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2009 New York Liberty season
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The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Liberty attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the tenth time in thirteen seasons, but failed.
Offseason
Dispersal Draft
Based on the Liberty's 2008 record, they would pick 8th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Liberty waived their pick.
WNBA draft
The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Kia Vaughn | United States | Rutgers |
| 2 | 21 | Abby Waner | United States | Duke |
Transactions
- June 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Davenport and Lisa Willis.
- May 29: The Liberty waived Abby Waner.
- May 5: The Liberty acquired Sidney Spencer from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
- January 12: The Liberty re-signed free agent Cathrine Kraayeveld.
- May 7, 2008: The Liberty traded their third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction.
| Date | Trade |
|---|---|
| May 7, 2008 | To New York Liberty |
| Leilani Mitchell | third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft |
| May 5, 2009 | To New York Liberty |
| Sidney Spencer | first-round pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft |
Free agents
Additions
| Sidney Spencer | May 5, 2009 | Los Angeles Sparks |
|---|
Subtractions
| Lisa Willis | June 4, 2009 | free agent |
|---|
Roster
Season standings
x =Clinched Playoff Spot
e =Eliminated from playoff contention
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 21 || 11:00am || Washington || 77-71 || Christon (12) || McCarville (5) || Carson (4) || Madison Square Garden 15,958 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 22 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 62-74 || Davenport (10) || Davenport, Jackson (5) || McCarville, Mitchell, Spencer (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,578 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 28 || 11:30am || @ Washington || 56-74 || Battle, Carson (9) || Vaughn (7) || Mitchell (2) || Verizon Center 9,287 || 1-2 |-
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 7 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || WCTX || 57-66 || Christon (13) || Kraayeveld (7) || Battle, Mitchell (3) || Madison Square Garden 13,397 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 10 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 84-91 || Carson (18) || Kraayeveld, Vaughn (7) || McCarville (6) || US Airways Center 5,080 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 13 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TV MSG KMYS || 60-63 || Christon (21) || McCarville (9) || McCarville, Moore (3) || AT&T Center 10,572 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || NBA TV MSG || 77-61 || McCarville (18) || Christon, Jackson, McCarville, Moore (6) || Christon (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,046 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 93-81 || Christon (17) || Moore (8) || Moore (8) || Philips Arena 5,624 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 23 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 57-69 || Christon (20) || Christon, McCarville (6) || Moore (2) || Target Center 5,620 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 81-82 (OT) || Christon (20) || McCarville (9) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,304 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || MSG || 54-63 || Carson (14) || Jackson (9) || Moore (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 || 2-6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || July 2 || 7:30pm || Detroit || MSG || 80-64 || Christon (25) || Kraayeveld (5) || McCarville (5) || Madison Square Garden 8,018 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 7:30pm || Los Angeles || MSG || 60-69 || McCarville (18) || McCarville (6) || McCarville (3) || Madison Square Garden 12,247 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:30pm || Atlanta || || 71-69 || Christon (18) || McCarville (7) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,732 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 18 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 67-68 || Christon (21) || Moore (5) || Moore (9) || Verizon Center 9,968 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 19 || 4:00pm || Atlanta || || 89-86 || Christon (32) || Christon (8) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,560 || 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 22 || 12:30pm || @ Chicago || || 77-70 || Spencer (15) || Kraayeveld (8) || Moore (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,881 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 23 || 7:30pm || Sacramento || MSG || 73-88 || Carson (20) || Carson (5) || Moore (4) || Madison Square Garden 8,845 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 26 || 4:00pm|| Phoenix || || 88-94 || Christon (21) || McCarville (10) || Moore, Spencer (3) || Madison Square Garden 11,211 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Washington || NBA TV MSG || 75-78 || McCarville (28) || McCarville (6) || McCarville, Mitchell, Moore (3) || Madison Square Garden 10,172 || 6-11 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || August 1 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBA TV MSG || 83-89 || Christon (23) || Carson, Christon (8) || McCarville (6) || Philips Arena 6,103 || 6-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 4 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || ESPN2 || 64-76 || Christon (14) || Christon, Jackson, McCarville (4) || 7 players (1) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,014 || 6-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 84-66 || McCarville (18) || Jackson (6) || McCarville (5) || ARCO Arena 6,284 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 8 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 69-70 || McCarville (22) || Christon (9) || Moore (5) || KeyArena 7,496 || 7-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 11 || 9:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 65-61 || Christon (11) || Christon, Moore (6) || Christon, Moore (5) || STAPLES Center 9,548 || 8-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 14 || 7:30pm || Chicago || NBA TV MSG CN100 || 77-88 || Christon (25) || Christon (10) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,832 || 8-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || 60-59 || McCarville (19) || Kraayeveld (6) || Moore (5) || Verizon Center 10,580 || 9-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 19 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 69-74 || Kraayeveld (13) || McCarville (9) || Mitchell (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,050 || 9-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || NBA TV MSG || 85-83 (OT) || Christon (23) || McCarville (13) || Moore (5) || Madison Square Garden 9,355 || 10-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 4:00pm || Minnesota || || 80-67 || Christon (24) || Jackson (7) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,481 || 11-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 28 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || NBA TV MSG CN100 || 77-96 || Jackson (16) || Vaughn (9) || Christon (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,707 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 4:00pm || Chicago || || 77-63 || Christon (18) || Kraayeveld (13) || Moore (5) || Madison Square Garden 8,685 || 12-17 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:30pm || Seattle || || 58-65 || Kraayeveld (14) || Kraayeveld (9) || Moore (4) || Madison Square Garden 8,469 || 12-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBA TV MSG || 85-88 (OT) || Christon (22) || Moore (8) || Moore (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,685 || 12-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 8 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 63-69 || Carson (17) || Larkins, Mitchell (6) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 7,583 || 12-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 10 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || NBA TV MSG || 87-94 (OT) || Carson (28) || Battle, Vaughn (4) || Moore (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills 8,178 || 12-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 13 || 4:00pm || Washington || MSG || 86-65 || Carson (17) || Jackson, Kraayeveld (5) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 15,667 || 13-21 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Regular Season Statistics
Player statistics
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 3 | 16.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.91 | 0.06 | 5.2 | |
| 34 | 34 | 25.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.09 | 0.29 | 10.0 | |
| 32 | 31 | 31.7 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 16.1 | |
| 34 | 9 | 14.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.62 | 0.38 | 5.3 | |
| 34 | 26 | 26.1 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.65 | 0.38 | 9.0 | |
| 18 | 0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.50 | 0.22 | 2.4 | |
| 32 | 32 | 26.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.28 | 1.38 | 12.3 | |
| 34 | 2 | 12.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.26 | 0.06 | 2.4 | |
| 34 | 32 | 27.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 1.94 | 0.06 | 6.3 | |
| 33 | 0 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 3.0 | |
| 34 | 1 | 11.6 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 4.8 |
Team statistics
| Team | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PF | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Liberty | .415 | .358 | .787 | 31.8 | 15.5 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 73.9 |
| Opponents | .420 | .347 | .789 | 35.4 | 14.2 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 74.6 |
Awards and honors
- Shameka Christon was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 13, 2009.
- Shameka Christon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.
- July 25, 2009: Teresa Weatherspoon, who led the New York Liberty to three WNBA finals, will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, leading a class of six inductees.
References
References
- "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board".
- [http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions]
- "Blair and Foster head up '13 Hall of Fame - College Women's Basketball - Rivals.com".
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