You up, but look, pointing on my chest, secretly pointing, like, to check her bag. I'm like dropping water bottles in their backpacks just so I don't get pulled.

[TP]

No, that's not what I was saying. Was in the back.

[Sid]

Oh, what were you think?

[TP]

Oh.

[Sid]

Oh, yeah.

[TP]

Wait, but what was your other. What was the story where you said the lady was like, oh, my gosh.

[Sid]

I was going through. This lady was such. It was early in the morning, so nobody was in a good mood. Like, I'm gonna start giving her the benefit of the doubt hearing. And she put me through the TSA screening wrong. Also, keep in Mind, I have pre check and clear angle. Like, I'm covered. I'm like, FBI covered, essentially. And TSA still doesn't believe it. I have, like, police clearance. So I'm going through TSA. This lady's having a day. And it's again, like, 5am, 6am she puts me through the machine wrong. She was like, yeah, I'm going to have to wait to get a male over here to essentially just, like, body check me, pat me down. I said, no, I need a woman to do it. She was like, why? And I was like, because I'm. I'm not a man. I prefer someone of my own gender. And she was like, well, you don't look like a woman.

[TP]

I would have beat her.

[Sid]

I said, you know what? You look like you need some saving grace today, so I'm going to save your life and not go in on you right now. I'm gonna let you have this one. But I did end up writing in.

[TP]

She would have got a verbal lashing from me. Right.

[Sid]

Oh, my God. I was also running late to my flight, so I did not have time to get worked up. Like, I was. You know, I like to make my flights, like, make them, but, like, I don't want to have to. Want to get through the airport quickly.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

And, like, have a diving finish onto the. Onto the plane, onto, like, the Scanby ticket there. They're like, final boarding. And I'm like, I made it. That's how I want to make my flights.

[TP]

I live for those moments.

[Sid]

They're so good.

[TP]

And that's my problem.

[Sid]

It's bad. It's a bad habit. We probably need to change that.

[TP]

We do.

[Sid]

We can do that in retirement, though. Once we retire from basketball, we can try to be. We'll work on it.

[TP]

I don't believe in me. That's what I'm telling you.

[Sid]

You want to change. You just can't.

[TP]

There it is. So with tp, unfortunately, shout out to.

[Sid]

Tsa, with that being said, we want to give a very special award, our.

[TP]

Best potential TSA worker.

[Sid]

So.

[TP]

Which you can take that how you want to take it.

[Sid]

But we'll explain ourselves.

[TP]

Kalia Copper. Congrats, Khan. You won us thinking that you're the best potential TSA worker because you would have the absolute worst attitude.

[Sid]

You would be able to match the energy of anyone going through there.

[TP]

The wonderful thing about TSA workers is that they're going to have, like, first of all, their hair is going to be done.

[Sid]

Done every time I'm talking about.

[TP]

Especially if you In Atlanta, the attitude is going to be to the max, but the hair laid for the gods. It's like, you know what? You look good, you must be feeling good. I'm gonna let you take whatever, have whatever energy you want to have. But ka, if you've seen interviews of ka, just like with reporters after games.

[Sid]

Or sideline reporters, or just her faces at calls she's from.

[TP]

Calls from North Philly, I believe. So it's in her to have a very short fuse. Like, I'm not here south of Philly for the stupidity. You know what I'm saying? TSA workers. To be the best TSA worker you can be, you need to have the worst attitude.

[Sid]

You can't be too nice. They're going to walk all over you.

[TP]

Walk all over you. They going to put. They're going to keep their shoes on. When you said, what all shoes need to go in the bin, you said that.

[Sid]

Say what you said earlier about how they're getting your attention, but they're so fed up with you that.

[TP]

Let's just reenact it. You be. You be aware. Somebody coming in. I'm a be calm.

[Sid]

Okay. I scan my ticket.

[TP]

Boop.

[Sid]

I come in. Excuse me. Do I have to take off this military jacket with all these metal buckles on it?

[TP]

Do you have to take off what?

[Sid]

Just like, this big, bulky jacket that doesn't seem to fit through the metal detector and it has, like, all these extra buckles and zippers and added metals. Do I have to take that off or no?

[TP]

Oh, you in a playing mood? For everybody who didn't already hear any Jackets, electronics, shoes, they all need to go in the bed. Unless you're stupid and you can't comprehend this simple shit I'm saying right now. I don't want to have to repeat this.

[Sid]

So the jacket does have to come off.

[TP]

Oh, yeah. I'm going to beat your ass. Kyle loses her job. But. But then she's, like, so stern.

[Sid]

We see the video and we're like, she wasn't wrong.

[TP]

Wasn't wrong. She wasn't wrong.

[Sid]

So.

