Watching the New York Liberty play this season was an excruciating affair.
Impressive, signature wins would be followed up by long languid stretches of play, where no one wanted to take shots, defense was optional, and the rotations made little to no sense.
At points, and especially during the brutal July stretch which saw them lose six of seven games against both scrub teams and contenders, it looked like that was it for this particular iteration of the Liberty, the one that had won the championship only two years ago.