The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz finished last in the West, despite improving to a 15-17 mark. The team started with coach Frank Layden, who resigned after a 2-2 record so he could retire.
The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
See also: 1999 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Natalie Williams | Portland Power | ||
| 2 | 15 | Debbie Black | Colorado Xplosion | ||
| 3 | 27 | Adrienne Goodson | Chicago Condors | ||
| 4 | 39 | Dalma Iványi | FIU |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | |
| April 30, 1999 | Waived Jessie Hicks | |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the 1999 WNBA Draft | |
| May 6, 1999 | Waived Erin Alexander | |
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss | |
| June 21, 1999 | Waived Chantel Tremitiere | |
| Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching | ||
| Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach | ||
| July 6, 1999 | Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford | |
| July 12, 1999 | Waived Michelle Campbell | |
| July 30, 1999 | Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede | |
| December 15, 1999 | Traded Elena Baranova and a 2000 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick | |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| June 12| Orlando| W 71–65| Wendy Palmer (22)| Natalie Williams (12)| Goodson
Palmer (4)| Delta Center| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 14| @ Minnesota| L 54–78| Natalie Williams (18)| Natalie Williams (12)| Elena Baranova (3)| Target Center| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 17| @ Houston| L 73–93| Wendy Palmer (18)| Natalie Williams (16)| Debbie Black (3)| Compaq Center| 1–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 19| Sacramento| W 85–75| Natalie Williams (26)| Natalie Williams (8)| Debbie Black (7)| Delta Center| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 24| @ Sacramento| L 69–107| Wendy Palmer (18)| Natalie Williams (10)| Debbie Black (4)| ARCO Arena| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 26| Minnesota| L 62–72| Margo Dydek (19)| Baranova
Dydek (8)| Baranova
Black (4)| Delta Center| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 28| @ Los Angeles| L 70–102| Natalie Williams (28)| Natalie Williams (12)| Debbie Black (4)| Great Western Forum| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 30| Houston| L 68–78| Natalie Williams (23)| Baranova
Williams (6)| Debbie Black (8)| Delta Center| 2–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| July 2| Cleveland| W 83–68| Margo Dydek (20)| Natalie Williams (12)| Debbie Black (8)| Delta Center| 3–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 6| Detroit| W 104–94 (2OT)| Natalie Williams (31)| Margo Dydek (16)| Debbie Black (10)| Delta Center| 4–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| July 8| @ Washington| W 81–65| Wendy Palmer (17)| Natalie Williams (7)| Debbie Black (7)| MCI Center| 5–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 10| @ Orlando| L 56–62| Natalie Williams (23)| Natalie Williams (12)| Wendy Palmer (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 5–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 12| Phoenix| L 66–80| Dydek
Williams (22)| Dydek
Williams (9)| Black
Goodson (4)| Delta Center| 5–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 16| Houston| L 84–88 (OT)| Margo Dydek (24)| Dydek
Williams (8)| Elena Baranova (7)| Delta Center| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 18| @ New York| L 82–88 (OT)| Natalie Williams (24)| Natalie Williams (7)| Debbie Black (6)| Madison Square Garden| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 19| @ Charlotte| L 66–73| Adrienne Goodson (18)| Adrienne Goodson (9)| Adrienne Goodson (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 5–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 21| @ Detroit| L 77–86| Margo Dydek (22)| Adrienne Goodson (7)| Debbie Black (9)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 24| @ Cleveland| W 76–70| Adrienne Goodson (20)| Black
Dydek (7)| Debbie Black (11)| Gund Arena| 6–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 26| Washington| W 73–61| Natalie Williams (23)| Black
Williams (7)| Debbie Black (6)| Delta Center| 7–12 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 27| @ Phoenix| L 73–86| Adrienne Goodson (17)| Margo Dydek (8)| Debbie Black (6)| America West Arena| 7–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 30| @ Los Angeles| L 77–87| Margo Dydek (19)| Margo Dydek (11)| Goodson
Johnson (3)| Great Western Forum| 7–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| July 31| Sacramento| W 63–59| Margo Dydek (25)| Debbie Black (6)| LaTonya Johnson (4)| Delta Center| 8–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| August 3| New York| L 59–61| Goodson
Hlede (12)| Brown
Dydek (5)| Debbie Black (3)| Delta Center| 8–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| August 5| Los Angeles| W 81–75| Natalie Williams (17)| Natalie Williams (11)| Debbie Black (6)| Delta Center| 9–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 7| Minnesota| W 80–70| Margo Dydek (19)| Margo Dydek (8)| Dydek
Goodson
Johnson (4)| Delta Center| 10–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 9| Charlotte| W 67–65| Dydek
Goodson (14)| Natalie Williams (11)| Margo Dydek (6)| Delta Center| 11–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 11| @ Minnesota| L 73–83| Korie Hlede (20)| Natalie Williams (8)| Debbie Black (5)| Delta Center| 11–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 13| Phoenix| W 67–64| Margo Dydek (17)| Natalie Williams (10)| Debbie Black (6)| Great Western Forum| 12–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 14| @ Sacramento| W 97–89| Adrienne Goodson (23)| Natalie Williams (10)| Korie Hlede (7)| ARCO Arena| 13–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 16| @ Houston| L 71–80| Natalie Williams (24)| Natalie Williams (8)| Black
Hlede (4)| Compaq Center| 13–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 31| August 20| @ Phoenix| W 70–62| Adrienne Goodson (22)| Natalie Williams (12)| Debbie Black (4)| America West Arena| 14–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 21| Los Angeles| W 89–81| Adrienne Goodson (20)| Natalie Williams (9)| Debbie Black (9)| Delta Center| 15–17
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Williams | 28 | 26 | 34.1 | .519 | .000 | .754 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 18.0 |
| Adrienne Goodson | 32 | 31 | 33.4 | .426 | .245 | .767 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.9 |
| Debbie Black | 32 | 32 | 31.7 | .378 | .195 | .620 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| Korie Hlede | 11 | 1 | 25.2 | .463 | .448 | .909 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.9 |
| LaTonya Johnson | 31 | 18 | 23.2 | .365 | .293 | .810 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| Margo Dydek | 32 | 28 | 22.9 | .498 | .350 | .857 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 12.6 |
| Wendy Palmer | 20 | 4 | 22.3 | .404 | .300 | .647 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Elena Baranova | 29 | 19 | 19.7 | .405 | .417 | .805 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| Cindy Brown | 9 | 0 | 17.3 | .344 | .100 | .688 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Chantel Tremitiere | 20 | 0 | 9.6 | .310 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Olympia Scott | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | .300 | N/A | .500 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| Krystyna Lara | 25 | 0 | 8.2 | .338 | .303 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Tricia Bader Binford | 7 | 0 | 4.9 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Dalma Iványi | 14 | 1 | 4.8 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Michelle Campbell | 8 | 0 | 3.8 | .300 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |