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2010 New York Liberty season
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The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.
Transactions
Dispersal draft
Based on the Liberty's 2009 record, they would pick 1st in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Liberty picked Nicole Powell.
WNBA draft
The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13 | Kalana Greene | Connecticut | |
| 2 | 16 (from Chi.) | Ashley Houts | Georgia | |
| 3 | 25 | Cory Montgomery | Nebraska |
Transaction log
- May 5, 2009: The Liberty traded their first-round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
- March 30: The Liberty traded Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld to the Chicago Sky in exchange for the Sky's second-round pick in the 2010 Draft. The Liberty also received Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the three-team trade.
- April 6: The Liberty waived Loree Moore.
- April 8: The Liberty waived Kelly Mazzante.
- April 20: The Liberty released Ashley Battle.
- April 22: The Liberty signed free agent Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
- April 23: The Liberty signed Brandie Hoskins, Laine Selwyn, Tamara James, April Phillips, Katie Mattera and Erica Williamson to training camp contracts.
- April 28: The Liberty waived Brandie Hoskins.
- May 3: The Liberty waived Laine Selwyn.
- May 4: The Liberty waived Katie Mattera.
- May 9: The Liberty waived Cory Montgomery and Tamara James.
- May 12: The Liberty traded Ashley Houts to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Nikki Blue.
- June 14: The Liberty traded Tiffany Jackson to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Plenette Pierson.
Trades
| Date | Trade |
|---|---|
| May 5, 2009 | **To New York Liberty** |
| Sidney Spencer | first-round pick in 2010 Draft |
| March 30, 2010 | **To New York Liberty** |
| Cappie Pondexter, Kelly Mazzante (from Phx.) and Chicago's second-round pick in 2010 Draft | Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld |
| June 14, 2010 | **To New York Liberty** |
| Plenette Pierson | Tiffany Jackson |
Free agents
Additions
| **Plenette Pierson** | July 23, 2010 | Tulsa Shock |
|---|
Subtractions
| **Tiffany Jackson** | July 23, 2010 | Tulsa Shock |
|---|
Roster
Depth
| Pos. | Starter | Bench | C | PF | SF | SG | PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Taj McWilliams-Franklin** | Kia Vaughn | ||||||
| **Janel McCarville** | Plenette Pierson | ||||||
| **Nicole Powell** | Kalana Greene / Sidney Spencer | ||||||
| **Cappie Pondexter** | Essence Carson | ||||||
| **Leilani Mitchell** | Nikki Blue |
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 5 || 11:30am || @ Washington || 60-65 || McWilliams-Franklin (12) || McWilliams-Franklin (11) || Mitchell (4) || Verizon Center 7,152 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 11 || 10:30am || Connecticut || 89-84 (3OT) || Greene, Pondexter (14) || Pondexter (11) || Pondexter (8) || Madison Square Garden 19,763 || 1-1 |-
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 16 || 4:00pm || Chicago || NBATV MSG CN100 || 85-82 || Pondexter (22) || McCarville (6) || Mitchell (9) || Madison Square Garden 12,088 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 21 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 61-77 || Pondexter (14) || Powell (7) || Pondexter (8) || Verizon Center 10,158 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 23 || 4:00pm || Atlanta || || 77-86 || Pondexter (21) || McCarville (9) || Mitchell, Pondexter, Powell (5) || Madison Square Garden 9,548 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 28 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 77-71 || Pondexter (21) || McCarville, Powell (7) || Pondexter (7) || AT&T Center 5,293 || 2-2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 68-75 || McCarville, McWilliams-Franklin (14) || McCarville (13) || McCarville (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,493 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 5 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || || 73-78 || Pondexter (21) || Pondexter (7) || Pondexter (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,090 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 8 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 85-70 || Pondexter (31) || McWilliams-Franklin (9) || McWilliams-Franklin, Pondexter, Powell (3) || Allstate Arena 2,408 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 11 || 7:30pm || Atlanta || || 91-79 || Pondexter (25) || Jackson, McWilliams-Franklin (6) || Pondexter (7) || Madison Square Garden 8,332 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 12 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 65-82 || Pondexter (20) || McCarville (6) || Pondexter (3) || Verizon Center 8,492 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 18 || 7:30pm || Seattle || || 84-92 || Pondexter (24) || Powell (6) || Mitchell (5) || Madison Square Garden 8,883 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 22 || 7:30pm || Minnesota || || 68-75 || Pondexter (16) || Powell (9) || Pondexter (5) || Madison Square Garden 7,537 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 25 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 92-78 || Mitchell (20) || McWilliams-Franklin (11) || McWilliams-Franklin, Powell (6) || BOK Center 4,554 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || June 27 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || CSN-NE || 77-68 || Pondexter (19) || Powell (10) || McWilliams-Franklin (5) || Madison Square Garden 15,293 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 29 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV PRIME || 80-68 || Pondexter (19) || McWilliams-Franklin, Powell (7) || Mitchell, Pondexter (5) || STAPLES Center 8,602 || 7-7 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 82-97 || Pondexter (21) || McCarville, Pierson, Pondexter (6) || Mitchell (5) || US Airways Center 6,780 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 6 || 3:00pm || @ Seattle || || 70-78 || McWilliams-Franklin (20) || McWilliams-Franklin (10) || Pondexter (5) || KeyArena 11,012 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 11 || 4:00pm || Chicago || MSG || 57-54 || Pondexter (30) || McWilliams-Franklin, Pondexter (8) || McCarville (4) || Madison Square Garden 9,644 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 15 || 12:00pm || Washington || || 75-67 || Pondexter (17) || McCarville (12) || Pondexter (7) || Madison Square Garden 18,162 || 9-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 18 || 4:00pm || Indiana || MSG || 81-84 (OT) || Pondexter (40) || McCarville, Pondexter (6) || Pondexter (7) || Madison Square Garden 9,508 || 9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 20 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 82-74 (OT) || Pondexter (24) || McCarville, Mitchell (8) || Pondexter (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,478 || 10-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 23 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 79-71 || McWilliams-Franklin (18) || Powell (7) || Pondexter (6) || Allstate Arena 5,256 || 11-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 25 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV SSO || 75-82 || Pondexter (26) || Pierson (6) || Pondexter (6) || Philips Arena 7,030 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || July 27 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || ESPN2 || 77-72 || Greene (17) || Pierson (8) || Mitchell (8) || Madison Square Garden 10,712 || 12-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Los Angeles || || 88-79 || Pondexter (20) || McWilliams-Franklin (9) || Mitchell (5) || Madison Square Garden 14,307 || 13-11 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 1 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || MSG || 71-67 || Pondexter (24) || McCarville, Pierson (6) || Powell (5) || Madison Square Garden 9,341 || 14-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 3 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || FS-I || 82-72 || Powell (20) || McCarville (10) || Pondexter (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,540 || 15-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 6 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 85-77 || Pondexter (23) || McCarville (5) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 11,465 || 16-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 8 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV FS-N || 74-72 || Powell (21) || McCarville (8) || Mitchell, Pondexter, Powell (4) || Target Center 9,016 || 17-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 13 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 90-83 || Pondexter (31) || Carson (7) || McWilliams-Franklin (7) || Philips Arena 6,025 || 18-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 14 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || NBATV MSG || 107-69 || Pondexter (28) || Pierson (9) || McCarville (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,645 || 19-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || August 17 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 78-57 || Pondexter (19) || McWilliams-Franklin (10) || Pondexter (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,953 || 20-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 19 || 7:30pm || Tulsa || || 95-85 || Powell (20) || Pierson (8) || Mitchell (8) || Madison Square Garden 8,766 || 21-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 20 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 74-75 || Pondexter (28) || McCarville, McWilliams-Franklin, Powell (6) || Powell (5) || Verizon Center 13,109 || 21-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || August 22 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || MSG || 88-87 (OT) || Pondexter (31) || Powell (8) || Pondexter (6) || Madison Square Garden 15,989 || 22-12 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || August 26 || 7:00pm || Indiana || NBATV MSG || 85-73 || Pondexter (28) || McWilliams-Franklin (10) || McCarville (7) || Madison Square Garden 14,624 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || August 29 || 8:00pm || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 67-75 || Pondexter (24) || McCarville (11) || Mitchell, Pondexter (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,535 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 1 || 7:30pm || Indiana || NBATV MSG || 77-74 || Pondexter (30) || McWilliams-Franklin (11) || McWilliams-Franklin, Mitchell, Pondexter (4) || Madison Square Garden 16,682 || 2-1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 5 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || NBATV MSG || 75-81 || Pondexter (24) || McWilliams-Franklin (11) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 14,248 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 7 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV MSG FSSO || 93-105 || Pondexter (36) || McWilliams-Franklin (6) || Pondexter (9) || Philips Arena 9,045 || 0-2 |-
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 0 | 5.1 | .286 | .167 | .714 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 1.2 | |
| 34 | 0 | 9.6 | .407 | .160 | .688 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 3.7 | |
| 33 | 0 | 15.7 | .464 | .333 | .625 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 4.5 | |
| 9 | 0 | 13.8 | .370 | .000 | .760 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.3 | |
| 34 | 34 | 28.4 | .462 | .273 | .820 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.35 | 0.68 | 8.8 | |
| 34 | 34 | 29.2 | .511 | .261 | .826 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 1.38 | 0.88 | 10.6 | |
| 34 | 34 | 28.8 | .441 | .486 | .814 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 1.62 | 0.18 | 9.3 | |
| 25 | 0 | 16.7 | .458 | .250 | .817 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.68 | 0.32 | 9.0 | |
| 34 | 34 | 34.3 | .483 | .430 | .892 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 0.88 | 0.12 | 21.4 | |
| 34 | 34 | 26.3 | .389 | .395 | .839 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.00 | 0.21 | 9.3 | |
| 20 | 0 | 8.4 | .512 | .533 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 2.6 | |
| 30 | 0 | 8.1 | .348 | 1.000 | .650 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 2.1 |
Awards and honors
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 5, 2010.
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 17, 2010.
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 24, 2010.
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 7, 2010.
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 14, 2010.
- Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for August.
- Cappie Pondexter was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
- Kalana Greene was named to the All-Rookie Team.
- Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
- Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
- Leilani Mitchell was named the Most Improved Player.
References
References
- (August 26, 2010). "Liberty's Leilani Mitchell Is WNBA's Most Improved". [[CBS News]].
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