New York – Breanna Stewart signed again with the freedom of New York on Saturday, the team announced.
The movement was not a surprise after she helped take the franchise to her first WNBA championship last year. Stewart has won three league titles, the first two come with Seattle. He obtained the honors of WNBA MVP twice and was final MVP twice.
“Bring Stewie back to freedom was our top priority this low season,” said New York General Manager Jonathan Kolb. “Its impact on and off the court is immeasurable: it is not only one of the best and most successful players in the world, but a leader whose implacable impulse is essential for the standard that we continue to build in New York.”
Stewart has averaged 21.8 points and 8.9 rebounds in its two seasons in New York. It also had 3.7 assists, 1.6 robberies and 1.4 blocks.
Stewart, 30, arrived at La Libertad in 2023 to be closer to his home in Syracuse, New York. He played the first seven years of his career in Seattle after the storm recruited her first in 2016.
Stewart He had arthroscopic surgery In its right meniscus earlier this month and is expected to recover completely at the beginning of the training camp next month. The low season passed by playing without equal, League 3 against 3 that co -founded with Napheesa Collier. Stewart averaged 19.1 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists, but his team lost the playoffs.
The Liberty has all its return to the five initials of the race for the title of last season, which saw New York beat Minnesota in a fifth decisive game. The team also added Natasha Cloud guard in an exchange.
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