CHICAGO — As A'ja Wilson soaked in the feeling of her first Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sue Bird felt the emotions of her fifth and final one. Recognizing the shift that was about to take place in women's basketball, Bird approached Wilson. She motioned over to Breanna Stewart. And she told them it was their team now.
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“We’re in a situation where the torch is being passed to whoever that torch may be getting passed to,” Wilson told Yahoo Sports. “It is a little shift, and right now, I think the focal points is you got a Stewie, you got a Jonquel Jones, you have me. It’s different people that are bringing different patterns to our league. So yeah, it is kind of shifted to a way that it’s our time.
Bird's 19-year playing legacy has garnered more coverage since she was drafted No. 1 out of UConn in 2002. Her four WNBA titles span three decades , and she is the league's all-time leader in assists by a comfortable margin. Bird, 41, has credited Stewart for"“Everything that Sue has done, I will just try and continue that and carry it on,” Stewart, who won with Bird in ’18 and ’20, said.
"I don't think you pass a torch like from Syl to someone or from Sue to someone because their legacies are independent of anyone else," said Kelsey Plum, whose All-Star MVP performance of 30 points tied the record set by Maya Moore —The 2017 No. 1 overall pick is an MVP contender well on her way to established league talent.
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