1999 Washington Mystics season

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1999 Washington Mystics season
Coach Nancy Darsch
Arena MCI Center
Attendance15,306 per game
Results
Record1220 (.375)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Washington Mystics. In the 1999 WNBA draft, Chamique Holdsclaw was selected by the Washington Mystics 1st overall. In her first season, she was named the Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
11 Chamique Holdsclaw Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
213 Shalonda Enis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Reign
325 Andrea Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Philadelphia Rage
437 Jenny Whittle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Perth Breakers (Australia)

Transactions

DateTransaction
February 18, 1999Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach [1]
May 4, 1999Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA Draft [1]
May 6, 1999Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham [1]
July 1, 1999Waived Jenny Whittle [1]
Signed Valerie Still [1]
July 11, 1999Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts [1]
December 15, 1999Traded Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft [1]

Roster

1999 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m)1973-09-15 Charlotte R
F/C 3 Flag of the United States.svg Enis, Shalonda 6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg)1974-12-03 Alabama R
F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1977-08-09 Tennessee R
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m)162 lb (73kg)1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech R
G 15 Flag of the United States.svg McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m)158 lb (72kg)1971-12-17 Tennessee 1
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Penny 6' 0" (1.83m)1969-01-25 Long Beach State 2
G 11 Flag of Hungary.svg Nagy, Andrea 5' 7" (1.7m)147 lb (67kg)1971-11-16 FIU R
F/C 44 Flag of the United States.svg Owen, Heather6' 5" (1.96m)212 lb (96kg)1976-05-06 Stanford R
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m)160 lb (73kg)1975-09-18 Florida 1
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Roberts, Nyree 6' 3" (1.91m)209 lb (95kg)1976-03-10 Old Dominion 1
C 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m)181 lb (82kg)1973-12-021
F 12 Flag of the United States.svg Still, Valerie 6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1961-05-14 Kentucky R
C 32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Whittle, Jenny 6' 5" (1.96m)1973-11-05R
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1976-01-14 Connecticut 1
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Darsch (Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Melissa McFerrin
Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Boucek

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–10; Road: 6–10)
June: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
10July 2 Sacramento L 74–79 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Chamique Holdsclaw (7) MCI Center 2–8
11July 6 New York W 71–63 Nikki McCray (16) Murriel Page (8) Nikki McCray (9) MCI Center 3–8
12July 8 Utah L 65–81 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Murriel Page (6) Enis
Nagy (5)
MCI Center 3–9
13July 10@ Detroit W 83–78 (2OT) Chamique Holdsclaw (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Andrea Nagy (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–9
14July 12 Charlotte W 74–71 Nikki McCray (26) Murriel Page (15) Holdsclaw
Nagy (5)
MCI Center 5–9
15July 16 Detroit L 68–78 McCray
Page (18)
Murriel Page (10) Markita Aldridge (5) MCI Center 5–10
16July 17@ Charlotte L 56–63 Shalonda Enis (18) Enis
Holdsclaw (6)
Nikki McCray (9) Charlotte Coliseum 5–11
17July 19 Orlando L 52–77 Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Holdsclaw
Page (9)
Holdsclaw
Maxwell
McCray
Nagy
Williams (1)
MCI Center 5–12
18July 21 Cleveland L 68–85 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Shalonda Enis (6) Aldridge
Holdsclaw
Nagy (2)
MCI Center 5–13
19July 23@ Minnesota W 60–55 Nikki McCray (19) Enis
Holdsclaw (7)
Nikki McCray (4) Target Center 6–13
20July 25@ Phoenix L 59–72 Nikki McCray (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (7) Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)
America West Arena 6–14
21July 26@ Utah L 61–73 Nikki McCray (19) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Nikki McCray (5) Delta Center 6–15
22July 29@ Sacramento L 54–70 Nikki McCray (16) Shalonda Enis (8) Andrea Nagy (6) ARCO Arena 6–16
23July 31@ Los Angeles L 64–81 Nikki McCray (19) Murriel Page (10) Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)
Great Western Forum 6–17
August: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
24August 2@ Detroit W 75–70 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Holdsclaw
Page (7)
Andrea Nagy (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–17
25August 5 Orlando W 72–68 Holdsclaw
McCray (24)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Andrea Nagy (7) MCI Center 8–17
26August 7@ Cleveland W 63–62 Nikki McCray (25) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) Andrea Nagy (11) Gund Arena 9–17
27August 8 Cleveland W 80–45 Nikki McCray (20) Murriel Page (7) Holdsclaw
McCray
Nagy (4)
MCI Center 10–17
28August 11 New York W 59–56 (OT) Nikki McCray (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (14) Enis
McCray
Nagy
Page
Williams (2)
MCI Center 11–17
29August 14 Los Angeles W 55–53 Nikki McCray (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (13) Nikki McCray (5) MCI Center 12–17
30August 15@ Orlando L 54–81 Nikki McCray (13) Enis
Roberts
McCray (5)
Aldridge
McCray (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre 12–18
31August 17@ New York L 54–66 Nikki McCray (12)Heather Owen (5) Enis
Holdsclaw
Page (2)
Madison Square Garden 12–19
32August 21 Minnesota L 45–48 Nikki McCray (19) Murriel Page (10) Andrea Nagy (5) MCI Center 12–20
1999 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x1814.56312–8
Detroit Shock x1517.46912–83.0
Charlotte Sting x1517.46912–83.0
Orlando Miracle o1517.4699–113.0
Washington Mystics o1220.37510–106.0
Cleveland Rockers o725.2195–1511.0

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
Chamique Holdsclaw 313034.2.437.172.7737.92.41.20.916.9
Nikki McCray 323232.6.424.301.8062.72.41.10.017.5
Andrea Nagy 323229.6.409.273.7632.44.61.00.15.1
Shalonda Enis 292629.1.364.275.6845.41.60.80.17.4
Murriel Page 322628.6.574N/A.6836.70.90.80.98.8
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira 13616.6.564N/A.3183.20.10.10.23.9
Heather Owen17013.8.400N/A.6962.20.40.10.22.1
Valerie Still 23612.3.245.000.3681.90.30.20.21.3
Markita Aldridge 31212.2.309.150.6061,21.10.50.22.6
Rita Williams 31010.1.500.559.6391.21.00.70.03.4
Nyree Roberts 807.7.600N/A.5711.30.10.60.12.0
Monica Maxwell 2007.1.220.212.5561.10.50.30.11.7
Jenny Whittle 306.0.000N/AN/A1.00.00.30.30.0
Penny Moore 404.8.333N/AN/A0.730.00.00.30.5

Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1999 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
  3. "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.