SUE BIRD Feature - IS IT A BIRD?

 

Like A Bird.

By TIM DAVID HARVEY

Glove fitting to Seattle as fellow Point God, Gary Payton was to the (save our) Sonics. As legendary as Larry when it comes to the name on the back of her jersey (and say the name of the other one under her number, until they arrest the cops). Better GOAT. Better GOAT. Right now, right now like Haim you are witnessing two greatest of all times in the Finals at the same time for the Bubbling WNBA and NBA champion deciders. The King and this Queen against the chips of the Las Vegas Aces, playing for all the cards. How lucky we are. What a time to be alive even in the worst year of our lives that took Kobe and GiGi and then gave us COVID-19 and even more cruel police brutality. But still Black Lives Matter like they always will beyond a trend or this year end. Just like the worth of womens work that is never "get back in the kitchen" like those told to "shut up and dribble" will never just stick to sports. And why should they Donald? Now when it comes to this woman in hoops after her ring part three album, looking to go fourth with the force, her legend is already certified. Engraved in the history books. All under the name, Sue Bird. Read all about it like a game changing SLAM cover. In Style as the new generation, power couple of this new world with World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe in celebration like a Statue of Liberty. Like justice for all. Better GOAT. Better GOAT. Part of the two best players this game has ever seen...regardless of gender. From the days of Lisa Leslie to the new Spark of Hollywood Defensive Player Of The Year, Candace Parker. Still at an all elite, All Star level pushing 40 with the Mercury rising of MVP Diana Taurasi with that screaming Mamba Mentality. All for what could have been with GiGi. But the Most Valuable Player isn't here right now trying to knock down Las Vegas' house of cards in the Florida Bubble. Instead it's the legend and the legacy making superstar Breanna Stewart doing it for Breonna Taylor. Say her name.

Stewie and Suey. The best dynamic duo in basketball, inside and out not called LeBron James and Anthony Davis. A legendary one, two punch like Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton. You see that picture of the pair of them looking bored during a Bubble blowout. They are just that good at making you look bad. And they could Ace Las Vegas like Venus or Serena serve. Now how about this for a backhand? They say the women's game is not the same. They're right. It's something else. Now head-to-head for a double header with the NBA like brother and sister you can see for yourself. It's no sibling rivalry. They're doing this together. Side-by-side, just as well. And just as good. The talent levels the same. The Florida project for a league that lead the world in corona response and the sisterhood that started the sports march for social justice like Maya Moore walking away from the game she loved like we all do. The Bubble hasn't burst. Stick a fork in it all you like but it'll never be done. Don't wait until Thanksgiving to be thankful. The season will be over then, but the parade maybe not. It will run this town, round and round like their son Macklemore pulling that camel 'Downtown'. The city of Seattle deserves this last dance this weekend. Joe Budden and others think this place needs a Basketball team again. Stewie will tweet and tell you they already have one. The best one. Sure the Sonics have a championship banner in their old Key Arena from 1979. But the Storm have reigned with two more recent ones. It's their house now. And guess whose holding the keys? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Sue Bird. Who needs Superman when you have Wonder Woman?

Tossing salads and scrambling eggs like 'Frasier', Sue Bird has been stirring the pot since the days of Cafe Nervosa. But "it's all for the playoffs, not the payoffs" like Niles Crane said after Dame time draining from half court like WAP (put this guy on your celebrity Dream Team with Bill Murray and Michael Scott, 30 For 30). The state of Washington is still in a good one when it comes to Basketball...even if the White House in D.C. disagrees. Needling like the Space tower one, illuminated in electric bleeding, neon green for this team with her pocket passes, Bird flys like Nelly Furtado. Like the man that once played with the Space Needle on his chest fitting like a glove. Or the green day of a Celtic that shares that same surname and downtown game in Beantown. For all the grinds. From the UCONN college days with Taurasi, to winning gold medals for Team USA like her partner and then going against each other, GOAT for GOAT. Better for better. From 1st overall in 2002, to still number one in 2020. Wikipedia tells us the Israeli-American with a pure point prototype frame of reference has played for three teams in Russia, during the Summer WNBA players usually can't take off anyway (until the CBA had something to say about their salaries. Changing the game again), not just in corona cancelling games. Not to mention held a front office position for the Denver Nuggets with her best in the association basketball IQ. But right now like Jamal Murray she's mining more. The record books she keeps ripping and rewriting read into that way. You have to hand it to her for becoming second all-time in assists too. Now how's that for some Bird feed? Wait for the gold stonecutter. It's coming like the Storm. I hope you've got your umbrellas handy like the academy, because it's about to reign.