Fresh off assembling a superteam that is eight wins away from bringing home the first WNBA championship in franchise history, New York Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb has been named 2023 WNBA Executive of the Year.
The award was determined by the league’s 12 executives, with individuals not allowed to vote for themselves. Kolb received six first-place votes, with Dallas’ Greg Bibb and Connecticut’s Darius Taylor also receiving multiple first-place votes (two apiece).
Within a year, the Liberty went from eking into the playoffs to being a championship contender behind a historic offseason in which New York acquired 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones in a three-team trade and signed 2018 MVP Breanna Stewart and seven-time WNBA assists leader Courtney Vandersloot as free agents.
With Jones, Stewart and Vandersloot joining forces with 2020 No. 1 draft pick Sabrina Ionescu and 2021 All-Star Betnijah Laney, the Liberty have asserted themselves as championship contenders eager to dethrone the…
