There will never be another Sue Bird.
That's what she wants the next Storm point guard to know as she walks out the door and heads into retirement after 21 years in Seattle.
"Nobody has to fill my shoes," Bird said. "That's not how it works. I know that's how it gets talked about and that's how people frame it, but that's not the reality. ... I understand why the narrative is, the filling of the shoes, but I think whoever does become the next point guard of this team, they just have to make it their own and that's all they can focus on.