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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 2317817, member: 26"] To put Bird's accomplishment in perspective a bit - Penachiro was a true PG - dish assists but rarely score. She had 15 years in the league and scored 2,747 points, just over 6 PPG for her career. Sue has just passed her assist mark of 2,599 IN her 15th season (still more to go), but her scoring is literally just over twice what Ticha's was - 5,840 points over her career or 12.2 PPG. Sue is #8 in the all time scoring list, and if she scores approx 400 points a season, she'd be close to #5 Katie Smith by the end of next season. 2 more seasons in the WNBA would put her past Cappie at #4 all time behind Dee, Tina, and Catch. People don't really ever talk about her as one of the greatest of all time, just the greatest PG of all time, but if her career points ends up in the 6,600 range, with literally 1,000 career assists more than Dee, how can you NOT discuss her as one of the GOAT's? IMHO people tend to discuss Dee, Stewie, and Maya as the GOAT's with Tina, Sue, and maybe a few other Huskies at the next level down. IMHO Sue needs to "get her due" and be in the mix of the UCONN GOAT's... I do believe that Sue will last 3 more seasons and retire the same season as the 2020 Olympics and go out with 1 more gold medal (assuming USA wins it). That gives her 3 seasons more in the W - but I don't see her catching or passing Catch at 7,380 career points. [/QUOTE]