2024 WNBA free agency: Former MVP Jonquel Jones agrees to two-year deal with New York Liberty, per report

Jones helped the Liberty reach the WNBA Finals in her first season with the club

By Jack Maloney Jan 31, 2024 at 1:10 pm ET• 1 min read

Former WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the New York Liberty, according to The Next. The two-year protected deal will keep Jones in New York through 2025, when the players are expected to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement. 

After spending the first seven seasons of her career with the Connecticut Sun, Jones forced a trade to the Liberty last offseason in the hopes of competing for a title. Jones and Sabrina Ionescu were later joined by Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot, as the quartet formed a superteam that rolled through the regular season behind a historic offense and won the 2023 Commissioner's Cup. 

In the Finals, however, Jones and the Liberty fell to the Las Vegas Aces in four games. Jones was denied the first title of her career and the Liberty's drought continued for another year. Of the three original teams still in existence (along with the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury) the Liberty are the only one without a championship. 

They'll hope they can change that this season now that Jones is back in the fold. Stewart remains a free agent, but the team used the core designation on her and she is expected to return. Assuming that happens, the core four will all be back along with Betnijah Laney, and the Liberty will be one of the two main favorites to win it all.