The Seattle Storm superstar, who grew up near NYC and played high school ball in Queens, is set to retire from the WNBA at the end of the season.
Nearly an hour after playing her final regular-season game in New York, Sue Bird was still soaking in the moment.
Bird says that she has shed a lot of tears, both good and bad, in the past few days. But Sunday was a day to celebrate in New York. Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm dribbles the ball against the New York Liberty at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.The pregame festivities would normally be given to one of their own and not an opposing player who never played in New York. But it would have been hard not to honor the beloved native New Yorker, who said after the game she planned to split time between Seattle and New York after she’s done playing this year. She plans on getting season tickets to the Liberty.
Her mom, Nancy, made the trip to the game wearing a black T-shirt with a printed image of Bird’s recent Slam magazine cover on it. The pair had come to many NBA basketball games when Bird was a kid, including seeing Michael Jordan.Sue Bird with former Storm teammates, New York Liberty forward Natasha Howard, right, and guard Sami Whitcomb during a pregame presentation.“To see what she’s accomplished, I can’t say enough about her,” Bird’s proud mom said.
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