Overview
- The New York Liberty announced on Thursday that they waived veteran guard-forward Betnijah Laney-Hamilton and immediately signed French rookie Marine Fauthoux to a multiyear standard contract to fill the open roster spot.
- Laney-Hamilton is owed the guaranteed $400,000 on her one-year protected veteran deal unless another team claims her off waivers and assumes the contract.
- This season Laney-Hamilton played in 17 games with five starts, returned from knee surgery that cost her all of 2025, and last appeared on July 12 when she was ejected for throwing a shoe.
- Fauthoux had been on a WNBA developmental contract and was limited to 12 regular-season games; she had played in 11 games for New York before the club converted her to a full roster contract.
- The roster change gives Laney-Hamilton the chance to sign elsewhere before the playoffs if she clears waivers and signals the Liberty under GM Jonathan Kolb and coach Chris DeMarco are prioritizing younger, available rotation pieces.