Queen Egbo and Linnae Harper ~Washington Mystics 7/7/23

hey hey what's up y'all hey hey welcome first of all thank you um I think what's the last couple days like for you you know it's kind of a whirlwind um moving and getting here and getting thrown into the pot so it sounds like you're about to get thrown into the Pirates yeah that's the last couple days it's definitely been um different I've never been through anything like this before um it's been stressful it's been exciting um it's been kind of a rebirth for me just getting to know all the girls and getting here and being in a whole new city different from what I was used to so it's just trying to get my feet uh feet wet and comfortable and just trying to make you know good Impressions on people how what's the biggest challenge of you know getting here on one day and having a game very next yeah last week I would definitely say just trying to learn everything learning um your new teammates learning a new system new plays just trying to get familiar with everything is definitely the hardest part um every organization is different so trying to learn how this team operates and trying to just fit in and try to blend in as best as I can honestly is probably the hardest part is just transitioning from one system to another what's the balance of you know and it's a little bit of a rebirth you know so excited for a new opportunity but I'm sure you know tough I just saw you with past teammates yeah goodbye you know what's what's that kind of balance of it because you know it's I know you kind of um weren't necessarily getting the same business as you did before so it's kind of a good opportunity to be up there yeah it was a little emotional seeing my old teammates just because we're so close but it's okay you know they're gonna be there I'm gonna be here we're gonna have opportunities to see each other in the future you know it's not the end of the world just um just a little emotional just because that was my first time seeing them since I have been traded yeah and real quick what's the now they what was Fourth of July like for you yeah I'm assuming you kind of knew that that whole process was going to work out that way but what was that like for you and um how's the not that you've been here it's been a week and a half it feels like the weekend yeah almost almost a week um for me it was just catching up on rest trying to adjust you know to the time zone and uh my teammates and the coaches they've been very helpful um so I was able to get a lot of rest um get my legs back and I'm feeling optimistic uh with everything in the team explain anything in those first couple of games that um just kind of I guess getting back in the groove yeah I think the the biggest thing that I've learned is just everyone wants to play together and just most importantly just finding a way to win you know I'm it's not going to always be ideal or perfect but as long as we've given our best effort energy um and tenacity on defense every game every practice it'll all work out um welcome Queen uh Jen Hadfield with the next um just curious for you you know I I know you just got here but um what have you been told so far about what your role is going to be or what have you been you know asked to bring to this team um sorry I was messing with my nose ring um I've been asked to obviously um be a great rebounder um Shakir and Elena are both down so it's something that the team is in dire need of is just going there and rebound get offensive rebounds get defensive rebounds um set screens and just just be a good post player um they've asked me to kind of fill the role of Shakira a little bit until she gets back and then um be a part of that rotation or the little post rotation they have but yeah they've been very clear and open and honest with me about my role there hasn't been any confusion about what they expect from me um they emphasize rebounding obviously um so my number one goal is just to play good defense go out there defend um rebound and just do what I do best awesome and then you know you you talked about this a little bit but just playing against your former team tonight does that help you in the sense that you like know those personnel and and it's like a little bit easier in the prep or is that like harder just because you know there's a lot of emotion there um I would say at first it was hard for me because of the emotion once I got over that though um I think it was easier for me than I realized just because I do know the plays and the Personnel so I think that it'll be a little bit more of a step up than if we had been playing a different team and I'm still adjusting here and still trying to adjust in the game whereas I feel like I'm more so just adjusting with the new team I have here and guarding and playing um against the fever will be a little easier for me I'm sure that makes sense when I for you you know who's somebody I know the whole team uh tends to tends to you know help new folks kind of adjust but is there someone who's been particularly helpful as you've kind of found your footing yeah um I think overall um all of the players have been very helpful uh me and shatori we've been known each other for a very long time um so she's been very helpful um just making sure that I'm you know up to par and up to date with everything in the plays of course also uh Taj uh slim uh Ariel they've been all extremely helpful um so just grateful to come into an organization where it's a smooth transition how far how far back do you and tour you go oh we go way back like I want to say 20 2014 maybe 2015 around your time 20 years 10 years oh no oh it's like geez no we've been known each other for a very long time uh me and shatori were actually on the 2015 Pan American games together we played in Toronto um so just all of those memories that we've had together we've just had a great relationship over the years that's awesome thank you both Christy 20 years hi ladies uh Christy winter Scott here with NBC Sports Washington and Monumental um I mean this is for you I know you guys were we're both just talking about um schematically um just making the adjustment to game day and just kind of jumping right in but Queen when you're in the game and and maybe you know you've only had a day if things break down like what do you fall back to if you are not sure of you know when to set the pin down or you know defensively what to do how do you mentally just prepare for just kind of being on the Fly until you get fully adjusted uh knowing Personnel I feel like when you don't know kind of what to do in a moment where things break down it's important to know what the player you're guarding is doing so if I have a player I'm guarding that's involved in a pick and roll and I don't know the scheme of what to keep them in then I just try to either play two or use my athleticism or know the person that'll kind of play percentages who has a higher percentage shot and try to take that away make things as difficult as they can as I can right and and quickly last one for me uh for Lenae with with the same kind of question there just as a guard and coming into the mystics you understand because you've been in the camps you understand um what Eric Tebow expects how has that kind of helped you um kind of have a seamless transition into this moment yeah um I think the biggest thing for me uh is just defense you know um being a very tough energetic defensive guard um being able to bother the our opponents that's the biggest Focus for me you know I think everything starts on defense um and we have a team full of great Defenders with great energy that can play extremely well on both sides of the ball uh but I think my my focus is pretty much on the defensive end fantastic see you guys tonight thank you so much thank you that's it lynnae Queen thank you

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