Stop Throwing ‘Dos and No Love For the Mercury w/ Ciara & Alex of the Pick Up | ALLEY OOP (Ep 15)

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Do you love Julie Van Lowe?

Because that's how you say it.

Sure, Julie Van Lowe is my least favorite.

She said, wait, hang on.

It's Van Lowe.

Yeah, she said in her country, which is Belgium, it's pronounced the OO is O.

So it's really Van Lowe, but she just let folk get away with it.

Breaking news, you hear it here first.

Kurt Loder.

I don't know when to start.

Look at me.

I don't know what to do with my hands, nor when to start.

All I know is this is the alleyoop.

Welcome back.

Thank you for joining us.

Thank you for locking in.

Welcome the people in and give them y'all introductions, my sister, starting with you, Alex.

Oh, you're so sweet, Juju.

Yes, hi, I'm Alex.

I'm one of the co-founders of Flagrant Magazine.

Longtime listener, first-time guest of this party.

So very exciting.

You don't have to lie, Craig.

You don't got to lie to kick it, Craig.

You know, you never heard this podcast a day in your life.

But soon, it's going to be bigger than Shannon Sharpen them.

I promise.

Watch.

Work in the streets.

My little birdie told me a little something, something.

Okay, let's go.

My sister, Sierra, welcome to the alleyube.

How are you doing today?

I'm doing so good.

I'm so happy to be here.

I'm Sierra.

I'm the host of Pickup, which is Flagrant's Basketball Podcast.

And I'm excited to be here because Juju is one of our favorite guests to have on the podcast.

I think you're either tied or the person who's been on it the most.

So, I'm excited to be here and return the favor.

My sisters come on here lying, they're ready to lie, ladies and gentlemen.

Now I'm the best of guests, Lord Jesus.

Get you some friends that lie about you and to your face, like my friends.

You feel me?

Kicking it off right now: Sydney, the kidney, Colson went down,

Aerie, the prairie, McDonald went down.

Talk about it, y'all.

How disappointing is that for the FIVA?

Who were playing pretty good without Kaylin Clark?

You feel me?

Starting with you, Sierra.

Yeah, it sucks.

I missed it.

I don't know what I was doing, but I wasn't watching the game.

And all of a sudden, I get a text from Alex.

It's like, do we have any update from Sid?

And I was like, are we doing something with her?

Like, are we hanging out?

Like, what are we doing?

No, that sucks.

Courtney Vandersloop posted on her story that I think her her and Sidney are the last two people from that 2011 draft class and now they both tore their ACLs.

And she was like, gonna come back stronger.

And I was like, I really need you too.

So thank you for saying that.

Honestly.

Right.

It just sucks.

What about you, addicts?

Oh, I feel bad for Sid because it happened the day after her birthday.

It was the game where she was wearing her birthday fit and she was like...

Feeling herself, looked amazing.

And it was just, I also didn't see it live, but I was on a call with Ashton and she was like, oh my god.

And I was like, no, why?

And as soon as I saw the video, it was just, you know, one of those ghost things where you just, they fall and you're like, oh, that's bad.

That's bad.

No contact injury.

Bad, bad.

Yeah.

Right.

Snipers on the roof.

Yeah, exactly.

I think, Sid, you're right.

Like, she's been a great backup to Caitlin.

She's been great in the locker room.

And obviously, any team would be lucky to have Sidney Coulson.

And I hope that she's able to recover and come back because I don't want this to be her last season and this is how she goes out.

Like, how devastating.

So I'm not even thinking that way.

I'm just assuming she's going to get better because she's,

I don't know.

She probably actually have like a really short recovery time and come back like even better and maybe taller.

Probably taller.

Probably taller for sure.

You know what?

I've seen that happen.

Ari McDonald as well, dog.

She was playing great for them, dog.

Like she was dropped by the LA Sparks this year earlier this year and came in and was ready she didn't have to get ready because she was already there and she came in with the stutter steps the hesitation the tray balls lately I mean what a great pickup for them and now she's out the rest of the year with a dang broke bone in her foot you feel me like is there any words y'all got on that as well yeah it just like it double sucks it sucks for people to be doing well and then get hurt like obviously it sucks when anybody gets hurt but to be having that kind of like comeback season especially for players like these two who it's not like they're you know superstars in their prime who have a guaranteed roster spot you know thinking about how this is like gonna set them back also just like as players yeah players as well i think it's like just a continuation of the crazy injury year that the nba had Like, I'm just like, can everyone stop?

Can everyone just stop getting hurt?