[TP]

So I feel like would just be the perfect person. Like, but she really doesn't. She doesn't even take it to, like, 10 because her 5. Her calmness is still, like, enough for you to know. Like, don't. Don't take it there with me.

[Sid]

I think we just gotta play the clip of the. Of, like, the interview. Of the one interview.

[TP]

Anything. Honestly.

[Sid]

There are many sports people.

[TP]

My favorite was the. The one that we were watching with the. The interview Was like, okay, so what does the bench need, you know, to do to help you all win? She said, what? What did they do? He said, well, they had this last game, so what they need to do, I guess, you know, so they need to contribute more.

[Sid]

So then what are they gonna do next game? Contribute a little bit more. All right. Is that it?

[TP]

She got up and left. She doesn't do well with stupidity. No shout out to me.

[Sid]

Which we can respect. We can absolutely, absolutely respect.

[TP]

Oh, here's my. Here's my favorite one.

[Sid]

Oh, these are really exciting awards.

[TP]

This one is honestly just no big story leading up to it. It's just coach most likely to hit a rough reward. We wanted to show no rhyme or reason for this. We just thought, yeah, superlatives for coaches should happen too, because a lot of times people just do players. But like, let's get the coaches involved.

[Sid]

Let's.

[TP]

We're.

[Sid]

We're one for everybody.

[TP]

We are.

[Sid]

So, yeah, let's get the coaches involved.

[TP]

And we're going to name a few.

[Sid]

We're going to have an all WNBA first team.

[TP]

Yeah. Start with the last one, though.

[Sid]

So we have a three way tie, we feel like. And we're going to give each individual coach its own, Their own platform here. So first up we have Cheryl Reeves.

[TP]

Congrats, Sheryl.

[Sid]

Really awesome job. You never, in all your years of coaching, we know that there's been a lot of heated moments and you've maintained composure for the most part. Like, you get a little excited, you get fiery at times, but there's never been that physical altercation.

[TP]

Right. But I believe it's because the moment has imprisoned itself. It's the perfect storm. A lot of people don't spaz until they do.

[Sid]

Right.

[TP]

Everybody, in a way, is a ticking time bomb. You just need the right set of.

[Sid]

What does it take?

[TP]

You need the right set of things to happen for you to get to that point.

[Sid]

So I'm gonna encourage the revs to push the needle a little bit. We all want to see what it takes. Refs don't take. Do I get money if I compliment the refs? I know you get fined if you don't.

[TP]

No. Speaking of, I got fined. My first fine. Yeah, My first fine. Wow.

[Sid]

Most likely to not get fined.

[TP]

Yeah, that was my comments about my tweet about Kelsey.

[Sid]

Oh, probably don't say it again because you could get fined again. But do I get fined?

[TP]

Like, I don't know if you get fined. Let's see.

[Sid]

Yeah. So what the tweet said was no.

[TP]

No, I want you to. Oh.

[Sid]

So if they would just make the right calls, then we wouldn't have to say, also, why the f. Are they worried about with Sid's tweeting anyway? They should worry about the lead and focus on the games. We got that covered. Yeah. Also, like, retweet that for me as well. Like, just do the right thing. Focus on what's at hand, which is the game of basketball. With that being said, Congratulations, Sheryl.

[TP]

Wait, T.P. did I tell you? I won't say who it was, but you remember the video that I made about refs? Ever tell you that? The ref came up to me and was like, yo, sir, appreciate that. I told Marty that. I was like, after one of the games, they were like, nobody. Nobody's ever, like, thinking about us because it is.

[Sid]

It is hard. And nobody likes you. One way or another, somebody loses, and you're that person's reason.

[TP]

Yeah. And I forgot if we talked about it, but I'm like, when I've ref before and nothing was at stake. I missed so many calls at Texas A and M Elite Kids Camp. I missed so many calls. Get this man off the board. I'm like, so I can only imagine at their level, you're gonna miss some stuff. Some stuff is really hard to get right.

[Sid]

It's called human error.

[TP]

Yeah. But people were like, what is this rep propaganda? Like, whoa, let me shut up. Let me shut up. But. All right, so Cheryl, definitely. She's on the verge.

[Sid]

Our next person on the verge is Becky Hammond. Sometimes when Becky gets quiet is when I get scared. Becky, she gets real excited.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

In your face. Real quiet and real fiery. And then all of a sudden, there's, like, nothing. You're like, is this the quiet before the storm?

[TP]

The call me from the storm? Absolutely. It's like a parent. When a parent, like, keeps telling you something, they keep telling you something. When they stop talking, there's much to worry about.

[Sid]

So much. And you're like. Also when they're like, you do something at the grocery store, but they don't want to scold you in front of others, it's gonna look bad on their parenting. Right. So they're like, wait, so wait till we get home, or. Yeah.

[TP]

The look is just what my mom.

