SPRINGFIELD, Mass — If there were a Mount Rushmore for women’s basketball, Sue Bird of Syosset would surely be on it. Few in basketball have won championships the way she has.

Former Knick Carmelo Anthony never won an NBA championship but still became one of New York’s most beloved sports figures despite playing during a stretch of little success.

They were anchors, Anthony and then Bird, of Saturday night’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement festivities, and both captivated the audience with their words.

Bird left Syosset High for Christ the King in Queens after a sophomore season in which she was a Newsday all-Long Island selection and the championships kept coming after that: one state crown in high school, two national championships with UConn, four WNBA titles with the

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