Breanna Stewart now has signature title that stands above the rest

Breanna Stewart has won at every level, all around the world. In college, at UConn, where she won four national championships and was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament on all four occasions. On the global stage, where she won her third Olympic gold medal this summer in Paris and has won three FIBA World Cups with Team USA. In overseas pro competition, where her teams twice won the prestigious EuroLeague championship. And in the world’s best league, the WNBA, where she is now a three-time champion after she led the Liberty — a marquee original franchise in her home state — to its first title, a signature triumph that can stand above all the rest. “I’ve been manifesting this moment for a while, and there’s no feeling like it,” Stewart said in the aftermath of the exhilarating Game 5 victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Brooklyn. It’s the feeling the North Syracuse native was chasing when she left the Seattle Storm after seven years and two rings to accept the challenge of bringing a crown to New York. “Winning in Seattle was amazing, and nothing takes away from that.But to be able to bring the first ever [championship] to the Liberty and the first [in New York City] in 51 years …,” Stewart said. “My first WNBA game I ever went to was at MSG, was the Liberty, and to have that be full circle was amazing.” Stewart, still just 30, has a credible case as the all-time greatest winner in women’s basketball. “Sometimes when I think about my résumé, I think, ‘Oh, pretty good, you know? Done a lot.

But still wanting to do more,’ ” Stewart told The Post last year.“If I think about legacy, I want to be thought of as a winner.

But also a good person.” Stewart burnished her résumé with an MVP award in 2023 (her second), and when her regular-season performance slipped slightly in 2024 (20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, All-Defensive First Team, third in MVP voting), it was only by her lofty standards. Then came the ...