Depleted Liberty expected to get reinforcements soon with injury returns, overseas arrivals looming

Liberty forward Rebecca Allen isn’t surprised by the team’s 3-1 start.Actually, Allen said she expected to win all four.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Madeline Kenney about all things Liberty and WNBA.Portland stole a win from the Liberty last week after executing better down the stretch. The Fire had fresh bodies, deploying a 10-player rotation that wore down their opponent.

Meanwhile, the Liberty had just nine active players in last Tuesday’s defeat.Only seven players played 12 or more minutes, and four of the team’s starters logged 30-plus minutes. The Fire’s bench outscored the Liberty’s 32-11. Those days of overloading the starters, though, may soon be behind the Liberty. New York expects to replenish its roster in the near future. Sabrina Ionescu (left foot) and Satou Sabally (cyst) fully participated in Monday’s practice.

Meanwhile, the arrival of Leonie Fiebich and Raquel Carrera is imminent after they helped Valencia win the Spanish League championship Sunday morning. The Liberty didn’t have an official timeline for when Fiebich and Carrera will join the team.Coach Chris DeMarco said “they could use a few days off,” but hoped to have them in the building by the end of the week. DeMarco said Ionescu and Sabally “looked good” in practice. “Obviously both working on getting back to full speed,” he said, “but yeah, really impressed with the progress they’ve made.”This is overall good news for the team. The influx of talent, though, is about to make DeMarco’s job both easier and more complicated. On one hand, the Liberty are welcoming back All-Stars Ionescu and Sabally along with Fiebich, who was one of the Liberty’s best perimeter defenders last season.

They’ll also have Carrera, whose addition will improve the frontcourt’s depth. On the other hand, there are only so many minutes to be played.A playing time crunch feels imminent. It’s a g...