2000 Minnesota Lynx season

2000 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance7,290 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 WNBA season was the second for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Minnesota Lynx:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Angela Aycock United States Kansas
Charmin Smith United States Stanford

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Grace Daley United States Tulane
1 6 Betty Lennox United States Louisiana Tech
1 10 Maylana Martin United States UCLA
2 22 Marla Brumfield United States Rice
2 24 Keitha Dickerson United States Texas Tech
3 38 Phylesha Whaley United States Oklahoma
4 54 Jana Lichnerová Czechoslovakia Saint Joseph's
4 56 Shanele Stires United States Columbus Quest

Transactions

Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
February 21, 2000 Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick[1]
April 14, 2000 Traded Marlies Askamp to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Grace Daley, Betty Lennox, Maylana Martin, Marla Brumfield, Keitha Dickerson, Phylesha Whaley, Jana Lichnerová and Shanele Stires in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 3, 2000 Signed Kate Paye[1]
May 8, 2000 Waived Jana Lichnerová[1]
May 11, 2000 Waived Phylesha Whaley[1]
July 19, 2000 Signed Angela Aycock[1]
September 18, 2000 Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick[1]

Roster

2000 Minnesota Lynx roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G12Aycock, Angela6' 2" (1.88m)161 lb (73kg)1973-02-28Kansas1
G25Brumfield, Marla5' 8" (1.73m)133 lb (60kg)1978-06-06RiceR
G4Daley, Grace5' 8" (1.73m)147 lb (67kg)1978-06-26TulaneR
F40Dickerson, Keitha5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1978-04-20Texas TechR
F24Folkl, Kristin6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1975-12-19Stanford1
G22Lennox, Betty5' 8" (1.73m)143 lb (65kg)1976-12-04Louisiana TechR
F5Lloyd-Curry, Andrea6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1965-09-25Texas1
F/C13Martin, Maylana6' 2" (1.88m)174 lb (79kg)1978-04-17UCLAR
G14Paye, Kate5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1974-03-06StanfordR
F44Potthoff, Angie6' 1" (1.85m)191 lb (87kg)1974-06-12Penn State1
G30Smith, Katie5' 11" (1.8m)175 lb (79kg)1974-06-04Ohio State1
F3Stires, Shanele5' 11" (1.8m)208 lb (94kg)1972-05-21Kansas StateR
G19Tate, Sonja5' 7" (1.7m)157 lb (71kg)1971-09-07Arkansas State1
Head coach
Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
Kelly Kramer
Heidi VanDerveer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 Cleveland W 73-62 Katie Smith (34) Katie Smith (7) Dickerson
Folkl
Lennox (3) 		Target Center 1–0
June: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 1 @ Utah L 74-83 Kristin Folkl (20) Kristin Folkl (8) Keitha Dickerson (3) Delta Center 1–1
3 June 3 Los Angeles L 75-82 Katie Smith (33) Betty Lennox (10) Dickerson
Smith(5) 		Target Center 1–2
4 June 5 Detroit W 88-68 Kristin Folkl (19) Kristin Folkl (12) Kristin Folkl (5) Target Center 2–2
5 June 8 @ Orlando W 71-57 Betty Lennox (24) Betty Lennox (7) Lloyd-Curry
Smith (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 3–2
6 June 10 @ Miami W 66-55 Katie Smith (28) Dickerson
Lennox (8) 		Dickerson
Smith (3) 		American Airlines Arena 4–2
7 June 15 Orlando W 72-66 Betty Lennox (25) Betty Lennox (6) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (2) Target Center 5–2
8 June 17 @ Phoenix W 69-62 Katie Smith (26) Kristin Folkl (8) Grace Daley (4) America West Arena 6–2
9 June 18 @ Houston L 66-78 Katie Smith (18) Betty Lennox (5) Brumfield
Lennox (4) 		Compaq Center 6–3
10 June 20 Phoenix L 55-74 Betty Lennox (14) Kristin Folkl (6) Kristin Folkl (4) Target Center 6–4
11 June 22 Utah W 86-64 Katie Smith (21) Dickerson
Martin (7) 		Kate Paye (5) Target Center 7–4
12 June 24 @ Cleveland W 60-57 (OT) Betty Lennox (28) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Katie Smith (4) Gund Arena 8–4
13 June 28 @ Sacramento L 74-82 Katie Smith (22) Kristin Folkl (6) Katie Smith (4) ARCO Arena 8–5
14 June 30 @ Seattle W 65-53 Katie Smith (19) Grace Daley (8) Folkl
Lloyd-Curry (4) 		KeyArena 9–5
July: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 July 2 Portland W 81-75 Katie Smith (32) Kristin Folkl (7) Betty Lennox (6) Target Center 10–5
16 July 5 Seattle L 60-67 Dickerson
Folkl (15) 		Keitha Dickerson (7) Kristin Folkl (4) Target Center 10–6
17 July 7 New York L 70-76 Betty Lennox (20) Betty Lennox (12) Dickerson
Smith (5) 		Target Center 10–7
18 July 9 Houston L 60-70 Katie Smith (18) Kristin Folkl (9) Kristin Folkl (6) Target Center 10–8
19 July 11 @ Phoenix L 54-64 Katie Smith (24) Daley
Dickerson
Folkl (5) 		Grace Daley (6) America West Arena 10–9
20 July 14 @ Portland L 54-65 Betty Lennox (15) Betty Lennox (12) Kate Paye (4) Rose Garden 10–10
21 July 15 @ Los Angeles L 57-58 Betty Lennox (21) Daley
Lennox
Paye (9) 		Folkl
Smith (3) 		Great Western Forum 10–11
22 July 20 @ Sacramento L 56-73 Katie Smith (23) Betty Lennox (9) Betty Lennox (7) ARCO Arena 10–12
23 July 21 @ Seattle L 61-67 Katie Smith (20) Kristin Folkl (12) Katie Smith (5) KeyArena 10–13
24 July 23 Portland W 80-63 Betty Lennox (26) Betty Lennox (6) Katie Smith (6) Target Center 11–13
25 July 28 Miami W 68-44 Katie Smith (25) Kristin Folkl (8) Daley
Lennox (4) 		Target Center 12–13
26 July 29 @ Washington W 87-85 Betty Lennox (31) Dickerson
Lennox (6) 		Grace Daley (7) MCI Center 13–13
27 July 31 Los Angeles L 66-73 Betty Lennox (20) Kristin Folkl (8) Keitha Dickerson (5) Target Center 13–14
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 2 Utah L 62-72 Betty Lennox (21) Dickerson
Martin (5) 		Betty Lennox (3) Target Center 13–15
29 August 4 Sacramento L 63-74 Katie Smith (24) Keitha Dickerson (5) Dickerson
Martin (4) 		Target Center 13–16
30 August 6 Indiana W 80-75 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Folkl (8) 		Betty Lennox (8) Target Center 14–16
31 August 8 @ Charlotte W 76-67 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Lennox (6) 		Kristin Folkl (6) Charlotte Coliseum 15–16
32 August 9 @ Houston L 64-77 Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Lennox
Smith (6) 		Compaq Center 15–17

