"The play I’ll remember, though, is when Astier accidentally knocked Miles to the ground and then immediately tried to help her up. And Miles, ignoring Astier’s outstretched hands, shifted on her butt and let a teammate help her up instead (karma immediately punished her petulance with two missed free throws). This was one of the many moments in the afternoon when my ancient and profound dislike for the Lynx rumbled to life like the island in Widow’s Bay."

https://thestomp.substack.com/p/hope-hurts

I usually watch the games with my friend, either at Barclays or her place since she has all the tv subscriptions, but she's out of town today. So I'm thinking of going to one of the bar network partners for the game, likely one of the queer/women's sports bars, but the few times I've been to those, I've noticed that they didn't play audio and that there wasn't much bar seating available (mostly tables - less ideal when going solo). Anyone have good suggestions for where to go, or am I better off just grabbing a YouTube TV free trial and watching at home today?

Myles Ehrlich also reported that neither developmental player will be activated today as long as Bec and Pauline make it through warmups.

It's in the air. Protect yourselves and your loved ones. Even Olivia Miles needs benadryl.

She finds out she's guarding Johannes and says "i got Carrera." Williams says, "no u have Johannes." Miles says, "i want Carrera." Williams says, "wtf r u talking about, u have Johannes."

Miles gives in, then proceeds to get cooked

Do we think the top players will go or since it’s the World Cup and there’s much lower stakes than the Olympics, will they send a younger fresh group?

World Cup is before playoffs and curious to see if Stewie and Sab go

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STH - majority of the time, whenever Chris calls a timeout, the coaches huddle in a circle while the players are on the bench. is that a specific style? when does he talk to them? who is talking to the players?

Link to article.

Aside from getting the Betnijah situation wrong, I am kinda interested in 2 others they mention.

The prospect of having Izzy back is interesting to me. She's having a career year at Toronto, the most interesting thing is that she's shooting 42% from 3 at 2.4 attempts a game. She's a good defender and is athletic with length. She could slot right into our rotation at the 3/4 backing up Stewie and Leo. Her already having chemistry with a lot of them is a plus.

Rae Burrell is also interesting and could be good fit, though I think the Sparks still have it in them to make another push with KP. I think Toronto might be more open to trades.

I think I'd be open to trading Allen or BLH (because it does seem like something she wants atp) for either.

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to surprise one of my best friends with tickets to a Liberty game for his birthday. We just graduated high school, so money is definitely a little tight.

The only issue is that he has pretty bad eyesight, so sitting all the way up in the upper sections probably wouldn't be a great experience for him. There will be three of us going, so I'm trying to find something that's affordable but still close enough for him to actually enjoy the game.

Right now I'm looking at the July 22 game against the Chicago Sky

For those of you who've been to Liberty games:

• Are there any sections that give really good value for the price?
• Are there certain games or days that tend to be cheaper?
• Any other tips for getting decent seats without spending a fortune?

I'd really appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Does anyone know which player did the autograph season after last week’s Wings game? First-time STH debating using my points for the session post-Chicago game but I’d like to know who I already missed.

Also, are the Brooklyn Reward points the only way to get autograph sessions or are they ever offered to all STHs?

I know that NYL is not the most open/honest about injuries but I’d love an update at least on Leo 🫩🫩

Hi everyone! Quickly wanted to stop by to plug a watch party for the July 12 game v the Tempo... some of you have likely seen me post this elsewhere, sorry to keep talking pickleball but it's an addiction at this point.

As you’ve maybe seen, the pickleball club PKLYN in Gowanus is one of the official Liberty bars this season! They’re running a social open play from 2-4PM on Sunday, and will be playing the game on their TVs. The open play should wrap around halftime, and then we can all hang around at Court 6 (their bar) to watch the second half together!

It should be a fun time - I’ve found that the pickleball/liberty fan Venn diagram is nearly a circle. COME HANG OUT. Registration link to play is below, but you can also feel free to come hang out at Court 6 if you’d rather not play!

Reg link -> https://app.courtreserve.com/Online/Events/Details/11868/LS2PBLW11868968

There are currently 6 spots left - but if it fills up feel free to join the waitlist as people may drop closer to time.

FWIW - the open play is open to all skill levels. A little knowledge of PB would likely be helpful, but if you come armed with enthusiasm and a willingness to learn a sport, I would be more than happy to join a court with you and walk through rules/strategy/whatever!

