SEATTLE — Basketball nice Sue Bird has been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame as half of the class of 2026, including one other milestone to 1 of probably the most adorned careers in the game.
Bird, a longtime Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist, was honored for her contributions to worldwide basketball, the place she helped lead the United States to a number of World Cup and Olympic titles over 20 years.
Widely thought to be one of the very best level guards in girls’s basketball historical past, Bird served as a frontrunner on USA Basketball groups that dominated world competitors.
She received 4 FIBA Women’s World Cup titles and was a central determine in the U.S. workforce’s prolonged worldwide profitable streak.
Bird spent her total 21-season WNBA profession with the Storm, profitable 4 league championships and changing into the WNBA’s all-time assists chief earlier than retiring in 2022.
In a press release, FIBA praised Bird for her “exceptional leadership, longevity and impact on the global game,” noting her position in serving to develop girls’s basketball worldwide.
Bird has beforehand been inducted into a number of halls of fame and is predicted to be a first-ballot choice for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when eligible.
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Her induction into the FIBA Hall of Fame additional cements her legacy as one of the game’s all-time greats.
