Liberty star Breanna Stewart makes All-Star team for eighth time

Breanna Stewart met coach Chris DeMarco in the Liberty family room Tuesday morning under the guise that she had to speak with the game broadcast crew for the Commissioner’s Cup championship game later that night.But the broadcast talent never showed up.Then, DeMarco’s phone rang.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Madeline Kenney about all things Liberty and WNBA.Stewart had no idea what was coming next.Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was on the other line and spilled the news that Stewart would be an All-Star starter in Chicago later this month.Stewart has received this news seven times prior, but the revelation is no less significant.“It’s an honor to be an All-Star,” Stewart said Thursday moments after the list of the 10 starters was revealed.

“Even though I’ve had a few of them, each one is really special and not taking it lightly.”In Year 10 of her career, Stewart remains among the league’s elite.Hours after getting the call from Engelbert, she powered the Liberty to a Commissioner’s Cup win that made New York the first team to win multiple in-season tournaments.Stewart was named Cup MVP after a 25-point, 11-rebound performance.She was so disruptive on both ends of the floor that rival coach Becky Hammon had no choice but to tip her cap.“I’m always going to stump for A’ja [Wilson] but Stewie, I could be effusive about that woman, in the sense of how good I think she is,” Hammon said.

“She’s just a winner.I think she’s about the right things all the time, even when she’s not scoring.

She makes winning moves, winning basketball plays all the time.”Stewart is that all-around player who’s won everywhere she’s gone.She quarterbacks the Liberty’s defense, while anchoring the offense.

New York goes wherever its trusty leader takes it.Stewart is averaging 19.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists this season.She’s sixth in the league in blocks with 25 and tied for...