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Welcome to the Courtside Club. Today, I'm super excited because we have the 13th female to ever
play on the Harlem Globetrotters and the number one female hooper on social media. And also my
good friend, Krista Jackson. Welcome to the Courtside Club. Thank you. Thank you for having
me. Dude, you're the best. You were shocked when I said number one. You are the number one
female hooper on social. You're everywhere. It's been a grind. It's taken a while, but it's awesome.
So we've known each other for a while. We've collaborated in a lot of different ways,
but mostly like dribbling videos, shooting videos. I've never really got to sit down and chat with
you. Right. Why not? I know, right? Because we always want to go. I think it's like we catch
each other like right at the end of the year, about to leave, go back to somewhere. I'm not
going to be there for a couple of days. I just think we just have to be just like, okay, let's
link. Let's do some fire because I think our content together is fire. Oh, it's great. And
we always have like, okay, three ideas. We want to knock it out. Normally it's before the sun's
going down because you need that good light for social media. We're always racing against the
sun. So I'm really glad that you were able to come on Courtside Club today. I want to get a little
bit into your backstory even. I feel like maybe a lot of people don't know that. So firstly,
where did you start hooping? I'm actually not even a hooper. I play soccer. You have the wrong
question. I'm just kidding. I started playing basketball when I was seven. And long story
short, I asked my dad to train me, which he's absolutely trash, by the way. But he just used
to train my brother. Yeah. And I was like, train me. He said no, because I was a girl and I was
short and I threatened to tell my mom on him. So he trained me. So that's how you got going.
That's how I got going. So were you watching your brother? Was your
brother good? He's actually pretty good. He's more of like a shooter, a scorer than I would
say I am. But yeah, I mean, he didn't go any further. He actually went to the Air Force. But
yeah, I just kind of hung out with my dad and my brother. And I was just, I don't even,
I don't know why. You just loved it. I guess. But when you're a kid and you start doing sports,
you don't know why you like it. You're just like, I like this one and I'm going to keep doing it.
At the time, I was just like, dad, I want you to do, I want you to train me like JJ,
you know, like my brother. And yeah, he tied my hand behind my back with like his ties and
he blindfolded me. Like if we had social media back then, like we do now, I'm telling you the
things that he, like we, I dribbled in the rain, the snow used to do up sprints up the hill. Like
I would wear weight jackets. I had a whole body weight suit. Like it was like compression thing.
The weights were on my thighs. I used to wear ankle weights, wrist weight, like,
really? I'm telling you, like, it was crazy. What my dad came up with. Why? I just was just
like, okay. Right. Why not? Well, it's like you would have either gone viral or it would have
been like child abuse, you know? Hopefully the viral part because he was amazing. He was the
best. Was that something, so ball handling, and obviously that's what a lot of people know you
for and that's where you've created a lot of your success. Was that just something that you loved
about the game? Because for me, no offense, I hated ball handling. All I wanted to do was shoot.
Yeah. I honestly think that's all my dad knew how to do. Okay. Like I said, he was really bad.
So it's a blessing in disguise in a way. Like if that was just the one thing he had you focusing
on. Yeah. Because I mean, shooting it a little bit, I feel like teaching somebody how to shoot
takes a little bit more like technical practicing. You know what I mean? Dribbling is like,
okay, you can learn how to dribble and then maybe you can kind of go from there. And he just like,
okay, we'll take it from this hand and push it to this hand. And then you just kind of learn.
Yeah.
Like you got to aim, you got to get the right like precision. Like it was just more to it. So
I think we just, he just had me just literally, I would dribble the ball on the line around
the track. I would have to cross over from one lane to the other, take two dribbles from one
lane. Like on the running track. Yeah. On the track. That was like my core. It was weird. When
I really think about it, it was weird, but back then it was just like, whatever. And I think at
one point I was just kind of, it was just me and him all the time. I don't really have like a lot
of friends. So I was like, hey, guys, I'm going to go to the court. I'm going to go to the court.
