“It's too early to say right now, we're going to try and do it as quickly as possible,” Kolb said.
Kolb said that a contract hasn't been signed yet, but Meeseeman committed to joining the franchise. New York has a busy second half of the season with 23 games left over the next few months.
The two-time All-Star, who helped the Washington Mystics win the 2019 title, has been focused on leading the Belgium national team since her last season in the WNBA, which she spent with the Chicago Sky. Meesseman played with Natasha Cloud, whom New York acquired in the offseason, in Washington when the Mystics won their championship six years ago.
Meesseman helped Belgium win the EuroBasket title last month to qualify for next year's World Cup.
She joins a stacked New York team with Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu that won its first championship last year. The 6-foot-4 forward also considered Minnesota and Phoenix. The Liberty currently sit second in the standings, 3 1/2 games behind the Lynx.
Meesseman has dominated overseas in her time away from the WNBA. She was named the EuroBasket MVP twice in the past three years. And she helped Belgium reach the medal round at the Paris Olympics before it lost to France in overtime in the semifinals and then Australia in the bronze-medal game.
Meesseman has played with many of the New York players before either overseas or on other WNBA teams which will help in her acclimation to the team.
New York signed Australian forward Stephanie Talbot earlier Monday. She was waived by Golden State last week.
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