The New York Liberty will arguably be the most fascinating WNBA team to keep an eye on across the next couple of months, particularly when the league’s free agency period begins in February (given that the players and the league office agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) by then).
This is because the Liberty are fresh off a disappointing 2025 WNBA season, where they went 18-17 in their final 35 regular season games and then were bounced out of the playoffs in the first round, just one year removed from being 2025 WNBA champions.
Head coach Sandy Brondello was fired after the season. And given that all of the team’s top stars — specifically Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, and Natasha Cloud — are going to become free agents, some believe that the band might be breaking up, so to speak, and New York’s roster could look a lot different once the 2026 season rolls around.