2000 Minnesota Lynx season

2000 Minnesota Lynx season
2000 Minnesota Lynx season
Head coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1999 2001 →

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.

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:

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

WNBA draft

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

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

2000 Minnesota Lynx roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	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
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
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)

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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 1	@ Utah	L 74-83	Kristin Folkl (20)	Kristin Folkl (8)	Keitha Dickerson (3)	Delta Center	1–1
3	June 3	Los Angeles	L 75-82	Katie Smith (33)	Betty Lennox (10)	Dickerson Smith(5)	Target Center	1–2
4	June 5	Detroit	W 88-68	Kristin Folkl (19)	Kristin Folkl (12)	Kristin Folkl (5)	Target Center	2–2
5	June 8	@ Orlando	W 71-57	Betty Lennox (24)	Betty Lennox (7)	Lloyd-Curry Smith (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	3–2
6	June 10	@ Miami	W 66-55	Katie Smith (28)	Dickerson Lennox (8)	Dickerson Smith (3)	American Airlines Arena	4–2
7	June 15	Orlando	W 72-66	Betty Lennox (25)	Betty Lennox (6)	Andrea Lloyd-Curry (2)	Target Center	5–2
8	June 17	@ Phoenix	W 69-62	Katie Smith (26)	Kristin Folkl (8)	Grace Daley (4)	America West Arena	6–2
9	June 18	@ Houston	L 66-78	Katie Smith (18)	Betty Lennox (5)	Brumfield Lennox (4)	Compaq Center	6–3
10	June 20	Phoenix	L 55-74	Betty Lennox (14)	Kristin Folkl (6)	Kristin Folkl (4)	Target Center	6–4
11	June 22	Utah	W 86-64	Katie Smith (21)	Dickerson Martin (7)	Kate Paye (5)	Target Center	7–4
12	June 24	@ Cleveland	W 60-57 (OT)	Betty Lennox (28)	Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)	Katie Smith (4)	Gund Arena	8–4
13	June 28	@ Sacramento	L 74-82	Katie Smith (22)	Kristin Folkl (6)	Katie Smith (4)	ARCO Arena	8–5
14	June 30	@ Seattle	W 65-53	Katie Smith (19)	Grace Daley (8)	Folkl Lloyd-Curry (4)	KeyArena	9–5

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

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

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

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

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

[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "2000 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 2, 2024.

[1]

2000 WNBA season by team
Expansion draft Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Championship
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
← 1999 WNBA season 2001 →