Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb has been named the 2023 WNBA Executive of the Year.
Kolb told ESPN this week that New York's offseason was a"confluence of events that will probably never happen again," given where the Liberty were in their rebuilding process, the availability of a player like Jones on the trade market and the unrestricted free agency of Stewart and Vandersloot, already considered two all-time greats.
The haul was a possibility Kolb envisioned early last year before successfully executing it this offseason. The future looks bright as well, as Kolb ensured Ionescu, Laney and sixth womanwould return after they signed multiyear contract extensions during the regular season. The Liberty's 32-8 record marks their best winning percentage in franchise history , a drastic turnaround considering they aren't far removed from a 2-20 campaign in 2020 after Ionescu suffered an early season-ending ankle injury. The Liberty also defeated the Aces in the Commissioner's Cup championship in August, marking the franchise's first championship of any sort.
The Liberty's modern-day success originated in 2019, when Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai bought the historic yet languishing franchise that had shipped games out of the city to Westchester County. Kolb was hired shortly thereafter, and the front office worked to move the team to Brooklyn, enhance its relevance in the city and make it a destination franchise with top-notch facilities and accommodations, an expanded performance staff and other resources not widely available in the WNBA.
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