2000 Detroit Shock season | |
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Coach | Nancy Lieberman-Cline |
Arena | The Palace of Auburn Hills |
Attendance | 6,716 per game |
Results | |
Record | 14–18 (.438) |
Place | 5th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.
The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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Lesley Brown | United States | Virginia |
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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Sandy Brondello | Australia | BTV Wuppertal (Germany) |
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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1 | 3 | Edwina Brown | United States | Texas |
1 | 8 | Tamicha Jackson | United States | Louisiana Tech |
2 | 28 | Madinah Slaise | United States | Cincinnati |
3 | 44 | Chavonne Hammond | United States | Vanderbilt |
4 | 60 | Cal Bouchard | Canada | Boston College |
Date | Transaction |
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December 15, 1999 | Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft [1] |
Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft [1] | |
April 24, 2000 | Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks [1] |
April 25, 2000 | Drafted Edwina Brown, Tamicha Jackson, Madinah Slaise, Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1] |
May 1, 2000 | Signed Anna DeForge, Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou [1] |
May 21, 2000 | Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton [1] |
July 24, 2000 | Waived Madinah Slaise [1] |
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Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
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New York Liberty x | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | – |
Cleveland Rockers x | 17 | 15 | .531 | 13–8 | 3.0 |
Orlando Miracle x | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 4.0 |
Washington Mystics x | 14 | 18 | .438 | 13–8 | 6.0 |
Detroit Shock o | 14 | 18 | .438 | 10–11 | 6.0 |
Miami Sol o | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 7.0 |
Indiana Fever o | 9 | 23 | .281 | 7–14 | 11.0 |
Charlotte Sting o | 8 | 24 | .250 | 5–16 | 12.0 |
Legend | |||||||
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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 |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Wendy Palmer | 32 | 30 | 28.6 | .448 | .250 | .704 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.8 |
Dominique Canty | 28 | 27 | 28.0 | .409 | .000 | .695 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
Elena Tornikidou | 32 | 32 | 27.2 | .506 | .125 | .914 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 10.3 |
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 32 | 27.1 | .474 | .167 | .569 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 |
Claudia Neves | 30 | 20 | 21.2 | .380 | .304 | .833 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
Edwina Brown | 32 | 7 | 19.3 | .355 | .250 | .838 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
Anna DeForge | 27 | 10 | 16.0 | .405 | .321 | .781 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
Tamicha Jackson | 17 | 0 | 15.7 | .387 | .250 | .743 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 |
Olympia Scott-Richardson | 28 | 0 | 13.2 | .416 | .000 | .650 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya | 23 | 0 | 11.2 | .521 | .429 | .909 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
Barbara Farris | 14 | 2 | 9.3 | .500 | .000 | .556 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3,2 |
Joy Holmes Harris | 29 | 0 | 9.3 | .471 | .364 | .700 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
Madinah Slaise | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
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