The 2024 New York Liberty season was the 28th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA, and their third season under head coach, Sandy Brondello. The season tipped off on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, against the Washington Mystics in Washington.
The Liberty started the season strongly, winning their first four games, including a dominant 102–66 win over Indiana. They slowed a little after that, losing two straight games, before winning their final two games in May. They finished the month 6–2. Their winning streak carried forward into June as they won six additional games to extend the streak to eight games. The streak included another blow-out win over Indiana and wins over Connecticut and Las Vegas. The streak also encompassed all their WNBA Commissioner's Cup regular season games. Their 5–0 Commissioner's Cup earned them a spot in the finals. Their winning streak was broken after eight games by Phoenix. After that, they won back-to-back games against Los Angeles and a game in Atlanta before the Commissioner's Cup Final. The Liberty came up short of winning back-to-back Commissioner's Cups as they lost the final to Minnesota 89–94. They won their final game in June to finish the month 10–1. They defeated Minnesota before losing to Indiana to begin July. They won their next four games before the Olympic break to finish July 5–1. They headed into the Olympic break with a WNBA best 21–4 record. The Liberty's stellar play carried through the Olympic break as they won their first four games back, including a back-to-back against Dallas. They lost two of their last four games, losing against Connecticut and Los Angeles to finish August 6–2. Their win on August 17 secured them a playoff berth. The Liberty entered September in a fight for the number one seed with Minnesota. The team won their first four games of the month before dropping two of their last three. The loss on September 15 to Minnesota ended up not being pivotal as the Liberty secured the number one seed with a win in their next game on September 17. They finished September 5–2. The Liberty's overall regular season record was 32–8, which matched their record from the previous season.
The Liberty entered the playoffs as the number one seed, and hosted the eighth-seeded Atlanta Dream in the First Round. The Liberty used home court advantage to sweep the Dream two games to zero, winning Game One 83–69 and Game Two 91–82. In the Semifinals the Liberty faced the fourth seed Las Vegas Aces. The Liberty won Games One and Two in New York 87–77 and 88–84. The Aces won Game Three in Las Vegas 95–81, but the Liberty took Game Four 76–62 to win the series three games to one. The Liberty faced Minnesota in a re-match of the Commissionier's Cup final in the WNBA Finals. New York lost Game One 93–95 in overtime. They bounced back to win Game Two 80–66. They won Game Three in Minnesota 80–77. They were unable to close out the Finals in Game Four, losing 80–82. The series returned to New York for Game 5, which the Liberty won, in overtime, 67–62. This was the first WNBA title for the Liberty, ending a streak of five Finals losses.
Transactions WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 11 Marquesha Davis Ole Miss 2 17 Esmery Martinez Arizona 2 23 Jessika Carter Mississippi State 3 35 Kaitlyn Davis USC
Transactions DateTransaction January 11, 2024 Cored Breanna Stewart Extended a Qualifying Offer to Marine Johannès February 1, 2024 Signed Leonie Fiebich to a Rookie Contract Signed Okako Adika to a Rookie Contract Signed Stephanie Mawuli to a Training Camp Contract Signed Ivana Dojkić to a Training Camp Contract February 5, 2024 Signed Brianna Fraser to a Training Camp Contract February 15, 2024 Signed Morgan Green to a Training Camp Contract February 16, 2024 Re-signed Jonquel Jones February 20, 2024 Signed Kennedy Burke February 26, 2024 Re-signed Breanna Stewart March 14, 2024 Acquired Rebekah Gardner in exchange for their 2025 and 2026 second round picks March 18, 2024Signed Ana Tadić to a Rookie Contract April 16, 2024 Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a Rookie ContractApril 17, 2024 Waived Morgan Green Signed Rita Igbokwe to a Training Camp Contract Signed Marquesha Davis, Esmery Martinez, and Jessika Carter to Rookie Contracts April 23, 2024 Epiphanny Prince announced her retirement from the WNBA April 25, 2024 Waived Ana Tadić May 11, 2024 Waived Stephanie Mawuli, Rita Igbokwe, Brianna Fraser, Jessika Carter, and Okako Adika May 13, 2024 Waived Esmery Martinez and Jaylyn Sherrod July 6, 2024 Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a 7-day contract July 13, 2024 Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a second 7-day contract August 17, 2024 Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a third 7-day contract August 24, 2024 Signed Jaylyn Sherrod to a rest of season contract
