The Las Vegas Aces won the WNBA draft lottery on Tuesday after barely missing the playoffs this past season. The Aces will draft first for the third straight year.
Epiphanny Prince will finally get to play for her hometown team, the New York Liberty.
The New York Liberty will feature a rebuilt roster, plus controversial new team president Isiah Thomas. But coach Bill Laimbeer thinks his mix of vets and rookies could challenge in the East.
MSG says hiring Isiah Thomas is purely about saving the Liberty. But people around the league worry the Liberty are actually being used as a pawn just to get Thomas back into the fold at MSG.
Bill Laimbeer, let go last year but then hired back, will try to return New York to the playoffs after missing the postseason in back-to-back years for the first time since the WNBA's inception.
No one from the Liberty would comment Tuesday after New York parted ways with Bill Laimbeer. But plenty of questions -- Will Teresa Weatherspoon be considered? Will coach/GM continue to be a combined job? -- will need to be answered.
