WNBA's Best: 5 Players working in prominent NBA roles

#5 Sue Bird - Nuggets Basketball Operations Associate

Suzanne Brigit Bird is an American-Israeli professional basketball player.

This is the most recent appointment that comes to mind, courtesy of the Denver Nuggets front-office.

WNBA champion from the most recent season, Sue Bird, will join the Denver Nuggets as a basketball operations associate. Nuggets President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly has confidence in Sue Bird's exquisite resume and believes that 'as a still active player, she will offer an extremely unique perspective.'

To begin with, she's a 3-time WNBA champion and an 11-time WNBA All-Star (all with the Seattle Storm), catapulting herself of the No. 1 overall pick in 2002 WNBA draft.

“I’m really excited to join the Denver Nuggets organization. I’m thankful for the opportunity and look forward to learning from some of the best,” said Bird.

Bird currently ranks first in the WNBA in career minutes played (16,173), career games (508), and assists (2,831). She is also third in points (6,154) and three-pointers made (855), and fifth in steals (652), and is a member of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All-time list.