Editing Nancy Lieberman (section)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Nancy Lieberman
| image = Nancy Lieberman by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Lieberman in 2018
| league = 
| team = 
| position = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|01}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 175
| high_school = [[Far Rockaway High School|Far Rockaway]]<br />(New York City, New York)
| college = [[Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball|Old Dominion]] (1976–1980)
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_round = 2 (Elite)
| draft_pick = 15
| draft_team = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 1987, 1997, 2008
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number = 
| coach_start = 1998
| coach_end = 2000, 2009–2011, 2015–present
| years1 = 1980–1981, 1984
| team1 = [[Dallas Diamonds (basketball)|Dallas Diamonds]]
| years2 = 1986
| team2 = [[Springfield Fame]]
| years3 = 1987
| team3 = [[Long Island Surf|Long Island Knights]]
| years4 = [[1997 WNBA season|1997]]
| team4 = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| years5 = [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| team5 = [[Detroit Shock]]
| cyears1 = [[1998 WNBA season|1998]]–[[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| cteam1 = [[Detroit Shock]]
| cyears2 = 2009–2011
| cteam2 = [[Texas Legends]]
| cyears3 = {{nbay|2015|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}}
| cteam3 = [[Sacramento Kings]] (assistant)
| highlights = 
'''As player:'''
* [[Women's American Basketball Association (1984)|WABA]] champion (1984)
* WABA Most Valuable Player (1984)
* [[Women's Pro Basketball League|WBL]] Rookie of the Year (1981)
* 3x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] All-American (1978–1980)
* 2× [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball (1979, 1980)
* [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] for all sports (1979)
* 2x [[Wade Trophy]] (1979, 1980)
| HOF_player = nancy-lieberman
| womensHOF = nancy-lieberman
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Basketball]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBA World Championship for Women|World Championship]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1979 FIBA World Championship for Women|1979 Seoul]] | National team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[USA Women's Pan American Team|1975 Mexico]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalSilver | [[USA Women's Pan American Team|1979 Puerto Rico]] | Team competition }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[R. William Jones Cup|Jones Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[USA Women's R. William Jones Cup Team|1979 Taipei]] | Team competition }}
}}

'''Nancy Ilizabeth Lieberman''' (born July 1, 1958), nicknamed "'''Lady Magic'''", is an American former professional [[basketball]] player and coach in the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) who is currently a broadcaster for the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) as well as the head coach of [[Power (basketball)|Power]], a team in the [[BIG3]] which she led to its 2018 Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/media/shock/mg09_history.pdf |title=Media Guide |page=12 |access-date=July 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233305/http://www.wnba.com/media/shock/mg09_history.pdf |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Athletes/L/Lieberman-Nancy.aspx |title=Nancy Lieberman/ Basketball |access-date=July 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129020807/http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Athletes/L/Lieberman-Nancy.aspx |archive-date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref> Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in American women's basketball.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Lieberman.html |title=Nancy Lieberman |access-date=July 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Woolum p 177">Woolum, p. 177</ref>

In 2000, she was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Lieberman is a member of the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]],<ref name="HOF" /> the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]],<ref name="Nancy Lieberman">{{cite web |url=http://www.wbhof.com/lieberman.html |title=Nancy Lieberman |access-date=July 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023123021/http://www.wbhof.com/lieberman.html |archive-date=October 23, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the St. Louis Jewish Sports Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stljewishlight.com/news/local/article_ed142b8e-0d2e-11e4-b0d5-0019bb2963f4.html |date=July 17, 2014 |work=St. Louis Jewish Light |title=JCC's Jewish Sports Hall of Fame welcomes nine new members: Local News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref> and the [[Virginia Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="VSHOF" />