[Sid]

Would give me that.

[TP]

Oh, I could feel it in me.

[Sid]

Yeah. No, I was kind of scared when she was like, did your mom ever do this? Like, stop it. Like a small mouse.

[TP]

We would call her Snake Lips. Her lips would get so thin and reptilian that we would Be if. If you got her to that point, you absolutely knew you were in trouble. Whenever we're out of the public eye, right? And I didn't get many. Many, like, whippings in my lifetime. Like, we probably less than 5. Oh, what? Less than 5? I would say my mom was honestly. And at this age, she doesn't even believe in women like that anymore. But I was bad sometimes, so I was like, girl, it had to happen. I get it.

[Sid]

Yeah. I pushed the needle, Mom.

[TP]

I was the worst out of the three kids too. So they would just be looking at me sometimes like, what don't you get? Why aren't you getting it? But my mom would make us write sentences. Like, she would make us write hundreds of sentences if we did something wrong.

[Sid]

Like, oh, my God.

[TP]

Like, I will not call my brother stupid. I will not call my sister stupid. Write it over and over. I will not call my brother stupid. I will not call my sister, my brother stupid. Like, whoever's writing it. But if we try, we would think that we were doing something if we just do all the eyes down in a column on college rule paper. By the way, we're not old enough to be using college rule, but she's got us doing this on tighten up.

[Sid]

That handwriting a lot.

[TP]

Had to tighten it up. And also, it's more lines than wide rule. So I'm trying to do. I I going fast. She'll walk in, grab it, start over. Stop trying to cheat when I don't even know that it's cheating. I'm still writing the same.

[Sid]

Not you manipulating the system. And your mom was like, no, absolutely not.

[TP]

She's like, cause I need to see you. Right? I will not call my brother stupid. I did eventually stop calling my brother stupid where she could hear.

[Sid]

Yeah, so you did learn. You adapted more so situation.

[TP]

But also she would just let us finish the sentences and then ball them up and throw them away in our face. So we just spent hours writing sentences. I was like, give me the whooping next time.

[Sid]

That's good. I'd rather the whipping you rather minutes or seconds where sting versus hours of your life being wasted putting pencil or paper.

[TP]

But Becky gives that mom energy. Becky looks disgusted on the sidelines sometimes. You know what I'm saying? It's beyond just anger. It's utter disgust.

[Sid]

So shout out to Becky. Well deserved. And last but not least, for our third and final tie, our co.

[TP]

Coach is.

[Sid]

Tyler Marsh. Wow.

[TP]

Really awesome. You deserve it because you literally almost.

[Sid]

Closest to actually, like, within physical range. The closest to actually succeeding in this.

[TP]

Yeah, he was like. He was like in a far lunge position too.

[Sid]

Like, which is also crazy because Tyler's one of the kindest human beings in the world.

[TP]

Very soft spoken.

[Sid]

So soft spoken and. But also, like, I can say this. They were getting some bad stuff this year. Like, they were dealing with so much.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

On court, with refs, off court.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

With fans. People just talking about things that aren't even related to basketball, making it relevant for them, even though it absolutely wasn't. Yeah, they were just dealing with a lot this year and especially as a first time head coach, taking on all the issues that came with, you know, encore. Off court, just like dealing with like an array of WNBA issues which aren't.

[TP]

You're like ready to spazz on a ref. I'm ready to spaz on a ref.

[Sid]

Right. Like, so it's like when Obama first went in the office, he was like, yeah. When he came out, he had so many gray hairs and we were like, what did we do to him?

[TP]

What did we do to him?

[Sid]

So great job, Tyler.

[TP]

Good job, Tyler Obama.

[Sid]

Well deserved.

[TP]

Tyler Obama. I say let's cap it at that. But like, our unnecessary awards, it's not a one time thing. We'll bring them back whenever we want. That's what y' all need to understand is our show.

[Sid]

It is our show.

[TP]

So, yeah, we had the awards today, but if we want to continue them in three weeks, then we will.

[Sid]

Who knows, we might come up with some better categories that needs to be said and spoken about.

[TP]

Right.

[Sid]

Also, if there's a category that you.

[TP]

Guys want to hear us come up.

[Sid]

With the answer, don't forget to DM us.

[TP]

Good call.

[Sid]

Or just put in the comments, I guess, but good call. Yeah. Okay.

[TP]

Or if they disagree with the ones that we gave.

[Sid]

Yeah. We believe in free speech, so you can actually say what you want in our comments.

[TP]

I'm crying.

[Sid]

So, wow. Congrats to all of our winners. We actually have them joining us. Come on in, y'.

[TP]

All.

[Sid]

Just kidding. That was such a hard pumping. There's nobody here. It's literally just us and Marty and now Gina and Oscar.

[TP]

Oscar. Yep.

