In a ceremony before Seattle hosted the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, legendary former Storm guard Sue Bird, who led the franchise to four WNBA championships, became the first WNBA player honored with a statue outside a WNBA arena.

Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird became the first player in WNBA history to have a statue erected outside a team's home arena.

If you missed it, the WNBA’s Seattle Storm unveiled a statue of their recently retired point guard Sue Bird on Sunday. Bird has many admirers and one of them is former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who raved about Bird to Seattle sports radio host John Curley. Check out what he said about Bird: