 Steely and Courtney, first off, welcome to New York. You guys have won titles in the WNBA separately. You've won titles together, I believe, in Euro League. What would it mean to bring the first title to New York, as Clara said, to the basketball since 73, and the first one ever for this franchise, one of the original WNBA teams? Well, I think like you said, Slut and I have played a lot together, won a lot together, won a lot separately, but I speak for myself, and I believe Slut, when I say that we both wanted to play together in the WNBA, and go after a WNBA championship together, it's much better to be on her side than playing against her, and we're really excited with the opportunities that we have here, the players that have been here, the franchise, the front office, and knowing that we have all the pieces to go after a championship, and now it's just getting ready for that and getting ready for the season. Just to add to that, I think we probably, well, you maybe don't know, but I was a part of a first-time champion in the Chicago sky, and I do know how special that first one is, and so it's obviously been a long time since New York had one, but to bring that first one for the Liberty, it is something special, and of course there's a lot of work to do before that, but I think everyone up here spoke about we have the right pieces, we have the right vision, and that's the ultimate goal. Hi, Alexa Phillips with ESPN. Could you both speak to the recruitment process throughout Free Agency? I'm sure it's probably different than other Free Agency times that you all have experienced, and what was it about Liberty's pitch, more or less, or how they showed their investment in you that made you wanna come here? Well, for me, it was just like the plan, the vision right away, it was so clear, it was not dependent on this, or if this happens or this happens, it's like this is what we see, this is what we're gonna go do, we wanna bring a championship, we wanna bring the best players here, we're gonna take care of you. It was everything that, I speak for both of us that we're looking for, they really push in the envelope in all areas, and I think we bought into how special it would be to bring a championship to New York. Yeah, and I think, oh my God, still answer? Okay, cool. No, I think that, first of all, when I think about the recruitment process, it is wild, and it's wild to have done it two years in a row, because it brings me back to just college recruiting, just the way it goes like that, meeting people, seeing organizations, and what ultimately helped me decide on New York, obviously, closer to home, I have roots here, but I wanna be surrounded by greatness, and when you look at these people up here, and the many people that are a part of the Liberty organization, everybody wants to be better, everybody wants to continue to raise the standard and move the needle, and we wanna do that from on the court, off the court, whatever the case may be to help this organization and the league be better. Hello, welcome to New York. It's doing your case, welcome back. Jeff Maglicetti with All Knicks and Baseline Sports NYC. Kind of a two-part question here. Why was now the right time to end illustrious careers in championship locales to move on to what New York is developing, and how will your respective unique skillsets mesh with the current New York group and help guide them to their lofty goals? I think now is the right time to do it. I don't think last year I was ready to completely leave Seattle, and especially with Sue coming back, wanting to really enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to play with one of the greatest to ever play, and now looking at New York, I also have the opportunity to play with one of the greatest to ever play, and it's just about timing, and that's really it. I didn't feel like my journey was complete in Seattle when I was a free agent last year, and now this year, my family and I, we were ready. We were ready to make the move and just ready to kind of start a new chapter in my career and in the WMG. And the second question, I'm sorry, I don't remember. I won't. How will your unique skillset mesh with the current group? Oh, yeah. I think meshing with the current group of players and obviously the coaching staff is gonna be really exciting just because we have a ton of talent. You can look at the roster from top to bottom, and it's tough to find any holes in it just from what players can do. We've played with JJ before, overseas, we, I've played USA Basketball with Benazza and Sprena. Steph, I've played within college, so it's like I've played with a lot of these players just in a different setting, and now to come together. It's a really special opportunity because I think things like this don't happen often where you have so much talent and so many amazing players, and the selflessness of all of us is what's gonna help us succeed. Hey there, Meredith Cash with Insider. Welcome to New York. I wanted, you mentioned earlier, this is for both of you, but, Stewie, you mentioned earlier that it feels surreal to actually be here, look around. What are you feeling right now, and what has it been like since you actually arrived in New York for this? Well, I just got here yesterday, so it hasn't been that long, but Stewie and I were coming over in the car just an hour ago, and it's like, can you believe it? Like, we can't believe that it's actually here, we actually were able to make it happen. Things a lot happened. I didn't know what Stewie was gonna do, still waiting on things to happen during free agency, and just excited. And I think it's gonna feel surreal, and it's not gonna feel really real, probably until we practice, and I'm in my pretty clothes, and working out, and getting ready for a game here, but it just makes me excited. It makes me excited on all fronts to be embracing this community on and off the court, in a basketball city, and know that the fans are excited for us to be here, too, because it seems like sales are going pretty well. All right, we're gonna head over to Zoom really quickly. How are it, Meg Dolls? Great, it's time to chat. Stewie, my question is for you, just from a continuity perspective, you touched on it a little bit, but you've done something similar overseas where you're playing with Slim, playing with JJ. There's one, how long does that process typically take, and what are some specific ways that you go about making that work on the court and off the court that have worked overseas for you? Well, I think great players wanna play with other great players, and when you have those great players, they know, and they respect the people to the left and right of them so much that they know that they can make this work, and yes, we've all had success individually. When you look at the whole roster, everyone's had success, but as a collective group, this team has not yet, and that's a goal that I think that we're really interested in, in figuring out how to check that box, and I think it's disrespect. You know what everyone can do, and putting people in the best position possible will be great, so then we can all be great together. Appreciate it, thank you. Hi, Jackie Powell with the next, for both Stewie and Slut. In both of your careers, you've been people who have been on teams that were maybe more up and coming. They were underdogs, they were rebuilding, and then you've also been on teams that have had targets on their backs, and so I guess what I'm wondering is how do you impart that adjustment, that change in mentality toward the younger group around you that maybe hasn't yet experienced that in the WNBA? I think as a group, you have to just focus on yourselves. From day one, everybody's gonna have to sacrifice, everybody up here, every player on the roster, but it's all for the better good, it's all to win, and it happens fast and smooth if you're all in it to win, and if you respect each other, we all want each other to be great, we want each other to be the best that they can be, and that in turn makes us the best team, and it's not always gonna be smooth, and that's the way the season goes, and I think we understand that. There may be a learning curve with each other that we're all coming together, but we have the right pieces, we have the right goals, and so we'll let the rest take care of itself. Yes. Now I'm just blanking a little bit on the question. Can you just give me a recap real quick? Yeah, yeah, I got you. I got you. Yeah, I remember. Well, I think that when you're playing basketball in New York, you're automatically in the spotlight, so yes, maybe it's not particularly a target, but everyone's being watched. People are paying attention to the liberty here, and I think that when you're in these successful positions, when you have a team that's won a championship, when you're fighting for a championship, when you're trying to build for a championship, it's more about what we're doing internally than what's happening externally. And yeah, there's gonna definitely be a target on our backs already. People are already gonna be wanting to see what we can do, what we can't do, trying to exploit things left and right, I'm sure, but as long as we come together as a team, then that's really all that we're concerned about here.