WNBA titles with Seattle in 2004, 2008, 20, the last coming inside the WNBA “bubble” in Florida amid the coronavirus pandemic.īird hoisted five additional titles playing overseas in the EuroLeague.
#Susan storm professional
Her resume is the envy of anyone in professional sports, let alone basketball. This season is her 21st associated with the franchise although just her 19th playing after missing two seasons because of injuries. 1 draft pick in 2002 following her storied college career at UConn.
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She has spent her entire WNBA career with Seattle since becoming the No. You just know when you know.”īird is a four-time WNBA champion, 12-time All-Star and the oldest player in the league. And I feel like for every athlete, sometimes it really just comes down to you know when you know. That was the motivating factor on the timing. “So that’s kind of the how, and the when. “Knowing it was going to be my last game in New York is really what started the thought process around announcing that this would be my last year,” Bird said. I feel wonderful about my career, the people I’ve met, the things we’ve all accomplished.It's Seattle's only scheduled trip to New York this season, which helped prompt her announcement. It’s a little bit of like a mourning knowing I’m going to miss it. “I’ve been doing this since I was 5 or 6 years old. It’s just sports is different, I think,” Bird said.
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Don’t get me wrong, I know people are fulfilled in other ways. “Not a lot of people do something for their entire lives the way that athletes do. Among the most emotional was her talk with Karen Bryant, the general manager of the Storm when Bird was drafted in 2002.ĭeep down, they all knew that the hints Bird gave over the past several months were leading to this announcement. Bird also had a long list of former teammates, coaches, executives and friends she wanted to tell personally rather than hearing it through various channels. And she’s the standard by which other point guards are judged.īird told her current teammates about her decision during a team dinner on Wednesday night and Seattle’s coaching staff Thursday morning. She has been honored on every list imaginable as one of best and most influential players in the history of the league. She is a five-time all-WNBA first-team selection, the league’s all-time leader in assists and the only player to appear in more than 500 games in league history. Last year, she added a fifth Olympic gold in Tokyo to go along with the ones the United States earned in 2004 in Athens, 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.īird was the AP national player of the year her final season at UConn. It’s Seattle’s only scheduled trip to New York this season, which helped prompt her announcement.
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The Storm will close out their road trip on Sunday in New York, about 30 miles from where Bird grew up in Syosset, New York. She strongly considered retirement after last season before choosing to return for a 19th season as a player.īird’s announcement came a day before Seattle’s game at Connecticut, the state where she was a collegiate star and national player of the year. The announcement by Bird, 41, ended any speculation about her future she had acknowledged in February when she re-signed with Seattle that this would likely be her final season.