Breanna Stewart Comments on Sue Bird's Major Career Move
During her 19-year career in the WNBA, Sue Bird became known as one of the greatest players in the history of women's basketball. She helped lead the Seattle Storm to four championships, and she was named to the All-Star team an amazing 13 times.
Wherever Bird has gone, she has won. She earned two national championships while at UConn, as well as five Olympic gold medals and four victories in the FIBA World Cup.
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She was recently voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and she was also just named the managing director of Team USA women's basketball. Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty publicly praised Bird for her new title and jokingly asked her for a favor.
'I told her, hopefully you don't cut me,' Stewart said.
Stewart won two WNBA titles with Bird on the Storm in 2018 and 2020, and she's fresh off leading the Liberty to the championship last year while earning her sixth All-Star berth.
The forward averaged 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.3 blocks a game last year, and thanks to her continued productivity, the Liberty are favored by many people to win it all again this year.
New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart shoots as Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride defends during Game 3 of the WNBA Finals at Target Center on Oct. 16, 2024.Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
Stewart is also a former standout with the UConn Huskies, where she won the women's NCAA championship in all four seasons there. She was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament each time, as well as three AP Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year awards.
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She has also won three gold medals each in the Summer Olympics and the FIBA World Cup. The next edition of the FIBA World Cup will take place next year in Germany.
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