Sue Bird reflects on her WNBA career in “Sue Bird: In the Clutch”

Names: prosecute Bird And Jay Ellis

Sun Dance project: "Prosecute Bird: In THE Clutch," A documentary marking Birds retirement After 21 years In THE WNBA, all of them spent with THE Seattle Storm.

Bird And Elise encounter In 2020, as THE WNBA had just got out of THE COVID-19 bubble And THE Storm had won THE championship.

Ryan Ruocco, THE advertiser For THE WNBA WHO serves as A producer on THE movie, East both A GOOD friend of Birds And of Ellis' produce partner, Aaron Bergman.

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“Aaron And I were just having This conversation about prosecute And he just came up as, 'Oh, I wonder if she is going has TO DO A doctor?' Elise said. "We assumed She was get close has THE END of her career And was going has TO DO A decision. We doesn't know When, obviously, SO We sent Ryan out has TO DO a few acknowledgement has find out What She was thought, And he was as, 'she is open has talk about that.'"

They put together A not, including how they research women has be has THE foreground of THE team functioning on THE project, And Ultimately Bird said "Yes," After a few deliberation.

"You to have has wrap your head around THE idea of people be around You And following You And You are took a microphone, SO they are contagious All, even THE things You say below your breath. But he was not that difficult," Bird said. "He Really This was not the case.

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They begin filming In 2021, as Bird was TO DO A training In Scarsdale, NEW YORK., with her fiance, Megane Rapinoe, In THE medium of COVID-19 precautions, with Rapinoe playing defense For her.

"I was lucky that there was This guys WHO had A basketball court, A swimming pool inside, all THE things You would be need has form For THE WNBA season," Bird said. "And SO It is When We First of all begin [shot]."

"We In fact used all of that as materials has go out has city has sell he," Elise said.

THE documentary tracks Birds entire career, Since her education on Long Island has her time has UConn has her a lot Olympic won. Again THE thing she is most happy THE movie capture East her relationship with THE fan base In Seattle, Or She spent her entire WNBA career.

"Playing In THE even place For 20 years, My relationship with THE Fans East something It is close And Dear has Me," She said. "And I know For them has be able has share In My final year was special. And just that interaction, that relationship, THE path It is capture, East incredible."