WNBA season
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 .
The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, against the Washington Mystics in Washington where the Liberty took the win 85–80.[ 1]
Date Transaction 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
Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 2 Burke, Kennedy 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1997-02-14 UCLA 4 G 1 Davis, Marquesha 6' 0" (1.83m) 2001-05-29 Mississippi R G 18 Dojkić, Ivana 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) 1997-12-24 Croatia 1 F 13 Fiebich, Leonie 6' 4" (1.93m) 2000-01-10 Germany R G 20 Ionescu, Sabrina 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1997-12-06 Oregon 4 C 35 Jones, Jonquel 6' 6" (1.98m) 215 lb (98kg) 1994-01-05 George Washington 7 G/F 44 Laney-Hamilton, Betnijah 6' 0" (1.83m) 166 lb (75kg) 1993-10-29 Rutgers 8 C 8 Sabally, Nyara 6' 5" (1.96m) 204 lb (93kg) 2000-02-26 Oregon 1 G 0 Sherrod, Jaylyn 5' 7" (1.7m) 2001-10-21 Colorado R F 30 Stewart, Breanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 1994-08-27 Connecticut 7 F 5 Thornton, Kayla 6' 1" (1.85m) 188 lb (85kg) 1992-10-20 UTEP 8 G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 137 lb (62kg) 1989-02-08 Gonzaga 13
Head coach Sandy Brondello Assistant coaches Olaf Lange Roneeka Hodges (Florida State ) Zach O'Brien (Saint Joseph's College of Maine) Athletic trainer Terri Acosta Strength and conditioning coach Emily Zaler Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured WNBA roster page
2024 game log Total: 25–5 (Home: 14–2; Road: 11–3) May: 6–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 @ Washington W 85-80 Jonquel Jones (25) Jones, Stewart (8) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Entertainment and Sports Arena 4,200 1–0 2 May 16 @ Indiana W 102–66 Breanna Stewart (31) Jones, Stewart (10) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274 2–0 3 May 18 Indiana W 91–80 Breanna Stewart (24) Jonquel Jones (12) Ionescu, Jones, Vandersloot (5) Barclays Center 17,735 3–0 4 May 20 Seattle W 74–63 Sabrina Ionescu (20) Breanna Stewart (11) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Barclays Center 9,381 4–0 5 May 23 Chicago L 81–90 Sabrina Ionescu (19) Breanna Stewart (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Barclays Center 12,049 4–1 6 May 25 @ Minnesota L 67–84 Breanna Stewart (20) Breanna Stewart (11) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Target Center 7,010 4–2 7 May 29 Phoenix W 81–78 Sabrina Ionescu (22) Breanna Stewart (8) Sabrina Ionescu (9) Barclays Center 9,182 5–2 8 May 31 Washington W 90–79 Kayla Thornton (20) Breanna Stewart (15) Breanna Stewart (5) Barclays Center 9,878 6–2
June : 10–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 June 2 Indiana W 104–68 Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (20) Jonquel Jones (13) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Barclays Center 17,401 7–2 (1–0 Commissioner's Cup) 10 June 4 @ Chicago W 88–75 Breanna Stewart (33) Breanna Stewart (14) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Wintrust Arena 8,277 8–2 (2–0 Commissioner's Cup) 11 June 6 @ Atlanta W 78–61 Breanna Stewart (25) Breanna Stewart (10) Fiebich , Ionescu , Stewart (5) Gateway Center Arena 3,255 9–2 (3–0 Commissioner's Cup) 12 June 8 @ Connecticut W 82–75 Sabrina Ionescu (24) Jonquel Jones (8) Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910 10–2 (4–0 Commissioner's Cup) 13 June 9 Washington W 93–88 Jonquel Jones (29) Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (10) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Barclays Center 12,477 11–2 (5–0 Commissioner's Cup) 14 June 15 @ Las Vegas W 90–82 Jonquel Jones (34) Breanna Stewart (12) Sabrina Ionescu (12) Michelob Ultra Arena 10,424 12–2 15 June 18 @ Phoenix L 93–99 Breanna Stewart (28) Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (9) Sabrina Ionescu (8) Footprint Center 9,824 12–3 16 June 20 Los Angeles W 93–80 Sabrina Ionescu (31) Leonie Fiebich (9) Sabrina Ionescu (9) Barclays Center 10,955 13–3 17 June 22 W 98–88 Breanna Stewart (33) Jonquel Jones (13) Barclays Center 13,639 14–3 18 June 23 @ Atlanta W 96–75 Sabrina Ionescu (26) Jonquel Jones (11) Sabrina Ionescu (11) Gateway Center Arena 3,260 15–3 Commissioner's Cup Final June 25 Minnesota L 89–94 Breanna Stewart (24) Jonquel Jones (12) Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (6) UBS Arena 7,015 — 19 June 30 Atlanta W 81–75 Breanna Stewart (22) Breanna Stewart (12) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Barclays Center 10,823 16–3
July : 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
August: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2024 season schedule
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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
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