{"id":575683,"date":"2026-04-01T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:30:48","slug":"breanna-stewart-on-wnba-free-agency-i-will-be-staying-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575683\/","title":{"rendered":"Breanna Stewart on WNBA free agency: ‘I will be staying in New York’"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA star Breanna Stewart<\/a> has zero plans to leave the New York Liberty.<\/p>\n

With WNBA free agency<\/a> tentatively set to begin in the coming days, Stewart, who won a championship with the Liberty in 2024 and an MVP trophy in 2023, is one of several marquee free agents who could land with new teams. However, the 31-year-old says she’s not moving on from the Liberty.<\/p>\n

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“I’m just gonna set the record straight here, I will be staying in New York. I\u2019m not planning on taking any free agency meetings, even though I am an unrestricted free agent,” Stewart said<\/a> on her podcast with NBA player Myles Turner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m gonna be back in New York, and that\u2019s all there is to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Game 2: The Las Vegas Aces’ Jewell Loyd (24) and A’ja Wilson (22) celebrate after scoring against the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 2: The Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson (22) shoots the ball against the Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas.<\/p>\n

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Game 2: The Phoenix Mercury’s Kahleah Copper (2) drives the ball past Las Vegas Aces guards Jackie Young (0) and Dana Evans (11).<\/p>\n

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Game 2: Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (22) drives the ball against Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally.<\/p>\n

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Game 2: Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) shoots a layup against Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (22).<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) celebrates with teammates after the Aces defeated the Phoenix Mercury, 89-86, at Michelob Ultra Arena.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Jackie Young #0 of the Las Vegas Aces battles for the ball with Alyssa Thomas #25 and Kahleah Copper #2 of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Chelsea Gray (12) and A’ja Wilson (22) of the Las Vegas Aces grab a rebound past DeWanna Bonner (14) and Satou Sabally (0) of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Alyssa Thomas (25) of the Phoenix Mercury shoots the ball against Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces guard Jewell Loyd (24) looks to tip a loose ball away from Phoenix Mercury guard Sami Whitcomb (33).<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces forward NaLyssa Smith (3) shoots against Phoenix Mercury forward Natasha Mack (4).<\/p>\n

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Game 1: A’ja Wilson (22) of the Las Vegas Aces celebrates after making a basket against the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Satou Sabally (0) of the Phoenix Mercury shoots the ball against Megan Gustafson (17) of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Satou Sabally (0) of the Phoenix Mercury looks to shoot the ball against NaLyssa Smith (3) of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: NaLyssa Smith (3) of the Las Vegas Aces reacts during the third quarter.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Chelsea Gray (12) of the Las Vegas Aces reacts against the Phoenix Mercury during the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Alyssa Thomas (25) of the Phoenix Mercury drives to the basket against Jackie Young (0) of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Alyssa Thomas (25) of the Phoenix Mercury shoots the ball against Jackie Young (0) of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young (0) dribbles against Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper (2).<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces guard Jewell Loyd (24) drives against Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper (2).<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Kahleah Copper (2) of the Phoenix Mercury celebrates after her 3-point basket.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Head coach Nate Tibbetts of the Phoenix Mercury looks on during the first quarter.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Maddy Westbeld of the Chicago Sky (left) and Rae Burrell of the Los Angeles Sparks look on.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Jackie Young (0) of the Las Vegas Aces reacts in front of Kahleah Copper of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon looks on.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Dana Evans of the Las Vegas Aces, shoots the ball between Monique Akoa Makani and Natasha Mack of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces drives to the basket against Alyssa Thomas of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Kahleah Copper of the Phoenix Mercury grabs a rebound against the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: Chelsea Gray of the Las Vegas Aces shoots the ball against Monique Akoa Makani of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

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Game 1: A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces grabs a rebound against Kahleah Copper of the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n

Stewart says her family is set up in New York and is “solid” in the foundation they’ve established. She also wished every other player in free agency well, but made it clear she is “not a part” of the many who will explore free agency.<\/p>\n

The WNBA has yet to formally announce when free agency will begin. A person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY last month that in February,\u00a0teams received a timeline<\/a>\u00a0for what several offseason events could look like, including free agency.<\/p>\n

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The dates in the timeline were the last known dates shared with teams before a new CBA was agreed to. According to the timeline, free agency would last from April 7 through April 18. Designations would begin on April 7 and April 8, negotiations would then be from April 9 through April 11 and signings would be completed from April 12 to April 19.<\/p>\n

The 2026 WNBA season tips off on Friday, May 8, when Stewart and the Liberty host the Connecticut Sun at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Breanna Stewart confirms return to Liberty before WNBA free agency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA star Breanna Stewart has zero plans to leave the New York Liberty. With WNBA free agency tentatively…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4657,49,48,3458,14108,8220,3430,3457,82,156356,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-575683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-breanna-stewart","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-connecticut-sun","12":"tag-free-agency","13":"tag-myles-turner","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-liberty","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-unrestricted-free-agent","18":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}