1999 Utah Starzz season

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1999 Utah Starzz season
Coach Frank Layden (retired Jun. 21, 2–2 record), Fred Williams (13–15 record)
Arena Delta Center
Attendance7,544 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz finished last in the West, despite improving to a 15-17 mark. The team started with coach Frank Layden, who resigned after a 2-2 record so he could retire.

Contents

Transactions

Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Kim Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DePaul

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
13 Natalie Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Power
215 Debbie Black Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado Xplosion
327 Adrienne Goodson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Chicago Condors
439 Dalma Iványi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary FIU

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 6, 1999Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 30, 1999Waived Jessie Hicks [1]
May 4, 1999Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the 1999 WNBA Draft [1]
May 6, 1999Waived Erin Alexander [1]
June 9, 1999Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss [1]
June 21, 1999Waived Chantel Tremitiere [1]
Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching [1]
Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach [1]
July 6, 1999Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford [1]
July 12, 1999Waived Michelle Campbell [1]
July 30, 1999Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede [1]
December 15, 1999Traded Elena Baranova and a 2000 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick [1]


Roster

1999 Utah Starzz roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 34 Flag of the United States.svg Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m)125 lb (57kg)1973-02-26 Boise State 1
F 28 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Baranova, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m)182 lb (83kg)1972-01-282
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m)124 lb (56kg)1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's R
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg)1965-03-16 Long Beach State 1
C 5 Flag of the United States.svg Campbell, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m)170 lb (77kg)1973-02-20 USC R
C 12 Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Dydek, Margo 7' 2" (2.18m)223 lb (101kg)1974-04-281
F 15 Flag of the United States.svg Goodson, Adrienne 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)1966-10-19 Old Dominion R
G 7 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m)155 lb (70kg)1975-03-29 Duquesne 1
G 7 Flag of Hungary.svg Iványi, Dalma 5' 10" (1.78m)135 lb (61kg)1976-03-13 FIU R
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, LaTonya 6' 1" (1.85m)150 lb (68kg)1975-08-17 Memphis 1
G 27 Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Lara, Krystyna 5' 8" (1.73m)130 lb (59kg)1969-09-30R
F 14 Flag of the United States.svg Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1974-08-12 Virginia 2
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Scott, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1976-05-05 Stanford 1
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m)142 lb (64kg)1969-10-20 Auburn 2
C 24 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Natalie 6' 2" (1.88m)210 lb (95kg)1970-11-30 UCLA R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 11–5; Road: 4–12)
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1June 12 Orlando W 71–65 Wendy Palmer (22) Natalie Williams (12) Goodson
Palmer (4)		 Delta Center 1–0
2June 14@ Minnesota L 54–78 Natalie Williams (18) Natalie Williams (12) Elena Baranova (3) Target Center 1–1
3June 17@ Houston L 73–93 Wendy Palmer (18) Natalie Williams (16) Debbie Black (3) Compaq Center 1–2
4June 19 Sacramento W 85–75 Natalie Williams (26) Natalie Williams (8) Debbie Black (7) Delta Center 2–2
5June 24@ Sacramento L 69–107 Wendy Palmer (18) Natalie Williams (10) Debbie Black (4) ARCO Arena 2–3
6June 26 Minnesota L 62–72 Margo Dydek (19) Baranova
Dydek (8)		 Baranova
Black (4)		 Delta Center 2–4
