1999 Minnesota Lynx season explained

The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Brandy Reed		Phoenix Mercury
Kim Williams		Utah Starzz
Octavia Blue		Los Angeles Sparks
Adia Barnes		Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA allocation draft

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Kristin Folkl		Stanford
Katie Smith		Columbus Quest

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Tonya Edwards		Columbus Quest
2	19	Trisha Fallon		Sydney Flames (Australia)
3	31	Andrea Lloyd-Curry		Columbus Quest
4	43	Sonja Tate		Columbus Quest
4	49	Angie Potthoff		Columbus Quest

Transactions

Date	Transaction
November 17, 1998	Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach^[1]
April 6, 1999	Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft
May 3, 1999	Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft
May 4, 1999	Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA Draft
May 14, 1999	Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie Redd
May 17, 1999	Waived Jamie Redd
June 8, 1999	Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-Coleman
May 21, 1999	Waived Octavia Blue
May 26, 1999	Signed Annie La Fleur
June 8, 1999	Waived Kim Williams
October 27, 1999	Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock

Schedule

Regular season

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| June 12| Detroit| W 68–51| Tonya Edwards (20)| Kristin Folkl (6)| Sonja Tate (7)| Target Center| 1–0|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 14| Utah| W 78–54| Brandy Reed (16)| Folkl
Reed (7)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)| Target Center| 2–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 19| Houston| L 55–69| Tonya Edwards (19)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (4)| Target Center| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 22| @ Sacramento| L 62–79| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (17)| Sonja Tate (8)| Sonja Tate (4)| ARCO Arena| 2–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| June 24| @ Los Angeles| W 72–62| Brandy Reed (28)| Sonja Tate (6)| Sonja Tate (5)| Great Western Forum| 3–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 26| @ Utah| W 72–62| Tonya Edwards (23)| Sonja Tate (5)| Brandy Reed (4)| Delta Center| 4–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 29| Sacramento| L 72–86| Katie Smith (21)| Sonja Tate (6)| Sonja Tate (5)| Target Center| 4–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| July 1| Los Angeles| L 77–81 (2OT)| Brandy Reed (23)| Folkl
Tate (8)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)| Target Center| 4–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| July 3| Phoenix| W 56–47| Brandy Reed (14)| Brandy Reed (8)| Sonja Tate (4)| Target Center| 5–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| July 6| @ Houston| L 54–80| Adia Barnes (9)| Katie Smith (6)| Sonja Tate (4)| Compaq Center| 5–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| July 9| @ Orlando| W 71–66| Tonya Edwards (22)| Brandy Reed (7)| Tonya Edwards (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 6–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| July 11| @ New York| W 58–56| Brandy Reed (19)| Brandy Reed (7)| Reed
K. Smith (4)| Madison Square Garden| 7–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 12| @ Cleveland| L 55–67| Katie Smith (17)| Brandy Reed (8)| Sonja Tate (5)| Gund Arena| 7–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 17| New York| W 60–58| Brandy Reed (20)| Brandy Reed (8)| Reed
Edwards (4)| Target Center| 8–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 19| Sacramento| W 76–69| Brandy Reed (22)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)| Brandy Reed (6)| Target Center| 9–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 19| @ Charlotte| W 76–67| Brandy Reed (26)| Reed
K. Smith (6)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (11)| Charlotte Coliseum| 10–6 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 21| Washington| L 55–60| Brandy Reed (28)| Reed
Tate (7)| Katie Smith (5)| Target Center| 10–7 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 25| Houston| L 57–62| Tonya Edwards (25)| Lloyd-Curry
Reed
Potthoff (6)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (5)| Target Center| 10–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 27| @ Sacramento| W 61–59| Tonya Edwards (17)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)| Tonya Edwards (8)| ARCO Arena| 11–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 29| @ Phoenix| L 46–79| Brandy Reed (12)| Brandy Reed (9)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (3)| America West Arena| 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 31| Charlotte| L 52–56| Brandy Reed (21)| Brandy Reed (13)| Tonya Edwards (5)| Target Center| 11–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| August 2| Phoenix| W 73–56| Brandy Reed (17)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9)| Sonja Tate (5)| Target Center| 12–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| August 4| @ Detroit| L 56–59| Brandy Reed (19)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9)| Sonja Tate (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 12–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| August 6| Los Angeles| L 59–77| Edwards
K. Smith (13)| Tonya Edwards (8)| Reed
Potthoff (4)| Target Center| 12–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 7| @ Utah| L 70–80| Brandy Reed (24)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)| Tonya Edwards (5)| Delta Center| 12–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| August 9| @ Phoenix| L 55–64| Tonya Edwards (18)| Brandy Reed (6)| Tonya Edwards (4)| America West Arena| 12–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 11| Utah| W 83–73| Katie Smith (27)| Tonya Edwards (7)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 13–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 14| @ Houston| L 53–71| Sonja Tate (15)| Kristin Folkl (9)| La Fleur
Tate (3)| Compaq Center| 13–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 16| Cleveland| W 57–50| Katie Smith (15)| Kristin Folkl (6)| La Fleur
K. Smith (3)| Target Center| 14–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 18| @ Los Angeles| L 54–72| Kristin Folkl (15)| Barnes
La Fleur (5)| Sonja Tate (5)| Great Western Forum| 14–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 20| Orlando| L 80–83 (OT)| Kristin Folkl (21)| Kristin Folkl (9)| Annie La Fleur (7)| Target Center| 14–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 21| @ Washington| W 48–45| Edwards
K. Smith (17)| Kristin Folkl (7)| Tonya Edwards (4)| MCI Center| 15–17

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Katie Smith	30	29	32.4	.387	.382	.766	2.9	2.0	0.6	0.3	11.7
Tonya Edwards	32	32	32.2	.357	.344	.806	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.4	14.8
Brandy Reed	25	24	30.3	.459	.342	.757	6.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	16.1
Andrea Lloyd-Curry	32	31	28.1	.375	.333	.756	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.4	6.7
Sonja Tate	32	18	25.9	.354	.239	.767	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.1	4.5
Angie Potthoff	32	25	22.2	.379	.167	.545	2.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	4.0
Kristin Folkl	32	1	16.2	.479	.143	.538	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	4.9
Annie La Fleur	25	0	13.3	.343	.440	.250	1.5	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.4
Trisha Fallon	26	0	10.8	.300	.353	.742	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	3.0
Adia Barnes	19	0	4.8	.304	.333	.500	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.1
Charmin Smith	13	0	4.3	.111	.000	.800	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) ^[2]

Awards and honors

Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192^[2]

External links

Lynx on Basketball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: 1999 Minnesota Lynx Transactions . 2024-07-05 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.
Web site: 1999 WNBA Season Summary.