WNBA star sets sights on a Hollywood career

After you win the game, you get all the girls to sign their names on your jersey. So I have some of the biggest names in women's basketball. Candace Parker, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, the list goes on. So this jersey is worth a lot from them names. And this one is a really, really cool picture because if you look close, you see that it's not only a women's team, but it's the men's team too. So right here you see Draymond Green, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, a lot of cool names on that picture. And you don't see that often. You don't see the men's team and women's team collectively like that. So this picture was really, really special. So I'm Angel McCarty. I'm a two-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time WNBA All-Star, two-time leading scorer in the WNBA, top 25 of all time. The list goes on. We'll be here all day. And right now, I'm still a free agent, figuring out what my next move is in the WNBA. A typical day off could be just me chilling. I'll probably get in a sauna, sweat out all my stress, watch some movies, eat some ice cream, because I'm a big ice cream fan, as you know. Got McCarty's ice cream coming out. So that's a typical, like, me day. I started playing basketball at eight years old. Someone in my mom's job was like, your daughter's tall, you should get her into basketball. My mom was like, how do I do that? So I started playing at my local rec. I hated it at first, because I couldn't catch the ball or do much. But my mom was like, just go back and try it again. And I did, and I just got better and better. Went to high school at St. Francis Academy. That school has become famous now. That's the school where Angel Reese also attended. So you got two angels and two angels from Baltimore in the same high school. I went to the school called Louisville, which was in Kentucky. When I got there as a freshman, I was eager to just play. I remember our first game, we had no fans. And the day before, I went to the men's game and saw all these fans, and I couldn't wait to play my first college basketball game, and there was no fans at our game. And I remember saying to myself, this is going to change. I'm not standing for this. And we just really started buckling down and winning, and we got ranked for the first time. Each year we got past the first round, second round, sweet 16, and by my senior year, we had average 10,000 plus fans, got drafted number one to Atlanta, and pretty much that was one of the toughest drafts because you had Marissa Coleman, DeWanna Bonner, Renee Montgomery, and now the rest is history. I mean, to have such a great career at Atlanta Dream, we've been to the finals three times. I've had a great career. I'm standing on my own basketball court here in Atlanta in Madison Park with my name on it. You know, you don't see many women do those kind of things. When the season is going, we have practice for like two to three hours, so I get up early for that and I prep. I go lift weights, I go do treatments, because I'm one of the older players, I'm a vet. Then I get ready for practice, and then after practice, I take a nap, because I'm exhausted from practice. My name is John Lewis, I am Angel's functional trainer. I've been doing this for over 26 years, every sport, I'm a functional trainer and making sure everybody stay quick and fast but also flexible at the same time so we can prevent injuries. What makes Angel so special is she takes care of her body and we're sure that she needs to work out every day some kind of muscle groups and understand conditioning and the mental aspect of it is very important but Angel just always push it to the next level no matter what time it is and what condition it is she gonna put in that work. Today we're at the epicenter where we're getting a total body workout. Today we did a functional movements with the cables and making sure she work on that core, stability, and also just balance. My name is Kenneth Monroe. I am Angel's manager, business partner. I'm a 20-year veteran entertainment entrepreneur. I am the president of Legacy Management. Angel is a leader. Her work ethic is second to none. What makes her different to me is that you know you don't see many WNBA players that's into so many different things you know most athletes especially athletes that have accomplished what she's accomplished whatever sport they're in that's the total focus but what makes her different and what I love about her is that she's such a creator and and she don't mind she's fearless she don't mind having her hands in so many different things if she fails she failed but she's not afraid to try it I mean she's into everything ice cream movies music tech company PS I with you. So a legacy started from Angel. It was an idea that she had. Some of my future goals is to win a WNBA championship. I think that's the last piece of the puzzle in my career. I would love to, you know, continue to make more movies and eventually be on the big screen. I love bringing stories to life. I would love to have a record deal and continue to give back to the community. I would love to have a community center one day for the kids. I think the main thing is to inspire the youth that you can do it, you know. I just started playing basketball at eight. I never imagined being an Olympian. It never crossed my mind. I never imagined I would have my own basketball courts, you know, courts. There's another one in Louisville. But all that came from just following a passion that I love. And it's just showing the kids that it really is that easy if you follow your passion, stick with it. You're watching Days Off, only on Whistle. Thanks to everyone for watching my video. To check out more stories like mine, make sure you like and subscribe.