Roster changes
Additions PersonnelSigned/TradedFormer team Kennedy Burke Signed Washington Mystics Marquesha Davis Draft Ole Miss Ivana Dojkić Signed Seattle Storm Leonie Fiebich Signed — Rebekah Gardner Trade Chicago Sky
Subtractions PersonnelReasonNew team Stefanie Dolson Free Agency Washington Mystics Marine Johannès Unsigned, rights retained — Epiphanny Prince Retired Jocelyn Willoughby Free Agency — Han Xu Suspended —
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench PG Courtney Vandersloot Ivana DojkićJaylyn Sherrod SG Sabrina Ionescu Kennedy BurkeMarquesha Davis SF Betnijah Laney-Hamilton Kayla Thornton PF Breanna Stewart Leonie Fiebich C Jonquel Jones Nyara Sabally
Schedule Pre-season
| 1 | May 7 | @ Chicago | L 52–101 | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Jones, Thornton (5) | Carter, Ionescu, Jones, Martínez (2) | Wintrust Arena3,132 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 9 | @ Connecticut | W 82–79 | Sabrina Ionescu (15) | Breanna Stewart (7) | Breanna Stewart (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena5,617 | 1–1
Regular season
| 1 | May 14 | @ Washington | W 85-80 | Jonquel Jones (25) | Jones, Stewart (8) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 1–0 |- | 2 | May 16 | @ Indiana | W 102–66 | Breanna Stewart (31) | Jones, Stewart (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 2–0 |- | 3 | May 18 | Indiana | W 91–80 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Ionescu, Jones, Vandersloot (5) | Barclays Center17,735 | 3–0 |- | 4 | May 20 | Seattle | W 74–63 | Sabrina Ionescu (20) | Breanna Stewart (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center9,381 | 4–0 |- | 5 | May 23 | Chicago | L 81–90 | Sabrina Ionescu (19) | Breanna Stewart (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Barclays Center12,049 | 4–1 |- | 6 | May 25 | @ Minnesota | L 67–84 | Breanna Stewart (20) | Breanna Stewart (11) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Target Center7,010 | 4–2 |- | 7 | May 29 | Phoenix | W 81–78 | Sabrina Ionescu (22) | Breanna Stewart (8) | Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center9,182 | 5–2 |- | 8 | May 31 | Washington | W 90–79 | Kayla Thornton (20) | Breanna Stewart (15) | Breanna Stewart (5) | Barclays Center9,878 | 6–2
| 9 | June 2 | Indiana | W 104–68 | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (20) | Jonquel Jones (13) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Barclays Center17,401 | 7–2(1–0 Commissioner's Cup) |- | 10 | June 4 | @ Chicago | W 88–75 | Breanna Stewart (33) | Breanna Stewart (14) | Courtney Vandersloot (6) | Wintrust Arena8,277 | 8–2(2–0 Commissioner's Cup) |- | 11 | June 6 | @ Atlanta | W 78–61 | Breanna Stewart (25) | Breanna Stewart (10) | Fiebich, Ionescu, Stewart (5) | Gateway Center Arena3,255 | 9–2(3–0 Commissioner's Cup)
| 12 | June 8 | @ Connecticut | W 82–75 | Sabrina Ionescu (24) | Jonquel Jones (8) | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 10–2(4–0 Commissioner's Cup)
| 13 | June 9 | Washington | W 93–88 | Jonquel Jones (29) | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (10) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center12,477 | 11–2(5–0 Commissioner's Cup)
| 14 | June 15 | @ Las Vegas | W 90–82 | Jonquel Jones (34) | Breanna Stewart (12) | Sabrina Ionescu (12) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,424 | 12–2 |- | 15 | June 18 | @ Phoenix | L 93–99 | Breanna Stewart (28) | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (9) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Footprint Center9,824 | 12–3 |- | 16 | June 20 | rowspan=2| Los Angeles | W 93–80 | Sabrina Ionescu (31) | Leonie Fiebich (9) | rowspan=2| Sabrina Ionescu (9) | Barclays Center10,955 | 13–3 |- | 17 | June 22 | W 98–88 | Breanna Stewart (33) | Jonquel Jones (13) | Barclays Center13,639 | 14–3
