The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Detroit Shock. The Shock entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
See also: 1999 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jennifer Azzi | San Jose Lasers | ||
| 2 | 17 | Val Whiting-Raymond | Seattle Reign | ||
| 3 | 29 | Dominique Canty | Alabama | ||
| 4 | 41 | Astou Ndiaye-Diatta |  Senegal | Seattle Reign |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Jennifer Azzi, Val Whiting-Raymond, Dominique Canty and Astou Ndiaye-Diatta in the 1999 WNBA Draft | |
| May 6, 1999 | Signed Claudia Neves, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya and Laura Baker[1] | |
| May 7, 1999 | Waived Aneta Kausaite and Lynette Woodard | |
| May 31, 1999 | Waived Laura Baker | |
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Gergana Branzova | |
| July 5, 1999 | Waived Elena Tornikidou | |
| July 28, 1999 | Signed Wanda Guyton | |
| July 30, 1999 | Traded Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 12| @ Minnesota| L 51–68| Sandy Brondello (15)| Val Whiting-Raymond (16)| Azzi
Brondello (3)| Target Center| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 14| @ Cleveland| W 73–71| Brondello
Hlede (15)| Val Whiting-Raymond (7)| Val Whiting-Raymond (4)| Gund Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 17| Orlando| W 79–74| Sandy Brondello (23)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)| Sandy Brondello (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 18| @ Washington| W 76–69| Jennifer Azzi (18)| Val Whiting-Raymond (7)| Val Whiting-Raymond (5)| MCI Center| 3–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 20| @ New York| L 62–69| Sandy Brondello (16)| Cindy Brown (10)| Jennifer Azzi (6)| Madison Square Garden| 3–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 22| Charlotte| W 75–69| Sandy Brondello (19)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)| Azzi
Hlede (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 24| Houston| L 65–77| Korie Hlede (17)| Brown
Ndiaye-Diatta (6)| Sandy Brondello (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 26| Phoenix| L 60–66| Dominique Canty (16)| Cindy Brown (6)| Sandy Brondello (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 28| New York| W 91–71| Korie Hlede (17)| Brown
Canty (6)| Sandy Brondello (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| July 2| Los Angeles| L 81–91| Sandy Brondello (21)| Cindy Brown (10)| Brondello
Sporn (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| July 4| Sacramento| L 78–92| Cindy Brown (18)| Val Whiting-Raymond (10)| Brown
Hlede (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 6| @ Utah| L 94–104 (2OT)| Sandy Brondello (33)| Cindy Brown (10)| Jennifer Azzi (5)| Delta Center| 5–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 10| Washington| L 78–83 (2OT)| Brondello
Canty (15)| Val Whiting-Raymond (13)| Azzi
Brondello (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 12| @ Orlando| W 76–67| Sandy Brondello (22)| Val Whiting-Raymond (15)| Jennifer Azzi (7)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 6–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 16| @ Washington| W 78–68| Sandy Brondello (18)| Sporn
Whiting-Raymond (7)| Jennifer Azzi (6)| MCI Center| 7–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 17| Cleveland| W 77–61| Cindy Brown (14)| Cindy Brown (8)| Jennifer Azzi (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 8–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 21| Utah| W 86–77| Cindy Brown (18)| Val Whiting-Raymond (9)| Jennifer Azzi (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 9–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 23| @ Cleveland| W 69–60| Jennifer Azzi (20)| Cindy Brown (8)| Jennifer Azzi (8)| Gund Arena| 10–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 25| Charlotte| L 66–78| Korie Hlede (22)| Carla Boyd (7)| Sandy Brondello (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 27| @ Houston| L 46–85| Jennifer Azzi (10)| Cindy Brown (9)| Azzi
Brondello (2)| Compaq Center| 10–10 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 28| @ Charlotte| L 65–84| Sandy Brondello (15)| Val Whiting-Raymond (5)| Val Whiting-Raymond (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 10–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 31| Cleveland| L 53–55| Val Whiting-Raymond (9)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11)| Val Whiting-Raymond (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–12||- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| August 2| Washington| L 70–75| Jennifer Azzi (22)| Val Whiting-Raymond (10)| Jennifer Azzi (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–13|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 24| August 4| Minnesota| W 59–56| Sandy Brondello (21)| Val Whiting-Raymond (13)| Dominique Canty (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 11–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 6| @ Sacramento| L 58–71| Sandy Brondello (13)| Val Whiting-Raymond (12)| Jennifer Azzi (3)| ARCO Arena| 11–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 9| @ Los Angeles| W 84–59| Dominique Canty (18)| Wendy Palmer (12)| Azzi
Brondello (3)| Great Western Forum| 12–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 11| @ Phoenix| L 57–68| Carla Boyd (14)| Wendy Palmer (12)| Val Whiting-Raymond (4)| America West Arena| 12–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 13| New York| L 56–60| Sandy Brondello (15)| Wendy Palmer (11)| Dominique Canty (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 12–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 15| @ New York| W 63–57| Wendy Palmer (27)| Wendy Palmer (14)| Jennifer Azzi (5)| Madison Square Garden| 13–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 18| @ Orlando| L 81–93| Jennifer Azzi (19)| Wendy Palmer (13)| Jennifer Azzi (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 13–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 31| August 20| @ Charlotte| W 58–57| Wendy Palmer (20)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Azzi
Boyd (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 14–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 18| Orlando| W 74–68| Jennifer Azzi (27)| Wendy Palmer (14)| Azzi
Boyd
Canty (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 15–17
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 24| Charlotte| L 54–60| Wendy Palmer (10)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Jennifer Azzi (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 0–1
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Brondello | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | .438 | .487 | .847 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.3 | |
| Jennifer Azzi | 28 | 19 | 29.9 | .514 | .517 | .827 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.8 | |
| Wendy Palmer | 11 | 10 | 26.8 | .470 | .250 | .764 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 12.7 | |
| Dominique Canty | 26 | 11 | 24.8 | .332 | .176 | .691 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | |
| Val Whiting-Raymond | 31 | 20 | 24.6 | .380 | N/A | .455 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.5 | |
| Cindy Brown | 21 | 21 | 23.3 | .315 | .233 | .692 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6.9 | |
| Carla Boyd | 32 | 26 | 21.7 | .397 | .333 | .630 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.4 | |
| Korie Hlede | 21 | 10 | 19.4 | .390 | .333 | .857 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.8 | |
| Rachael Sporn | 18 | 10 | 18.9 | .468 | .000 | .643 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 | |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 31 | 1 | 14.1 | .438 | .000 | .615 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.3 | |
| Claudia Neves | 30 | 0 | 10.2 | .263 | .233 | .632 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | |
| Wanda Guyton | 11 | 0 | 8.9 | .235 | N/A | .813 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | |
| Elena Tornikidou | 11 | 0 | 7.8 | .391 | N/A | .333 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 8 | 0 | 6.5 | .333 | N/A | .667 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | |
| Lesley Brown | 13 | 0 | 3.3 | .438 | .500 | .667 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |