Brittney Sykes
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
What's your intention? Gratitude. For sure. Why?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
It's crazy you bring that up because that kind of set that intention a little bit before the new year to basically show gratitude and give myself grace for like where I am. Like, you know, the whole saying, be where your feet are. I think gratitude allows me to stay there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Sometimes I can get a little spread out with what's not happening and I'm not realizing that what is happening is what's best for me right now. So for me, it's gratitude for sure. Just being able to tell people like, hey, I appreciate you. Or, you know what, God, I'm thankful that I am where I am right now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
And, yes, I might not be where I want to be, but I'm grateful for what I have and, you know, and focus on that and not what I don't have.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yeah, for me, I had a pretty rough season last year. My foot, just getting back to it and then getting hurt again and sitting out longer. It was one of those things where I just wanted to... take the time to like get myself right. And I don't think it was the physical that was most like hard for me. It was the emotional, was the spiritual, was the mental.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Like, I feel like as an athlete going into my ninth year, the physical is not, that's the easiest part of my job. I think now it's getting into that. Okay. When things aren't going right with my body, like how do I emotionally respond? How do I physically respond? It's okay. But
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
The emotional and the spiritual, that's the parts where I'm starting to realize going into that, you know, that part of my career is like, hey, that's the part where I need to be most consistent at because I've dominated the physical. Like, it's like, what can I do to prolong my career another nine, another 10 years? And I feel like it's going to be in that aspects and those.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yes. Oh, my gosh.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I think just it could be scary with unknown. You know, like and I used to be a person who become very fearful or like hesitant when I don't know what's going on. And that's where faith comes in. And I believe that Washington took the proper steps to put who they put in the positions that we have now with our GM and Jamila, our head coach and Sidney Johnson. Like, I love them both.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I got to sit down with them a couple of times out here in Miami. And, you know, I think that we're headed in the right direction. Things get bad, but usually when things get bad, that means it's right around the corner from turning a new leaf. And things got to get ugly sometimes. And for us, that's what happened last season, and it is what it is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But I will say, throughout all of that, though, we stayed together. Nobody kind of pointed fingers. It was never none of that. It was just like, all right, y'all, we just got to figure this out together kind of thing. So I can be grateful for that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I mean, all of them. Honestly, I can't really pick one person on the team. I will say one person that I was like, oh, man, like I'm actually glad we get to be teammates. It's probably Lexi.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Like, you know, she's I'm I'm very observant person. And it's like Lexi was always on Indiana. She did her job. She harassed me when she had to guard me. Like so it was pretty cool just to like. you know, just talk to her and communicate with her without being opponents. Right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
And it's always like, I'm coming for blood when I see you, and now we sit next to each other in the locker and we cracking up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
For sure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I did not know that. Yeah. I'm going to use that in practice.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I'm going to use that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Man, I mean, I think she kind of already got it. Like, she's kind of carving her way to it, and I think it's just, like, having that demeanor, just unfazed, like unfazedness. And you've not seen the word. Like she's just unfazed when you guard her. She doesn't make a face. She plays hard. She's in your shit. She does not care if she's annoying you. I think, what game was it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I forgot who team we played here. And me and Lexi were on the court together. And she was guarding Skylar. So it was the Owls. She was guarding Skylar. And I think I had Courtney or somebody. She was just like harassing her. I ain't got to be the only one to do it. It's hard to guard Skye. She puts pressure on the rim all the time. And Skye puts pressure on you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
So it ain't like you going to pressure her and she not going to give it back to you. Oh, defensively, she's putting it around.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
She talking about 94 feet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Toughest wing to defend, man. At Unrivaled. Outside of myself?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Mm, man. You can give me a top three. I was about to say, I was like, it can't be one. I'd probably say on the wing, I'm like going through a Rolodex in my head.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Go ahead.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Nah, but she is hard to guard. But from who I've had to have on the perimeter, nah, you know what? I'm going to put Ryan in there because that clip is pretty damn fast.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yeah, I'm tripping. No, Ryan for sure one of them. I feel like you put Arike in there because it's like, bro, come on. That's all the open space she needs to just get off. And then I'm not going to lie. You could pick any guard off the They didn't guard off the Owls. They've been pretty consistent. Alicia Gray. That's what I'm saying. Leafs been cooking.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
It's crazy because it's a couple people in here where it's like you didn't get the C-Day bag because they played five on five, and then they get to three on three, and I'm like, all right, K-Mac, where was this? Because that's one person I was just like. Wait a second. You were caught off guard by Kayla McBride?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But no, but not what we're doing in three on three. Like dribbling the ball and actually. Right. But I'm saying, but even, and you can ask her. Because we had this talk when we had the one-on-one conversation. It was like, I was not shocked, but I was like, okay, there's more tools in the bag. Right. Because on her team, respectfully, she doesn't have to do all of that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
She can snipe. She can snipe. She can get a pin down. She can get a flare. Right. She'll put the ball on the floor to get a pull up or something. But literally to create your own shot. I'm not expecting K-Mac to do that. But at the same time, I'm like, respect. I respect that. I was actually really, really intrigued to see that. Other people, I'm just like, OK. All right. You got some tools.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
And then it's like, all right. I could see.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Hide certain weaknesses, but also the system enhances those that are strong. So you don't know what a weakness is because they're killing you off a pin down or a curl. And, yeah, you got the scout, but then again there is two more people on the court rather than three-on-three. So on the defensive end, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Now you get to see, okay, who has pride in guarding their yard? Who has pride in not letting somebody pick on them? Because we all know that it's going to be a long night to guard.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Like, are you going to sit down and be like, you ain't scoring on me. And if you do, it's going to have to be a hard bucket. Because there are some instances where there is great defense and better offense.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