[Sid]

Thanks for being here today, guys.

[TP]

So way to fall for anything, y'. All. Think, think, think, think. Don't believe everything you hear. Just because we're online telling you something, it doesn't mean it's true.

[Sid]

Because what are we bringing back? Critical thinking. Awesome.

[TP]

Oh, all right.

[Sid]

What? This kind of leads us, like, directly into our next category.

[TP]

Yeah, it does. So we mentioned this segment last week. We're gonna bring it to y' all this week because obviously something else happened to make me have to get on my soapbox.

[Sid]

No.

[TP]

So this is soapboxes.

[Sid]

God, not again.

[TP]

Yeah, again.

[Sid]

Y' all stop pissing her off.

[TP]

They can't.

[Sid]

Y'. All.

[TP]

They can't.

[Sid]

Please.

[TP]

And I'm not even pissed. Let me say. Let me say I'm not pissed.

[Sid]

No.

[TP]

What is a co. Defensive player of the year.

[Sid]

Okay. Yeah. Let's get into it.

[TP]

Okay. You might have numbers or whatever that you want to talk about, but I just think that. Okay. A lot of people are like, you know, both people had great defensive years. Minnesota's a great defensive team. So obviously somebody has to get it. Somebody should get it on that team. I very much disagree. I've seen teams be very good teams because they play a zone. That doesn't mean that any one defender is, like, a standout or that you're worried about going against. When I think of a defensive player of the year, I think, like, you don't want that person in the action that you're running and, like, both are good defenders. But I think there's a difference in what you do, like, in a team setting versus what you can do defending somebody one on one in a sport. Personally, I agree. Defensive player of the year. I'm thinking, all right. Guards really never get it. But I'm like Gabby Williams.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Natasha Cloud.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

People who are guarding multiple position, especially because guards. You're picking up 94ft sometimes.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

You're switching on the people you're.

[Sid]

And people are looking for that. For that mismatch. When you can get a big. In a guard that can handle a big.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

Is so impressive. So if you are a guard and you can be dynamic enough.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

And also have the size and versatility, quickness. To be able to guard small point guards and big bigs is extremely impressive.

[TP]

Listen, here's the. Here's. I don't think that things should just be based off of stats. And I think Becky's point was that the stats weren't even supporting that it should be cool. I didn't look at the stats. I feel like people who vote on a lot of the things in the W are not people who are watching enough W games. Because I think you got to look at the eye test for stuff. If somebody is involved in a lot of action or, like, people don't mind bringing them up, that is typically an indicator that, like, people want to go at you. If it's late clock and you're always in the action. Unless the team just isn't scouting like that. Like, you're getting picked on. That's what it is. So if the good defender, if we're saying, don't bring Gabby Williams in the action, don't bring a in the action, don't bring Tosh in the action. I mean, even Jordan Canada has had her years where, like, you know, people are just a pest on the ball.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

But if you're in it a lot or if you're getting stuff based off of, like, rotations, I could have a lot of steals as a guard. And it doesn't mean that I'm a good defender. But if you look at a stat sheet, you're like, oh, well, she has three plus deals per game. If somebody has her like two plus, well, you could be the beneficiary of your team playing good defense and you're in the right spot. Right. I have a hell of a lot of deflection sometimes or like, I poke it, I don't get the steal, Somebody else gets it. But I played the defense right.

[Sid]

Whenever. If you ask every single guard in the league if you would want Asia to get switched on to you, and if you ask any big. If you want Asia or Asia versus anybody to guard you one on one, are you picking Asia anytime, guard or post, like, if that's the matchup that you want, like, raise your hand because I don't see that happening. Like, and also I. I have a lot of respect for what Alana did this year. Like, she had an. An excellent year on the court.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

I mean, offensively, she's great. Defensively, she was so efficient.

[TP]

She spreads the.

[Sid]

So effective. The way that she. Her passing ability, her shooting ability.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

Her anticipation. Defensively, yeah, excellent. Like, really good. But when I'm thinking of, like, player of the year, I'm thinking of like, first of all, the stats. Like, if you're just better in every category, I don't see how you're like, same. If you have $100 and I have $10 and they're like, we're co dollars. I'm like, wait, not really. She has 100. Like, I have. I have 10, I feel like. But also I could have a really great $10. Like, I love my $10. My $10 is so awesome.

[TP]

It's just not going to buy you with 100.

[Sid]

Exactly. So, like, this is all said extremely respectfully. Like, I have so much respect. We both have so much respect for both of these, for sure.

[TP]

It's more. It's more. I Think a symptom of, like, greatness, fatigue. Don't be tired of the fact that somebody is playing out of their mind and being really dominant. To then make sure that we're just like, including everybody. Because was this the first of its kind?

[Sid]

Yes.

