Libertys Jonquel Jones joins Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu as WNBA All-Stars

The Liberty will have three representatives in Phoenix on July 20 for the July 20 All-Star Game.With Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu already earning selections due to their spots on the Team USA roster for the Olympics, Jonquel Jones was selected to Team WNBA, the league announced Tuesday night.This marks the fifth selection of Jones’ career and first since joining the Liberty ahead of the 2023 season.

Stewart and Ionescu will be appearing in their sixth and third All-Star Games, respectively.Jones had averaged 16.2 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Liberty in 2024 entering Tuesday, and her assists and 3-pointers captured the latest evolution of the WNBA’s MVP in 2021.Last season was all about an adjustment — to a new lineup, to a nagging injury from the 2022 Finals that carried over into the following year — and it took time for Jones to find her rhythm on the superteam.This year, she has become a focal point of their offense alongside Stewart and Ionescu.“Last year, it was rough,” Jones told The Post before the Liberty’s game against the Lynx at Barclays Center.

“Especially, you know, you watch your teammates go and you know that you … can play at that level and have been there numerous times in your career.… I feel like I came into the year really strong and I felt way better than I did last year.

I’ve been able to put a decent year together so far.”There have been difficult stretches still — including her two games against the Lynx, when she was held to a combined eight points — but Jones also erupted for a career-high 34 points in the Liberty’s WNBA Finals rematch against the Aces.She has collected six double-doubles.

She led the league in field goal percentage entering the night, too.Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello also vouched for guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton to earn a selection, but she didn’t make Team WNBA. The Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Sky’s Angel Reese earned selections as rookies, while th...