planned to play in Brooklyn this season<\/a>.<\/p>\nLos Angeles\u2019 Kelsey Plum drives past Rebekah Gardner during the second half of the Liberty\u2019s loss to the Sparks at Barclays Center on July 26, 2025. Heather Khalifa for the NY Post<\/p>\n
Emma Meesseman, forward: Meesseman is a big question because her WNBA return remains unclear.<\/p>\n
If the 32-year-old Belgian does want to return and the Liberty left her unprotected, she\u2019d be an intriguing choice for either expansion team. Meesseman is core eligible, and she\u2019s worthy of the top-dollar salary that would come with that.<\/p>\n
Meesseman is one of the top forwards in international basketball. She\u2019s a two-time WNBA All-Star who won a championship with the Mystics in 2019 and could be a strong foundational piece for a new franchise.<\/p>\n
Raquel Carrera, center: Despite having been drafted in the second round by the Dream in 2021, draft-and-stash prospect Carrera has yet to make her WNBA debut.<\/p>\n
A source told The Post she intends to join the league this year and could emerge as a gem.<\/p>\n
The Liberty\u2019s Emma Meesseman looks on during a regular season matchup against the Mystics at Barclays Center. Michelle Farsi\/New York Post<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Spanish center plays for EuroLeague\u2019s Valencia alongside Fiebich, averaging 10.2 points and 3.9 rebounds. She\u2019s billed as a high-IQ, versatile post player.<\/p>\n
Annika Soltau, forward: The Liberty signed Soltau to a rookie deal last year after the 6-foot-4 German shot-blocker went undrafted. She didn\u2019t play last season, but could make the transition to the WNBA this year.<\/p>\n
FIBA named Soltau one of Europe\u2019s 20 rising stars in early 2025. The 21-year-old is known for her defensive acumen. This season, she\u2019s averaging 20.7 points and 11.1 rebounds for Baden Basket 54 in the Swiss League.<\/p>\n
Other players: The Liberty hold the rights to Han Xu, a 6-foot-10 center from China. She last played in the WNBA in 2023 but reportedly wants to return.<\/p>\n
France\u2019s Seehia Ridard, Marine Fauthoux and Adja Kane are other international prospects whose rights the Liberty hold.<\/p>\n
Natasha Cloud, Kennedy Burke and Isabelle Harrison are unrestricted free agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu could barely get through the sentence with a serious face. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,3457,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-578988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-new-york-liberty","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578988","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=578988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}