2020 New York Liberty season

The 2020 WNBA season will be the 24th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty will open the regular season on July 25, 2020 versus the Seattle Storm.[1]

2020 New York Liberty season
Coach	Walt Hopkins
Arena	Originially: Barclays Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	1–9 (.100)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Media
Television	YES
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During the off-season the Liberty announced that they would return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as their permanent home.[2] In the 2018 and 2019 seasons, the Liberty's primary home venue was the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. Additionally, the Liberty announced that Walt Hopkins would replace Katie Smith as head coach.[3][4]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[5] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[7][8]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Sabrina Ionescu	United States	Oregon
1	9	Megan Walker	United States	UConn
1	12	Jazmine Jones	United States	Louisville
2	13	Kylee Shook	United States	Louisville
2	15	Leaonna Odom	United States	Duke
3	26	Erica Ogwumike	United States	Rice

Trades/Roster Changes

Date	Details
February 10, 2020	Signed G Layshia Clarendon[9]
February 24, 2020	Re-signed G Marine Johannès[10]
April 11, 2020	Engaged in a three team trade where the acquired the 13th pick in the 2020 draft and sent Sugar Rodgers to Las Vegas.[11]
April 15, 2020	Engaged in 3 team trade where they acquired G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, the twelfth pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and the first, second, and third round picks in the 2021 WNBA draft from the Washington Mystics in exchange for Tina Charles. They also acquired Tayler Hill and the ninth and fifteenth pick in the 2020 draft in exchange for the Mystics' 2021 first round pick and New York's 2021 second round pick.[12]
April 17, 2020	Traded the draft rights for G Erica Ogwumike to Minnesota in exchange for F Stephanie Talbot.[13]
	Acquired the draft rights to G/F Jocelyn Willoughby from Phoenix in exchange for G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.[14]
April 21, 2020	Waived G Brittany Boyd[15]
April 29, 2020	Waived G Tayler Hill[16]
	Announced that F Stephanie Talbot would remain overseas for the 2020 season.[16]
June 25, 2020	G Rebecca Allen opts out of the 2020 season.[17]
June 26, 2020	Signed F Joyner Holmes.[18]
July 7, 2020	G Asia Durr opts out of the 2020 season.[19]

Current roster

New York Liberty roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 7 Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 158 lb (72kg) 05-02-1991 California 7 G 25 Durr, Asia 5' 10" (1.78m) 151 lb (68kg) 04-05-1997 Louisville 1 F 10 Holmes, Joyner 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 02-22-1998 Texas R G 20 Ionescu, Sabrina  5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 12-06-1997 Oregon R G 4 Jones, Jazmine 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 10-15-1996 Louisville R G 5 Nurse, Kia 6' 0" (1.83m) 168 lb (76kg) 02-22-1996 Connecticut 2 F 0 Odom, Leaonna 6' 2" (1.88m) 168 lb (76kg) 03-26-1998 Duke R F 24 Shook, Kylee 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) 03-18-1998 Louisville R C 41 Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 03-30-1993 Connecticut 4 F 3 Walker, Megan 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 11-23-1998 Connecticut R G/F 13 Willoughby, Jocelyn 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 03-25-1998 Virginia R C 17 Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-08-1993 Minnesota 5	Head coach Walt Hopkins Assistant coaches Shelley Patterson Kelly Raimon Dustin Gray Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 1–9
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 Seattle Storm L 71–87 Clarendon (20) Stokes (9) Ionescu (4) IMG Academy 0 0–1 2 July 29 Dallas Wings L 80–93 Ionescu (33) Zahui B. (11) Ionescu (7) IMG Academy 0 0–2 3 July 31 Atlanta Dream L 78–84 Jones (20) Stokes (7) Clarendon (5) IMG Academy 0 0–3
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 2 Phoenix Mercury L 67–96 Nurse (17) Zahui B. (9) Tied (4) IMG Academy 0 0–4 5 August 5 Minnesota Lynx L 66–92 Zahui B. (13) Stokes (8) Clarendon (6) IMG Academy 0 0–5 6 August 7 Washington Mystics W 74–66 Nurse (17) Zahui B. (14) Clarendon (6) IMG Academy 0 1–5 7 August 9 Las Vegas Aces L 76–78 Zahui B. (20) Stokes (12) Clarendon (8) IMG Academy 0 1–6 8 August 11 Los Angeles Sparks L 78–93 Jones (24) Zahui B. (10) Clarendon (5) IMG Academy 0 1–7 9 August 13 Indiana Fever L 79–86 Nurse (21) Stokes (8) Tied (3) IMG Academy 0 1–8 10 August 15 Minnesota Lynx L 64–94 Jones (13) Zahui B. (8) Nurse (3) IMG Academy 0 1–9 11 August 18 Seattle Storm IMG Academy 0 0–0 12 August 20 Chicago Sky IMG Academy 0 0–0 13 August 22 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 14 August 25 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 15 August 27 Dallas Wings IMG Academy 0 0–0 16 August 29 Las Vegas Aces IMG Academy 0 0–0
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 1 Connecticut Sun IMG Academy 0 0–0 18 September 3 Atlanta Dream IMG Academy 0 0–0 19 September 5 Phoenix Mercury IMG Academy 0 0–0 20 September 8 Los Angeles Sparks IMG Academy 0 0–0 21 September 10 Indiana Fever IMG Academy 0 0–0 22 September 12 Washington Mystics IMG Academy 0 0–0
2020 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	Seattle Storm	10	1	.909	–	4–0
2	Las Vegas Aces	8	2	.800	1.5	3–1
3	Los Angeles Sparks	7	3	.700	2.5	2–2
3	Minnesota Lynx	7	3	.700	2.5	0–3
5	Chicago Sky	7	4	.636	3	3–1
6	Phoenix Mercury	6	5	.545	4	2–3
7	Indiana Fever	4	6	.400	5.5	3–1
8	Connecticut Sun	4	7	.364	6	2–2
8	Dallas Wings	4	7	.364	6	1–3
10	Washington Mystics	3	7	.300	6.5	2–3
11	Atlanta Dream	2	9	.182	8	1–3
12	New York Liberty	1	9	.100	8.5	1–2

Notes

(#) - League Standing

y- Clinched conference

x- Clinched playoff berth

e - Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from August 16, 2020

Source

References

1. "2020 New York Liberty Schedule". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
2. Nemchock, Eric (2019-10-18). "New York Liberty set to make Barclays Center permanent home". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
3. "New York Liberty Announce Head Coach Katie Smith's Contract Not Renewed". wnba.com. WNBA. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
4. Ayala, Erica (2010-01-10). "What to make of the Liberty's hire of first-time head coach Walt Hopkins". The Athletic. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
5. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
6. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
7. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
8. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
9. "Liberty Sign Guard Layshia Clarendon to Open Free Agency". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
10. "New York Liberty Re-Signs Marine Johannés". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
11. "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
12. "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
13. "Get To Know Erica Ogwumike". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
14. Metcalfe, Jeff (April 17, 2020). "Phoenix Mercury trade WNBA first-round draft pick for veteran Walker-Kimbrough". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
15. "New York Liberty Waive Guard Brittany Boyd". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
16. "Liberty Waive Tayler Hill, Talbot to Remain Overseas in 2020". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. April 28, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
17. "Rebecca Allen Opts Out of 2020 Season". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
18. "New York Liberty Sign Joyner Holmes". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
19. "New York Liberty Guard Asia Durr To Miss 2020 WNBA Season". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.

External links

• The Official Site of the New York Liberty