2019 New York Liberty season

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2019 New York Liberty season
Head Coach Katie Smith
Arena Westchester County Center
Attendance 2,239 per game
Results
Record 10–24
(.294)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Tina Charles – 16.9 ppg
Rebounds Tina Charles – 7.5 rpg
Assists Brittany Boyd – 4.6 apg
Media
Television YES
New York Liberty seasons
< 2018 2020 >

The 2019 WNBA season was the 23rd season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The Liberty opened the regular season at home on May 24 versus the Indiana Fever.[1]

The Liberty started slowly, losing their first four games of the season. Winning five of their next eight games took them to a 5–7 record at the end of June. The team had plenty of reasons to be positive, as three of those five wins came against eventual playoff teams. The Liberty won their first two games in July to put together a four game win streak and reach a .500 record. However, they could not keep their momentum, losing three of their last four games in July. August proved a difficult month as the team only won one game. A seven game losing streak and a six game losing streak saw the team go into the final game with the Atlanta Dream with a 9–24 record. The Dream entered with 8–25 record, meaning if the Dream won, the teams would tie for the worst record in the WNBA. The Liberty won by seven points to end their season on a high note. Their ten wins is the second lowest in franchise history, with the only worse season being 2018 where they had only seven wins.

After the season, it was announced that head coach Katie Smith's contract would not be renewed.[2]

Transactions

WNBA draft

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See also: 2018 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Asia Durr  United States Louisville
2 14 Han Xu  China Xinjiang Magic Deer (China)
3 26 Megan Huff  United States Utah

Trades/Roster Changes

Date Details
February 11, 2019 Re-signed G Rebecca Allen[3][4]
Re-signed C Amanda Zahui B[3][4]
Signed F Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe[3][4]
Signed G Kelly Faris to a Training Camp Contract.[3][4]
March 21, 2019 Signed G Marine Johannès[5]
March 28, 2019 Signed G Brittany Boyd[6]
April 11, 2019 Traded a second round pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to Minnesota for G Tanisha Wright.[7]

Roster

2019 New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 9 Australia Allen, Rebecca 6' 2" (1.88m) 162 lb (73kg) 11-06-1992 Australia 4
G 15 United States Boyd, Brittany 5' 9" (1.75m) 156 lb (71kg) 06-11-1993 California 4
C 31 United States Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 192 lb (87kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 9
G 25 United States Durr, Asia 5' 10" (1.78m) 151 lb (68kg) 04-05-1997 Louisville R
F 12 United States Gray, Reshanda 6' 2" (1.88m) 192 lb (87kg) 06-01-1992 California 2
G 14 France Hartley, Bria 5' 8" (1.73m) 148 lb (67kg) 09-30-1992 Connecticut 5
G 23 France Johannès, Marine 5' 10" (1.78m) 134 lb (61kg) 01-25-1995 France R
G 5 Canada Nurse, Kia 6' 0" (1.83m) 168 lb (76kg) 02-22-1996 Connecticut 1
F/C 4 Canada Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-29-1991 Canada 1
G 30 United States Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 166 lb (75kg) 11-29-1983 Penn State 13
C 21 China Xu, Han 6' 9" (2.06m) 193 lb (88kg) 10-31-1999 China R
C 17 Sweden Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-08-1993 Minnesota 4
Head coach
United States Katie Smith (Ohio State)
Assistant coaches
United States Herb Williams (Ohio State)
Athletic trainer
United States Theresa Acosta


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Game log

Pre-season

2019 pre-season game log
2019 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2019 game log
2019 season schedule

Standings

File:New York Liberty vs. Dallas Wings August 2019 23 (in-game action).jpg
The Liberty in action at Dallas

Template:2019 WNBA Eastern Conference standings

Statistics

Legend
  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

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tina Charles 33 33 31.2 38.9 18.6 81.2 7.5 2.4 0.7 0.9 16.9
Kia Nurse 34 34 29.4 39.3 35.3 87.2 2.5 2.3 0.7 0.1 13.7
Bria Hartley 24 18 22.7 37.6 32.9 80.3 3.2 3.2 0.8 0 9.8
Asia Durr 18 15 26.7 46.7 29.4 81.8 1.6 1.7 0.6 0.4 9.7
Amanda Zahui B. 24 23 23.3 46.8 31.9 85.2 6.3 0.9 1.1 1.4 8.6
Rebecca Allen 24 2 17.2 41.7 42.6 81.3 2.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 7.2
Marine Johannès 19 0 18.2 43.6 37.9 78.9 1.8 2.4 0.4 0.2 7.2
Brittany Boyd 33 17 19.7 39.4 30.4 76.5 3.7 4.6 1.4 0.1 5.3
Reshanda Gray 34 10 15.3 47.3 50.0 56.5 5.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 5.2
Tanisha Wright 31 17 19.8 41.5 36.8 80.6 2.8 4.1 1.0 0.3 4.7
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe 28 1 13.1 54.4 33.3 64.0 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 3.7
Han Xu 18 0 7.9 41.4 50.0 50.0 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 3.0

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Tina Charles WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 8, 2019 [8]
Kia Nurse WNBA All-Star Selection July 15, 2019 [9]
Tina Charles

References

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