Overview
- Head coach Chris DeMarco said Wednesday that Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally are game-time decisions for Thursday’s home opener against the Golden State Valkyries.
- Both players resumed on-court team practices this week after separate lay-offs — Ionescu for a preseason left foot and ankle injury and Sabally for cyst-related discomfort following offseason concussion recovery.
- The Liberty have already begun clearing roster space, waiving Aubrey Griffin, and expect arrivals such as Leonie Fiebich and Raquel Carrera as short-term hardship signings are phased out.
- A return by Ionescu and Sabally would force minute and starting-lineup choices that could move recent starters Marine Johannès and Pauline Astier to bench roles.
- New York opens a seven-game homestand with a 3-1 record, and the club’s immediate focus is managing player health, chemistry, and rotations while Betnijah Laney-Hamilton deals with a personal matter.