2010 New York Liberty season
Encyclopedia
The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th 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...

.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Liberty's 2009 record, they would pick 1st in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Liberty picked 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.

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


Additions

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| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| 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...

|| December 14, 2009 || Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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...

|| March 30, 2010 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || April 22, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|- 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 12, 2010 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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:...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
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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"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Loree Moore
Loree Moore
-External links:**...

|| April 6, 2010 || Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| April 20, 2010 || 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"
| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Roster

Depth

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!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...


| Taj McWilliams-Franklin
| 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....


|-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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|-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...


| 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...

 / 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...


|-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...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

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|- valign="top"
|
The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th 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...

.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Liberty's 2009 record, they would pick 1st in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Liberty picked 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.
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! 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
|-
| 2
| 13
| 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...


|
| Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...


|-
| 2
| 16 (from Chi.
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...

)
| Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Daughter of Greg and Joni Houts. Her sister, Emily Houts, played collegiately at Gadsden State Community College and Chattanooga...


|
| Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...


|-
| 3
| 25
| Cory Montgomery
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| Nebraska
|-
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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

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|May 5, 2009
| 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 Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|-
| 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...


| first round pick in 2010 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|March 30, 2010
| 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 Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|-
| 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...

, Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

 (from Phx.
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...

) and Chicago's second-round pick in 2010 Draft
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

 and Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...


|-
| rowspan=2|June 14, 2010
| 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 Tulsa Shock
|-
| 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:...


| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...


|}

Additions

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| 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"
| 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...

|| December 14, 2009 || Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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...

|| March 30, 2010 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || April 22, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|- 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 12, 2010 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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:...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Subtractions

{|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"|Left
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Loree Moore
Loree Moore
-External links:**...

|| April 6, 2010 || Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| April 20, 2010 || 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"
| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Roster

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...


| Taj McWilliams-Franklin
| 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....


|-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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|-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...


| 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...

 / 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...


|-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...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th 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...

.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Liberty's 2009 record, they would pick 1st in the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Liberty picked 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 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 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.
{| 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
|-
| 2
| 13
| 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...


|
| Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...


|-
| 2
| 16 (from Chi.
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...

)
| Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Daughter of Greg and Joni Houts. Her sister, Emily Houts, played collegiately at Gadsden State Community College and Chattanooga...


|
| Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...


|-
| 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

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! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|May 5, 2009
| 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 Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|-
| 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...


| first round pick in 2010 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|March 30, 2010
| 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 Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|-
| 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...

, Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Mazzante
Kelly Anne Mazzante is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten basketball history .-Early life and college career:...

 (from Phx.
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...

) and Chicago's second-round pick in 2010 Draft
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

 and Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...


|-
| rowspan=2|June 14, 2010
| 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 Tulsa Shock
|-
| 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:...


| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...


|}

Additions

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| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#0047AB;color:#FFFFFF; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| 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...

|| December 14, 2009 || Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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...

|| March 30, 2010 || 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...


|- style="height:40px"
| Taj McWilliams-Franklin || April 22, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|- 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 12, 2010 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| 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:...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|}

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"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...

|| March 30, 2010 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Loree Moore
Loree Moore
-External links:**...

|| April 6, 2010 || Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| April 20, 2010 || 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"
| Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson
Tiffany Jackson, born April 26, 1985, is a basketball player for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.Jackson grew up in Duncanville, Texas.-High school:Jackson played for Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas, where she was named a WBCA All-American...

|| July 23, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Roster

Depth

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!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...


| Taj McWilliams-Franklin
| 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....


|-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...


| 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:...


| 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:...


|-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...


| 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...

 / 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...


|-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...


| 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:...


|}

Preseason

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|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#0047AB; color:#FFFFFF" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
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