I don't know what happened this year, but it was a bad year for legs get well soon sid you got to know we love you you're a pioneer you're an inspiration for so many people out there including myself you're getting your acting on you're getting everything happening man but neither here nor there moving on

my name is julian And I like to do this with most of our guests that don't have media responsibilities and can't get in trouble for this.

As an Atlanta Dream fan, we own the Phoenix Mercury.

We are their dads.

We are their moms.

They can't even speak without us

being spoken to first.

Salute to DB, salute to AT, but we just swept them for the season.

Didn't want no problems.

Belt to butt.

We didn't even have Brittany Ground in the last game.

Neither here nor there.

Alex,

who are you?

What do you represent?

And who do you hate?

My name is Alex.

I represent myself here in this podcast.

And I have to say, this is just by default.

As a Portland native, I hate the LA Sparks because I cannot support an LA team.

Just full stop, full every sport.

I can't do it.

Sorry.

Who's your least favorite player on the Sparks?

Well, that's the thing.

I don't have a least favorite player on the Sparks because I actually like the players on the Sparks.

Like, I sparks.

I like Lexi a lot.

I like Cameron.

I like the cowards way out.

I mean, just pick someone.

Azaray, Rakia, who don't you like?

You don't like somebody.

Are Are you a big fan of Julie Aleman?

Do you love Julie Van Lowe?

Because that's how you say it.

Sure, Julie Van Lowe is my least favorite.

She said, wait, hang on.

It's Van Lowe?

Yeah, she said in her country, which is Belgium, it's pronounced the O-O is O.

So it's really Van Lowe, but she just let folk get away with it.

Breaking news, you hear it here first.

Kurt Loader.

Whoa, you know who that's?

That's a scoop for girl shams.

We should put that out there.

I thought it was Van Lou because

like Waterloo.

Right.

Yeah, because you're Americanized and the system and the man got his foot on your neck and you don't even really.

See, Daisy?

Yeah, and it hurts.

Waterloo from the Ava song where they invented it.

But yeah.

Also, too, to throw in there, before you could tell us your favorite and person to hate in the entire WMEA Sierra.

Odyssey Sims just signed with the fever breaking news as well.

So she will, I think, will be a great piece over there.

I skipped over that earlier, but salute to odds getting it done.

She was a spark, but she must have felt like Alex.

Get me out of here.

I'm waiting for the fire.

Now, Sierra, it's on you.

I'm Sierra.

I represent everybody over six feet tall, and I think this is crazy.

You're going to have to hear me out.

I hate the aces.

I think it's crazy.

I think it's, and here's why.

It's so crazy to have that many likable and cool players on your team and have your team vibes be that bad.

Asia, just what she, it was like, what, 30?

What was the double, double?

30 and 20, the first player ever.

Are you out of your mind?

That's the craziest thing I've ever heard.

And still, every time I watch the aces, I'm like, ew.

Okay.

Yes.

It's like the Brooklyn Nets when they had all those guys on them, but they still, the vibes were so bad.

It's like so much talent, but we've talked about this before.

It's there's something going on back there, bro.

I know what's going on.

I know why the vibe is so damn bad.

Allegedly, now, I don't know what's the cause of this, but Becky, does she make all her assistant coaches wear them hoodies under them blazers like that?

Or is that the same color and everything?

Man, my vibe would be down too.

They're under heated and they are restricted in their motion.

Oh my gosh, women are so overstimulated.

They're just like on the sidelines, like tactile.

They're like,

In Vegas, too

exactly the most stimulating city in the world yeah becky it is 200 degrees outside can i not wear my hoodie with blazer combo tonight ma'am is that okay with you they make them now i was just shopping at a store for people who are older than me i would like to think

and there was one suit jacket where the hoodie was sewn into it just the front and the back it wasn't fully in it

but it was to look like that and i was like wow this there's really a market for this there must be and it feels like it's more tech CEO kind of outfit than like head coach.

Beck CEO.

I mean, I'm here all week.

But who was y'all prediction for champion this year?

Because the Lynx look like it.

Now,

I got a couple of things I can sell y'all about the Atlanta Dream

in about four or five minutes.

But who will y'all pick for the championship this year?

Because the Lynx, right now, like you said, them adding DJ,

the stud bus looking better than ever.

Wild Nafisa Kai gone.

Kayla McBride done put the pink in her hair.

And guess what?

Not who's there?

An extra stud.

You feel me?

So who do y'all think?

Starting with you, Sierra?

I mean,

I think it's going to be the Links.

I had last season, I was also like, oh, the Lynx could win the championship.

But then the Liberty were also very scary.

