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.[1]
Quick Facts New York Liberty season, Coach ...
| 2020 New York Liberty season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Walt Hopkins |
| Arena | Originally: Barclays Center Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida |
| Attendance | 0 per game |
| Results | |
| Record | 2–20 (.091) |
| Place | 6th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Team Leaders | |
| Points | Kia Nurse – 12.2 ppg |
| Rebounds | Amanda Zahui B. – 8.5 rpg |
| Assists | Layshia Clarendon – 3.9 apg |
| 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]
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.
WNBA draft
See also: 2020 WNBA draft
More information Round, Pick ...
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 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 |
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Trades/Roster Changes
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| Date | Details | |
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| 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] | |
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Regular season
More information 2020 game log Total: 2–20, Game ...
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More information Recipient, Award ...
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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| Jazmine Jones | All-Rookie Team | September 27, 2020 | [20] |
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More information #, Team ...
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. |
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| 1 | x – Las Vegas Aces | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
| 2 | x – Seattle Storm | 18 | 4 | .818 | – | 8–2 |
| 3 | x – Los Angeles Sparks | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3 | 5–5 |
| 4 | x – Minnesota Lynx | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4 | 4–6 |
| 5 | x – Phoenix Mercury | 13 | 9 | .591 | 5 | 4–6 |
| 6 | x – Chicago Sky | 12 | 10 | .545 | 6 | 6–4 |
| 7 | x – Connecticut Sun | 10 | 12 | .455 | 8 | 7–3 |
| 8 | x – Washington Mystics | 9 | 13 | .409 | 9 | 6–4 |
| 9 | e – Dallas Wings | 8 | 14 | .364 | 10 | 1–9 |
| 10 | e – Atlanta Dream | 7 | 15 | .318 | 11 | 5–5 |
| 11 | e – Indiana Fever | 6 | 16 | .273 | 12 | 4–6 |
| 12 | e – New York Liberty | 2 | 20 | .091 | 16 | 2–8 |
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Notes
- 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 September 13, 2020
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More information Legend ...
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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 | ||||
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Source:[21]
Regular season
More information Player, GP ...
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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 |
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- "2020 New York Liberty Schedule". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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- "New York Liberty Announce Head Coach Katie Smith's Contract Not Renewed". wnba.com. WNBA. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- Ayala, Erica (January 10, 2010). "What to make of the Liberty's hire of first-time head coach Walt Hopkins". The Athletic. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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- "Atlanta Dream Acquire Nia Coffey in Trade". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "Washington Mystics Acquire 7x All-Star Tina Charles in Three-Team Deal". wnba.com. WNBA. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- "Get To Know Erica Ogwumike". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- Metcalfe, Jeff (April 17, 2020). "Phoenix Mercury trade WNBA first-round draft pick for veteran Walker-Kimbrough". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "New York Liberty Waive Guard Brittany Boyd". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- "Liberty Waive Tayler Hill, Talbot to Remain Overseas in 2020". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. April 28, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- "Rebecca Allen Opts Out of 2020 Season". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- "New York Liberty Sign Joyner Holmes". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- "New York Liberty Guard Asia Durr To Miss 2020 WNBA Season". liberty.wnba.com. WNBA. July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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