Kahleah Copper
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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In life, as a Hooper? I mean, in general, my career is underdog, but being here, I think, you know, that first week when ESPN put out the rankings, you know, we were six. I immediately screenshot that, sent it to Nola, and I'm like, hey, Nola, I need you to print this out and hang it in the locker room. So I wanted everybody to see that and understand this is what people think about us.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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This is where they think we're a six-place team. So us walking in the locker room and seeing that every single day, I think we put that chip on our shoulder and we went out there and did what we do. And not even talking about, you know, it's not about how you start. It's about how you finish.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Let me know because I need to know if I need to stay here or if I need to go ahead and head on out. So let me know.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I think, personally, I love when I'm able to play with other great players. I think, you know, being at the Olympics, I get that experience. Being here is the best players here. So being able to be with Chelsea was great, you know, as a point guard, as a leader, as a person. She's been great. You know, she's literally carried us and also kept us very even-keeled.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Like, throughout all of the moments and the highs and the lows of the season, I think she's been a very steady leader for us.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I mean, that's Chelsea. Like, if you watch her in her career, when it's winning time and when it's down the stretch and when it's clutching, who has the ball? It's Chelsea. And it's not even always to make the bucket. It's we know if we get you the ball, you're going to make the right decision. So, I mean, I think that's been Chelsea her entire career. So just, like, hats off to her.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That's really grand, baby. Oh, she's been a sponge from day one. But, you know, just outside of what you hear, you know, you always want to experience people for yourself, you know. But just being a competitor, competing against her and seeing her and then, like, competing with her is a different, is so different. And I think that it was a... How was it different?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Because we on the same team, now I don't got to get with you. Now we doing it together with other people. So not too many times teams have real dogs. Everybody say they a dog. But them real dogs, like, to be on the same team with a real, like, that's elite. So, like, back to, like, her wanting to learn. Like, she wanted to be around good vets, like, winners. She wanted to soak in the knowledge.
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And she also wanted to have fun and be herself.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Like, she had this girl at me doing TikToks. Talking about, it's Sunday. Grandma, let's, like. You wasn't into all that. No, I wasn't. I don't be doing no TikToks, y'all. I was like, I came here just, like, chilling, but. Like I said, it's been super fun, I think, for everybody. Our team has, everyone's personality has come out, and everyone has been themselves.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And we've had a lot of fun, and we've had success. It wasn't no all tight and like, oh, we have practice. No, we was having fun. It was fun, but it was always business, too. So I like how my team really kept that balance. Even with the social media, like, we had fun. We engaged with our fans. Like, we got the full experience.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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So it's so crazy because I said it first in practice right before the Eagles. So it's a player from the Eagles who always say it. And, like, I don't think it's Philly. I don't think it's, like, Philly s***. I mean, Philly stuff, but... I think it's Philly stuff. But I came to practice one day. I think me, Angel, it was either me and Angel was partners or me, Angel, and Chelsea were together.
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We were shooting. And I just came out there and was like, we just won. I'm like, it's Belton. It is.
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belt and then we just like it was with everything like we just started saying it all the time and then i'm like oh bad that's it bta y'all out there pretending imaginary like people be getting all feeling some type of way about it but like that's just us like that's literally us in a nutshell it's not no troll it's like this is this is we having fun yeah this is what we do like It's cool.
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It's all fun and games.
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I mean, I'm definitely, I'm cool with it because I'm good for it a little bit. So, I mean, I like it. I mean, it's not like... Why not? Why can't we? We're the best at what we do. You have the best players here competing at a high level, both wanting to win. Like, why not? What's wrong with it? There's nothing wrong with it. Everybody do it. But when we do it, it's a problem?
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Come on.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yo, so I flew to New Orleans, and I'm there with my friends and my family. We get some food. We're chilling. Next day, the Super Bowl day, it was just hectic. Some people just came there just to be in the environment, and it was such a crazy environment. It was really fun, but... Just to go like to the game and have that full experience. Shout out to Gatorade. I love y'all taking care of me.
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You know, we were in the suite enjoying the game. And then after the post-game celebration and then just going out and like being around like, it's people you don't even know. It's just like, you just with everybody, everybody. And the clerk, we all fam. And silly, we all fam. Like we was just, we were out. I get back, I'll get back to the room maybe 1, 1, 2 a.m. Flights at like 6.
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And you know the airports are hectic because everyone's leaving. Yeah. And then I have to, we go back, I'm like, damn, do I sleep an hour? Like, dangerous. I do it anyway. Go to the airport, fly, fly right in, try to get, like, a little nap, and it's game time.
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See, we didn't cover that. Yeah, yeah. You know, but you still able to get that first round win. Yeah, yeah. Somebody put me on Twitter and said she got Don Julio and chicken wings in her stomach. Ha, ha. I might. I might have. But, yeah, I made it. Big eye emoji. Yeah, I made it through. That was a tough first round, too. Did you feel better about the second round match?
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Were you more rested and collected for that? I felt, yeah, I definitely felt a lot better. It was, I mean, it was a lot, but, I mean, it was whatever. I mean, I definitely felt better, though, for sure.
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Yeah, like, you don't. I'm not turning that down for nothing. She said, I'll be back from the Super Bowl.
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I'm excited to, like I said, I love to play with great players. So just watching those two in their careers. I think A.T. has an incredible IQ, a great facilitator. And just like we talk about dogs, like people is afraid to play against her. Right. um um Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Thank you.