And so I was never like, it's the Links for sure.

The Liberty have not proven to me that they can beat the Lynx.

Obviously, Stewie's hurt, but, like,

okay.

They have so many other players.

They shouldn't be getting blown out like that if they want me to take them seriously.

I think the

Mercury are fun, and I'm always willing to buy in on the Atlanta Dream because I like them.

So, I know you're like the Mercury, sorry.

Magic word.

Oh, my God.

I'm going to let you go first, though, Alex.

Who do you think will win the chip this year?

So

I sort of like watch patterns.

So like with the injury thing that I was saying,

I see the fact that OKC, who won the overall vibes check in the NBA this year, won the championship.

That's why I think the Lynx will win because I think that's going to happen for them too.

They're the best vibes.

But I could see something weird happening where like the Liberties still f ⁇ ing win and it's annoying.

Yeah.

So I could see that happening.

They go from your favorite team now.

They might

they might even win.

Oh, how annoying.

They were just my favorite team.

Exactly.

You know what?

Juju, life comes with you fast.

Keep up.

Keep up, my friends.

I'm trying to.

I didn't stretch before that part,

but I'm finna keep up.

But they've been out.

They've been without Brianna Stewart, you feel me, for the last, what, couple of games.

And they've injected Emma Miseman, which I think will prove down the line to be one of the best pickups we've seen thus far.

I think that the Liberty have done a great job executively after a championship season.

Like, they deserve a round of applause.

Big Ellie got new dance moves every two hours.

The Atlanta Dream, this is why the Atlanta Dream are going to win the championship this year.

Let's do some more math with the Alex.

First of all,

The top teams all year that's been above them has been the Lynx, the Liberty, and

some little sun team called the Phoenix Mercury, who nobody likes.

We dog smacked the Mercury.

They don't count.

They're not even here anymore.

Forget about them.

The Liberty,

we were up 17 points in the game that could have sent us to the Commissioner Cup.

We were up another 16 points in the fourth quarter the other time we played in New York.

We just got

situations.

We can't handle situations correctly, but we supposed to or could have won those two games.

And when they came to Atlanta, we kicked their behinds.

We smacked the behinds of the Liberty.

The Minnesota Lynx, they came to Atlanta, they won by two points, a couple points in overtime.

They needed everything.

The power got knocked out, neither here nor there.

And we made history.

First team to beat the Minnesota Lynx in their home gym this year, even though they lost the Commissioner Cup Cup in the gym, neither here nor there.

We kick ass when it comes to it.

The vinyl

won the, you would have never said the vinyl are going to beat the Owls this year in the unrivaled.

Would you have Alex?

No, I would not have.

Would you have Sierra?

No.

I would not have.

The Atlanta dream, I won in the NBA championship, the WNBA championship this year, and I put everything on it.

Back to you, Sierra.

I don't know whether you don't even have a topic, but just back to you.

Okay.

I love it.

I'm in.

Yeah, I mean, me too.

And you're right.

It kind of is like if they can step up when it counts, that's really all that matters.

Like the rest of the season just gets you there, but like that doesn't, nothing matters until you can actually play in the games that are important enough.

So I'm with you.

Also, I'm a huge Alicia Gray fan.

So if the dream won, I would be so happy.

I'd be so happy.

Excited for her.

Yes, sir.

Salute to Big Al, man.

Oh,

but yeah.

Moving on, though.

So we all agree, Atlanta Jan Champions.

If you guys were the commissioner of the WNBA,

salute to Miss Kathy.

Oh my god.

Sometimes and most of the times.

I'm gonna do an upside-down salute.

How would you handle the dough situation we have right now within the W?

We're not gonna say the first three letters, but the last letters are dough.

If you were Commissioner Alex, let's go to Alex first.

How would you handle the dough situation?

Oh, I thought you were telling me.

There we are.

Hello.

Yeah.

Talking about the other messages.

Now that's going to take a whole bunch of heads to put together.

Not even right there.

Okay.

Let's see.

How would I handle it?

I would.

I don't know.

I would like have a press conference where I said that this is like zero tolerance.

You're gonna be banned from the arena if you do this.

We're going to arrest you.

This is like

basically sexual harassment of the players and it's not funny.

It could like, I mean, I don't wanna say it could hurt somebody because if she said that, I would be like, okay, come on.

But I think it's harassment.

I think it's sexual harassment.

And I think it's just like zero tolerance policy.

You're fully, you're gonna be removed.

