The
New York Liberty are a
WNBA team. They play at
Madison Square Garden in
New York and they were one of the eight original teams that began to see action in
1997.
White with a black line above the shoulders at home, Black with a green line on the road. Their logo is of a
Statue of Liberty with a
basketball and the name
Liberty across it.
The term
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride could describe the Liberty. When the WNBA opened in 1997, the Liberty were one of the first teams to choose a player, and they signed college superstar
Rebecca Lobo[?] into a contract. Lobo got injured quickly, however, and her injuries have haunted her ever since. Despite this, the Liberty made it to the
1997 championship game, where they lost to the
Houston Comets. In
1999, they returned to the WNBA finals, where they lost two games to one to the Comets, despite
Teresa Weatherspoon[?] making what many consider one of the most spectacular shots in professional basketball history when she hit a shot from the other side of the court with one second to go to give the Liberty a one point win in game two.
The Liberty subsequently returned to the finals in
2000 and
2002, but they lost, once again, to the Comets and to the
Los Angeles Sparks respectively. In
2001, Weatherspoon became the WNBA's all time assist leader, and in addition to that,
Sue Wicks[?], once a back-up center to Lobo, has also proven to be a good surprise for the team, making the All Star game.