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Liberty’s depth takes hit with two departures in WNBA free agency

Nypost · · 509 words · By Madeline Kenney
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Kennedy Burke and Isabelle Harrison are moving on from New York.”
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Yahoo Sports reports both players are moving on, and subsequent evidence confirms Burke signed with the Sun and Harrison signed with the Toronto Tempo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Liberty season will be the 30th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their first season under head coach Chris DeMarco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Liberty_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the sixth staging of the Women's Rugby League World Cup, and was one of three major tournaments part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The tournament was …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Liberty_season
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“Burke signed a one-year deal with the Connecticut Sun, the team announced Sunday.”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from Nypost and a web search result from a social media announcement/news report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Connecticut Sun season will be the 28th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association and the second under head coach Rachid Meziane. Following the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Connecticut_Sun_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Sun
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kennedy Valentine Burke (born February 14, 1997), also known as Beren Burke, is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Associatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Burke
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“Harrison joined Sandy Brondello and Nyara Sabally in Toronto, the Tempo announced.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states Isabelle Harrison is a professional basketball player for the Toronto Tempo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Isabelle Harrison (born September 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Tempo of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basket…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Harrison
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of transactions that occurred during the 2025–26 WNBA off-season and the 2026 WNBA season. This includes retirements, front office transitions, player signings, and player trades. The l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2026_WNBA_season_trans…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Toronto Tempo are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Tempo compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference, and start…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Tempo
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“Harrison’s one-year deal is worth $400,000”
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Spotrac.com explicitly lists Isabelle Harrison's 1-year contract with the Toronto Tempo as being worth $400,000.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 New York Liberty season was the 29th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their fourth season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Saturday, May 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Liberty_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dennis Harrison Jr. (born July 31, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played in Super Bowl XV fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Harrison
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Isabelle Harrison (born September 27, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Tempo of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basket…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Harrison
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“the Liberty signed Australian forward Anneli Maley to a training camp contract.”
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Confirmed by Nypost, Yahoo Sports, and a Wikipedia entry for the 2026 New York Liberty season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anneli Maley (born 1 September 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Redbacks of the NBL1 West. She is also contracted with the Perth Lynx of the Women's National Basketb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_Maley
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of transactions that occurred during the 2024–25 WNBA off-season and the 2025 WNBA season. This includes retirements, front office transitions, player signings, and player trades. The l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York Liberty season will be the 30th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their first season under head coach Chris DeMarco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_Liberty_season
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“Maley was an Oregon teammate of Sabally and Sabrina Ionescu during the 2017-18 campaign.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Anneli Maley played the 2017-18 season at Oregon with teammates Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oregon stars Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally have lit it up on the court this season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Satou Sabally played three seasons at the University of Oregon, where she quickly established herself as one of the biggest stars in college basketball. Even then, she had someone to look up to in the…
https://www.yardbarker.com/wnba/articles/satou_sabally_refle…
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web search NEUTRAL — An added bonus to this specific opportunity is she gets to share the court with her former Oregon teammates Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally. “They’re great, great people,” said Maley, who played the…
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“She’s coming off a record-setting 65-point game with Perth Redbacks of the NBL1.”
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Multiple sources, including a specific news report on the NBL1 record, confirm Maley scored 65 points for the Perth Redbacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anneli Maley is an Australian professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She is also contracted with the Perth Lynx of the Women's National…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_Maley
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web search NEUTRAL — EVERY BUCKET from Anneli Maley's NBL1 record-breaking 65-point display for the Perth Redbacks against the Willetton Tigers.Watch Live & Free on NBL1.com.au
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web search NEUTRAL — Anneli Maley has broken the all-time single-game scoring record with a 65-point haul for the Perth Redbacks against the Willetton Tigers, in what was an unforgettable NBL1 West night.
https://www.nbl1.com.au/news/anneli-maley-drops-65-points-to…
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“The Liberty also signed Spanish forward/center Raquel Carrera to a training camp contract”
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Confirmed by Nypost and Yahoo Sports. While a Wikipedia entry mentions a 2025 contract suspension, the current reporting confirms the signing of a training camp contract.
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web search NEUTRAL — ^ Carrera later signed training camp contract with club in February 2025, but their contract was suspended in April 2025.[11]."The New York Liberty renounce the rights of Spanish post Raquel Carrera a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_Liberty_season
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web search NEUTRAL — The Liberty’s depth took a hit Sunday as two players signed with new teams.The Liberty also signed Spanish forward/center Raquel Carrera to a training camp contract and intend to re-sign guard Marine …
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/liberty-depth-takes-hit-tw…
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web search NEUTRAL — For the Liberty to get back in the winner’s circle, they’ll need to cut down on their turnovers. New York turned it over 18 times on Tuesday, and it sullied what was otherwise a great offensive outing…
https://www.netsdaily.com/nyliberty/109697/game-preview-ny-l…
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“New York also extended a reserve qualifying offer to Rebekah Gardner”
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Only the Nypost cross-reference reports the reserve qualifying offer to Rebekah Gardner; no other independent sources were found to corroborate this specific detail.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Liberty’s free agency is far from over; Ionescu and Stewart still need to officially re-sign. The Liberty also intend to re-sign Marine Johannes and have extended a reserved qualifying offer to Re…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/sports/liberty-re-signing-jonq…
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“has the exclusive negotiating rights to Betnijah Laney-Hamilton, Marine Fauthoux and Han Xu.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to confirm the negotiating rights for these specific players.
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“Burke spent the past two seasons in New York, winning a championship in 2024.”
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“she averaged 8.1 points while shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from deep.”
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“Burke was named EuroCup Finals MVP on Thursday after helping Turkish club CIMSA CBK Mersin win a championship.”
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“She averaged 21 points, eight rebounds and one steal per game through the tournament.”
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“Harrison is entering her ninth WNBA season.”
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“Brondello, then the Mercury head coach, drafted her No. 12 overall in 2015 out of Tennessee”
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“injuries and illness caused her to miss three seasons.”
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“Harrison has averaged 7.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists while shooting 47.5 percent overall.”
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“Burke will open the season with her new team at Barclays Center May 8.”
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“The Liberty are also scheduled to play a preseason game in Connecticut May 3.”
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“Harrison, Sabally and Brondello aren’t scheduled to make their returns to Brooklyn until June 3.”
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