S4.E9: New York Liberty 3-4 Start: Concern or Overreaction? | Ari Chambers Breaks It Down

About this episode

Ari Chambers joins Erica L. Ayala to discuss the New York Liberty's rocky start to the season and the implications for New York basketball.

The defending champions are off to a rocky start — and we're getting into all of it. Journalist & w omen’s sports pioneer Ari Chambers joins Gotta Get Up! to break down what's really happening with the New York Liberty in 2026. We're taking a calm, clear-eyed look at the Liberty's 3-4 start — from player performance and roster construction to life under new head coach Chris DeMarco. Are Liberty fans right to be worried, or is this a classic early-season overreaction? Ari helps us separate the noise from the real concerns. And we can't let Ari leave without talking New York basketball at large — because the Knicks just swept the Cavaliers to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. We're getting her take on what it means for the city. Plus — you might not know this, but Ari's connection to the Liberty runs deep. Before she was covering women's sports on ESPN, she was a member of the Liberty's Torch Patrol. We're going there. In this episode: 🗽What the Liberty's 3-4 record actually tells us — and what it doesn't 🗽Player performance and roster questions through the early stretch 🗽What to make of Chris DeMarco's first weeks as head coach 🗽Ari's days on the Liberty…

People in this episode

Host: Erica L. Ayala

Guest: Ari Chambers

Topics covered

• New York Liberty
• basketball performance
• coaching
• NBA Finals
• women's sports
• early season analysis

Keywords

• New York Liberty
• Ari Chambers
• Chris DeMarco
• NBA Finals
• women's sports
• basketball
• player performance
• roster construction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Liberty, ESPN, Forbes, SI, Knicks

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