Jessica Davenport News

The last time the Liberty opened 0-4 was the disastrous 2006 season, after which general manager Carol Blazejowski decided to blow up the team and rebuild.

The Indiana Fever signed free agent center Jessica Davenport on Wednesday to replace the injured Yolanda Griffith .

The Indiana Fever have signed former Ohio State center Jessica Davenport. Davenport was a two-time Big Ten Conference Player of the Year and the second overall pick in the 2007 draft.

Judging by the way their former star guard has tormented them since, the New York Liberty may have made a mistake two years ago when they traded Becky Hammon to the San Antonio Silver Stars .

The Liberty, as is the case for every WNBA team, will have to trim their roster to 11 players by 2 p.m. tomorrow.

It was easy to tell what time of year it is by looking at the Connecticut Sun 's lineup in the final three minutes of their exhibition opener against the New York Liberty.