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 27 5 .844 17–4 1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 11 .656 13–8 7.0
Phoenix Mercury x 20 12 .625 11–10 8.0
Utah Starzz o 18 14 .563 13–8 10.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 5–16 13.0
Portland Fire o 10 22 .313 4–17 18.0
Seattle Storm o 6 26 .188 4–17 22.0

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Katie Smith 32 32 37.3 .421 .379 .869 2.9 2.8 1.4 0.2 20.2
Betty Lennox 32 31 30.8 .427 .396 .800 5.6 2.6 1.7 0.3 16.9
Kristin Folkl 32 20 26.4 .450 .211 .702 4.8 2.1 0.7 0.7 7.6
Keitha Dickerson 32 29 24.7 .380 .000 .756 4.4 1.8 1.2 0.1 4.4
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 14 2 23.8 .382 .344 .706 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 5.4
Marla Brumfield 32 17 19.2 .465 .111 .690 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.1 3.9
Grace Daley 30 4 19.2 .388 .304 .646 2.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 5.8
Maylana Martin 30 13 15.2 .458 .263 .594 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 4.4
Kate Paye 28 12 14.6 .328 .293 .667 2.1 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.0
Sonja Tate 8 0 11.8 .455 .545 .500 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 3.4
Shanele Stires 21 0 5.6 .448 .500 .667 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.7
Angie Potthoff 3 0 2.7 .000 .000 N/A 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Angela Aycock 3 0 2.0 N/A N/A N/A 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2000 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
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