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 Rutgers 2 21 Abby Waner 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. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
DateTradeMay 7, 2008To New York LibertyTo Phoenix Mercury Leilani Mitchell third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA DraftMay 5, 2009To New York LibertyTo Los Angeles Sparks Sidney Spencer first-round pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft
Free agents
Additions
PlayerSignedFormer team Cathrine Kraayeveld January 12, 2009 re-signed Sidney Spencer May 5, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Erin Thorn January 7, 2009 Chicago Sky Abby Waner May 29, 2009 free agent Jessica Davenport June 4, 2009 free agent 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 TVMSGKMYS || 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 TVMSG || 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 TVMSG || 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 TVMSG || 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 TVMSGCN100 || 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 TVMSG || 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 TVMSGCN100 || 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 TVMSG || 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 TVMSG || 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
External links Official Site