Liberty signing Sabally, Jones to multiyear deals

Satou Sabally has agreed to sign a multiyear deal with the New York Liberty, her agent Zack Miller of WME Basketball told ESPN on Saturday.

Also Saturday, Jonquel Jones agreed to sign a multiyear deal to return to New York, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Sabally's decision to join the Liberty, who won the WNBA title in 2024, came from her desire to be part of what she believes is a title-contending team as well as the culture established in New York, a source told ESPN.

Sabally was one of the most coveted free agents last offseason before landing with the Phoenix Mercury. She led the Mercury in scoring last season with 16.3 points per game and averaged 5.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals en route to her third All-Star Game appearance.

In the postseason, Sabally averaged 19 points and seven rebounds, helping lead the Mercury to the WNBA Finals. She suffered a concussion in Game 3 that caused her to miss the final game of the series. Sabally, 27, was ruled out of participating in Unrivaled in January as she dealt with lingering symptoms from the concussion.

Her arrival in New York reunites her with former Oregon teammate Sabrina Ionescu, who told reporters she intends to re-sign with the Liberty. Together, they led the Ducks to the program's first Final Four in 2019. They were subsequently selected as the top two picks in the 2020 WNBA draft, with Ionescu being taken by the Liberty with the No. 1 pick and Sabally selected by the Dallas Wings with the second pick.

Sabally is also reuniting with Leonie Fiebich, with whom she has played at Valencia Basket during the WNBA offseason. Sabally's sister, Nyara, was a member of the Liberty for two seasons before being selected by the Toronto Tempo in this year's expansion draft.

Sabally is the first big addition to the Liberty during free agency. Ionescu and Breanna Stewart announced their intentions to re-sign with the Liberty this season.

Jones has spent the past three seasons with the Liberty, to whom she was traded ahead of the 2023 season after spending her first six years in the league with the Connecticut Sun. The 6-foot-6 center averaged 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game in 2025 for New York, though she missed time with ankle injuries and appeared in only 31 of 44 games.

The five-time All-Star and All-WNBA selection became the first player in WNBA history to win MVP, Sixth Woman of the Year and WNBA Most Improved Player when she clinched MVP in 2021.

ESPN's Shams Charania and Alexa Philippou contributed to this report.