Sue Bird

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

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Comedy, Sports, Arts

5.0 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

ROY-AL-TY. Seattle Storm and USA Basketball legend Sue Bird joins Knuckleheads this week. The former No. 1 overall pick sits down with Q and D to reflect on her rise from New York City to dominating at UCONN and having early success in the WNBA. Sue talks about everything from her crazy shoe collection, to even playing for a Russian spy. She’s one of the game’s all time greatest, so kick back and listen up! Growing up in New York, playing at Christ the King [3:15] UCONN and Geno Auriemma [5:58] Diana Taurasi coming to school and undefeated season [17:35 ] First overall pick in the WNBA draft and going to Seattle [26:15] First WNBA championship [31:32] Team USA and 2021 Olympic Gold medal [33:58] Breanna Stewart [42:00] About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	First question, yes everybody.
0:02.6	When you first got to the WNBA,
0:04.4	who was the first person to bust your ass?
0:06.6	Oh, there's probably a long list.
0:12.4	There's legit a long list.
0:13.6	I mean, when I came into the league,
0:14.7	it was still Cheryl Swoops and Lisa Leslie
0:17.5	were still dominating.
0:20.2	I'm lucky at that point guard spot.
0:21.6	I don't have to guard a lot of them.
0:23.5	But it's actually the first time I remember thinking,
0:26.4	like, holy shit, like, I have no chance.
0:29.8	It was actually my second year.
0:31.7	And it was when Cynthia Cooper came back.
0:34.9	So she had retired.
0:37.0	And then she came back and she only played.
0:38.7	I think she got hurt.
0:39.5	So she only played like 10 or so games.
0:41.6	We happened to be one of them.
0:43.1	And somehow I got switched on to her.
0:44.5	And I'd heard about her in and out.
0:46.9	It's like legend.
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