The defending WNBA champions are adding more finals experience for the stretch run.
Meesseman, from Belgium, will arrive in New York once she gets through the visa application process. She averaged 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in 2022 with the Sky. She appeared earlier this year in EuroBasket with Belgium.
The Minnesota Lynx and Phoenix Mercury were also considered as destinations for Meesseman. She will join a team that features Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones. The Liberty are seeking to become the second team in 20 years to repeat and the fourth WNBA franchise to achieve the feat.
Jones was named the 2024 WNBA Finals MVP after New York defeated the Minnesota Lynx 3-2 to win the franchise’s first-ever WNBA championship.
Emma Meesseman WNBA stats
Here’s a look at Meesseman’s stats in her eight-year WNBA career with Washington and Chicago:
- 2013 (Washington): 4.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 blocks and 0.6 steals per game in 14.6 minutes per game (34 games, one start)
- 2014 (Washington): 10.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.0 blocks and 1.4 steals per game in 27.4 minutes per game (34 games, one start)
- 2015 (Washington): 11.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.4 blocks and 0.9 steals per game in 27.2 minutes per game (34 games, 34 starts)
- 2016 (Washington): 15.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.7 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in 29.3 minutes per game (34 games, 34 starts)
- 2017 (Washington): 14.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 steals per game in 28.4 minutes per game (23 games, 22 starts)
- 2018 (Washington): Did not play
- 2019 (Washington): 13.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 0.7 blocks and 0.9 steals per game in 23.6 minutes per game (23 games, 6 starts)
- 2020 (Washington): 13.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.8 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in 31.7 minutes per game (20 games, 19 starts)
- 2021 (Washington): Did not play
- 2022 (Chicago): 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.8 blocks and 1.4 steals per game in 28.6 minutes per game (36 games, 36 starts)