The Seattle Storm have only known four seasons without Sue Bird, and really only two when she wasn’t on their minds at all because she had yet to join the team.
Bird retired after last season’s semifinal exit, leaving behind a legacy as the greatest point guard in WNBA history and the heartbeat of Seattle sports.
Gone too is Breanna Stewart, who chose not to leave while Bird was still around, allowing the duo one more ride together. Now Stewart, the best player on the planet, is a member of the New York Liberty. She brought the city of Seattle two championships; Bird of course brought it four.
The Storm came in second place out of 23 teams in our all-time WNBA standings, behind only the Houston Comets dynasty that dominated the first four years of the league’s history. The Storm along with the Minnesota Lynx are the proudest of the remaining franchises. That cannot be denied. But now they enter into uncertain times. No more is the era of the big three. Instead, it’s the era of the Gold Mamba.
Jewell Loyd was always the Robin and everyone wondered if someone with her level of talent secretly wanted to see if she could be a Batman. Did she dream of not just the best player on a WNBA team, which she has already been capable of being and now is, but the best player on…
