2011 New York Liberty season
Encyclopedia
The 2010 WNBA season is the 15th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 from 2011 through 2013 during renovations at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

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WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.

Transaction log

  • March 14: The Liberty re-signed Sidney Spencer.
  • April 6: The Liberty signed Ewelina Kobryn to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Jessica Breland.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded Kalana Greene to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Sydney Colson.
  • May 16: The Liberty signed Whitney Boddie and Crystal Kelly to training camp contracts.
  • May 27: The Liberty acquired Quanitra Hollingsworth from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Liberty waived Mekia Valentine, Whitney Boddie, Crystal Kelly, and Ewelina Kobryn.
  • July 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Breland and signed Felicia Chester.
  • July 21: The Liberty waived Felicia Chester.
  • July 28: The Liberty signed Ta'Shia Phillips.
  • August 4: The Liberty traded Sidney Spencer to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kara Braxton.

Trades


Additions

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| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Conn.
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Minn.
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...

|| May 27, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

|| July 28, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Subtractions

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| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || February 18, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kalana Greene
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene , is a basketball guard, currently for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.-Early life:Greene grew up in St...

|| April 11, 2011 || Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Nikki Blue
Nikki Blue
Anitra Necole Blue better known as Nikki Blue is a professional basketball player with the New York Liberty of the WNBA and an assistant coach at UNLV.-High school:...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville is an American professional basketball player. She currently is suspended from the WNBA's New York Liberty for failure to report to Training Camp on time.-High school years:...

|| June 1, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 4, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Depth

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!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn is a professional women's basketball player for the WNBA's New York Liberty. She attended high school at St. Michael's All Girls High School in New York, and later went on to star at Rutgers University....


| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson is a professional WNBA player for the New York Liberty. In the 2007 season, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.-College:...


| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Nicole Powell
Nicole Powell
Nicole Kristen Powell is a basketball player who was a standout at Stanford University and now plays for the New York Liberty in the WNBA...


| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the New York Liberty in the WNBA. She was born in Oceanside, California and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Pondexter is known for her scrappy play, quick crossovers and deadly midrange jumpshot...


| Essence Carson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...


| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....


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Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2010 WNBA season is the 15th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 from 2011 through 2013 during renovations at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 10
| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Georgia Tech
|-
| 2
| 22
| Angel Robinson
|
| Marquette
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...


|-
| 3
| 34
| Mekia Valentine
|
| UC Santa Barbara
|-
|}

Transaction log

  • March 14: The Liberty re-signed Sidney Spencer.
  • April 6: The Liberty signed Ewelina Kobryn to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Jessica Breland.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded Kalana Greene to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Sydney Colson.
  • May 16: The Liberty signed Whitney Boddie and Crystal Kelly to training camp contracts.
  • May 27: The Liberty acquired Quanitra Hollingsworth from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Liberty waived Mekia Valentine, Whitney Boddie, Crystal Kelly, and Ewelina Kobryn.
  • July 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Breland and signed Felicia Chester.
  • July 21: The Liberty waived Felicia Chester.
  • July 28: The Liberty signed Ta'Shia Phillips.
  • August 4: The Liberty traded Sidney Spencer to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kara Braxton.

Trades

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! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


| Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...


|-
| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....


| Kalana Greene
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene , is a basketball guard, currently for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.-Early life:Greene grew up in St...


|-
| rowspan=2|May 27, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...


| right to swap third-round picks in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|August 4, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|-
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


|}

Additions

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{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Conn.
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Minn.
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...

|| May 27, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

|| July 28, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || February 18, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kalana Greene
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene , is a basketball guard, currently for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.-Early life:Greene grew up in St...

|| April 11, 2011 || Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Nikki Blue
Nikki Blue
Anitra Necole Blue better known as Nikki Blue is a professional basketball player with the New York Liberty of the WNBA and an assistant coach at UNLV.-High school:...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville is an American professional basketball player. She currently is suspended from the WNBA's New York Liberty for failure to report to Training Camp on time.-High school years:...

|| June 1, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 4, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn is a professional women's basketball player for the WNBA's New York Liberty. She attended high school at St. Michael's All Girls High School in New York, and later went on to star at Rutgers University....


| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson is a professional WNBA player for the New York Liberty. In the 2007 season, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.-College:...


| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Nicole Powell
Nicole Powell
Nicole Kristen Powell is a basketball player who was a standout at Stanford University and now plays for the New York Liberty in the WNBA...


| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the New York Liberty in the WNBA. She was born in Oceanside, California and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Pondexter is known for her scrappy play, quick crossovers and deadly midrange jumpshot...


| Essence Carson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...


| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....


|}

Preseason

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The 2010 WNBA season is the 15th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 from 2011 through 2013 during renovations at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 10
| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Georgia Tech
|-
| 2
| 22
| Angel Robinson
|
| Marquette
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...


|-
| 3
| 34
| Mekia Valentine
|
| UC Santa Barbara
|-
|}

Transaction log

  • March 14: The Liberty re-signed Sidney Spencer.
  • April 6: The Liberty signed Ewelina Kobryn to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Jessica Breland.
  • April 11: The Liberty traded Kalana Greene to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Sydney Colson.
  • May 16: The Liberty signed Whitney Boddie and Crystal Kelly to training camp contracts.
  • May 27: The Liberty acquired Quanitra Hollingsworth from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Liberty waived Mekia Valentine, Whitney Boddie, Crystal Kelly, and Ewelina Kobryn.
  • July 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Breland and signed Felicia Chester.
  • July 21: The Liberty waived Felicia Chester.
  • July 28: The Liberty signed Ta'Shia Phillips.
  • August 4: The Liberty traded Sidney Spencer to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kara Braxton.

Trades

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! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


| Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...


|-
| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....


| Kalana Greene
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene , is a basketball guard, currently for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.-Early life:Greene grew up in St...


|-
| rowspan=2|May 27, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|-
| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...


| right to swap third-round picks in 2012 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|August 4, 2011
| width=325|To New York Liberty
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...


| width=325|To Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|-
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...


|}

Additions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Conn.
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

 (from Minn.
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

)
|- style="height:40px"
| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...

|| May 27, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

|| July 28, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || February 18, 2011 || Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Kalana Greene
Kalana Greene
Kalana Lanette Greene , is a basketball guard, currently for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and CCC Polkowice in Poland. She played her college career at the University of Connecticut, where the Huskies were the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national Champions.-Early life:Greene grew up in St...

|| April 11, 2011 || Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...


|- style="height:40px"
| Nikki Blue
Nikki Blue
Anitra Necole Blue better known as Nikki Blue is a professional basketball player with the New York Liberty of the WNBA and an assistant coach at UNLV.-High school:...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville is an American professional basketball player. She currently is suspended from the WNBA's New York Liberty for failure to report to Training Camp on time.-High school years:...

|| June 1, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland
Jessica Breland is a basketball player who most recently played for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| July 4, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer
Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...

|| August 4, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn
Kia Vaughn is a professional women's basketball player for the WNBA's New York Liberty. She attended high school at St. Michael's All Girls High School in New York, and later went on to star at Rutgers University....


| Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth
Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson
Plenette Pierson is a professional WNBA player for the New York Liberty. In the 2007 season, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.-College:...


| Kara Braxton
Kara Braxton
Kara Liana Braxton is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty in the WNBA.-Early life:...


Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Nicole Powell
Nicole Powell
Nicole Kristen Powell is a basketball player who was a standout at Stanford University and now plays for the New York Liberty in the WNBA...


| Alex Montgomery
Alex Montgomery
Alexandria "Alex" Rochell Montgomery is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter
Cappie Pondexter is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the New York Liberty in the WNBA. She was born in Oceanside, California and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Pondexter is known for her scrappy play, quick crossovers and deadly midrange jumpshot...


| Essence Carson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#66CDAA" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell
Leilani Mitchell is an American basketball player in the WNBA for the New York Liberty.Mitchell was born to an American father, Dennis Mitchell, and an Australian mother of Asian descent , Eleanor Majid...


| Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson
Sydney Colson is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Texas A&M University, where she helped the Aggies win the NCAA title during her senior year....


|}

Preseason

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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
 
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