Basketball legend Sue Bird says 2022 will be her final season

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Basketball legend Sue Bird said Thursday this will be her final season in the WNBA.

The longtime Seattle Storm superstar revealed on Twitter she will be pursuing a WNBA championship for the final time and will walk away from the court once the season is over.

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Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird holds the championship trophy after the Commissioner's Cup game against the Connecticut Sun, on Aug. 12, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

"I’ve decided this will be my final year. I have loved every single minute, and still do, so gonna play my last year, just like this little girl played her first," Bird tweeted.

The Storm made Bird the No. 1 overall pick of the 2002 WNBA Draft and by her third season she and Lauren Jackson led the team to their first championship. Bird would win three more after that with her last one coming in the coronavirus pandemic-impacted 2020 season.

Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird plays against the Connecticut Sun on Aug. 12, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

"As the season has gone, like I said, I pretty much knew, and then once I saw the schedule, and then once I started packing for this trip a little bit, I was like, ‘Oh, this is gonna be my last time playing in New York. My last time playing in front of my family and friends.’ And so that’s why the timing of this is what it is," she added in a video posted to the Storm’s social media account.

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"I just really felt strongly about announcing my retirement, saying it was my last year so I can share that with my family and my friends,