Partly revamped, partly retained, the New York Liberty have a chance to make Commissioner's Cup history on Tuesday night in Elmont.
Modern summer entertainment is all about making sure that the sequel outdoes its predecessor. Armed with mostly the same cast, the New York Liberty has a chance to pen a championship follow-up at Belmont Park.
"We're not making any excuses," head coach Sandy Brondello said. "We have a commitment to each other, a commitment to being the best team they can be and that's what we're always going to focus on. We always want to come out and give our best effort ... they always bring it and they always want to be on the court and win."
Adjustments to this year's CC process, made with the month-long hiatus for the Summer Olympics in mind, cut the slate in half, going from five home-and-home couples to a direct round robin. That also moved the final, which was previously used to herald in the WNBA's post-All-Star slate, up to early June.
"The most satisfaction I got was just seeing the smiles on the faces of those people that were here during ," Ionescu said in the aftermath of last year's 82-63 triumph in Las Vegas. "The front office, to our GM, those people that had believed in me and in when they drafted me, they understood what we were going to be able to accomplish if we stuck with it and got the right pieces.
For all intents and purposes, the team is cashing in, and that's fully apparent by the early scheduling this time around: whereas last year's group of newcomers required name tags and a few stagings to get to know each other, this group came out firing, thanks to a new sense of chemistry and camaraderie the nothing yet everything 2023 campaign brought about.
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