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MIAMI \u2014 Breanna Stewart was locked in last month during the WNBA\u2019s first expansion draft since 2008.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knew the Liberty were at risk of losing a valuable piece of their 2024 championship-winning team to the Golden State Valkyries. <\/p>\n
After all, only six players per team could be marked off-limits. <\/p>\n
In New York\u2019s case, that meant only one reserve outside the starting five could be protected.<\/p>\n
When Kayla Thornton was announced, Stewart\u2019s entire five-step grieving process unfolded on social media.<\/p>\n
First, disbelief.<\/p>\n
\u201cBruh,\u201d Stewart wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Then, anger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRuby [Stewart\u2019s daughter] gonna be pissed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bargaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYall don\u2019t even have boroughs!!!!!! Papa John\u2019s?!?!\u201d<\/p>\n
After a quick bout of depression, the acceptance set in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey got a dawg, we love you KT,\u201d Stewart wrote in a post.<\/p>\n
For the first time since Thornton was drafted to the Valkyries, Stewart, on Thursday at the new 3-on-3 league Unrivaled, spoke about what Golden State has in the 6-foot-1 forward \u2014 and what the Liberty lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really tried to live tweet my reaction of losing KT,\u201d Stewart told The Post after her Unrivaled team\u2019s practice. \u201cShe\u2019s a dog, she\u2019s a workhorse and really happy for her to continue to kind of lead in a new franchise but obviously sad to have lost her because she was key for us winning and knowing she\u2019s much better playing with than playing against.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thornton, 32, averaged 5.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting 35.7 percent from deep last season, her second with New York. <\/p>\n
During the postseason, she averaged the second-most minutes among the Liberty\u2019s reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thornton is one of three players the Valkyries have under contract for the 2025 season. <\/p>\n
Kate Martin and Stephanie Talbot are the other two.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martin, who\u2019s participating in Unrivaled\u2019s inaugural season, said she hasn\u2019t spoken to Thornton yet but is excited to have a veteran with championship experience help lead Golden State in its first WNBA season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m definitely gonna prefer being her teammate than having to play against her,\u201d Martin said. \u201cShe\u2019s just a very solid player. She doesn\u2019t really make a lot of mistakes. She\u2019s a really good defender. She\u2019s super strong, has a good shot, corner 3 specialist. But she can do a little bit of everything and so you want those people on your team and she seems like a really good teammate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a really exciting time and I think it\u2019s gonna be a lot of fun to start something from the beginning and to work towards [a] common goal,\u201d Martin continued. \u201cThat\u2019s the whole thing about being a team\u2026 that\u2019s the best part about basketball is that camaraderie so I\u2019m really excited to get there and meet everybody and start playing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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