The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.
The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
See also: 2000 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Edwina Brown | Texas | ||
| 1 | 8 | Tamicha Jackson | Louisiana Tech | ||
| 2 | 28 | Madinah Slaise | Cincinnati | ||
| 3 | 44 | Chavonne Hammond | Vanderbilt | ||
| 4 | 60 | Cal Bouchard | Boston College |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft | |
| Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft | ||
| April 24, 2000 | Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks | |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Edwina Brown, Tamicha Jackson, Madinah Slaise, Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA Draft | |
| May 1, 2000 | Signed Anna DeForge, Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou[1] | |
| May 21, 2000 | Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton | |
| July 24, 2000 | Waived Madinah Slaise |
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1| June 3| Sacramento| W 77-74| Elena Tornikidou (18)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)| Dominique Canty (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2| June 5| @ Minnesota| L 68-88| Wendy Palmer (15)| Wendy Palmer (6)| Dominique Canty (4)| Target Center| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3| June 7| New York| L 69-73| Dominique Canty (22)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)| Dominique Canty (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 9| Indiana| W 80-76| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)| Brown
Canty
Tornikidou (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5| June 12| Charlotte| L 67-78| Elena Tornikidou (16)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)| Edwina Brown (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6| June 13| @ Miami| L 61-74| Jackson
Tornikidou (14)| Oksana Zakaluzhnaya (6)| Claudia Neves (3)| American Airlines Arena| 2–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7| June 16| @ Cleveland| W 93-81| Dominique Canty (22)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)| Canty
Jackson (7)| Gund Arena| 3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8| June 18| Indiana| W 111-74| Wendy Palmer (22)| Olympia Scott-Richardson (6)| Tamicha Jackson (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9| June 19| @ Washington| L 55-80| Tamicha Jackson (13)| Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer
Scott-Richardson (5)| Tamicha Jackson (3)| MCI Center| 4–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10| June 21| @ New York| W 67-63| Claudia Neves (16)| Wendy Palmer (10)| Neves
Tornikidou (3)| Madison Square Garden| 5–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11| June 24| Washington| L 70-76| Dominique Canty (14)| Wendy Palmer (6)| Canty
Neves
Tornikidou (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 5–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12| June 25| @ Charlotte| W 84-81| Elena Tornikidou (25)| Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)| Jackson
Tornikidou (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13| June 28| @ Seattle| W 82-78| Wendy Palmer (32)| Wendy Palmer (12)| Dominique Canty (5)| KeyArena| 7–6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14| July 1| @ Sacramento| L 96-108| Wendy Palmer (20)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Elena Tornikidou (6)| ARCO Arena| 7–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb"| 15| July 2| @ Los Angeles| L 63-85| Wendy Palmer (12)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Brown
Jackson (3)| Great Western Forum| 7–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| July 6| @ Phoenix| L 69-83| Claudia Neves (12)| Holmes Harris (7)| Brown
Neves (4)| America West Arena| 7–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 7| @ Utah| W 73-69| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)| Wendy Palmer (12)| Anna DeForge (7)| Delta Center| 8–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18| July 9| Orlando| L 62-68| Wendy Palmer (19)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Anna DeForge (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 8–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 12| Seattle| W 61-56| Dominique Canty (15)| Elena Tornikidou (7)| Elena Tornikidou (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 9–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20| July 14| Miami| W 80-50| Wendy Palmer (15)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Canty
Palmer
Tornikidou (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 19| Orlando| L 78-88| Claudia Neves (19)| Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (6)| Brown
Neves (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 10–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22| July 21| Houston| L 74-76 (OT)| Wendy Palmer (22)| Wendy Palmer (12)| Edwina Brown (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 24| Portland| L 57-61| Elena Tornikidou (12)| Wendy Palmer (10)| Brown
Neves (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24| July 26| Miami| W 78-62| Wendy Palmer (17)| Barbara Farris (10)| Dominique Canty (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 11–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25| July 28| @ Cleveland| L 60-80| Wendy Palmer (13)| Wendy Palmer (9)| Edwina Brown (8)| Gund Arena| 11–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26| July 29| Charlotte| W 75-72| Wendy Palmer (21)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)| Elena Tornikidou (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 12–14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27| July 31| Cleveland| L 65-76| Wendy Palmer (16)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (11)| Dominique Canty (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 12–15|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28| August 2| Los Angeles| L 81-84| Dominique Canty (17)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 12–16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 4| @ Washington| L 72-96| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)| Ndiaye-Diatta
Scott-Richardson (7)| Dominique Canty (4)| MCI Center| 12–17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30| August 6| @ Orlando| L 63-92| Dominique Canty (10)| Canty
Ndiaye-Diatta (6)| Claudia Neves (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 12–18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31| August 8| @ Indiana| W 74-63| Ndiaye-Diatta
Palmer (18)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)| Palmer
DeForge (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 13–18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32| August 9| New York| W 66-63| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)| Dominique Canty (8)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 14–18|-
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Palmer | 32 | 30 | 28.6 | .448 | .250 | .704 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.8 | |
| Dominique Canty | 28 | 27 | 28.0 | .409 | .000 | .695 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 9.2 | |
| Elena Tornikidou | 32 | 32 | 27.2 | .506 | .125 | .914 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 10.3 | |
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta | 32 | 32 | 27.1 | .474 | .167 | .569 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 | |
| Claudia Neves | 30 | 20 | 21.2 | .380 | .304 | .833 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| Edwina Brown | 32 | 7 | 19.3 | .355 | .250 | .838 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.9 | |
| Anna DeForge | 27 | 10 | 16.0 | .405 | .321 | .781 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.4 | |
| Tamicha Jackson | 17 | 0 | 15.7 | .387 | .250 | .743 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 | |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 28 | 0 | 13.2 | .416 | .000 | .650 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 | |
| Oksana Zakaluzhnaya | 23 | 0 | 11.2 | .521 | .429 | .909 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.9 | |
| Barbara Farris | 14 | 2 | 9.3 | .500 | .000 | .556 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3,2 | |
| Joy Holmes Harris | 29 | 0 | 9.3 | .471 | .364 | .700 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | |
| Madinah Slaise | 3 | 0 | 2.3 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |