Sue Bird milestone

[EricLA]

Greatest PG of all time. Now 6,000 points, and #8 on all time scoring list... and only about 5 points away from #7 Lauren Jackson

 

[baggerbob]

Greatest PG of all time. Now 6,000 points, and #8 on all time scoring list... and only about 5 points away from #7 Lauren Jackson

Washington might be the best team in the league right now.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Washington might be the best team in the league right now.

Seattle?

 

[nwhoopfan]

and only about 5 points away from #7 Lauren Jackson

There's something to be said for longevity. LJ played 10 full seasons for the Storm and very limited number of games her last 2 years. Bird is in year 16 of her career.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Don't see a game thread, but Seattle beat Washington 97-91 today to move all alone into first place in the standings. Rode a big 3rd quarter (31-20) to the win. Stewie led the way w/ 25 points and 10 boards. Bird hasn't been scoring much most of the season but had 21 today following 18 in the previous outing. KML and Langhorne both in double figures off the bench. EDD led everybody in scoring w/ 29. Washington had all 5 starters in double figures compared to only 3 for Seattle, but the Mystics got almost no production off the bench.

 

[EricLA]

There's something to be said for longevity. LJ played 10 full seasons for the Storm and very limited number of games her last 2 years. Bird is in year 16 of her career.

Excellent point, but it does not diminish Sue's accomplishment at all. Jackson NEVER averaged more than 2 assists per game her entire career. In fact, it's 1.4 APG. Jackson's only real job on offense was to score. It's what she was great at. Bird has to direct the entire offense. She is the career leader in assists for the league. The fact that she also is up to #7 now in scoring is phenomenal.

 

[Carnac]

Bird just passed Jackson a moment ago to become the all time leader in scoring for the Storm.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Excellent point, but it does not diminish Sue's accomplishment at all. Jackson NEVER averaged more than 2 assists per game her entire career. In fact, it's 1.4 APG. Jackson's only real job on offense was to score. It's what she was great at. Bird has to direct the entire offense. She is the career leader in assists for the league. The fact that she also is up to #7 now in scoring is phenomenal.

It's really apples and oranges. Sue and LJ both did very different things for the Storm. Sue didn't have to anchor the interior D and grab boards on both ends of the floor. Both worked hard and have been huge contributors during their career. I don't know if Sue has had an equivalent to battling Lisa Leslie in the low post for most of her career like LJ did. I remember one game where one of them literally ripped out some of the hair of the other. Can't remember who was the victim and who was the perp, but it was symbolic of how hard those 2 battled each other. I'm sure Leslie wasn't the only player that was a load to handle in the block. Anyway Sue did her part and LJ did her part, they wouldn't have won 2 Titles without both of them on the team.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Bird just passed Jackson a moment ago to become the all time leader in scoring for the Storm.

Next up: Lisa Leslie.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Don't see a game thread, but Seattle beat Washington 97-91 today to move all alone into first place in the standings. Rode a big 3rd quarter (31-20) to the win. Stewie led the way w/ 25 points and 10 boards. Bird hasn't been scoring much most of the season but had 21 today following 18 in the previous outing. KML and Langhorne both in double figures off the bench. EDD led everybody in scoring w/ 29. Washington had all 5 starters in double figures compared to only 3 for Seattle, but the Mystics got almost no production off the bench.

KML shot 2-3 from the arc and is over .500 for the season. Marksman extraordinaire!

 

[UcMiami]

Washington might be the best team in the league right now.

Seattle?

It is interesting looking at the WNBA season - it is so short and quite unbalanced - at this point in time teams have played between 18 and 20 games so the number of games is pretty close, but the number of home games vs road games varies between Seattle with 12 home games and Connecticut with only 6. Road games vary between NY, Washington, and Seattle each with 8, and Connecticut with 13. Only three teams have winning road records (Seattle, Phoenix, and Washington) while only two have a losing home record (NY and Indiana.) Woeful Indiana has a better road record (1-8 vs 1-9) while Phoenix is the only other team with a better road than home record (9-3 vs 5-3) With that unbalanced H/R scheduling teams like CT should improve as the imbalance is corrected as the season continues - they will play 7 more home games than road games from here to the end of the season.

Seattle has the best record in the league after tonight's win, but they will have to continue to do it on the road the rest of the way having 4 more road games than at home while Phoenix will have 4 more home games than road games. The teams with .500 records or better win 69% of their home games and only 53% of their road games. (I left out the bottom four teams whose wins tend to be more random.)

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Sue knows at her age she has to maintain a rigorous fitness/diet regime and if you have seen recent interviews she is absolutely cut and glowing with vitality. Impressive to say the least.

 

[UConnCat]

Sue.

 

[CL82]

There's something to be said for longevity. LJ played 10 full seasons for the Storm and very limited number of games her last 2 years. Bird is in year 16 of her career.

Yep but those extra years are, in large part, due to her completely restructuring her fitness and nutrition regimes. Props to Sue for doing that. (She's very proud of it.)

 

[MilfordHusky]

Lauren put up a lot of points at a very rapid pace, but I don't believe she has scored for Seattle at all in 2018.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Lauren put up a lot of points at a very rapid pace, but I don't believe she has scored for Seattle at all in 2018.

Or anyone else for that matter. Maybe sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying the sun.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Or anyone else for that matter. Maybe sitting on a beach somewhere enjoying the sun.

I think so, Mate!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Recent article about the Storm's improvement this season. Mentions Bird's milestone.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...a-standings/&usg=AOvVaw1ZthOajks-UgHzH4sqYC9J