2000 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2000 WNBA season was the second for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.

2000 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance7,290 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Transactions

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Seattle Storm expansion draft

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

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Angela Aycock   United States Kansas
Charmin Smith   United States Stanford

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Grace Daley   United States Tulane
1 6 Betty Lennox   United States Louisiana Tech
1 10 Maylana Martin   United States UCLA
2 22 Marla Brumfield   United States Rice
2 24 Keitha Dickerson   United States Texas Tech
3 38 Phylesha Whaley   United States Oklahoma
4 54 Jana Lichnerová   Czechoslovakia Saint Joseph's
4 56 Shanele Stires   United States Columbus Quest

Transactions

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
February 21, 2000 Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick[1]
April 14, 2000 Traded 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, 2000 Drafted 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, 2000 Signed Kate Paye[1]
May 8, 2000 Waived Jana Lichnerová[1]
May 11, 2000 Waived Phylesha Whaley[1]
July 19, 2000 Signed Angela Aycock[1]
September 18, 2000 Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick[1]

Roster

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2000 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 12   Aycock, Angela 6' 2" (1.88m) 161 lb (73kg) 1973-02-28 Kansas 1
G 25   Brumfield, Marla 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 1978-06-06 Rice R
G 4   Daley, Grace 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 1978-06-26 Tulane R
F 40   Dickerson, Keitha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1978-04-20 Texas Tech R
F 24   Folkl, Kristin 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-12-19 Stanford 1
G 22   Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech R
F 5   Lloyd-Curry, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1965-09-25 Texas 1
F/C 13   Martin, Maylana 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 1978-04-17 UCLA R
G 14   Paye, Kate 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1974-03-06 Stanford R
F 44   Potthoff, Angie 6' 1" (1.85m) 191 lb (87kg) 1974-06-12 Penn State 1
G 30   Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 1
F 3   Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m) 208 lb (94kg) 1972-05-21 Kansas State R
G 19   Tate, Sonja 5' 7" (1.7m) 157 lb (71kg) 1971-09-07 Arkansas State 1
Head coach
  Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
  Kelly Kramer
  Heidi VanDerveer




Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2000 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 31 Cleveland W 73-62 Katie Smith (34) Katie Smith (7) Dickerson
Folkl
Lennox (3)
Target Center 1–0
June: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–3)
July: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
15 July 2 Portland W 81-75 Katie Smith (32) Kristin Folkl (7) Betty Lennox (6) Target Center 10–5
16 July 5 Seattle L 60-67 Dickerson
Folkl (15)
Keitha Dickerson (7) Kristin Folkl (4) Target Center 10–6
17 July 7 New York L 70-76 Betty Lennox (20) Betty Lennox (12) Dickerson
Smith (5)
Target Center 10–7
18 July 9 Houston L 60-70 Katie Smith (18) Kristin Folkl (9) Kristin Folkl (6) Target Center 10–8
19 July 11 @ Phoenix L 54-64 Katie Smith (24) Daley
Dickerson
Folkl (5)
Grace Daley (6) America West Arena 10–9
20 July 14 @ Portland L 54-65 Betty Lennox (15) Betty Lennox (12) Kate Paye (4) Rose Garden 10–10
21 July 15 @ Los Angeles L 57-58 Betty Lennox (21) Daley
Lennox
Paye (9)
Folkl
Smith (3)
Great Western Forum 10–11
22 July 20 @ Sacramento L 56-73 Katie Smith (23) Betty Lennox (9) Betty Lennox (7) ARCO Arena 10–12
23 July 21 @ Seattle L 61-67 Katie Smith (20) Kristin Folkl (12) Katie Smith (5) KeyArena 10–13
24 July 23 Portland W 80-63 Betty Lennox (26) Betty Lennox (6) Katie Smith (6) Target Center 11–13
25 July 28 Miami W 68-44 Katie Smith (25) Kristin Folkl (8) Daley
Lennox (4)
Target Center 12–13
26 July 29 @ Washington W 87-85 Betty Lennox (31) Dickerson
Lennox (6)
Grace Daley (7) MCI Center 13–13
27 July 31 Los Angeles L 66-73 Betty Lennox (20) Kristin Folkl (8) Keitha Dickerson (5) Target Center 13–14
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
28 August 2 Utah L 62-72 Betty Lennox (21) Dickerson
Martin (5)
Betty Lennox (3) Target Center 13–15
29 August 4 Sacramento L 63-74 Katie Smith (24) Keitha Dickerson (5) Dickerson
Martin (4)
Target Center 13–16
30 August 6 Indiana W 80-75 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Folkl (8)
Betty Lennox (8) Target Center 14–16
31 August 8 @ Charlotte W 76-67 Betty Lennox (27) Dickerson
Lennox (6)
Kristin Folkl (6) Charlotte Coliseum 15–16
32 August 9 @ Houston L 64-77 Katie Smith (22) Betty Lennox (8) Lennox
Smith (6)
Compaq Center 15–17

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 17–4
Houston Comets x 27 5 .844 17–4 1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 11 .656 13–8 7.0
Phoenix Mercury x 20 12 .625 11–10 8.0
Utah Starzz o 18 14 .563 13–8 10.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 5–16 13.0
Portland Fire o 10 22 .313 4–17 18.0
Seattle Storm o 6 26 .188 4–17 22.0

Statistics

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Legend
  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

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Katie Smith 32 32 37.3 .421 .379 .869 2.9 2.8 1.4 0.2 20.2
Betty Lennox 32 31 30.8 .427 .396 .800 5.6 2.6 1.7 0.3 16.9
Kristin Folkl 32 20 26.4 .450 .211 .702 4.8 2.1 0.7 0.7 7.6
Keitha Dickerson 32 29 24.7 .380 .000 .756 4.4 1.8 1.2 0.1 4.4
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 14 2 23.8 .382 .344 .706 3.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 5.4
Marla Brumfield 32 17 19.2 .465 .111 .690 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.1 3.9
Grace Daley 30 4 19.2 .388 .304 .646 2.4 1.9 0.4 0.0 5.8
Maylana Martin 30 13 15.2 .458 .263 .594 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.4 4.4
Kate Paye 28 12 14.6 .328 .293 .667 2.1 1.4 0.3 0.2 2.0
Sonja Tate 8 0 11.8 .455 .545 .500 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 3.4
Shanele Stires 21 0 5.6 .448 .500 .667 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.7
Angie Potthoff 3 0 2.7 .000 .000 N/A 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Angela Aycock 3 0 2.0 N/A N/A N/A 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0


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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2000 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.