So I was like, hey guys, you can come train with me. But I charged him $10 to come train with me
and my dad. Seriously? I'm so serious. How old are you? This is like middle school. So you've
been a hustler since you were a teenager? Oh gosh. I used to sell candy in school. I used to knock
door to door and clean people's houses and walk their dogs. That's so good. But I actually didn't
have many friends on the basketball team either. And I don't know if that's just like my personality
or something. All of my friends were cheerleaders or soccer players or something like that. So it
does.
It does get lonely. And especially when you are going for a goal, you have to train a lot more
than just people who are playing the sport for fun. Right. What was your goal?
The first woman to play in the NBA. Really? That was like a childhood goal. Yeah. Really?
That's so cool. I mean, you did it to a certain extent. That's what I told somebody. I was like,
my goal was to play in the NBA, the first woman, but playing, you know, on the celebrity game to
the NBA All-Star celebrity game.
It was pretty cool. And the Globetrotters. And the Globetrotters. So I was like,
I'm dipping my toes a little bit here and there. Not fully. This is obviously never going to happen
at this point for me either. But, you know. Listen, you brought it up a little bit. I mean,
what you do, I think is thoroughly impressive. And 99.9% of the men in America could never face
up to you. So, you know, you just have that point one who's in the NBA who can give you some issues.
Right, right.
So you brought it up a little bit. Celebrity All-Star game. We're here in Cleveland right now.
How was it? I played in it twice.
I know.
It's a lot of emotions, right?
Oh, my God. When I tell you I was nervous, I was nervous. I was like, so out of it. Like, I was
like, where am I type of thing? It's just like, I never like, so how do you how do you feel being
here? I was just like, I never thought this would be a thing. Yeah. It was never a thought that went
through my head. Like, a goal of mine is to play in the NBA. I'm like, I'm going to play in the NBA.
I'm going to play in the NBA. I'm going to play in the NBA. I'm going to play in the NBA. I'm going to play in the NBA.
A goal of mine is to play in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. That was never like, so to be
here and then asked me to be here, I was just like, who, me?
Right.
Why? You know, I was just like, what?
You were the person I was most excited about because I saw the announcement. I was like,
you deserve this so much.
Thank you.
And just holding it down in the female space. And then obviously, like what you've done on
TikTok and your Snapchat and your Instagram, like you continue to grow and kind of change
the game, but then also bring in your lifestyle.
And the different projects that you're passionate about, things that you're passionate about
into basketball. It's like very impressive. And I was like, oh, she's perfect for this.
And I want to ask you though. Okay. I was really nervous for the celebrity game. I played
well, but Jemele Hill didn't know who I was. Like, I remember I had two free throws and
then she was like, oh, you can actually shoot. And I was like, excuse me. That's all I do
now.
Like, you just didn't know.
Because you're not doing your research.
Right. So she had no clue who I was, so I didn't start or whatever.
Year two.
Year two, Michael B. Jordan was coaching and Rachel Nichols and I had, yeah. And he,
I was like, can I start? I was like, I promise you I'm going to do a lot. He was like, oh
yeah. And so I was like, great. Played a lot and scored, whatever. I was always nervous
until I got to warmups and I saw everybody else. And then I was like, oh wait, I'm good.
Is that how you felt?
No, I was still nervous.
I have freaking Tiffany Haddish. No, no, nothing against her. She's an awesome, like
freaking awesome person.
But you know, that's not her field. Basketball's not her field. And I was still nervous. You
know, I was just doing some warmups with her and stuff like that. And she was, you know,
playing defense and I'm still over here like, wow.
Yeah.
Wow. This is like, I'm really about to play this game.
I think I saw that clip of her guarding you.
Yes.
And with her little defensive hands.
Yeah. I was still nervous though. It was just like, it's just a different, it's a different
world. It's a different audience.
It's the lights, camera action is just completely different. I mean, I've played in front of
20,000 people. It's more of a performance than it is of like, it was just different.
I don't know how to explain it. It's just, you know, it's just, it's just different.
But I know.
There's a lot of ego too.
Yes.
I went into halftime and I was vlogging it and I was just like, coach, I don't understand
why you're not putting me in the game. Cause I was in like two minutes.
Freak. I don't know his name.