7June 28@ Los Angeles L 70–102 Natalie Williams (28) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (4) Great Western Forum 2–5
8June 30 Houston L 68–78 Natalie Williams (23) Baranova
Williams (6)		 Debbie Black (8) Delta Center 2–6
July : 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
9July 2 Cleveland W 83–68 Margo Dydek (20) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (8) Delta Center 3–6
10July 6 Detroit W 104–94 (2OT) Natalie Williams (31) Margo Dydek (16) Debbie Black (10) Delta Center 4–6
11July 8@ Washington W 81–65 Wendy Palmer (17) Natalie Williams (7) Debbie Black (7) MCI Center 5–6
12July 10@ Orlando L 56–62 Natalie Williams (23) Natalie Williams (12) Wendy Palmer (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–7
13July 12 Phoenix L 66–80 Dydek
Williams (22)		 Dydek
Williams (9)		 Black
Goodson (4)		 Delta Center 5–8
14July 16 Houston L 84–88 (OT) Margo Dydek (24) Dydek
Williams (8)		 Elena Baranova (7) Delta Center 5–9
15July 18@ New York L 82–88 (OT) Natalie Williams (24) Natalie Williams (7) Debbie Black (6) Madison Square Garden 5–10
16July 19@ Charlotte L 66–73 Adrienne Goodson (18) Adrienne Goodson (9) Adrienne Goodson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 5–11
17July 21@ Detroit L 77–86 Margo Dydek (22) Adrienne Goodson (7) Debbie Black (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–12
18July 24@ Cleveland W 76–70 Adrienne Goodson (20) Black
Dydek (7)		 Debbie Black (11) Gund Arena 6–12
19July 26 Washington W 73–61 Natalie Williams (23) Black
Williams (7)		 Debbie Black (6) Delta Center 7–12
20July 27@ Phoenix L 73–86 Adrienne Goodson (17) Margo Dydek (8) Debbie Black (6) America West Arena 7–13
21July 30@ Los Angeles L 77–87 Margo Dydek (19) Margo Dydek (11) Goodson
Johnson (3)		 Great Western Forum 7–14
22July 31 Sacramento W 63–59 Margo Dydek (25) Debbie Black (6) LaTonya Johnson (4) Delta Center 8–14
August : 7–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
23August 3 New York L 59–61 Goodson
Hlede (12)		 Brown
Dydek (5)		 Debbie Black (3) Delta Center 8–15
24August 5 Los Angeles W 81–75 Natalie Williams (17) Natalie Williams (11) Debbie Black (6) Delta Center 9–15
25August 7 Minnesota W 80–70 Margo Dydek (19) Margo Dydek (8) Dydek
Goodson
Johnson (4)		 Delta Center 10–15
26August 9 Charlotte W 67–65 Dydek
Goodson (14)		 Natalie Williams (11) Margo Dydek (6) Delta Center 11–15
27August 11@ Minnesota L 73–83 Korie Hlede (20) Natalie Williams (8) Debbie Black (5) Delta Center 11–16
28August 13 Phoenix W 67–64 Margo Dydek (17) Natalie Williams (10) Debbie Black (6) Great Western Forum 12–16
29August 14@ Sacramento W 97–89 Adrienne Goodson (23) Natalie Williams (10) Korie Hlede (7) ARCO Arena 13–16
30August 16@ Houston L 71–80 Natalie Williams (24) Natalie Williams (8) Black
Hlede (4)		 Compaq Center 13–17
31August 20@ Phoenix W 70–62 Adrienne Goodson (22) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (4) America West Arena 14–17
32August 21 Los Angeles W 89–81 Adrienne Goodson (20) Natalie Williams (9) Debbie Black (9) Delta Center 15–17
1999 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Houston Comets x266.81316–4–
Los Angeles Sparks x2012.62512–86.0
Sacramento Monarchs x1913.5949–117.0
Phoenix Mercury o1517.4697–1311.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4698–1211.0
Utah Starzz o1517.4698–1211.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Natalie Williams 282634.1.519.000.7549.20.91.40.818.0
Adrienne Goodson 323133.4.426.245.7674.32.70.80.314.9
Debbie Black 323231.7.378.195.6203.55.02.40.25.1
Korie Hlede 11125.2.463.448.9092.72.50.70.111.9
LaTonya Johnson 311823.2.365.293.8101.71.60.70.36.5
Margo Dydek 322822.9.498.350.8576.41.80.42.412.6
Wendy Palmer 20422.3.404.300.6474.21.50.20.48.4
Elena Baranova 291919.7.405.417.8053.41.60.70.86.0
Cindy Brown 9017.3.344.100.6883.71.11.00.23.8
Chantel Tremitiere 2009.6.310.2501.0001.01.10.30.01.1
Olympia Scott 409.0.300N/A.5002.00.50.30.02.3
Krystyna Lara 2508.2.338.3031.0000.50.90.40.12.5
Tricia Bader Binford 704.9.000.0001.0000.30.10.40.10.3
Dalma Iványi 1414.8.333.000.7500.40.50.30.00.8
Michelle Campbell 803.8.300.000.5000.80.30.00.01.0


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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "1999 Utah Starzz Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
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