Breanna Stewart puts on GM hat as Liberty face pivotal WNBA trade deadline

LOS ANGELES — Breanna Stewart doesn’t know whether she’ll want to work in a WNBA front office down the line. “I like kind of thinking about the formula and putting the right pieces together for success and stuff like that,” Stewart told The Post after Tuesday’s shootaround.“I will not coach.

I do not want to do that because people don’t listen.” Being a future general manager, however, is not out of the realm of possibility for Stewart, who constantly talks with Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb about the complexities of the new collective bargaining agreement and how the cap works.With Sunday’s trade deadline quickly approaching, Stewart was asked to put on a GM hat.The Liberty entered Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks with a 15-12 record, sitting seventh in the standings.They view themselves as a championship contender, though injuries have marred the first chunk of the season.The Liberty remain without Leonie Fiebich (left foot injury) and Satou Sabally (concussion protocol).

Their absences have complicated the formula for trying to find the right combinations for success.“I don’t know if we’re one piece away,” Stewart said.“I also feel like we have what we need to get it done.

I just think that we need to just really focus on the now with it instead of thinking about, ‘Oh, when this person comes back or this person comes back.’ It’s like, no, actually you just do it.We all just step up and we make it happen and I feel like the first half of the season there was a little bit of hesitancy from everybody to … fully commit and keep going even though we know we’re down some people.

Like, I don’t want to have excuses for that … I don’t know if we’re one piece away because I’m confident in what we have as well.” Coach Chris DeMarco shared Stewart’s confidence in the Liberty’s current roster.“We’re excited to get going out of All-Star break, great energy right now,” he said.“And it’s an impor...