2020 New York Liberty season

The 2020 WNBA season was the 24th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty opened the regular season on July 25, 2020, versus the Seattle Storm.

During the off-season the Liberty announced that they would return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as their permanent home. 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.

This WNBA season had planned to feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. 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. 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.

The Liberty's shortened season started slowly, when they lost their first five games. Their first win came on August 7, but was followed by another seven straight losses. An eight-game losing streak saw the team finish 2–20 for the season. Number one overall draft pick Sabrina Ionescu only played in three games for the Liberty. Their .091 winning percentage was the worst in team history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

Trades/Roster Changes DateDetails February 10, 2020 Signed G Layshia Clarendon February 24, 2020 Re-signed G Marine Johannès 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. 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. April 17, 2020 Traded the draft rights for G Erica Ogwumike to Minnesota in exchange for F Stephanie Talbot. Acquired the draft rights to G/F Jocelyn Willoughby from Phoenix in exchange for G Shatori Walker-Kimbrough. April 21, 2020 Waived G Brittany Boyd April 29, 2020 Waived G Tayler Hill Announced that F Stephanie Talbot would remain overseas for the 2020 season. June 25, 2020 G Rebecca Allen opts out of the 2020 season. June 26, 2020 Signed F Joyner Holmes. July 7, 2020 G Asia Durr opts out of the 2020 season.

Current roster

Game log

Regular season

| 4 | August 2 | Phoenix Mercury | L 67–96 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (9) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy0 | 0–4 |- | 5 | August 5 | Minnesota Lynx | L 66–92 | Zahui B. (13) | Stokes (8) | Clarendon (6) | IMG Academy0 | 0–5 |- | 6 | August 7 | Washington Mystics | W 74–66 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (14) | Clarendon (6) | IMG Academy0 | 1–5 |- | 7 | August 9 | Las Vegas Aces | L 76–78 | Zahui B. (20) | Stokes (12) | Clarendon (8) | IMG Academy0 | 1–6 |- | 8 | August 11 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 78–93 | Jones (24) | Zahui B. (10) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy0 | 1–7 |- | 9 | August 13 | Indiana Fever | L 79–86 | Nurse (21) | Stokes (8) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy0 | 1–8 |- | 10 | August 15 | Minnesota Lynx | L 64–94 | Jones (13) | Zahui B. (8) | Nurse (3) | IMG Academy0 | 1–9 |- | 11 | August 18 | Seattle Storm | L 64–105 | Nurse (21) | Tied (6) | 3 tied (2) | IMG Academy0 | 1–10 |- | 12 | August 20 | Chicago Sky | L 85–101 | Jones (18) | Stokes (9) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy0 | 1–11 |- | 13 | August 22 | Connecticut Sun | L 65–82 | Nurse (17) | Zahui B. (10) | Tied (5) | IMG Academy0 | 1–12 |- | 14 | August 25 | Chicago Sky | W 101–99 | Zahui B. (22) | Zahui B. (12) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy0 | 2–12 |- | 15 | August 29 | Las Vegas Aces | L 63–80 | Key (14) | Zahui B. (21) | Clarendon (4) | IMG Academy0 | 2–13

| 16 | September 1 | Connecticut Sun | L 65–70 | Nurse (18) | Zahui B. (10) | Tied (3) | IMG Academy0 | 2–14 |- | 17 | September 3 | Atlanta Dream | L 56–62 | Tied (12) | Zahui B. (11) | Zahui B. (3) | IMG Academy0 | 2–15 |- | 18 | September 5 | Phoenix Mercury | L 67–83 | Holmes (13) | Holmes (13) | Clarendon (3) | IMG Academy0 | 2–16 |- | 19 | September 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | L 70–96 | Willoughby (21) | Stokes (8) | Clarendon (5) | IMG Academy0 | 2–17 |- | 20 | September 10 | Indiana Fever | L 75–85 | Kea (21) | Jones (10) | Tied (4) | IMG Academy0 | 2–18 |- | 21 | September 12 | Washington Mystics | L 58–75 | Tied (15) | Tied (7) | Jones (6) | IMG Academy0 | 2–19 |- | 22 | September 13 | Dallas Wings | L 79–82 | Jones (21) | Zahui B. (10) | Nurse (7) | IMG Academy0 | 2–20

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Jazmine Jones All-Rookie Team September 27, 2020

Standings

Statistics

Source:

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sabrina Ionescu 3 3 26.7 45.2% 35.0% 100% 4.7 4.0 0.7 0.0 18.3 Kia Nurse 21 18 27.5 27.3% 23.8% 86.4% 2.9 2.3 0.5 0.2 12.2 Layshia Clarendon 19 19 26.1 46.5% 34.1% 87.3% 2.5 3.9 0.9 0 11.5 Jazmine Jones 20 2 21.4 40.4% 33.3% 78.8% 4.1 2.3 1.4 0.5 10.8 Amanda Zahui B. 21 20 25.3 35.3% 34.0% 69.4% 8.5 1.9 0.9 1.2 9.0 Paris Kea 11 5 15.0 38.4% 39.4% 87.5% 2.0 1.5 0.6 0.3 6.9 Jocelyn Willoughby 22 5 17.4 35.8% 40.5% 83.3% 2.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 5.8 Kiah Stokes 22 22 27.3 37.2% 23.5% 57.1% 6.7 1.2 0.5 1.2 5.7 Leaonna Odom 22 16 20.6 49.0% 25.0% 87.0% 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.4 5.5 Kylee Shook 20 0 14.5 40.5% 17.6% 82.4% 2.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 4.1 Megan Walker 18 0 11.4 32.1% 14.0% 60.0% 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.3 Joyner Holmes 19 0 10.0 30.6% 10.7% 75.0% 2.7 0.7 0.1 0.1 2.9

References

External links The Official Site of the New York Liberty

2020 New York Liberty season

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