If there is one things Sue Bird knows, it’s distance shooting. These days, the recently retired four-time WNBA champion might not be getting up shots from distance, but she knows one player at the University of Iowa who can shoot, presumably, from anywhere.
In her new ESPN+ show “Sue’s Place,” the future Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer catches up with Caitlin Clark on her shot, playing at Iowa and smack-talk in women’s basketball.
“It’s a privilege to be here in Iowa shooting around the best in the college game and [learning] more about how she gets it done,” Bird says during the episode. The show premiered on the eve of Iowa’s game against Michigan on Thursday night.
Heading into the game, Clark needs only eight points to pass two-time WNBA champion Kelsey Plum (3,528) as the all-time NCAA women’s basketball scoring leader. Clark can also pass the legendary Lynette Woodard (3,649) as the all-time women’s Division I leading scorer.
Clark, of course, will have benefitted from the 3-point arc, something introduced to women’s basketball in 1986, Bird says in the episode. That’s five years after Woodard’s final season at Kentucky.
“Since then, the arc has gradually moved further away from…