Although I will say, I don't know the people that are buying tickets and doing that are like huge WNBA fans, so I don't know if banning them from the arena is really gonna do much, but I think arresting them,

not a big, you know, prison industrial complex fan over here, but maybe arresting them will deter people from doing it.

So I might see something about that.

I didn't want to interrupt you, but you said like hurt some, it's gonna hurt someone, and you're like,

or whatever.

Do you think it's not gonna hurt by catching a steaming fastball 90 miles per hour from section CC?

So

these are rubber doughs, right?

I mean, I have no idea how does work.

Throwing anything on the core.

I mean, weren't this has happened in football games too, where people have thrown.

That's why they made like the different beer bottles, right?

Because people were throwing like Coors Light bottles onto the field.

So yeah, you're right, Sierra.

I mean, it could like escalate if a new.

What if it hits somebody in the eye?

I don't care if it's just all rubber.

Totally.

Hit Sophie in the foot the other day.

So it's got traction.

And in Atlanta, when they first threw it, it hit the free throw line during your Valkyrie's, like, chance to win the game with, like, under 20 seconds left.

That thing hit somebody's skirt between the eyes.

It's a bummer, because, like, the first time it happened, the novelty and the, like, randomness of it was like, oh, that's funny.

And then Sid was, you know, Sid was doing her character.

And then the second it happened again, it's like, well, okay.

You guys fucking, you ruined it.

You're right, though, bro.

At a certain point, if it was funny, it ran its course already.

We don't need that shit, man.

This shit ain't even funny no more, bro.

It's like, what is really happening?

You're really being disrespectful as F

word right now.

Because if you really think about it, like, bro, what's the messaging behind that, bro?

Why you be doing this?

I know Tom Brady got, you feel me, threw in the end zone.

I'm a Buffalo Bills fan.

Let's go, Buffalo.

It's our season every year.

But at the same time,

these women on the basketball court with no helmet, no pads, just them and the rock.

You know what I mean?

Them and the mamba mentality.

They don't need that flying in with the plate.

Come on, bro.

What is you doing?

What I'll be doing?

But like I said, just to remind y'all, the Phoenix Mercury ain't shit.

This is all to say.

I said all that to say.

They need to work on somebody over there.

Like, I'm talking about they might not even, boy, pee you.

I love Sammy Whitcomb.

That's my sister.

You already know we go back, Sammy Sam, but I don't like your team, man.

And I love all of y'all.

I choose not to like the Phoenix Mercury.

They can kiss my ass until Infinity.

Okay.

Is Satu playing again?

Because she was sitting out, right?

She was sitting out for a while, but she's been back now.

She's been on a minutes restriction, but she's been back and she's been kicking a little ass for real.

Okay, that's good.

Yeah, the unicorn.

Exactly.

Any last words before we get up out of here?

Y'all been, I could talk to y'all for three days.

You feel me?

But

Miss Rebecca said we got to wrap this shit up because she got bills to pay.

Oh, man, that's fair.

That's fair.

And Miss Rebecca didn't say that.

Miss Rebecca is not like that.

She did not say that.

But salute to her and Dylan for keeping us together, man.

But any last words, y'all, where can we find y'all?

What's your Instagram?

What's your Twitter?

Do not turn your Instagram location on, please.

There are murderers out there.

My final words is: go into your Instagram settings and make sure they didn't automatically turn on your location.

I manage a brand account that has like 160,000 followers.

Imagine if my location had been turned on.

Bruh, come on, man.

And they show up to my apartment.

Luigi.

That's so crazy.

What's your Instagram, though, Sierra?

Tell them.

Definitely follow Flagrant Mag on Instagram and listen to our podcast.

It's called Pickup.

Yeah.

What about you, Alex?

I'm on Instagram.

I post too much, but I don't need anyone following me there.

Follow Flagrant Mag.

Follow the girl Shams, the girl Shams on

Blue Sky and Twitter.

That's basically Shams Shirania for the WNBA.

So if you got any hot tips, slide into our DMs and we'll post it there.

You'll know it's the right account because

it's girl shams.

It's Shams, but he has a bow and eyelashes.

Oh,

that's how you can tell.

I see what you got going on.

It's a little bit of misPac Man situation.

Our 13 listeners are dudes, so stay out of the DM.

Just add them.

Mention them from your account so everyone can see.

I'm not answering any DMs.

Okay.

100% love from me to y'all.

Always and forever.

I got y'all back if y'all ever need me.

Thank y'all for listening and tuning in to the alley.

Ooh, another one.

Salute to Miss Rebecca.

Salute to Dylan.

I see you.

Catch us in the same place next week or two days from now.

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Lock us in.

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