What was my coach?
I don't know.
He was like an NBA guy though.
I was with Dominique, Dominique, Dominique.
Dominique Wilkins?
He's not playing you a lot because you didn't even know his name.
Sorry.
Don't tell everybody that.
Bill Walton and Dominique Wilkins. Jesus.
Was it?
Yeah.
That's what I was trying to tell you it was.
Okay.
I told you that.
Yeah, you did. I just, that's my bad.
I was like, I was like, I'm over here trying to communicate. You're just not listening
to me.
Commercial break dude.
No, I'm just kidding.
Oh, no, that's awesome.
Well, NBA legend coaching you, but, oh, this is why Krista is not in the NBA yet.
I feel like that sometimes, you know?
They're almost like, coach for me.
You're practicing too much to pay attention to like what's going on on television.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, exactly.
I actually have a story about him though.
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I'll tell the guys.
You should do that one.
It would be so much fun.
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Yeah.
She's coming next time.
So Shaq is always my coach, and I've played in it like six years.
He's got my coach, too.
And then it's either like Dominique Wilkins or Charles Barkley, so last year it was Dominique
Wilkins.
Oh.
He didn't put you in the game?
He was the other coach.
Okay.
So I'm in the game, and I get the ball, and it's in front of his bench, and he said,
oh let her shoot he's a let her shoot let her shoot say less I was like I've never heard that
ever in my life anytime I get the ball it's like shoot her shoot her right and I talked to him
after because I said hold on I have a bone to pick with you I've never once heard anybody ever say
let me shoot he was like oh I knew I saw you warming up because I was trying to get in your
head oh did it work worked dang I was being so rattled I was like are you kidding me did you say
that yeah so I guess we both have a bone to pick with Dominique yeah yeah he tried to pull that
card oh you're my secret weapon I said secret weapon so when oh we're in the second half when
and so I was still on the bench I was just like put me in the game right I still didn't end up
doing much really afternoon I was put in I was still
on the bench and I was like put me in the game right I still didn't end up
it wasn't really after once I was put in but I was still on the bench I was still on the bench I was like
because he kept on taking me out you know that's my defense well i think people like us too we're
not used to sitting on the bench at all so when i'm not in the flow of the game it's sometimes
it's hard to get back into it it's hard to get back especially when you just have a bunch of
celebrities trying to get their points in right and that was that was one thing too it's like the
way that they played too it was you know the way i was thinking i wanted to win and i wasn't thinking
showcase showcase showcase because that's what it is just having fun you kind of showcase it's like
a pickup game right you know um so yeah hopefully i get another try at it though but i did have a
nice behind the back oh it was beautiful you know what i'm saying it was a no look behind the back
yeah you weren't even looking
was there any celebrity in the game that kind of surprised you
oh my gosh crap what's his name in the italian olympic
jumper he's so nice oh did he was such a nice guy and he played whoa he was on my team okay
he was so he
was like the biggest hustler like oh cool he was he was in almost the whole game and coach was
about this he was like come on guy he was like no coach no coach please this is my dream i was like
oh that's so sweet yeah and he was the biggest hustler like he had one type of put back dunk
and oh really out of nowhere everybody was like i ran like i i literally felt like i just dunked
i was so pumped i was running towards i was running after him for him to catch up to him
because he was so pumped but i i was really surprised with him because i was not expecting
that from him can we talk about jack harlow for a second yeah he actually go ahead first was he on
your team yes okay yes so i saw his highlights uh-huh a you know i see i see the long three i'm
like okay nice you know form if he nice three made it doesn't matter in the celebrity game whatever
you make right and then i see the transition layup and i said oh wait a second where he dribbled down
the middle of the court with his right hand oh and then went on the left side with his right hand
kind of a skip to my
not not any kind of layup i've ever seen before so maybe that's his own
jack harlow fast break layup i died though it has it has 30 000 retweets or something does it yeah
i i commented back i felt kind of bad but i was like listen i gotta call this i said no left
respect though dude he came down left right here the whole time and then put it up like this on the
left side to do a reverse you know what i'm saying like but that's what he told me without the reverse
you know maybe if you would have turned his back a little bit you know what i'm saying it's like a
little flavor to it yeah he did good though he came out on fire in the second he got his back
