Earlier than there was Caitlin Clark, there was Sue Fowl.
The four-time WNBA champion and 13-time All-Star performed her total 19-year profession with the Seattle Storm, a staff of which she is now an element proprietor.
The latest member of the Basketball Corridor of Fame, Fowl made solely $72,000 over the past season of her enjoying profession in 2022.
She is now a part of an possession group with the franchise that’s price north of $150million.
Not too unhealthy for the basketball nice turned savvy businesswoman.
As Fowl will get an increasing number of snug in her function off the courtroom, it is vital to notice simply how nice she was on it.
Her resume is infinite, however what actually stands out is her longevity.
Fowl performed in additional wins (332) than another participant in WNBA historical past, and is the all-time chief in profession begins, with 580.
She overcame accidents all through her storied profession to seize titles in 2004, 2010, 2018 and 2020.
The hole from her first title in 2004 to her final one in 2020 is the longest between titles for any participant in league historical past.
Oh, and she or he additionally received 5 gold medals throughout that stretch.
A dominant two-decade stretch the place Fowl unequivocally positioned herself on the WNBA’s Mount Rushmore.
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Fowl is the league’s all-time chief in assists with 3,234, a quantity that appears untouchable.
That’s after all if Clark goes on to have the 20-year profession all of us anticipate her to have.
Till that occurs, Fowl will stay the best level guard in WNBA historical past.
Her No.10 has since been retired and hung within the rafters at Local weather Pledge Enviornment in downtown Seattle.
It was a retirement ceremony wherein Fowl gave an emotional and reflective speech throughout her time within the Pacific Northwest.
“It nearly has nothing to do with basketball in so some ways,” Fowl mentioned again in June of 2023.
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“The connection I’ve with the town, with the followers, with this franchise and, once more, like I mentioned on the market, what they’ve given me.
“I believe so much was made from what I’ve given them in my closing yr, however I actually wished to emphasise what all of the individuals I named have given me and what I will take.”
Fowl will ceaselessly be woven throughout the cloth of basketball in Seattle.
“I’ll ceaselessly miss it, and that is okay,” she mentioned.
“I believe some individuals attempt to keep away from lacking it once they’re in my seat up right here, and the fact is I am all the time going to overlook it.
“There’s going to be days — tomorrow, a yr from now, 5 years from now — the place I will in all probability even cry as a result of I miss it and get emotional as a result of I miss it. That is simply part of it.”
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She could not be on the courtroom, however she’ll nonetheless have a fairly good view of it from the proprietor’s suite.