 Stay safe, stay home, stay healthy, and of course stay with us. Yes, we're here. It's Chris Shearn in the US of A. And Amanda Zaoui, we'd be joining us from Sweden. Is it a little crazy out there, Amanda, trying to, you know, we're supposed to be in basketball mode right now, but we're in lockdown mode right now. We all want to be living our normal lives, but it's an adjustment. So you have, you have to be positive, at least try to be. Well, we actually not on like lockdown lockdown. So I can still go out and run just social distancing and I'm doing a lot of insanity work, workouts at home. Sounds familiar. Yeah. Yeah. And then I'm just trying to read, catch up on shows and stuff like that. The normal. All right. What show are you catching up on? Well, what are you binging right now if you're binging something? Okay. Yeah. So I got two more episodes, me and my mother watching it together and we're going to finish it tonight. And it's so different because I'm so used to being away from the family. Right. So like the first week, I was okay, this is cool. I'm like, you guys are always here. But it's great. It's great. It's like catching up on time that we haven't had together in years. Now, let's talk about, let's talk about why you're away from the family so much just because of your basketball career. And I got to tell you, you have one of the best journeys ever. You're a 10 year old in Sweden, you're trying tennis, you're trying soccer, nothing seems to fit. You go to basketball, you can't even make a layup three years later, you're playing for the national team, then you then use a second overall draft pick coming out of Minnesota. You go to the Tulsa Shock. Now you're with the New York Liberty. I mean, going from a 10 year old who couldn't hit a layup to that trajectory is just amazing, Amanda. Thank you. Yeah. It's kind of crazy, like being a home, like seeing all of the kids still out in the park. I'm like, wow, like you guys could really just follow my footsteps. So I go even further, you know, but it's really crazy to think that that's actually me. Like that I went through it all and I accomplished so much and I'm so young still and I have so much more to give. So it's definitely like a blessing and you don't think about it because I just live my life. But then when I do think about it, it's like, that's really crazy, you know. Of course. And you know, one of the things that I noticed a lot covering this team last year and doing play by play, I like to sit and just observe. And when you all would come out to warm up when the 90 minute mark would hit on the shot clock, the hype woman came out of nowhere and that's you. And you just get the team so hyped to get into those warmups. And I look at the kids' faces and I could tell how into this they are and how you reach young girls and young fans everywhere with how excited you are to be with this team and in this area. So going on what you just said, seeing the kids in the park, I see that in the arena every time we have a game. That's beautiful. Like that really just gave me like butterflies. Like that's beautiful. Thank you. Yeah. I just love the game and I love my sisters that are with me, you know. And yeah, I guess it's not just being mean, but that really means a lot because that's not something I think of when I'm doing it. I'm literally just being me and trying to get the girls going and myself so that people actually appreciate that means a lot to me. So thank you. You're welcome. And you know, last year you had one game at Barkley Center. It drew nearly 8,000 fans and I didn't do the game, but I was there and it got loud. I think Tina had like 20 points before halftime. She absolutely went off. It was against Seattle and you could feel it in there. The excitement was palpable. So going back to that moment and reliving that, how excited are you to have that as your home arena moving forward? I am actually like extra excited because both of the games we had a preseason game that I didn't play at the Chinese National Team and then I didn't play that Seattle game because I had a concussion. So I'm like extra amped up because I haven't played there yet, but the energy was wild and like I had a concussion like I said, I sat with like earplugs. I remember that, yes. It was crazy and it was so much fun and like I try to like sit still and I remember like I couldn't. It was me and Asia there and we kept them jumping up. So yeah, I'm so excited to play in the Barkleys. Being still in Amanda's AWB, just they don't go together. No, not when it comes to basketball. Any other time that yeah, but not when it comes to basketball. How about how about this team moving forward? I know we want, we all want you to get back on the floor, but we all want to do it in a safe way. But being in Malaysia, Clarendon, the top overall pick, Walt Hopkins, Shelly Patterson, all these new pieces coming into the team, how excited are you to get back on the floor with this new team here? Obviously, like you said, everyone wants this to happen in the healthiest way. But we all just look forward to it and there's so much positivity and good energy that it's like we just gonna keep on building on that whenever the season starts. How about this? Let's get three words that maybe your teammates would describe you. What are the three best words your teammates would describe you as? Corny, energetic and supportive. All right. Those are three good ones. Those are good ones. I am the king of corn, by the way, the king of corny. I love it. Something we could definitely see throughout the season was basically we knew how you were feeling on the floor because to me, and I'm sure your mom would agree with this, your facial expressions, there is no one that's more expressive. I don't think, forget the team. I don't think the league, when it comes to, I know exactly how you're feeling at that second. I mean, and our camera crew did a great job. Like if you, if you lock somebody's shot, boom, close up of your face and you're just like, it's like you exactly knew where the camera was too. It's uncanny. Oh, that's funny. So I want to make Amanda Zowie be emojis. What do you think about that? I'm down. I love that. How about a, how about a go to cooking dish? Oh, okay. So I love broccoli. So broccoli and cauliflower in the oven. And then I make salmon and shrimp and then I make sweet potato mashed and cornbread and what else. Okay, we got to stop. I'm like, I love cooking. I see, I opened Pandora's box here with Amanda Zowie be. We, you know what, you and I should do a cooking segment during this season. Because I was taught by my mother and my grandmother before her, the Italian side of my family. So I think you and I would have a heck of a cooking show if we tried that. Oh, we should. That would be great. Do you like Italian food? Yes, but I don't eat meat. But I, I, that's fine. That's fine. We can make vegan meatballs. I'm, I'm well versed in everything. Yes. Yes. Okay. I'm going to hold you to it. I'm going to hold you to it. How about we, we know that you like to cook. What about your mom? So what's your favorite dish that your mom cooked, maybe when you were growing up? Okay. Besides the Swedish meatballs that are, I can't eat it well. I can't, but I don't eat them anymore. And her pancakes, which are absolutely mind-blowing. They are amazing. She makes this sauce like a, it's like a mustard spicy sauce. I'm in, but it doesn't taste like mustard, but like it does. Like, you know, it's like, what does she cook it with? So she put chicken in it. But since I don't eat it anymore, she, she makes just the sauce for me. And then we have it with rice and it makes, it makes me really happy. Now look, we're, we're at a time, but I am going to hold you to the cooking show. Zowie be here. Oh, I'm going to hold you to it. Yes. We need to do this. We need to make vegan meatballs together. I will make that happen. Amanda Zowie be please stay safe. And we look so forward to seeing you back here in the U S and playing with the liberty, hopefully sooner rather than later. We appreciate the time. Thank you. Thank you.