[TP]

The CO Award. We've never gotten, like, an award for being the funniest on our teams. I don't. I've been doing it for a decade.

[Sid]

That was freaking thankless, thankless job.

[TP]

So I don't know. I don't think.

[Sid]

Where's my Tiffany's trophy?

[TP]

Where's our co mvp?

[Sid]

Because we carried so much on our backs for so long.

[TP]

I don't know. I just think it's like, if people are being dominant in. In their era, give them the awards. Like, people gotta step up to the standard. Like it now, like, this is doing.

[Sid]

Just because she's that dominant. Like, if she is the best, then she is the best. Like, it is what it is. You can be the second best and that's still very good. Incredible basketball player, but it's just not.

[TP]

The best that year.

[Sid]

That year. Unfortunately, there's always next year.

[TP]

Unless there is.

[Sid]

Unless there's a lockout or something that happens that maybe causes the season to not happen or, you know, global things. Whatever. Whatever could happen.

[TP]

So many examples.

[Sid]

But we did play through a pandemic, so that couldn't stop us. But other things do happen.

[TP]

What a crazy year.

[Sid]

So anyway, congratulations to both of them.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

And the first ever CO again, which brings us into just participation trophies. I think this would be on your soapbox as well, Sid. The fact that every kid gets the same large trophy just for being on the team. I'm like, no, then I need to get again my Tiffany's trophy. For all the time I served in the W. Thanklessly. Because I was on that minimum contract. Besides my one guarantee deal. I was there. I was making what everybody else was making because again, the CBA wasn't. Everybody made the same. You had 10 players on the team making the same salary. I was in that number, though, and I was guaranteed. So like, that happened one time.

[TP]

Shout out to you.

[Sid]

I was so lucky. I was so triggered, though, that even that year, I didn't. Like all those years, I never unpacked my bags. I was like, you never know what could happen.

[TP]

Oh, never unpack the bag ever. Back my bag.

[Sid]

For years I didn't unpack my bag pretty much until all star, where you were guaranteed to be on the team.

[TP]

Even then sometimes you could still get.

[Sid]

You can still get Cut. But they had to pay you. They owed you your money. So I was like, yeah, if they cut me now, then I'm packing my bags with dollars in my pocket and my health insurance.

[TP]

No dead ass Flannette Pearson. I remember when I was. When I was a rookie, she taught me that. She was like, cut me, pay me. You still cut me. Trade me, you still gotta pay me. Like, I'll always remember that. She was so funny. Like, what? She's like, yeah, I don't care. Hey, Planet, I don't guarantee money. What up, Pete?

[Sid]

I also play with Planet. Funny that you played earlier in your career and I played with Planet, like, toward the end. Yeah. In our all star season. So funny. But hey, Lynette.

[TP]

Okay, I love that. So that. That's the end of my rant. I think that was pretty light.

[Sid]

That was light because you get worked up pretty easily sometimes.

[TP]

Yeah, no, I do get worked up easily, but I have one in my mind right now that I already have an attitude about. So I'll do it next week or the following.

[Sid]

Oh, so you're gonna let it fester for a while.

[TP]

It'll constantly be a thing. It's just we're not de centering men enough. So I'll talk about it next week. I'm irritated just saying it.

[Sid]

Oh, God, not a week.

[TP]

Sorry about that. Oscar is not personal at all. Oscar runs the studio here.

[Sid]

Oscar also appreciated my shirt that once again, women are smarter. It does say women are smarter for all of our audio listeners as well.

[TP]

These are just the facts. Okay, next up, we got it.

[Sid]

Go down in the dm. It go down. It go down in the dm. It go down. It go down. So, Sid, I love when you read them, actually, because I like to hear it. It's like story time for me.

[TP]

Okay.

[Sid]

I'm picking my feet because it's story time.

[TP]

Story time. Wow. Well, I'm guessing they'll put this portrait up.

[Sid]

Self portrait for all the audio listeners. You got to go to social media for this one.

[TP]

Go to social for this one. I'm going to read one of our DMs. Y' all says, hey, Sid and TP. Absolutely love both of you in the podcast. Thanks. Stuff. The balance of complete goofiness in your authentic love and care for each other is exactly what we need in the effed up world right now. Thank you for sharing yourselves and being vulnerable in the best of ways. You bring joy to my life.

[Sid]

Thanks for saying that.

[TP]

St. Radiant pink heart emoji. As a treat, I'm Attaching a picture of a page I drew in color from my flagrant magazine 2025 game planner. We know the girls at flagrant.

[Sid]

They're shout out to flagrant.

