In an interview with Doug Feinberg of the AP, Joe Tsai explained why he elevated Keia Clarker, the Liberty’s long-time Chief Operating Officer —a title normally assigned to a company’s second in command, to Chief Executive Officer — more in keeping with Clarke’s duties. It was about equality.
“For us, part of our mission to promote the WNBA and also the New York Liberty is to put women’s professional basketball on the same footing as the men’s basketball team,” Tsai said in a Zoom interview Monday. “We own the Nets and also have the Liberty and it doesn’t make sense for us to treat them as one subsidiary of the other.