Jewell Loyd discusses her 'welcome to the WNBA' moment | The French Connection | NBC Sports

give me your best Sue Bird Story best suit Bird Story first time in Seattle growing up first week for a training camp so he was like you know come over you know like you know I don't want you be alone like hang out and I was like first of all SD texting me I'm still like shocked about that um then she's ask me to come over I'm like do like what do I what do I wear like am I I'm like nervous you know I'm kind of panicking and so we get over and she's like just talking to me she like hey like how's how are things I'm like well I just left college so are great like I don't know like I'm fine like how do I connect with with Sue and now she was talking to me and before you know there was a someone told me you know I don't know if W players G to take care of you you know they're kind of grown they have their own lives and as is that's kind of like in my head she's over there like peeling me oranges cutting me up a whole meal she's like preparing all these things I'm like wow like this is like first class like Sue's like making me meals like it it was crazy so we sit down and we're just talking and for me being a rookie like having that first experience was like no way like subber is in here you know sharing a meal with me I'm barely talking I'm I'm you know nervous and her her way to kind of just break the ice was amazing and that's kind of transformed our relationship going forward because uh you knew that it was bigger than basketball for Sue uh if you you know anyone who knows Sue it's you know she's so nice so genuine it's no there's no fluff and she just wants people to be to themselves all the time and that allowed me to grow in the person I wanted to be and I've always kind of share that story with you know my friends and family because people don't know Su they just see her as this icon she is but they don't know the person she really is in her heart so that first week was like mindblowing for me allowed me to kind of relax and have someone to conf find in as a young kid coming into the league so I always remember that I'm like man two pill me oranges were good that's like you know back in the day you know you know it's yeah Bill and oranges was hard in general so for her to do that was amazing so TR truly one of the nicest people you'll ever made a grade piggybacking on that on that uh Diana terasi I think this is her fifth Olympics if I six yeah you have a Diana terasi story I don't know if we could beat the S bird peeling oranges story but anything I think it's going to be a little bit different this one right did she make you like a nice filet Manan with a salad and no just probably probably an elbow and gave me some water told me to you know kick rocks uh with with DT yeah know uh you know first time probably honestly probably the most welcome to the league moment you know before the game she's like no like grrat we here like just kind of hide me up I'm like oh wow like DT and DT is like my idol you know I grew up watching DT um so I have so much respect for her uh later in the game you know kind of feeling it out whatever and I just remember going to the Lane and she just like clocks me just like straight up like boom I'm like on the ground I'm like you know like unbelievable I mean it's probably the hardest block I probably ever received in my life and she's like hey you look good I I'm on Flor I'm just like thanks Diaz I'm like literally like my shoulder's hurting like got my sword she's like look good runs back on defense his a three timeout I'm like all right this is this is awesome this is perfect what I want to hear you know from my ID don't just you know Tak it you know just no mercy um but me and DT have a great relationship and she's awesome and she's so competitive you know I think that's why she plays with so much joy I think that's why she's able to play for so long because it's just a joy to the game and uh we see that you know even with you know compar with Novak right he loves the game of tennis like he understands that there's a purity um to to how they play so uh yeah DT is next level and she has intensity but it's all love oh my God I think that's a great story talk about apples and oranges with basically uh by the way DT and subbert are best friends so there you go on that front but that's awesome also it's important for people that haven't followed the WNBA that the storyline out there about Caitlyn Clark being you know treated this way this has happen to all rookies you just didn't see it back in the day because the cameras weren't on every single game the way they are now