Editing New York Liberty (section)

===The Isiah Thomas era (2015–2018)===
On May 5, 2015, the Liberty hired Thomas as team president overseeing all business and basketball operations of the franchise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty introduce Team President Isiah Thomas|url=http://liberty.wnba.com/news/liberty-introduce-team-president-isiah-thomas/|website=New York Liberty}}</ref> Under Thomas' leadership as team president and the coaching staff led by [[Bill Laimbeer]] as head coach, the Liberty finished first in the Eastern Conference during the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Berman|first=Marc|title=Isiah Thomas – yes, that Isiah Thomas – is Liberty's Mr. Fix-t|url=https://nypost.com/2015/08/01/isiah-thomas-yes-that-isiah-thomas-is-libertys-mr-fix-it/|website=New York Post}}</ref>

On August 2, 2015, during halftime at the game against the [[Seattle Storm]], the New York Liberty inducted WNBA legend [[Becky Hammon]] into the Liberty's Ring of Honor. Thomas presented Hammon with her ring during the induction ceremony at [[Madison Square Garden]]. Hammon is currently the head coach of the WNBA's [[Las Vegas Aces]].

After qualifying for the [[2016 WNBA playoffs]], the Liberty lost to the [[Phoenix Mercury]] in the second round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Feinberg |first=Doug |date=24 September 2016 |title=Taurasi helps Mercury advance to semifinals, beat Liberty |url=https://www.wnba.com/game/1041600201/PHO-vs-NYL |access-date=6 July 2024 |work=WNBA}}</ref> The Liberty lost to the Washington Mystics in the second round of the 2017 WNBA playoffs.

In November 2017, the Madison Square Garden Company and [[James L. Dolan]] announced they were actively looking to sell the franchise.<ref>{{cite web |last=Voepel |first=Mechelle |author-link=Michael Voepel |date=November 15, 2017 |title=Jim Dolan parting ways with New York Liberty was only a matter of time |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/21417596 |access-date=November 24, 2017 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> After not immediately finding a buyer, MSG relocated most of the Liberty's 2018 home games to [[Westchester County Center]] in nearby [[White Plains, New York]], the home of MSG's [[NBA G League]] team the [[Westchester Knicks]], while still continuing to pursue a sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://liberty.wnba.com/news/msg-operate-liberty-continuing-pursue-sale-westchester-county-center-serve-teams-primary-home-2018/ |title=MSG to Operate Liberty While Continuing to Pursue Sale, Westchester County Center to Serve as Team's Primary Home for 2018 |publisher=New York Liberty |date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the Liberty failed to make the playoffs, with a 7–27 record.