[TP]

Shout out to flagrant magazine, man. Hilarious. Over there. I drew in color from my flagrant game planner gifted to me by my girlfriend. Shout out to you for being a lesbo. Also, it happens to have a quote from Kelsey Mitchell on it. Heart emoji, hard hand emoji. Please offer critiques publicly if so moved. Okay, so it says, draw. Sydney goes in with a beard in. The Kelsey quote underneath is, I think I'm a part of history. So shit, I'll take it. Shout out to Kelsey Mitchell. She even has my hairline. Weird. And I do have an odd hairline.

[Sid]

But there's one glaring thing that I'm like, I wonder what the inspiration was behind this.

[TP]

And, well, it says, draw me with a beard.

[Sid]

It's not even a full beard. It's a goatee that's extended. It's an extended goatee. I'm unfamiliar with male facial hair.

[TP]

You know what? First of all, flagrant. I don't know why you even put this as the prompt to draw me with a beard. But the thing is, we need to stop doing so much. Trying to get like, first of all, I'm a hairy person, so you know what? Actually, I probably would get a beard if I just stop doing the things that I do to get rid of the hair.

[Sid]

It gets worse with age, too.

[TP]

It gets worse with age. All of a sudden, I'm just like, where are these pricks coming from? I know, but I love when I just go like this when I'm rubbing it, and it's just smooth. So I continue to pluck them, but the moment I stop caring about what it looks like, I will just let it grow out. Marty, you hear me?

[Sid]

Marty's shaking her head and also didn't look up for her phone. She's actually trying to avoid this response. Response. But she's shaking her head with her head down in embarrassment.

[TP]

But I'm like, I don't know the art itself. My eyes are, I think, a little too cocked. There are times where I can look like I have a little bit of.

[Sid]

You have never looked more like Pyre's father than you do now. If you don't know, Pyre is Maddie. And now co parented by Sid. Another co. Another co. Another co. Shout out to the co's. It's their adorable little cutie. Little cockeyed Frenchie. Yeah, he's Adorable. Anyone that knows pyre knows to love pyre. But he is a heavy breather with cockeyes. And he loves his cousin Yamantha. He's never met Chip, but I don't think Chip would like him. I think he'd be like, this guy's too much.

[TP]

Way too much.

[Sid]

I don't think Trip would get along with any Frenchie, though.

[TP]

Though. I don't think so.

[Sid]

Like, just a really chill one. A sedative one maybe.

[TP]

But none of them are really that chill. No, but I mean, the drawing is. It's good. My teeth look nice.

[Sid]

Your teeth are great. Even, like, your posture. You're, like, upright. There's a little scoliosis there.

[TP]

A little. Yeah, something is. I'm. I'm a little off kilter, but my left boob. Like, my left. Not us looking at it, but the left boob looks large. It looks like it's. It does on the side a little bit. So they gave me, you know, a chest. That's cool.

[Sid]

It looks like you stuck your hand in this side of your sports bra and perked this one up. And your other one was just kind of still laying down flat.

[TP]

Yeah, I've just always been flat chested. I just. Sometimes I'm like, dang, what's that like to have breasts? But then people are always hurts and they're like, I can't wait to take my bra off. I'm like, yeah.

[Sid]

Like, do you want cleavage? Do you feel like. Like you're missing cleavage?

[TP]

I don't even think it would look right if I had cleavage. It would be like, what is it? Whoa.

[Sid]

Well, something's different about Sid. You come in with, like, perky double Ds and we're like, oh, my God.

[TP]

I think even, like, a B cup would look crazy on me. This is the frame I'm supposed to have.

[Sid]

It would be like, it's appropriate for you. Also, it allows you to, like, you to have the wardrobe that you have. Like, I feel like you can switch it up. Like, you have really good chest plates.

[TP]

The chestmate of a man. Well, you know, models usually have to, like, for them to just put on, like, couture clothing and other stuff. Like, you just have to be small, which is also ridiculous. Yeah, I'll get on a soapbox about that. Another time. Standard, like, beauty standards for women.

[Sid]

For sure. Also, like, I've had teammates. Like, I've been called big city T before. Like, my boobs were, like, bigger. And like, certain parts of my career your can go through the pictures. You can find it for yourself. I did a pretty good job of trying to hide them, though. Like, I used to wear three sports bras at sometimes. Yeah.

[TP]

Who's got the detergent for all that?

[Sid]

Me. I. I love washing clothes, though. You know, that's my thing. You know, that is my thing.

[TP]

That's crazy. You're.

[Sid]

But no wonder you got. I've had teammates that had, like, had to wear bras. And then, like, a bulletproof zip up bra, like, it would get strapped on like a bulletproof. They're doing like a corset, but only on your. But also it would hurt. Like, it pulls at the back of your neck like it's heavy. And don't be on your period because.

[TP]

You feel for the love of the game.

[Sid]

All for the passion of basketball, women's basketball. And we get no credit.

[TP]

Like, this is when people weren't even watching games either. No, we were at a time where.