And you just gotta take that on the chin sometime.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
It don't matter.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
We're going to hoop. Period. It don't matter. We're going to hoop. Yeah. But, I mean, honestly, for my type of style of play, yeah, three on three definitely is more suitable.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Because less space, no help. I can create my own shot. I can get to the basket. I can shoot three. It's three levels of scoring, but also you get two ways of playing. Yeah. So there's no let off. Most people, they got all the offers in the world, and the defense is questionable.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Ain't no question over here. If anything, people probably question my offense, which pisses me off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But you know what? But you know what? And I'm glad you said that because it's like I have to take accountability for that because it's me. not going out there and doing that consistently. Like I'll do it in spurts and that's me just figuring out like where, what's, why am I, why am I not figuring out like what's that middle point of like no return. It's like I'll have a flow and then
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I'll go back and then I'll have a flow again and I'll go back. But I think it's honestly, if I'm just being completely vulnerable and transparent, I think it's me conquering the emotional, the mental and the spiritual aspect of the whole entire game. Like I'm just in that phase of my life and my career where I need to be able to. Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I'm not angry, but I guess I'm passionate.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yes, I want to win. But sometimes that can take away from the actual process. I'm figuring that out. Like I'm seeing it in more ways than not on and off the court. So I feel like once I get to that, I don't have to argue with people. I don't have to yell at people and get them to see my offensive game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I don't have to broadcast it or blast it because as other people out here, you ain't got to say nothing. That's the first thing they're talking about is their offense. And then we go to defense and they're like, well.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
You know, so.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yeah, I journal. I talk to my therapist. I have my village, like my sounding board, but I think it's really gonna be me just buckling down and just finding those tools when I get in those spaces, how to get out of them a little bit quicker.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Oh, all the time. All the time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yeah, but I also know that there's a difference in nervousness. There's a nervousness that I have where it's like, I'm just ready to play and I wanna do great, and there's a nervousness I didn't prepare. So I've learned the two feelings where it's like, oh, Slim, you feeling nervous, why? Because you didn't prepare. You don't feel like you're prepared for this situation.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
You don't feel like you're prepared for this opportunity. That's on you. And this is me self-talking. And then it's like the other parts where it's like, no, Slim, you're just nervous because you're ready to go hoop. You good. You prepared. You did all your work. You did your workouts. You did your treatment, all that. Your routine is set.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But it's the other times when I let one thing get me out of my space, and then now I'm like, damn, am I ready? Am I going to hit a shot? Am I going to? And I done seen all 36 of these players for years, and I'm sitting up here questioning, can you guard them, Slim? Can you do this? Can you go score against them? When you was getting buckets on them in 5-on-5, so what's the difference?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
So it was just having that self-talk.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
For real. You know? It's a real thing. Like, you don't realize how quick. Confidence can come and go off of a situation or instance. I think for me, just building that confidence from being injured. Yeah. And then you kind of go into the background and you come back and you think all these eyes are on you. And it's really just you and your own head. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Because you got your eyes on your own self and you looking internal, which isn't a bad thing. But then you get too deep and now you can't come out of your own shit because you're too busy worrying about all the other shit that hasn't even happened yet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Right where my feet are. Like, literally.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Oh, man. Like, is somebody going to put a stop to this topic? These walls are very thin. These walls are very thin, let me tell you. Every damn time, you just hear a hootie-hoot in the damn hallway. No, I think they are successful in their own way, right? They have, and I quote Shakira, They are down-to-earth crash outs.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
They're all down-to-earth beings, all cool and delightful, but they all crash out in their own way. OK. But no, I just think you've got a real nice combo of guards and posts. You've got two mobile posts. I call them hybrids, like these type of posts, right? They can shoot. They can move. They're mobile.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
They're not really traditional back to the basket, but they can still put you back to the basket. Then you got these guards who come in, they can shoot, they can guard, pull up mid-range. Like, usually you get guards who don't, who want the three or the layup. You got every guard on that team that can hit three levels. It's like, great. Pick your poison.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But, nah, I mean, they're beatable. And they've shown it in some of these close games. But then again, kudos to them because they came out victorious. But I can't say too much on why they're winning.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
But they're winning.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Hell yeah. Like, you know, past all of this, like, I'm just happy to see people getting back to it, getting healthy, like you say, like people getting back to themselves, being happy again to play the sport, because you could tell. As a competitor, I want my competition to be at their utmost best. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
So whatever they got to do, whatever I got to do to give this product to these fans and everybody who supports us, then so be it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
For sure. For sure. For sure. People was coming up to me when I was hurt, and they was like, bro, for real? Like, you still out? Yeah, the game needs you. Yeah, I'm like, all right. Let me strap up real quick.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Yes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
Thank you. All right. I appreciate you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
What's up, Brittany? What's going on? I'm chilling. I'm chilling. Yeah. You're always chilling. I mean, I think it's kind of like the East Coast thing in me. Yeah. Like, I'm just laid back. People think I'm from Cali because of the way I dress. Yeah. Then I open my mouth, and they're like... We're from the East. From the East Coast. Yes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
GOOD FOLLOW - Caitlin Clark Effect, Brittney Sykes Joins the Show + Juju Watkins, SC vs Texas, NWSL Kits & More
I wouldn't have thought New York. I honestly would have thought Cali, too. Really? But I might be a little biased because that's where I saw you at.