actually it doesn't a celebrity game it does not matter however you score you scored yeah fantastic
but i just remember seeing that clip and just kind of you know giggling a little bit because
we played basketball our whole lives and layups are important right and using the correct hand
on the correct side of the court is important but true that's true that's true that's true that's true
but he scored and he scored for sure yeah yeah he like i think like 10 or something like that
so what was your favorite part of the night being there just being there my my little highlight that
i got out of it i was i was really pumped about that that had a lot of retweets as well i posted
it too you had it on your tiktok yes let's take it back you were playing in middle school your
dad was training you you had goals of going to the nba where does the globetrotter situation come
into play with all of that literally out of nowhere okay i actually not a lot of people know
this either i so i tried going overseas after college they lost their sponsorships and where
did you play in college i played two years at savannah state and two years at point loma i
graduated from point loma nesring in san diego and i was just trying to get overseas they lost
their sponsors that's how they play for right pay for you know americans to be over there
and i had to pay for rent and i had no money because i was out of college now so i had to
get a job and i had to pay for rent and i had to pay for rent and i had to pay for rent and i had to
get a job got a job at a fitness center fitness gym which is like my second passion and really
started going forward with fitness and i stopped playing i hadn't touched a basketball in three
years yeah i did the wait i did the same thing after i quit basketball really three and a half
years didn't even touch a ball didn't watch a game did nothing it was a clean break yep okay
continue literally fitness was my life didn't touch a basketball and then a guy that i know
from my hometown he literally calls me up randomly
he's like hey how's your handles doing
you're like i'm not sure actually yeah he was like well the globe charters are having tryouts
i was like okay why are you calling me right i first off i didn't even know that the globe
charters had girls on my team you know what i'm saying so he was like no seriously how's your
handles though like they're having tryouts and i was like um they're really rusty right now
and then it was like well come try out i was like okay because at that point like
scenario i don't get chosen i'm still doing what i'm doing you know what i mean yeah so i literally
went to the ymca it was that was the only gym that i knew that i could get into was practicing
in the racquetball court dribbling trying to get like tapes to show them and all that stuff yeah
when i tell you rusty i think i jammed my fingers a couple times
i was losing the ball getting frustrated because you know where you were at one point
and then now you're just not there well i've noticed when i've come back to basketball my
hand is like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm like oh my god i'm
like oh my god never give up on the game no i
tried i did good you know i already knew how to do like like kind of like spin the ball i
already knew how to do you know the inner circle right found out that i made it onto the team
and literally everything changed i mean i hated social media i hated smartphones i didn't like
touch screens and all that stuff. And I was like, okay, I'm here now. I'm doing this. This is
different. This is weird. Then I just really started taking over with social media. I was
making videos that I never really made videos like that. And so I really just going from there
and then stopped playing after about two and a half years. And now I'm doing social media full
time. But I feel like Globetrotters is really what gave me that platform to grow on social.
And then it was just honestly me behind that and my personality. So what is that like? They call
you, they want you to come on the team. What is practice like for something like this?
Right. It's learning your plays. It's learning your plays, learning trick shots,
practicing trick shots, practicing tricks.
Learning more tricks.
Was there somebody that you like that kind of took you under their wing or that you learned a lot
from?
Chris Handles Franklin. His stage name is Handles. He kind of took me up under his wing because we
were from the same hometown. He's the one that gave me the call. He took me up under his wing,
taught me some stuff, just believed in me. I actually knew him when I was younger because
he was with this thing called Nike Freestyles. So it was him and two other
guys.
I went to, did like halftime shows and they did ball tricks and all that stuff. And I went to,
did like a halftime show with them before. And then like some other little shows where
they called me out of the crowd, you know?
Oh, but it was staged.
It was staged. You know, but they called me out of the crowd. Okay, let me get a kid out here.
And I raised my hand. And they pick me and they do like this. And I'd like snatch the ball and
you know, start doing some stuff, you know?
That's so cool.
And so that's how that relationship kind of started.