[Sid]

We'Re doing this for the bare minimum, $41,000 a year.

[TP]

This is probably when we played in Prudential center instead of at New York, like, at the. At the Medicine at Madison Square Garden. Like, people weren't watching. So for you to put yourself through so much pain. You really love basketball.

[Sid]

And like, once a month, you were bleeding. Like, at any given time, it was Shark Week for you. Or like, multiple members of your team because everybody just so happened to sync up. I know that's a myth, but it happened way too often for it to not be.

[TP]

No, it's real.

[Sid]

It is real.

[TP]

It is real.

[Sid]

Okay, I'm sure.

[TP]

I don't actually. I have zero facts to back that up.

[Sid]

So we're lying now.

[TP]

We don't like to leave with free speech, y'.

[Sid]

All. Let's do your own homework once again. I'm so tired of saying this, Sid. We're not here for a resource. We're here for you to hear what we're saying, and then you can do your own research.

[TP]

That's what it should be like. Because I remember the days where I had to come home and there was an Internet, so. Or not even come home. I would go to the library, and I'm looking in an encyclopedia. Yeah, I'm looking in the actual dictionary at home.

[Sid]

And when you were young, some of these books had words that, like, you didn't know. And you were like, how am I supposed to ever know what these.

[TP]

Did y' all have a house dictionary?

[Sid]

Yeah, we had a house dictionary.

[TP]

What did it look like?

[Sid]

It was blue. Big and blue.

[TP]

Okay.

[Sid]

And it had, like, the curved divots.

[TP]

Oh, same.

[Sid]

You know what I'm talking about. Ours was red with the letters in it.

[TP]

Did it have gold divots?

[Sid]

Yeah, with a metallic font.

[TP]

A blue one.

[Sid]

I had a blue one.

[TP]

Shut up.

[Sid]

Yeah, man. I want to go look for the dictionaries.

[TP]

Shut up. The dictionaries, man.

[Sid]

But also not child addiction.

[TP]

It was like that red, too.

[Sid]

It was like that red. No, I've seen that one before, but we had the blue because it had.

[TP]

If you're trying to get the D, you put your finger in. And when you flip it, it was.

[Sid]

So easy to get there. It also made it more insane insightful to actually, like, look it up in the dictionary. You're like, okay, it means so much.

[TP]

I think it had a little synonym at the end of it. It had a couple synonyms.

[Sid]

But I've actually a bone to pick with dictionaries.

[TP]

What?

[Sid]

Stop using the word within the definition. That irritates the life out of me.

[TP]

Yep.

[Sid]

Don't say, oh. What does fright mean? Oh, she had a fright. That doesn't help me out at all.

[TP]

Oh, they just.

[Sid]

It's when she's frightened. Okay. That doesn't help.

[TP]

Oh, they just want to give you an example.

[Sid]

I didn't like. I don't appreciate it.

[TP]

You don't like it. So dictionaries. If we can cut this both and.

[Sid]

Just bring definitions back to the dictionary. Yeah, Only definitions, but also not even bring it back, because back in the day, there was still that. So I don't know when they.

[TP]

I just love that we both had the same one.

[Sid]

No, that's crazy.

[TP]

Like, that actually was.

[Sid]

That really is nice.

[TP]

Favorite thing to figure out. Thanks for that, cp.

[Sid]

No, I love having just like, nostalgic blast from the past moments. Like, that's my shit. I love that.

[TP]

I live for it. Sometimes I think, wow, you're really not living in the present. Yeah. You want to be back when you were a kid. Far too often. Is everything okay?

[Sid]

We always do a great job of tapping into, like, fun moments because I feel like I know me personally, I can, like, relive it emotionally inside of me whenever I think about the story.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

I love thinking about something that was fun and then, like, laughing just by thinking of it.

[TP]

Yeah. Yeah. Like, it was that funny. It stuck with you for so long. I want to go back to that time, to that moment with those people.

[Sid]

Take me back.

[TP]

But you can't, because people get weird on you. So sometimes you got to stop being cool with people. So that memory that I enjoyed Actually, I'mma stop thinking about it sometimes tainted.

[Sid]

By, you know, another memory that happened following it. So.

[TP]

But also what I think I like thinking about those moments so much because you could die at any point.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

So I'm just like, oh, no. The older I'm getting, the closer I am to the end. Let me go back to the beginning.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

Like, I wish I remember when I was a baby. I wish so bad.

[Sid]

Sometimes it doesn't seem that great.

[TP]

I think people are lying. Some people are like, oh, yeah, I have memories from being a baby. I only remember since, like, I remember my first cry.

[Sid]

Bullshit.

[TP]

Prove it.

