![]() ![]() Her fiancée, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, had driven her own car to the game, so Bird was alone with her thoughts. The Storm played last season at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington, around 30 miles from Bird's home near downtown Seattle. During the drive home, there was a wide range of emotions, as you can imagine." Sue Bird said the chants from Storm fans encouraging her to return for one more year "changed some things for me." Abbie Parr/Getty Images "But having that moment, it kind of changed some things for me. Had the buzzer gone off and I just went home, I probably would have retired. ![]() "And then I was like, 'Oh, they know it, too? They're sensing this also?' It's weird because it immediately changed my perspective. "It really didn't hit me in that moment until the fans chanted," Bird said. And the Storm crowd began to chant, "One more year!"īird told ESPN on Thursday she had tried to keep thoughts of it possibly being her last game out of her mind, although she knew she would be facing a decision about whether to return at age 41. Without that, Bird said, she might not be playing in 2022.Īfter an overtime loss to Phoenix in the playoffs, Bird and close friend Diana Taurasi of the Mercury were being interviewed by ESPN's Holly Rowe. But she said Thursday the seeds for that decision go back to a moment of spontaneous affection from fans in September just after the Storm's season ended. ![]() Sue Bird delivered the news via social media in January that she would return for her 19th - and likely final - WNBA season with Seattle. ![]()
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