As Sue Bird contemplated retirement, she loosely started putting together a list of people that she wanted to tell before announcing her decision to the world. Geno Auriemma made the list, so when the legendary point guard tweeted that the 2022 WNBA season would be her final one on Thursday, it didn’t come as any surprise to her former head coach.
“He was like, ‘I guess this is a big deal, huh?’” Bird relayed.
There are fewer retirements that would be a bigger deal, though. Bird played 21 years in the WNBA, all with the Seattle Storm, where she won titles in 2004, 2010, 2018 and 2020.