Te-Hina Paopao gave a "Cold shoulder" To South Carolina teammates on the first visit after a portal transfer decision: "I am sorry to behave like that" – Sportskeeda

South Carolina’s guard Te-Hina Paopao admitted that she initially gave a cold shoulder to her teammates on her first visit to the school. The 5-foot-9 guard revealed his actions in the episode of The Coop with Olivia Thompson on Thursday.

After moving from Oregon, Paopao wanted everyone to understand that they came to South Carolina just to play basketball. So she was dealing with the “cold shoulder” of her teammates who wanted to know her better.

“During the visit, I just gave them a cold shoulder and, you know,” I will not do this. I will not do it “like, everything is a strict business – school and basketball,” South Guard Carolina told the host and former Gamecocks player Olivia Thompson (31:21)

“I won’t hang with any of them at all. So they thought I wouldn’t come. But I was like,” I’ll come here. I am sorry for acting like that. “” Papao added (31:28).

The South Carolina guard has admitted that the experience is problematic as it has caught a red eye this morning (sore eyes). Two days after her arrival from Oregon, she was asked to attend a photo shoot and a campus tour while still adjusting to the surroundings of the school.

The negative first impression did not last long. But it was obvious that some of her teammates didn’t like her, adding that she deserves this reaction.

Brutal summer training helps Te-Hina Paopao to feel comfortable with his teammates

South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao ended up feeling comfortable with his teammates while preparing for the 2023-24 season. It describes the training as brutally as it can be obtained.

They were told to carry out continuous running during practice to get in shape for the next stage of preparation. She even told Olivia Thompson that the last four Friday were terrible and they were running out of energy.

“I was like:” I liked to make the right decision that came here? What are we doing? “I want to say that the freshman and a whole new team did not know how to act.

This brutal summer helped her get closer to her teammates. In the end, heavy workouts connected them as a group that would achieve a rare perfect season, winning 38 makes the match. The exclusive year was limited by winning the third national South Carolina Championship.

The Te-Hina Paopao was one of the best team goals this season, an average of 11.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists at 46.8% firing from the ground with 3 points. She will resume her fifth year and the second with Gamecocks this season and will continue to be one of the best associates of the team.