Sue Bird The Legend | Dunk Bait
LaJethro Jenkins and Sue bird from the Seattle Storm discussed everything from the game, to what's happening in the world.
Sue Bird is partnering with CarMax on the “Call Your Shot” campaign to demonstrate the easy experience and flexible options CarMax offers so you can buy a car the way you want.
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SUE BIRD: When you are on that podium and you're holding up that trophy, there's literally nothing like it.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: All right, I'm LaJethro Jenkins. I'm here with the legend Sue Bird. Thanks for taking some time to talk to us. I appreciate you.
SUE BIRD: Yeah, no problem.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: I told you that, you know, you had met my sister at a restaurant in Colorado. And I noticed you because I saw your sneakers. What are your-- you had the Union 1s. And I looked up. I said, oh, that's Sue Bird. What are your top three go-to pairs right now.
SUE BIRD: The black and white Dunk Lows. I'm like, obsessed right now. The other ones that are go-tos right now are the Naomi Osaka Comme des Garcons blazers. So underrated. I don't understand how everybody's not talking about them. They're so underrated.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: So you used to make playlists on IG live. And as a curator of vibes, if you could play one song for the entire world right now, what would that be?
SUE BIRD: I have like a three-song rotation for my karaoke. But the one that if you just put this on and you know the words, you can't not like belt it out. And it's "Real Love" Mary J. Blige.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: OK, there we go. I like it. I love it actually. As someone who's very like, active and vocal in politics, you're going as far as like campaigning for like Raphael Warnock, how excited are you for January 20.
SUE BIRD: Words can't describe. I'm also maybe like everyone else like, a little nervous. But I feel like the security will be on point. Everything will go well. That's just the hopeful person and me, but I'm super-hyped.
I mean, the idea that our league had any kind of hand in any of this is just unbelievable. And I think I'm just so proud of everyone in our league. And I'm also so happy for Reverend Warnock, who you just mentioned. And there's no way to know that when we supported him and we put our full weight behind, there was no way to know that those two seats were going to be the ones that dictated control of the Senate.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: Kudos on that. I also want to ask because you talked about your worries a little bit what were your thoughts when seeing the events of January 6?
SUE BIRD: So like, Megan, for example, and a lot of my friends who we're on a group chat with, I would come back to my phone and there'd be like 40 messages, 50 messages. And we all know what it's like. You're like, OK, what happened? Like, something went down.
And it was just sadly in a way I couldn't just sit on the couch watch the news and kind of see as it was unfolding. I was getting the information in bits and pieces. Overall, I went from an incredible high to just an incredible low, feeling really just like angry, sad, disappointed, moments of actually feeling scared, which I know a lot of people right now, especially people of color, that's a feeling they're all too familiar with. And this I can only imagine made that even worse.
But then somehow after kind of like going through the process just like everybody else did, I ended up on the other side, which was right back to Reverend Warnock and Ossoff winning, which was like, OK, Joe Biden's going to be our president. We're going to have control of the Senate. And so things, to me, it let me write back to there, feeling hopeful.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: So you're a living legend. You're heading into your 18th season. You not only one but dominated at all levels. What continue to push you?
SUE BIRD: Winning's addicting. I don't care what anybody says. When you are on that podium and you're holding up that trophy, there's literally nothing like it.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: You started glowing when I asked you, when you said it. So I can see it. You know what I'm saying? I understand it through osmosis I guess if that makes sense. You're here partnering with CarMax with the Call Your Shot campaign. Can you tell us a little bit more about the campaign and why you decided to partner with them?
SUE BIRD: Yeah. Well, first of all, I mean, what drew me to it was it's the first time like, an automotive dealer has done a deal with the WNBA. And I just feel like we're in a place right now like, the WNBA, women's sports where whenever a partner wants to help us shine, I mean, I want to be a part of that not just for myself-- and I'm happy to be part of that-- but really for women's sports in general. It's just a wonderful opportunity to kind of benefit from each other and be one of the firsts.
And then when I started to kind of like get to know what CarMax is about, what Call Your Shot, their campaign, is about, like what it all means, it's such a natural relationship, like a partnership. Because like the words that pop out are like "empowerment." They want to empower their buyers. They want to give you confidence, and I think female athletes, like, that's what we pride ourselves on.
Like, we want to empower the younger generations. And I feel like we've gone through this walk of life, if you will, where you had to be confident to get where you are. It's a big part of being an athlete. So like I said, I think there's just like this natural partnership with what they both stand for. And truthfully, wait til you see the spots. I mean, we've already seen Steph's spot. Like, they're funny.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: Mhm.
SUE BIRD: Any time you can like get a message across with some humor, that is like totally me.
LAJETHRO JENKINS: Mhm. Well, Sue, I appreciate you. Thank you. You flexed on me. I get to flex my sister and tell her I interviewed you. You know what I mean? You have a great day. You know, take care.
SUE BIRD: Thank you. You too. All right, cool.
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