“We know this year might be harder than last year. But we’re ready to [face] that challenge.”
How a repeat championship could be any harder for the New York Liberty than the first in their 28-year existence, which required a bloody five-game triumph over the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Finals last season, is probably not something the franchise wants to find out. But if anybody is qualified or hungry enough to tackle an even bigger beast, it’s Rebekah Gardner.
Gardner, who the Liberty acuqired last March, spent the 2024 campaign cheering from the training table.