(Seattle, WA)  --  Veteran Storm point guard Sue Bird will reportedly miss most, if not all, of the 2019 campaign with a knee injury.  Bird is expected to need eight-to-10 weeks to recover from surgery on her knee.  The news comes just over a month after Stewart, the reigning league MVP and Seattle's leading scorer during a 2018 championship run, suffered a torn Achilles tendon in an international game.  Bird would technically be available following rehabilitation in mid-July.