As the months quickly give away to weeks until the WNBA 2016 season begins, Seattle Storm star Sue Bird can be seen just about everywhere. Recently she did an interview with the Nerd Conference Edition of the Lowe Post Podcast and today she did another fun segment with True Hoop TV. Right away, Bird was introduced as a point guard who was “one of the best to ever do it in a women’s game.” May fans were left wondering why a similar comment (“one of the best to ever do it in a men’s game”) is so sparsely used, if ever, and the look on Bird’s face shows that she knows it. It was just last week when she was writing about the disparities between the NBA and WNBA in terms of stats and now this makes you wonder about its permeation though sports. It is so cavalier and obviously not intended to be harmful by the speaker, but also such a strong tool at keeping maintaining the pervasive nature of the disparities she spoke about.

Bird quickly made a comment about how the new point guards can score in both the NBA and WNBA in her typical easygoing, classy way without coming off as divisive or troubled over the previous statement. We may see Bird start to really work on how the WNBA is regarded versus how fans view the NBA this year, particularly with it being the 20^th anniversary of the association. Even though the question she was asked was about point guards in the NBA, she steered it back into women’s basketball logically and eloquently, hopefully reminding viewers that yes, there is value in knowing facts about the WNBA.

She did give True Hoop the sound bite they asked for, of course, saying, “Steph Curry is just insane right now. I mean, there’s really no words.” She went on to say that she thinks back to Michael Jordan of her own generation, saying that if Curry continues his career in this way he will be comparable to the legendary NBA star. And we know this to be true already. But look at Bird herself, a legend in the making with multiple Olympic gold medals and the appreciation of the entire western seaboard under her, one of the most celebrated and long-standing members of the Seattle Storm. It would just be nice for there to be more questions directed at the WNBA in general.

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