Diana Taurasi was among those in attendance to watch best friend and long-time rival Sue Bird become the first WNBA player to receive a statue from the franchise they played for. Bird, who spent all 21 years of her Hall of Fame career with the Storm, was immortalized outside the Climate Pledge Arena with a bronze statue of her going for a layup.
During's Bird career, she went up against Taurasi, her former UConn teammate and a fellow WNBA all-time great, a whopping 46 times. Over their careers, both former No. 1 picks fully lived up to their potential by winning multiple WNBA championships and becoming perennial All-Stars.
