Leonie Fiebich's absence proving costly for Liberty: ‘Please come back'
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SAN FRANCISCO — Liberty center Nyara Sabally reached for her phone and fired off a tongue-in-cheek text to Leonie Fiebich last week.
'Please come back.'
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Of course, the Liberty are in full support of Fiebich's pursuit to win a medal for her native Germany at EuroBasket.
But Sabally's three-word text is a sentiment shared by the team, especially considering New York is without at least another starter, Jonquel Jones, for the foreseeable future.
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