As Sue Bird stood next to her college teammate and longtime friend Diana Taurasi following the Storm’s 85–80 single-elimination second-round loss to the Mercury last September, the Seattle crowd started to serenade its beloved star.
“One more year. One more year,” they pleaded, as Taurasi, standing to Bird’s left, motioned for the chants to continue.
Bird clearly took that gesture to heart. On Friday, she reshared the moment in an Instagram post captioned, “OK. Let’s gooooo.” Put simply, Sue Bird is returning for her 19th WNBA season (though she cannot officially re-sign with Seattle until Feb.