Yeah.
And yeah, ever since then,
we always kind of kept in touch. He's kind of a family friend and yeah.
That's so, it's funny that you say you're nervous for a celebrity game, yet I would be nervous to
enter an iconic team like that, travel with them and then be on stage. And it's, it's a mix of
performing, but also being adaptable and knowing the game of basketball. So I feel like there's
more to it than just, you know, going out and hooping.
Don't get it twisted. I was nervous that day.
But I think there was just, this was like a one-time shot thing. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Like, I was, I was nervous every time. You know what I'm saying? Like, spinning the ball on my
finger, I knew how to do it, but you had to know how to transfer onto a little, like a little girl's
finger to be inspiring. And like, that was so hard for me. Like, like my hand, like this, you know?
Like, you got it.
You know, I was just like, they were just like, if you can't do this, Chris, you're going to get
somebody else.
Oh, I got this.
Right. That's all you needed.
That's all I needed.
That's all I needed, yeah.
The next thing you know, I'm like, transferring it from here. What, who are you going to get
now?
You know what I mean?
Exactly. So, no, I was definitely nervous. Speaking in front of people wasn't like a
big thing of mine, you know? But it, obviously, if you can adapt to something and learn quickly,
it's obviously in you. It just needs to be brought out.
Yeah.
Was there any moment with a fan that was just super special to you during that time?
Oh, man. Not just one. A lot. Even, even to this day.
Even to this day. I mean, just the kids and the people that, it could be adults, children, girls, boys.
They just come up to me and just be like, just in different scenarios.
They're either being bullied or they didn't get chosen for a team and they gave up, but then they saw me play
and now it gives them courage to get back into the game. Just my lifestyle, you know, in the gay community.
I love it. And then, like, I thought that really the game would be what I really love, but it's really,
like, everything that comes with it that I enjoy as far as, like, being in front of people and inspire them
to be themselves and to never stop reaching for goals and stuff like that. So, yeah.
But you've also shown a different lane for people. And that's something even that I've tried to do is
show that you don't have to be a professional basketball player. You can still love basketball,
be in this world and impact it in different ways. And there will still be people who look up to you
and maybe they, maybe it's guys who look up to you.
And they want to play in the NBA or as girls who were just playing for fun and they see what you're doing on social.
So you've hit so many different buckets. And then obviously you've also been in this game for a while now.
So I think it's cool. You've really made an impact and especially on social.
Thank you. Thank you.
Which is something I want to get into during the second half, but I'd like to take a halftime break if you're down.
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Moving on after your career with the Globe Trotters.
Now, obviously you've grown so much on social media.
So you left in 2018, 2017, 18.
I think it was technically 2018.
Okay.
Technically.
How did, so right now, if you guys don't know, Chris has over 13 million on TikTok.
How many on YouTube? You have multiple channels.
I think a couple of pages, like almost 200 in my pages.
Like, I think almost 150.
Yeah.
So, so another three, 400,000 there, over a million on Instagram.
Yeah.
Where were your pages at?
Because I think, I think even since I've known you, you've grown tremendously.
Yeah.
It's like I said, I didn't even like social media.
I don't even, I debate whether I had 400 or 4,000 starting with social media period in 2015.
And then literally.
And when the pandemic hit 2019, within the first year, I had 10 million on TikTok.
Crazy.
I don't know how that happened.
Yeah.
It literally was like an overnight, like, like, whoa, what's going on?
Like, this is crazy.
And what were you doing?
Dribbling, spinning.
Just all the things that you knew how to do.
I guess.
But I liked it.
No, but you need to give yourself some credit too, because you also have an incredible personality.
Oh, thank you.
And you're very, like, even when we're filming, I can't keep up because you're very animated.
You know what hits.
So there, it's not, you're not just somebody who's dribbling.
You know, you're very, you're interesting and entertaining to watch also.
See?
Okay, here we go.
For the next 20 minutes, I will continue to give Chris a compliment.
Sounds like a great podcast.
But yeah, so, so 10 million in the first year.
So yeah, so what my, I guess what I really do is I'm a wannabe dancer.
