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The New York Liberty face challenges in the 2026 WNBA season after a disappointing 2025, including injuries to key players like Sabrina Ionescu. With a new head coach, Chris DeMarco, the team must improve to keep their championship window open.
One of the most important aspects of sports success often doesnât get talked about? Health. Having key players available will have a huge impact on who wins it all. Last year, the Lynx lost Napheesa Collier at the end of Game 3 against the Mercury in the semifinals and were eliminated in four games. The Fever lost Caitlin Clark early in the season, and she never came back. Both teams wouldâve loved to have had their best players available, and perhaps their season would have gone the other way if they couldâve played. Weâll never know, and thatâs the harsh reality of competitive basketball. While injuries can happen at any moment, being older doesnât help. With age, it becomes that much harder to come back from injuries. Recovery times get exaggerated, and then when you do come back, how close are you to the version of yourself thatâs expected? Breanna Stewart is now 31 years old, and will turn 32 before the end of the 2026 season. She has plenty of miles on those legs as she enter her 10th season in the WNBA. Last year, she also had knee issues that plagued her during the regular season and postseason. While she gave a valiant effort in the playoffs, she was clearly not 100 percent. Can her body hold up this year? Even younger players, however, are not immune from the vagaries of health and injury. Case in point, Sabrina Ionescu will miss the start of the season with an ankle injury. While Ionescu avoiding a major injury is a sigh of relief for the Liberty, it does set the team back, as they are without their star guard at the beginning of a new season under a different head coach. Other injuries can arise, with key players like and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton not exactly being spring chickens. New addition not only has battled nagging injuries throughout her career, but sheâs also coming off a severe concussion. Monitoring minutes and hoping for health will be even more important for the Liberty than for other, younger teams.
The Liberty must address player health issues, particularly with Sabrina Ionescu's ankle injury and Breanna Stewart's age-related concerns, while adapting to a new coaching strategy.
The Liberty reached the WNBA Finals in 2023 but lost, won the championship in 2024, and then were eliminated in the opening round in 2025.
The Liberty need to succeed this season to avoid a potential rebuild, as failing to win could lead to significant changes within the franchise.
Ionescu needs to increase her shooting volume and accuracy to regain her status as an elite 3-point shooter, which is crucial for the Liberty's success.
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While basketball is a team sport, stars run the show. They can overwhelm opponents and swing not just games, but entire playoff series. When a franchise has an Aâja Wilson or a Clark, it means they always have a chance at success. Ionescu is a star in her own right. But recently, her 3-point shooting, once considered her strongest talent, has taken a downturn. In 2025, she took 7.1 3s per game, which was her lowest per-game output since 2022. On those shots, she converted on just 29 percent of themâher worst percentage from the depths of her career. There needs to be an increase in volume and improved accuracy for Ionescu to be the best version of herself and the Liberty to have a legitimate shot at a title. It will take a combination of Ionescu being an aggressive shooter and DeMarco creating a system that encourages that from her to get this done.
Currently, the Aces are the champs, and teams like the Fever are soon going to join the top tier of the WNBA. It might be too early to say the window for the Liberty is closed, but again, if they donât win it this year, that question will only be asked even louder. They already made the extreme move of firing the coach they found so much success with, so this has to work. If not, then a complete rebuild will be whatâs next in Brooklyn. If the franchise wants to avoid that, then itâs time not just to rack up wins in the regular season, but also to find playoff success. Because, as we saw last season, itâs not enough to win; the requirement is to win it all. Liberty fans, do you agree? Is it title-or-bust, or do you believe that this team has a wider contention window? Are you confident that DeMarco can find the right formula to make it all work? Or, will it ultimately come down to the stars, their health and their performance in the biggest moments?