2000 Cleveland Rockers season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Cleveland Rockers.

Transactions

Portland Fire expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Jamila WidemanStanford
Alisa BurrasLouisiana Tech

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
11Ann Wauters BelgiumValenciennes (France)
217Helen DarlingPenn State
333Monique MorehouseNew England Blizzard
449Sophie Von SaldernBTV Wuppertal (Germany)

Transactions

DateTransaction
October 19, 1999Hired Dan Hughes as Head Coach
December 15, 1999Lost Jamila Wideman and Alisa Burras to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Ann Wauters, Helen Darling, Monique Morehouse and Sophie Von Saldern in the 2000 WNBA Draft
May 4, 2000Signed Beverly Williams, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Vicki Hall
May 23, 2000Waived Beverly Williams
June 11, 2000Traded Michelle Edwards to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Nina Bjedov
July 7, 2000Signed Adia Barnes to a 7-day contract

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1| May 31| @ Minnesota| L 62-73| Eva Němcová (20)| Rushia Brown (5)| Bader Binford
McConnell-Serio (5)| Target Center| 0–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2| June 3| Washington| W 72-49| Chasity Melvin (19)| Chasity Melvin (7)| Darling
Němcová (3)| Gund Arena| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3| June 5| @ Charlotte| W 69-53| Eva Němcová (16)| Rushia Brown (9)| Melvin
McConnell-Serio (3)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 7| Orlando| W 83-79 (OT)| Eva Němcová (23)| Chasity Melvin (7)| Helen Darling (7)| Gund Arena| 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5| June 10| Seattle| W 61-49| Ann Wauters (12)| Hall
Melvin (5)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)| Gund Arena| 4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6| June 12| @ Indiana| W 83-70| Merlakia Jones (15)| Chasity Melvin (8)| Mery Andrade (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 5–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7| June 16| Detroit| L 81-93| Chasity Melvin (28)| Ann Wauters (5)| Chasity Melvin (7)| Gund Arena| 5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8| June 17| @ Miami| L 48-55| Chasity Melvin (11)| Chasity Melvin (7)| McConnell-Serio
Melvin (4)| American Airlines Arena| 5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9| June 19| Sacramento| W 81-70| Eva Němcová (21)| Andrade
Brown (4)| Merlakia Jones (6)| Gund Arena| 6–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10| June 22| @ Orlando| L 64-77| Helen Darling (15)| Darling
Melvin (5)| Darling
McConnell-Serio (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11| June 24| Minnesota| L 57-60| Eva Němcová (15)| Merlakia Jones (6)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (4)| Gund Arena| 6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12| June 25| Phoenix| W 64-61| Brown
Melvin
Němcová (13)| Rushia Brown (9)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (7)| Gund Arena| 7–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 28| @ Portland| L 69-80| Merlakia Jones (16)| Chasity Melvin (10)| Andrade
McConnell-Serio (9)| Rose Garden| 7–6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14| July 1| @ Los Angeles| L 67-75| Chasity Melvin (18)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)| Great Western Forum| 7–7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15| July 3| New York| W 66-65 (OT)| Vicki Hall (17)| Andrade
Hall
Jones (7)| McConnell-Serio
Melvin (4)| Gund Arena| 8–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| July 7| @ Miami| L 46-49| Mery Andrade (10)| Brown
Wauters (6)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)| American Airlines Arena| 8–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 8| @ Charlotte| W 80-59| Rushia Brown (24)| Merlakia Jones (6)| Helen Darling (7)| Charlotte Coliseum| 9–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18| July 10| Charlotte| W 72-65| Chasity Melvin (21)| Chasity Melvin (6)| Mery Andrade (6)| Gund Arena| 10–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 12| Orlando| W 74-72 (OT)| Mery Andrade (17)| Ann Wauters (6)| Darling
Jones
McConnell-Serio (4)| Gund Arena| 11–8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20| July 15| Indiana| W 79-55| Merlakia Jones (13)| Ann Wauters (8)| Andrade
Brown
Melvin (4)| Gund Arena| 12–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 20| Houston| L 56-74| Chasity Melvin (15)| Chasity Melvin (9)| Rushia Brown (4)| Gund Arena| 12–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22| July 22| Miami| W 76-47| Mery Andrade (13)| Merlakia Jones (8)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)| Gund Arena| 13–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 24| @ Phoenix| L 57-67| Ann Wauters (14)| Ann Wauters (8)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (3)| America West Arena| 13–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24| July 26| @ Utah| L 77-84| Merlakia Jones (18)| Andrade
Melvin (7)| Chasity Melvin (5)| Delta Center| 13–11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25| July 28| Washington| W 80-60| Vicki Hall (19)| Ann Wauters (9)| Rushia Brown (5)| Gund Arena| 14–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26| July 29| @ New York| L 67-81| Chasity Melvin (16)| Rushia Brown (10)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (4)| Madison Square Garden| 14–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27| July 31| @ Detroit| W 76-65| Helen Darling (17)| Chasity Melvin (10)| Andrade
McConnell-Serio (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 15–12|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28| August 3| Utah| W 74-71| Merlakia Jones (19)| Melvin
Wauters (8)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)| Gund Arena| 16–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 4| @ Indiana| L 75-87| Mery Andrade (18)| Merlakia Jones (7)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 16–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30| August 6| Washington| W 77-60| Rushia Brown (16)| Chasity Melvin (9)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (7)| Gund Arena| 17–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31| August 8| @ New York| L 44-57| Merlakia Jones (21)| Mery Andrade (7)| Mery Andrade (4)| Madison Square Garden| 17–14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32| August 9| @ Washington| L 48-60| Brown
McConnell-Serio (12)| Merlakia Jones (7)| Chasity Melvin (3)| MCI Center| 17–15|-

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 11| @ Orlando| L 55–62| Merlakia Jones (18)| Brown
Jones (6)| Rushia Brown (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| August 13| Orlando| W 63–54| Darling
Jones (15)| Chasity Melvin (10)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)| Gund Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| August 15| Orlando| W 72–43| Ann Wauters (12)| Hall
Jones (7)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (7)| Gund Arena| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1| August 17| New York| W 56–43| Rushia Brown (18)| Chasity Melvin (9)| Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)| Gund Arena| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| August 20| @ New York| L 45–51| Merlakia Jones (18)| Merlakia Jones (12)| Helen Darling (3)| Madison Square Garden| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| August 21| @ New York| L 67–81| Jones
McConnell-Serio (13)| Chasity Melvin (9)| Helen Darling (4)| Madison Square Garden| 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Eva Němcová141431.6.409.408,9172.91.61.10.613.2
Merlakia Jones323229.6.474.311.6814.32.00.90.111.0
Chasity Melvin323228.3.471.143.7305.41.90.90.611.7
Mery Andrade321824.9.456.360.7503.02.31.30.38.3
Rushia Brown302222.6.497.500.8464.11.51.30.48.4
Suzie McConnell-Serio323222.0.414.392.7601.63.70.50.05.4
Ann Wauters32018.7.523.000.7414.01.20.70.86.2
Vicki Hall321018.0.373.238.6472.90.80.50.34.7
Helen Darling32017.4.313.342.7382.02.01.20.24.8
Tricia Bader Binsford2508.0.354.333.8330.40.80.70.01.9
Michelle Edwards305.7.400.000N/A0.70.30.00.02.7
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough120 4.8.500N/A.5831.20.20.00.11.4
Adia Barnes503.6.600.000.5000.40.80.00.01.6

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Cleveland Rockers Transactions . 2024-07-11 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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