And I incorporated dance with basketball.
Dancing with the basketball, dribbling to the B, spin the ball on a lot of random things.
So those three things.
Including the nails that we talked about.
Yeah.
Was that painful?
Like, I've had acrylics and you can't hit them with anything.
It hurts.
And you spun a ball on nails that were, what, like five inches long or something?
I actually went to Cardi B's nail person.
Yeah.
How long did you have those for?
I don't know.
I don't know.
I'd say like three or four days.
I was going to, they were so long.
They were, they hurt.
Did she, did she do the actual acrylics?
So you had to go get them removed like shortly after also?
Well, see, that's the thing.
I, I didn't know.
I didn't know you had to do that.
Oh my God.
So.
Wait a second.
I'm over here.
Oh no.
Taking, so my, my wife was a dog groomer at the time.
And so we use a nail thing for a dog's nails.
We have, so we have that.
And after I was already like halfway through, she was like, you're supposed to like actually go.
Go to them.
Yeah.
And so she ended up getting them.
And then, so I'm in there, but they're taking, I'm like, I'm so uncomfortable.
Like I'm on the floor like this.
And so I'm just like, F it.
I'm just taking the dog nail file thing.
I'm like, oh my God.
You know, and just filing them off.
But my fingers were sore as I, cause I had big gems on them.
Yeah.
Like they were long, heavy gems.
Like my fingers were so sore.
How calculated is it though?
Because.
I had Grayson, you know, the professor I had him on and he talks about his TikTok.
And he's like, yeah, I just, you know, film content for a day.
And then I use that for like four or five videos.
I just see what song links and then he gets millions of views.
And I'm like, he's the professor.
But so I was like, are you kidding me?
I spend hours trying to find out what's trending and then I go do it.
So what is your strategy?
Kind of what you do.
Okay.
Spending.
Just swiping to see.
Yeah.
Just swiping.
I mean, he's, anything he does, tie his shoe.
He ties his shoe.
He posts that drawing and it's going to be like, oh my God, the way he ties it is so amazing.
True.
I mean, he is top tier, but you're top tier also.
Thank you.
But yeah.
Yeah.
But it's Grayson.
Exactly.
So anyway.
I mean, I still spend a lot of time just trying to see out like what's trending.
And then I have to, because of what I do, I have to put time into, all right, if I'm
doing a basketball routine to it, what can I do?
What moves go well with it?
Is this a good beat to dribble to?
Should I do a standing or sitting?
Should I, how can I make it different from all the other ones?
Because if you're just dribbling to the beat, you got to have something that's a little
bit more like fast.
You do the dun, dun, dun, dun, instead of just dun.
You know what I mean?
Like, so one beat that I did, like, or if it's like a trending like song where say they're
walking, I did one that I put heels on, like toko, toko, toko, toko, toko, toko, toko, toko,
toko, toko, toko.
And they were just like, they were like, I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Like these guys were just strutting or whatever.
Did you ever do the one where they fall in their heels and then get up?
Do you know what I'm talking about?
Right.
They're like standing, this guy is, and then they stand up and they're like strutting it.
I did that.
My wife did such a great job videotaping it.
What do you have coming up, even aside from social media or projects that, that you're
excited for?
I see you traveling everywhere and you're collaborating with a ton of people.
What's going on?
That's, that's kind of the same old thing.
Like just really just, it's like, it's a constant grind.
Just trying to figure out how to like, how do you stay relevant?
What's going to be next for you?
What's going to take you over top of this?
Just being a social media influencer.
You know what I'm saying?
Doing some things with my wife, trying to figure out what we can do together, whether
it be a podcast or doing YouTube, more YouTubes or whatever.
So I do have this one project that I wish I could say more about.
Oh gosh.
But it is Women Empowering.
It's hopefully going to come out sometime this year in like August.
It's going to be a lot of money.
Can we have a general idea of, is it a video project?
Is it?
No, it's a physical project with multiple people, women.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
It's not like a one-time thing.
It's going to be a...
Oh, cool.
Okay.
Okay.
So.
Well, just hold on that.
Look out for all that.
The thing.
