"I've been manifesting this moment for a while. There's no feeling like it," Stewart said following the Liberty's 67-62 Game 5 win over the Minnesota Lynx. "To be able to bring a championship to New York, the first-ever in franchise history, it's an incredible feeling."
The New York Liberty had been stuck in the mud for five years and were in serious danger of drifting off into complete irrelevance within the Big Apple's sports scene. Banished by Madison Square Garden following the 2017 season, they played two seasons at the 5,000-seat Westchester County Center.
But out of the bubble, there came hope. The Liberty moved into Barclays Center, home of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, and began to entrench themselves within a basketball-crazy community.
With money to spend, they made their move ahead of the 2023 season. First, they acquired Jones, the 2021 WNBA MVP, from the Connecticut Sun in a three-team mega-deal.
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