Ticha Penicheiro

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

WNBA playoffs are in full swing, so why not bring you some W royalty this week? Ticha Penicheiro joins the show to chop it up about growing up as a hooper in Portugal, playing at Old Dominion against some of Pat Summit’s best Tennessee teams, and her experiences in the early years of the WNBA. All the flowers to TP! Live on location from XS Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas — tune in!

Hooping in Portugal, watching Magic Johnson, going pro as a teen (1:25)
Choosing Old Dominion, ROY, learning about Nancy Lieberman (4:40)
Championship vs. Tennessee, WNBA emergence, draft process (12:25)
Sacramento Monarchs, playing with Ruthie Bolton and Yolanda Griffith and getting a ring (16:40)
Wheaties box, team folding, joining the LA Sparks (19:21)
W25, HOF, and becoming an agent (25:35)
Playing overseas and changes in the WNBA (33:30)

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0:00.0	First of all, thank you for coming on our show.
0:03.0	We've been trying to get you on the show for a minute,
0:06.0	but I'm glad we're here and we big fans of yours
0:09.0	and follows your career and just thank you for coming on for it.
0:12.0	Yeah, I've been trying to get on the show,
0:14.0	so it's a special day today.
0:15.0	That's right.
0:16.0	When you first got to the WNBA,
0:18.0	who was the first person to bust your ass?
0:21.0	Ooh.
0:22.0	Hmm, it's a tough question.
0:24.0	I was a point guard, but I always guarded other players.
0:28.0	So probably Cheryl's whoops.
0:31.0	I mean, she her first step was crazy.
0:33.0	So I never really guarded the point guards, always guarded the wings.
0:36.0	So I would say probably Cheryl or Coop.
0:38.0	I don't remember, so I think that's a good thing
0:40.0	that I don't remember spite of busted my ass.
0:42.0	But I'll probably say I'm one of those two.
0:49.0	Yo, yo, yo, we live on location.
0:52.0	NBA Summer League, 2023.
0:55.0	Wonderful Los Vegas Nevada.
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