NEW YORK — Breanna Stewart and her New York Liberty teammates are focused on the present, and that includes defending the WNBA championship.
The Liberty opened camp Sunday along with the other 12 teams in the league. Stewart knows exactly how hard it is to repeat as champion, having won two titles in Seattle and failing to repeat each time. The only repeat champion in the past two decades in the WNBA was the Las Vegas Aces in 2022 and 2023.
“The mentality is turning the page,” she said. “Knowing what we did last year, we had a lot of time to celebrate it, and now it’s building to be better. You know, we talked about being consistently great night in and night out. And that starts with building great habits in training camp and keeping them sustainable throughout the entire season.”
The Liberty have most of the core back from last season’s title run, which was the first in franchise history. They also added Natasha Cloud and Isabelle Harrison.
“I thought it was a great start. And like, I always said, you can’t bring back the same when you win, and we have a real good, nice freshness about us,” New York coach Sandy Brondello said. “We’ve got some players that were really going to help us. Obviously, you know, no one greater than Natasha…