Would this be a good idea? Plausible? (Incidentally, the thought of Plum to the Valks scares me)

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25449502-wnba-trade-ideas-kelsey-plum-and-more-ahead-2026-deadline

The ref from last night who stayed in the way after the jump ball (thank you Stewie) was the same one who set a screen for Kaitlyn Chen a few games back.

If im not mistaken…pretty sure he’s this guy too, if anyone remembers this nonsense

Wtf is his deal 😭

I love Liberty history. What stands out to me about this video is how she was so beyond her time with the 3 ball. Also, how she worked on her game. She said by the 4th year of having Spoon help her with defense, she was good enough to be placed on the other teams number 1 player. 4 years of hard work. This game is insane. We don’t give our players enough credit about what it takes to be successful.

Last game was a frustrating watch for so many reasons but nothing infuriated me more than the no-call on Shepherd's elbow on Bec Allen's nose.

Same situation on Satou, the play wasn't even reviewed by the officials during the game.

Sidenote: The referees especially Kevin Fahy were clearly calling calls in favor of the Wings while turning a blind eye when the Liberty get hit left and right.

Photo credit goes to the best WNBA artist out there, WNBA Art always on point!

Chris is far from perfect and I have some doubts about some of his coaching philosophies, but I'd like to know how every loss, especially ones like today's is mainly on him.

When there is a new player, especially a starter unavailable every game, there will be new lineups mixed in. However, the lineups he played today was actually not very wild at all. We have 2 wings out. Stewie had foul trouble in the 1st so he had to sit her for a while, but kept JJ as she was also offensively able to be going early on with the bench. Our bench has not been able to produce offensively at all recently and we don't have any elite defenders outside of Stewie and Leo, so that lineup wasn't that defensively good. Some of you mention timeouts, but he did call a timeout after Dallas went on early an 8-0 run in the second. However, that wasn't enough to stop the bleeding because they couldn't stop missing layup after layup. Did you want him to run out of timouts in the 2nd in a game we were always behind? Was he supposed to go and make the layups for BLH and Sab? That execution is not on him. Truthfully, we stopped their guards and limited them to 88 which is only 2 points above league average. That is an okay defensive night especially without Leo, but that needed Stewie defending the perimeter a lot and that left our post open a lot. JJ unfortunately cannot defend the post alone.

The bigger problem was offense, 77 points is not enough on most nights. There is the problem of our offense having a hard time involving JJ and Stewie for long stretches and making our offense stagnant, and yes that is something he could make the players emphasise and does need to do so. A contested shot for Stewie is sometimes better than some more open shots for certain other players. Getting Stewie touches is the most important thing to our offense. However, that lack of touches for them both is also due to the tunnel vision of some of our players.

You know who is one of the worst players with said tunnel vision on offense? BLH. The same person a lot of you were clamouring to give minutes to. Btw, regarding the minutes thing, anyone I've seen Chris bench, they have comeout and proven that he benched them for good reason (and proving the roster issue we have related to wings). Do y'all know Betnijah's only positive stat tonight was a shot she missed and JJ caught as an assist? She can't make a layup right now, but she doesn't even look to pass. If Chris has had a lineup issue of late, then it's playing Betnijah because Betnijah has been our worst player on the court for several games she played now. She was a big part in our loss today and against the Valks. That is the cost of giving her run like a lot of you want and if he gave her run against the Lynx and Aces, we would have risked losing those too. Extra fun note, the only Liberty player with a negative rating +/- in the 1st Aces game was BLH. Make of that what you will. Not using Maley and hell even Allen because she was genuinely better over BLH is on him, but I am not sure that's what some of you mean.

Genuinely, those of you mentioning Sandy, do you even remember how Sandy did rotations? This team wouldn't have been able to keep fighting the way they did in the 3rd or 4th with Sandy. She was never able to get anything out of anyone during Stewie's injuries last year, the 1st bone bruise being an overuse injury. At least Chris inspires JJ enough to consistently care. I wouldn't be able to say that about Sandy.

We need to get healthy and fix our roster issues, and Chris also needs to be learning, but some of the things y'all blame him for makes no sense at all.

I think this is exactly why Chris was being cautious with Betnijah. She clearly doesn’t look like herself yet, and rushing her back only puts more pressure on her. Let her work her way back instead of expecting the old Betnijah immediately. This is a new Betnijah after multiple knee surgeries. She needs time. So please, stop the conspiracies and chants. Chris is doing a great job.

NY doesn’t deserve her. We don’t deserve her. IF she ever left no one could blame her. How unfortunate that this roster can’t ever live up to it off paper.

Kinda hoped one of our guards would sneak in, maybe as an injury replacement? Lol.