2000 Minnesota Lynx season

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2000 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach Brian Agler
Arena Target Center
Attendance7,290 per game
Results
Record1517 (.469)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 Minnesota Lynx season was the 2nd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under head coach Brian Agler.

Contents

The season tipped-off on May 31, 2000 against the Rockers.

The Lynx matched their 15-17 from 1999, and came close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft

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

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Angela Aycock Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas
Charmin Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
15 Grace Daley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tulane
16 Betty Lennox Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana Tech
110 Maylana Martin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA
222 Marla Brumfield Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rice
224 Keitha Dickerson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas Tech
338Phylesha WhaleyFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma
454 Jana Lichnerová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Saint Joseph's
456 Shanele Stires Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Quest

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
February 21, 2000Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick [1]
April 14, 2000Traded 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, 2000Drafted 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, 2000Signed Kate Paye [1]
May 8, 2000Waived Jana Lichnerová [1]
May 11, 2000Waived Phylesha Whaley [1]
July 19, 2000Signed Angela Aycock [1]
September 18, 2000Traded 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
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Aycock, Angela 6' 2" (1.88m)161 lb (73kg)1973-02-28 Kansas 1
G 25 Flag of the United States.svg Brumfield, Marla 5' 8" (1.73m)133 lb (60kg)1978-06-06 Rice R
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Daley, Grace 5' 8" (1.73m)147 lb (67kg)1978-06-26 Tulane R
F 40 Flag of the United States.svg Dickerson, Keitha 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1978-04-20 Texas Tech R
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Folkl, Kristin 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1975-12-19 Stanford 1
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m)143 lb (65kg)1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech R
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd-Curry, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1965-09-25 Texas 1
F/C 13 Flag of the United States.svg Martin, Maylana 6' 2" (1.88m)174 lb (79kg)1978-04-17 UCLA R
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Paye, Kate 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1974-03-06 Stanford R
F 44 Flag of the United States.svg Potthoff, Angie6' 1" (1.85m)191 lb (87kg)1974-06-12 Penn State 1
G 30 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m)175 lb (79kg)1974-06-04 Ohio State 1
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m)208 lb (94kg)1972-05-21 Kansas State R
G 19 Flag of the United States.svg Tate, Sonja 5' 7" (1.7m)157 lb (71kg)1971-09-07 Arkansas State 1
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Kramer
Flag of the United States.svg Heidi VanDerveer

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 31 Cleveland W 73-62 Katie Smith (34) Katie Smith (7) Dickerson
Folkl
Lennox (3)
Target Center 1–0
July: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
28August 2 Utah L 62-72 Betty Lennox (21) Dickerson
Martin (5)
Betty Lennox (3) Target Center 13–15
29August 4 Sacramento L 63-74 Katie Smith (24) Keitha Dickerson (5) Dickerson
Martin (4)
Target Center 13–16
30August 6 Indiana W 80-75 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Folkl (8)
Betty Lennox (8) Target Center 14–16
31August 8@ Charlotte W 76-67 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Lennox (6)
Kristin Folkl (6) Charlotte Coliseum 15–16
32August 9@ Houston L 64-77 Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Lennox
Smith (6)
Compaq Center 15–17

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87517–4
Houston Comets x275.84417–41.0
Sacramento Monarchs x2111.65613–87.0
Phoenix Mercury x2012.62511–108.0
Utah Starzz o1814.56313–810.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4695–1613.0
Portland Fire o1022.3134–1718.0
Seattle Storm o626.1884–1722.0

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
Katie Smith 323237.3.421.379.8692.92.81.40.220.2
Betty Lennox 323130.8.427.396.8005.62.61.70.316.9
Kristin Folkl 322026.4.450.211.7024.82.10.70.77.6
Keitha Dickerson 322924.7.380.000.7564.41.81.20.14.4
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 14223.8.382.344.7063.11.60.90.15.4
Marla Brumfield 321719.2.465.111.6901.91.30.70.13.9
Grace Daley 30419.2.388.304.6462.41.90.40.05.8
Maylana Martin 301315.2.458.263.5942.20.70.60.44.4
Kate Paye 281214.6.328.293.6672.11.40.30.22.0
Sonja Tate 8011.8.455.545.5001.60.60.40.03.4
Shanele Stires 2105.6.448.500.6670.70.30.30.01.7
Angie Potthoff302.7.000.000N/A0.70.30.00.00.0
Angela Aycock 302.0N/AN/AN/A1.01.30.00.00.0


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2000 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.