2000 Miami Sol season

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2000 Miami Sol season
Coach Ron Rothstein
Arena American Airlines Arena
Attendance7,983 per game
Results
Record1319 (.406)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Miami Sol.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Kate Starbird Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Sandy Brondello Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Detroit Shock
Debbie Black Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz
Sharon Manning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting
Lesley BrownFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Detroit Shock
Yolanda Moore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Orlando Miracle

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
219 Jameka Jones Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte
340Milena FloresFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Drafted Kate Starbird, Sandy Brondello, Debbie Black, Sharon Manning, Lesley Brown and Yolanda Moore in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 14, 2000Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marlies Askamp [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Jameka Jones and Milena Flores in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1]
Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Shantia Owens [1]
June 1, 2000Signed Sheri Sam [1]
June 13, 2000Signed Kristen Rasmussen [1]
November 7, 2000Traded Shantia Owens to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Tracy Reid [1]

Roster

2000 Miami Sol roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 14 Flag of Germany.svg Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m)198 lb (90kg)1970-07-083
G 31 Flag of the United States.svg Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m)124 lb (56kg)1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 1
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Cassidy, Jamie 6' 3" (1.91m)187 lb (85kg)1978-09-12 Maine R
F 12 Flag of the United States.svg Colleton, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)1971-03-17 Maryland 2
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Flores, Milena5' 6" (1.68m)125 lb (57kg)1977-10-10 Stanford R
G/F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m)153 lb (69kg)1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 3
G 35 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Jameka 5' 10" (1.78m)1978-09-13 Charlotte R
F 7 Flag of Sweden.svg Kostic, Tanja 6' 2" (1.88m)163 lb (74kg)1972-11-10 Oregon State 1
F/C 50 Flag of the United States.svg Manning, Sharon 6' 3" (1.91m)186 lb (84kg)1969-03-20 NC State 3
F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Owens, Shantia6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1978-05-16 Kentucky R
F 52 Flag of the United States.svg Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m)172 lb (78kg)1978-11-01 Michigan State R
G/F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 1
G/F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Webb, Umeki 5' 10" (1.78m)162 lb (73kg)1975-06-26 NC State 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Boucek
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Fiorentino

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

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Road: 4–12)
June: 4–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1June 1 Indiana L 54-57 Askamp
Black (13)
Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 0–1
2June 3@ Charlotte W 74-63 (OT) Marlies Askamp (19)Shantia Owens (11)Milena Flores (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–1
3June 5@ Indiana L 59-80 Jamie Cassidy (13)Shantia Owens (7) Debbie Black (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–2
4June 8 Washington L 51-73 Sheri Sam (11) Marlies Askamp (8)Milena Flores (4) American Airlines Arena 1–3
5June 10 Minnesota L 55-66 Sheri Sam (15) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (3) American Airlines Arena 1–4
6June 13 Detroit W 74-61 Sheri Sam (17) Marlies Askamp (13) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 2–4
7June 15@ Houston L 53-77 Katrina Colleton (10) Askamp
Sam (5)
Milena Flores (4) Compaq Center 2–5
8June 17 Cleveland W 55-48 Sheri Sam (21)Owens
Rasmussen (5)
Sheri Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 3–5
9June 18@ New York L 52-58 Katrina Colleton (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 3–6
10June 21@ Washington W 57-55 Sheri Sam (18) Manning
Owens (6)
Sheri Sam (5) MCI Center 4–6
11June 23 Los Angeles L 54-68 Sheri Sam (19)Shantia Owens (8)Milena Flores (3) American Airlines Arena 4–7
12June 24 Phoenix L 44-67 Milena Flores (8) Kristen Rasmussen (8)Milena Flores (2) American Airlines Arena 4–8
13June 28@ Orlando L 53-61 Milena Flores (9) Manning
Sam (5)
Katrina Colleton (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–9
14June 30 Orlando L 63-66 Katrina Colleton (14) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Sheri Sam (7) American Airlines Arena 4–10
July: 6–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–6)
August: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
28August 1@ Portland L 50-54 Sheri Sam (23) Marlies Askamp (10) Black
Ford (3)
Rose Garden 10–18
29August 2@ Sacramento L 55-73 Cassidy
Flores
Sam (8)
Shantia Owens (4) Umeki Webb (4) ARCO Arena 10–19
30August 4 Charlotte W 60-50 Sheri Sam (21) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Sheri Sam (4) American Airlines Arena 11–19
31August 6 New York W 57-41 Sheri Sam (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Black
Colleton
Rasmussen
Sam (2)
American Airlines Arena 12–19
32August 9 Orlando W 68-64 Sheri Sam (24) Marlies Askamp (15) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 13–19

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x2012.62514–7
Cleveland Rockers x1715.53113–83.0
Orlando Miracle x1616.50013–84.0
Washington Mystics x1418.43813–86.0
Detroit Shock o1418.43810–116.0
Miami Sol o1319.4069–127.0
Indiana Fever o923.2817–1411.0
Charlotte Sting o824.2505–1612.0

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
Sheri Sam 312729.2.387.292.6704.32.11.10.212.8
Katrina Colleton 323227.3.352.238.7572.01.60.80.28.3
Marlies Askamp 323227.2.407.500.6847.20.90.50.77.8
Debbie Black 323225.6.380.214.6902.93.11.80.04.8
Shantia Owens311619.5.389N/A.5373.10.70.40.84.2
Kristen Rasmussen 25718.2.350.286.8443.81.11.00.65.0
Sharon Manning 24916.8.478.500.5384.20.71.00.24.3
Kisha Ford 28015.1.306.250.5742.20.81.10.03.6
Umeki Webb 13515.0.250.250.8401.11.10.50.33.3
Milena Flores32014.8.304.295.6190.71.50.70.13.5
Jameka Jones 21011.1.263.200.7221.00.50.40.03.3
Tanja Kostic 509.2.333N/A.5001.00.80.40.01.4
Jamie Cassidy2208.0.364.500.6981.00.40.20.13.4


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2000 Miami Sol Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.