The 2024 New York Liberty season is the 28th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their third season under head coach, Sandy Brondello.
2024 New York Liberty season | |
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Coach | Sandy Brondello |
Arena | Barclays Center |
Attendance | per game |
Results | |
Record | 25–5 (.833) |
Place | 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Qualified |
Media | |
Television | WWOR-TV WNYW |
The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, against the Washington Mystics in Washington where the Liberty took the win 85–80.[1]
Transactions
editWNBA draft
editRound | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 11 | Marquesha Davis | United States | Ole Miss |
2 | 17 | Esmery Martinez | Dominican Republic | Arizona |
2 | 23 | Jessika Carter | United States | Mississippi State |
3 | 35 | Kaitlyn Davis | United States | USC |
Transactions
editDate | Transaction | |
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January 11, 2024 | Cored Breanna Stewart[2] | |
Extended a Qualifying Offer too Marine Johannès[2] | ||
February 1, 2024 | Signed Leonie Fiebich to a Rookie Contract[3][4] | |
Signed Okako Adika to a Rookie Contract[3][4] | ||
Signed Stephanie Mawuli to a Training Camp Contract[3] | ||
Signed Ivana Dojkić to a Training Camp Contract[3] | ||
February 5, 2024 | Signed Brianna Fraser to a Training Camp Contract[5] | |
February 15, 2024 | Signed Morgan Green to a Training Camp Contract[6] | |
February 16, 2024 | Re-signed Jonquel Jones[7] | |
February 20, 2024 | Signed Kennedy Burke[8] | |
February 26, 2024 | Re-signed Breanna Stewart[9] | |
March 14, 2024 | Acquired Rebekah Gardner in exchange for their 2025 and 2026 second round picks[10] | |
March 18, 2024 | Signed Ana Tadić to a Rookie Contract[4] | |
April 16, 2024 | Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a Rookie Contract[4] | |
April 17, 2024 | Waived Morgan Green[4] | |
Signed Rita Igbokwe to a Training Camp Contract[4] | ||
Signed Marquesha Davis, Esmery Martinez, and Jessika Carter to Rookie Contracts[2] | ||
April 23, 2024 | Epiphanny Prince announced her retirement from the WNBA[2] | |
April 25, 2024 | Waived Ana Tadić[4] | |
May 11, 2024 | Waived Stephanie Mawuli, Rita Igbokwe, Brianna Fraser, Jessika Carter, and Okako Adika[11] | |
May 13, 2024 | Waived Esmery Martinez and Jaylyn Sherrod[12] | |
July 6, 2024 | Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a 7-day contract[13] | |
July 13, 2024 | Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a second 7-day contract | |
August 17, 2024 | Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a third 7-day contract | |
August 26, 2024 | Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a rest of season contract[14] |
Roster changes
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Additionsedit
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Subtractionsedit
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Roster
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Depth
editSchedule
editPre-season
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May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
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2024 pre-season schedule |
Regular season
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May: 6–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1)
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June
: 10–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–1)
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July
: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
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August: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
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September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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2024 season schedule |
Standings
edit# | Team | P | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
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1 | x – New York Liberty | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | — | 15–3 | 14–2 | 11–3 | 5–0 |
2 | x – Connecticut Sun | 29 | 22 | 7 | .759 | 2.5 | 12–5 | 12–3 | 10–4 | 4–1 |
3 | cx – Minnesota Lynx | 30 | 22 | 8 | .733 | 3 | 13–4 | 14–3 | 8–5 | 4–1 |
4 | Seattle Storm | 28 | 18 | 10 | .643 | 6 | 8–6 | 11–3 | 7–7 | 4–1 |
5 | Las Vegas Aces | 29 | 18 | 11 | .621 | 6.5 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–4 | 2–3 |
6 | Phoenix Mercury | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | 9–6 | 9–4 | 7–10 | 3–2 |
7 | Indiana Fever | 29 | 13 | 16 | .448 | 11.5 | 7–8 | 8–5 | 5–11 | 3–2 |
8 | Chicago Sky | 29 | 11 | 18 | .379 | 13.5 | 5–10 | 4–10 | 7–8 | 1–4 |
9 | Atlanta Dream | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 | 14 | 4–10 | 6–9 | 4–9 | 1–4 |
10 | Washington Mystics | 29 | 7 | 22 | .241 | 17.5 | 3–10 | 4–11 | 3–11 | 1–4 |
11 | Dallas Wings | 29 | 7 | 22 | .241 | 17.5 | 4–12 | 5–8 | 2–14 | 0–5 |
12 | Los Angeles Sparks | 30 | 6 | 24 | .200 | 19 | 4–12 | 4–10 | 2–14 | 2–3 |
Notes
- (#) – League Standing
- c – Commissioner's Cup winners
- x – Clinched playoff berth
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
- Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Statistics
editLegend | |||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | TO | Turnovers per game |
PF | Fouls per game | Team leader | League leader |
Regular Season
editPlayer | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
editRecipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Sabrina Ionescu | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 4, 2024 | [15] |
June 25, 2024 | [16] | ||
July 18, 2024 | [17] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – June | July 2, 2024 | [18] | |
WNBA All-Star | [19] | ||
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – July | July 19, 2024 | [20] | |
Breanna Stewart | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 11, 2024 | [21] |
WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | [19] | |
Jonquel Jones | WNBA All-Star | July 2, 2024 | [19] |
Sandy Brondello | WNBA Coach of the Month – July | July 19, 2024 | [20] |
References
edit- ^ "2024 Schedule - New York Liberty". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Liberty Sign Okako Adika, Ivana Dojkić, Leonie Fiebich & Stephanie Mawuli To Training Camp Contracts". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "WNBA Player Movement & Transactions | Liberty". WNBA. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Liberty Sign Brianna Fraser To Training Camp Contract". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Liberty Sign Morgan Green To Training Camp Contract". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 15, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Maloney, Jack (January 31, 2024). "2024 WNBA free agency: Former MVP Jonquel Jones agrees to two-year deal with New York Liberty, per report". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "New York Liberty Sign Kennedy Burke". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "New York Liberty Re-Sign MVP Breanna Stewart". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Costabile, Annie (March 14, 2024). "Sky acquire two future second-round draft picks from Liberty for rights to Rebekah Gardner". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ @nyliberty (May 11, 2024). "The New York Liberty has waived: (G/F) Okako Adika (C) Jessika Carter (F) Brianna Fraser (C) Rita Igbokwe (G) Stephanie Mawuli" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ New York Liberty [@@nyliberty] (May 13, 2024). "The New York Liberty has waived: (F) Esmery Martinez (G) Jaylyn Sherrod" – via Instagram.
- ^ @nyliberty (July 6, 2024). "The NY Liberty have signed @JaylynSherrod to a 7-day contract.✍️🗽" (Tweet). Retrieved July 7, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ @nyliberty (August 24, 2024). "The NY Liberty has signed @JaylynSherrod to a rest of season contract!🗽" (Tweet). Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Sabrina Ionescu Earns Eastern Conference Player of the Week Honor". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ "Sabrina Ionescu Earns Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Second Time in 2024". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ @WNBA (July 18, 2024). "🏀 Week 8 Players of the Week 🏀" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Schutte, Dustin (July 2, 2024). "WNBA Announces Eastern, Western Conference Players of the Month for June". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ a b c "Rosters Set for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 on July 20". WNBA (Press release). July 2, 2024.
- ^ a b "Sabrina Ionescu and Sandy Brondello Earn Monthly Honors for July". WNBA. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Breanna Stewart named Eastern Conference Player of the Week". yesnetwork.com. YES Network. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.