[Sid]

No, I remember my doctor, he hit me. I started crying. That was it. Okay. Likely story because it happens to literally everyone. You either come out crying or they have to make you cry. So honestly, in the alibis there. Yeah, well, you were in the hospital with your mom. Okay. Coincidental, I guess.

[TP]

But yeah, man, F. Death.

[Sid]

Yeah.

[TP]

All right, well, T.P.

[Sid]

Wow.

[TP]

Looks like.

[Sid]

What a show.

[TP]

Looks like we're at the end, buddy.

[Sid]

Oh, Also, Happy Birthday 96 Birthday to my papa Jake.

[TP]

Oh, happy birthday, Papa Jake.

[Sid]

96.

[TP]

Does he watch or listen?

[Sid]

He was lying to everybody in the restaurant. He was like, I'm 67. We were like, you're not.

[TP]

Was he lying or he doesn't know?

[Sid]

No, no. I think he was confused at first, but then I think he liked the fact that he felt like he was 67, but on the back of his wheelchair there was a nine and a six balloon. So it's either 69 or 96. Seven wasn't involved at all. So we don't know where he got that from. But again, happy 67th or 96 birthday to you. No, he watches like two channels on his TV. Like he knows what he knows and that's it. But he cuts his grass all the time. Like, he love. He's busy.

[TP]

We'll put it on for him one day.

[Sid]

I'm going to have to watch with him. He's also, like, very hard of hearing, so I don't think there's a volume. I'm going to have to bring my. Like I'm have to roll in a speaker and just blast it for him.

[TP]

Can you just yell everything?

[Sid]

No, you feel bad talking to him because you're like, hey, Papa, what's up? You feel bad? He's like, oh, everything's good. He's so cute. He's really nice about it.

[TP]

Thinking, why is she yelling?

[Sid]

He's like, she doesn't have to yell. No, you do have to yell anyway. What a show.

[TP]

What a show. TP Nice having you here in Vegas.

[Sid]

No, it's been so fun. Thanks for having me. I said, thanks for having me. When, like, my ticket was booked by again. Me shout out to lift sports for booking my flight out here. Sid didn't do shit. She is playing in the game, so you did that part. Not even that. She's on the team, though.

[TP]

Thank you.

[Sid]

She's on the team.

[TP]

Yeah.

[Sid]

So I guess this is our time that we need to wait.

[TP]

Are you staying? You're staying for game, too?

[Sid]

Yeah, I'll be here.

[TP]

Oh, Bet. Yeah. Was all y' all were sitting courtside. That was fun.

[Sid]

Yeah. Also, look at me. One time, I did. I looked all this way to look at you. I got myself at 2:30 in the morning, dude.

[TP]

I text to ask where y' all were, and Gia said y' all were at the courtside table. Marty said to look, right. When I looked over there, it was just G over there and G wasn't looking. So.

[Sid]

So you.

[TP]

I can't, like, make a big. Huh?

[Sid]

You didn't think we would be back. You just.

[TP]

I'm just like, where'd they go?

[Sid]

I guess you were working.

[TP]

It was a pivotal time in the game.

[Sid]

Yeah. No, the whole game was like, really?

[TP]

Yeah, exactly. So I don't remember the time, but every part was pivotal and critical. So I'm like, where would. Where could they be?

[Sid]

I'm just saying, like, it takes a half second to, like, make somebody's day. So look.

[TP]

Well, I do. I look at Marty because I go like this. I scratch the top of my head.

[Sid]

Well, you didn't look at Marty because Marty and I both said that. You didn't look at us.

[TP]

Look at Marty. The game. I was very caught up this game. And y' all look. Y' all need to be available. When I'm looking, we're looking at you.

[Sid]

We're literally watching your game.

[TP]

I'm not gonna get into it with y'. All. Hey, y', all, if you want us to be in your business. Because you're pissing me off. Babysitters, don't forget. If you trust us with your business, DM us so we can talk about it. DM us at unsupervised SID TP and.

[Sid]

Throw kindness around like confetti.

[TP]

Throw it.

[Sid]

Just do it.

[TP]

Bye, y'. All. See you next week. I love it. That was so good. You're so funny. I'm glad I did a show with you.

[Intro Rapper]

We say what we want and, yeah, we say what we feel. Sitting TMP at a mix? And they be keeping you real? I on brand, off topic, out of pocket? Anything you need, they got it? Watch you shop when you know they gonna block it? When it's game time?

[TP]

And you know I'm gonna block it?

[Intro Rapper]

We cover everything like who harder than us? And yeah, we looking down on haters? Cause they smaller than us? And yeah, my flow is so damn sick? I be coughing it up? You said that we gonna fly? Well then I'm calling your bluff?

[TP]

Call it unsupervised? Unsupervised?

[Intro Rapper]

Unsupervised?

[TP]

Unsupervised? Sam.