Liberty’s Kennedy Burke leads WNBA in 3-point shooting
Kennedy Burke poured in four 3s in Thursday’s win against the Sparks.
It marked the second time this season she’s drained four shots from deep. She finished with 12 points in her fourth start this season.
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Burke is shooting a whopping 50.7 percent from behind the arc this season, which is the highest mark in the league among players who’ve attempted at least 50 shots from 3-point range.
Burke has been so impressive that Natasha Cloud has launched a campaign for her to participate in this year’s 3-point shooting contest during WNBA All-Star weekend later this month.
Burke blushed and smiled at Cloud’s assertion. Asked whether she would want to partake in the annual event, Burke said she hasn’t really thought about it.
“I don’t know,” Burke said. “I just want to play, honestly. Just be the best player for my teammates, be a good teammate. So, I mean, that’s not something that I’m really focused on. I just want to focus on taking it day by day, staying present.”
A new public art installation honoring the 2024 WNBA champions was unveiled Thursday on the plaza at Barclays Center.
“The Liberty Portraits: A Monument to the 2024 Champions,” created by renowned artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, tells the story of 10 of the 12 players who contributed to last year’s title run.
Each 3D frame includes a 9-foot-tall portrait of a player in their Liberty uniform on one side and an image of the same player with their chosen family on the other. There’s also text panels that feature first-person testimonies from the voice of a loved one.
Frazier hopes the portraits are “beacons of women’s leadership and the power of sisterhood.
“This collaboration extends beyond fandom and the spectacle of sport; it’s an act of celebrating and bearing witness to the full humanity of these championship players — their struggles, their triumphs, their lives outside the arena,” Frazier said in a statement. “I’m interested in creating a bridge between fans and the team, deepening a sense of compassion and commanding the dignity and respect the team deserves.”
This is the first of what Liberty owner Clara Wu Tsai hopes to be many public art installations outside Barclays in the coming years.
Sandy Brondello and Cheryl Reeves were named the head coaches for this month’s All-Star game.
Brondello is set to coach Team Napheesa Collier and Reeves will head Team Caitlin Clark.
The Lynx are the No. 1 team in the league, sitting at 15-2. The Liberty are second at 12-5 with a .706 win percentage.
Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts was in line to join Reeves until the Wings knocked off Phoenix on Thursday, dropping his team to 12-6 on the season (.667.)
Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart, both of whom were named starters this week, will join Brondello in Indianapolis.
All-Star reserves are scheduled to be announced Sunday.
Cloud was ecstatic to learn Philadelphia is joining Detroit and Cleveland in the WNBA’s upcoming expansion.
“For my hometown team, the Sixers, to truly invest into a W team, that’s always been my dream to have an organization for the city, it’s going to be so important,” Cloud said.
Cloud will be 38 when Philadelphia is expected to begin to play in 2030.
She doesn’t know whether she’ll still be playing. But she said she’d entertain the idea of working in the team’s front office if an opportunity presented itself.
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