As the Seattle Storm worked on getting back into the winner’s column, the team’s veteran point guard, Skylar Diggins, moved up the All-Time assist leaderboard b

Not even two weeks after the Seattle Storm included Zia Cooke in a trade with the Washington Mystics, the third-year guard is back.

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.

Heading into the Tuesday night matchup between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky, the WNBA anticipated the potential return of the star center, Angel Reese.

The longtime Storm point guard already had her jersey retired and a street in the city named after her, and became the first player in WNBA history to have a statue erected outside of a team’s home arena.

With the 2025 WNBA season firmly past the trade deadline, teams like the Storm have to get creative to make last-minute adjustments.

On Sunday, the Seattle Storm unveiled a bronze statue of legend Sue Bird, who became the first former player in WNBA history to have one.

On Monday, the Seattle Storm signed Zia Cooke to a rest-of-season contract. Throughout her first season with the Seattle Storm, Zia Cooke has posted 3.3 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Before her time with the Storm, Cooke played two seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks.

Sue Bird confesses her love to city of Seattle ahead of 2025 statue unveiling before Storm's Sunday afternoon game against Mercury