UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The list of people who can relate to what comes next for Tamika Catchings, the only player who has been a W.N.B.A. All-Star 10 times, is short.
So as Catchings prepared for a series of lasts — her final All-Star Game on Saturday, her final playoff push with the Indiana Fever this fall, her final Olympics next summer — she turned to another Indiana basketball icon.
“The only person I’ve really talked to about it is Larry Bird,” Catchings said Friday, reflecting on her career. “Because I want to be a G.