There'll be a thing with women being physical and there'll be multiple of them that will
happen multiple times.
But you will see.
No, we will see.
Yes, ma'am.
I have some buzzer beaters for you.
So if you were sitting for it's side, what would be your ideal food and drink combo?
Hmm.
I like peanut M&M's.
Maybe some popcorn.
Peanut.
Do you mix them?
Some people do that.
M&M's and popcorn.
Popcorn?
No.
Okay.
I'd like some.
And what to drink?
Water.
Got it.
Pretty basic.
I'm a boring chick.
Break down your ideal courtside fit.
Like, really?
Yeah.
Probably some sweats.
White tea.
No, you're pretty stylish.
Come on.
Some sweats.
What color sweats?
Like, what I would really want to go into.
Yeah.
We'll be sweats.
We'll be sweats.
But, you know.
If I had to be, like, stylish, I'd probably wear whatever a stylist would give me.
What are you wearing today?
Is this from a stylist?
No.
Actually, me and my wife went shopping.
Yeah.
A little bit ago.
You like it?
Yeah.
Thanks.
It's great.
With the kicks, too.
Yeah.
It's these little joggers.
So, some joggers.
Mm-hmm.
Maybe your nice little, like, depending if I want to have an oversized tee or not.
Okay.
So, who is one player you would love to see break someone's ankle?
Oh.
While sitting courtside?
Ooh.
Honestly, probably Kyrie.
Yeah, that'd be cool.
Probably Kyrie.
Have you met Kyrie?
No.
Honestly, if I was still playing Allen.
He was, like, my girl, too.
Iverson was, like.
Was that your idol growing up?
Low-key.
Yeah.
Low-key.
My dad used to call me Iversina.
Oh, cool.
Your.
A little corny.
One or the other.
It was cute, you know?
I mean, Iverson was my favorite player growing up, as well.
And my game was strictly fundamentals.
So, I wasn't like him at all.
But he was so cool.
And just, like, what he did for the game was incredible.
Yeah.
His crossover thing was, like, I never got it.
But it was fire.
Well, the way that he played, how he dressed, his manners, and how he conducted interviews.
Like, all of it.
I don't know.
It was just cool.
He's like a culture.
Yeah, definitely.
All right.
And my last question.
If you could sit courtside for any event in history, could be sporting or otherwise, where would you be?
Oh, my goodness.
This sounds really cool to me, but I just like to be a part of anything.
So, it's like, it's not really, I appreciate it all.
So, it's pretty good.
I've never really been to, like, a real concert.
So, I'd love to be, like.
So, what artist would that be?
I don't know.
Cardi, probably.
Oh, my gosh.
And you have to get her nails, again, before you go.
You have to do it one more time.
And we'll get you courtside for the concert with the nails.
Uh-huh.
I love that.
And sweatpants and an overcoat.
Yeah.
And a four-size tee.
That sounds about right.
With some peanut M&Ms.
Yeah.
And some popcorn and water.
I'm ready to go.
Ready to go.
Where can I start when these tickets are coming in?
That's so good.
And just one more.
I know I love the fact that you still are so appreciative of everything that you get to do.
Because it's hard when we've been doing this for as long as we have not to just be like, eh, it's whatever.
It's what happens.
And what we're doing in our careers is really cool.
And the people we get to meet is really, really cool.
Yeah.
So, I love that you still have that gratitude.
And I think that also helps you to continue to be successful and inspiring who you do.
But, Krissa, thanks for coming on the Courtside Club.
Thank you.
Before I let you go, let everybody know where they can find you on social.
Instagram, TikTok, Krissa underscore Ace, Krissa Jackson on YouTube, and Facebook.
Yeah, and Snapchat, Krissa underscore Ace.
And Twitter, Krissa underscore Ace1.
And look out for her very special female empowerment, multiple females, multiple ladies.
And we have a little dates filmed, maybe audio project coming very soon.
Look out.
Because we're coming sometime.
Thank you guys so much for tuning in.
I hope that you enjoyed this episode of the Courtside Club.
Make sure that you subscribe and like.
And I'll see you next time.
Bye.
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