| 18 | June 23 | @ Atlanta | W 96–75 | Sabrina Ionescu (26) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (11) | Gateway Center Arena3,260 | 15–3 |- | Commissioner'sCup Final | June 25 | Minnesota | L 89–94 | Breanna Stewart (24) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (6) | UBS Arena7,015 | —
| 19 | June 30 | Atlanta | W 81–75 | Breanna Stewart (22) | Breanna Stewart (12) | Courtney Vandersloot (7) | Barclays Center10,823 | 16–3
| 20 | July 2 | Minnesota | W 76–67 | Jonquel Jones (21) | Breanna Stewart (17) | Sabrina Ionescu (5) | Barclays Center10,846 | 17–3 |- | 21 | July 6 | @ Indiana | L 78–83 | Sabrina Ionescu (22) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Breanna Stewart (6) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse17,274 | 17–4
| 22 | July 10 | @ Connecticut | W 71–68 | rowspan=2| Sabrina Ionescu (21) | Breanna Stewart (14) | Fiebich, Ionescu (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena8,910 | 18–4
| 23 | July 11 | Chicago | W 91–76 | Jonquel Jones (13) | Stewart, Vandersloot (6) | Barclays Center17,758 | 19–4 |- | 24 | July 13 | @ Chicago | W 81–67 | Sabrina Ionescu (28) | Jonquel Jones (9) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Wintrust Arena9,025 | 20–4 |- | 25 | July 16 | Connecticut | W 82–74 | Sabrina Ionescu (30) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Ionescu, Jones (5) | Barclays Center13,694 | 21–4
| 26 | August 15 | @ Los Angeles | W 103–68 | Breanna Stewart (27) | Nyara Sabally (9) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | Crypto.com Arena11,120 | 22–4
| 27 | August 17 | @ Las Vegas | W 79–67 | Sabrina Ionescu (23) | Jonquel Jones (17) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Michelob Ultra Arena10,397 | 23–4 |- | 28 | August 20 | rowspan=2|Dallas | W 94–74 | Breanna Stewart (26) | Jones, Stewart (12) | Courtney Vandersloot (11) | Barclays Center11,455 | 24–4 |- | 29 | August 22 | W 79–71 | Breanna Stewart (19) | Jonquel Jones (13) | Stewart, Vandersloot (6) | Barclays Center10,986 | 25–4 |- | 30 | August 24 | Connecticut | L 64–72 | Breanna Stewart (15) | Breanna Stewart (15) | Courtney Vandersloot (5) | Barclays Center13,098 | 25–5 |- | 31 | August 26 | @ Phoenix | W 84–70 | Breanna Stewart (21) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Breanna Stewart (6) | Footprint Center10,299 | 26–5 |- | 32 | August 28 | @ Los Angeles | L 88–94 | Breanna Stewart (32) | Nyara Sabally (10) | Courtney Vandersloot (13) | Crypto.com Arena10,403 | 26–6 |- | 33 | August 30 | @ Seattle | W 98–85 | Breanna Stewart (32) | Jonquel Jones (11) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Climate Pledge Arena15,800 | 27–6
| 34 | September 5 | Seattle | W 77–70 | Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (18) | Jonquel Jones (8) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center10,873 | 28–6 |- | 35 | September 8 | Las Vegas | W 75–71 | Breanna Stewart (21) | Breanna Stewart (11) | 4 players (4) | Barclays Center15,393 | 29–6 |- | 36 | September 10 | rowspan=2| @ Dallas | W 105–91 | Breanna Stewart (27) | Nyara Sabally (7) | Sabrina Ionescu (11) | College Park Center5,157 | 30–6
| 37 | September 12 | W 99–67 | Sabrina Ionescu (20) | Jonquel Jones (7) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | College Park Center5,384 | 31–6 |- | 38 | September 15 | Minnesota | L 79–88 | Breanna Stewart (38) | Breanna Stewart (18) | Sabrina Ionescu (8) | Barclays Center14,246 | 31–7
| 39 | September 17 | @ Washington | W 87–71 | Breanna Stewart (15) | Breanna Stewart (10) | Sabrina Ionescu (7) | Entertainment and Sports Arena4,200 | 32–7 |- | 40 | September 19 | Atlanta | L 67–78 | Breanna Stewart (16) | Jonquel Jones (10) | Sabrina Ionescu (7) | Barclays Center12,721 | 32–8
Playoffs
| 1 | September 22 | rowspan=2| Atlanta | W 83–69 | Leonie Fiebich (21) | Breanna Stewart (11) | Laney-Hamilton, Ionescu (5) | Barclays Center12,115 | 1–0
| 2 | September 24 | W 91–82 | Sabrina Ionescu (36) | Jonquel Jones (13) | Sabrina Ionescu (6) | Barclays Center11,003 | 2–0