2000 Miami Sol season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Miami Sol.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Kate StarbirdSacramento Monarchs
Stephanie WhiteCharlotte Sting
Debbie BlackUtah Starzz
Sharon ManningCharlotte Sting
Lesley BrownDetroit Shock
Yolanda MooreOrlando Miracle

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
219Jameka JonesCharlotte
340Milena FloresStanford

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Drafted Kate Starbird, Stephanie White, Debbie Black, Sharon Manning, Lesley Brown and Yolanda Moore in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 14, 2000Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marlies Askamp
April 25, 2000Drafted Jameka Jones and Milena Flores in the 2000 WNBA Draft
Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Shantia Owens
June 1, 2000Signed Sheri Sam
June 13, 2000Signed Kristen Rasmussen
November 7, 2000Traded Shantia Owens to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Tracy Reid

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1| June 1| Indiana| L 54-57| Askamp
Black (13)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2| June 3| @ Charlotte| W 74-63 (OT)| Marlies Askamp (19)| Shantia Owens (11)| Milena Flores (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3| June 5| @ Indiana| L 59-80| Jamie Cassidy (13)| Shantia Owens (7)| Debbie Black (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4| June 8| Washington| L 51-73| Sheri Sam (11)| Marlies Askamp (8)| Milena Flores (4)| American Airlines Arena| 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5| June 10| Minnesota| L 55-66| Sheri Sam (15)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Debbie Black (3)| American Airlines Arena| 1–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6| June 13| Detroit| W 74-61| Sheri Sam (17)| Marlies Askamp (13)| Debbie Black (6)| American Airlines Arena| 2–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7| June 15| @ Houston| L 53-77| Katrina Colleton (10)| Askamp
Sam (5)| Milena Flores (4)| Compaq Center| 2–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8| June 17| Cleveland| W 55-48| Sheri Sam (21)| Owens
Rasmussen (5)| Sheri Sam (5)| American Airlines Arena| 3–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9| June 18| @ New York| L 52-58| Katrina Colleton (19)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Debbie Black (4)| Madison Square Garden| 3–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10| June 21| @ Washington| W 57-55| Sheri Sam (18)| Manning
Owens (6)| Sheri Sam (5)| MCI Center| 4–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11| June 23| Los Angeles| L 54-68| Sheri Sam (19)| Shantia Owens (8)| Milena Flores (3)| American Airlines Arena| 4–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12| June 24| Phoenix| L 44-67| Milena Flores (8)| Kristen Rasmussen (8)| Milena Flores (2)| American Airlines Arena| 4–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 28| @ Orlando| L 53-61| Milena Flores (9)| Manning
Sam (5)| Katrina Colleton (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 4–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14| June 30| Orlando| L 63-66| Katrina Colleton (14)| Kristen Rasmussen (9)| Sheri Sam (7)| American Airlines Arena| 4–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15| July 1| @ Fever| W 54-52| Sheri Sam (22)| Marlies Askamp (9)| Sheri Sam (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 5–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| July 5| @ Charlotte| L 70-76| Sheri Sam (26)| Marlies Askamp (6)| Black
Sam (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 5–11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 7| Cleveland| W 49-46| Sharon Manning (13)| Marlies Askamp (8)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 6–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18| July 8| @ New York| L 51-63| Askamp
Manning (8)| Marlies Askamp (8)| Askamp
Black
Ford
Manning
Sam (3)| Madison Square Garden| 6–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 10| Seattle| W 59-42| Marlies Askamp (21)| Marlies Askamp (13)| Jameka Jones (2)| American Airlines Arena| 7–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20| July 13| Washington| L 48-60| Colleton
Sam (13)| Marlies Askamp (8)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 7–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 14| @ Detroit| L 50-80| Katrina Colleton (11)| Sharon Manning (9)| Black
Sam (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 7–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22| July 19| Portland| W 69-62| Katrina Colleton (19)| Sheri Sam (5)| Milena Flores (3)| American Airlines Arena| 8–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23| July 21| Utah| W 76-65| Sheri Sam (23)| Sheri Sam (9)| Debbie Black (7)| American Airlines Arena| 9–14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24| July 22| @ Cleveland| L 47-76| Askamp
Cassidy (7)| Sharon Manning (6)| Black
Cassidy
Flores
Manning
Webb (2)| Gund Arena| 9–15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25| July 26| @ Detroit| L 62-78| Milena Flores (10)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Marlies Askamp (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 9–16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26| July 28| @ Lynx| L 44-68| Sheri Sam (8)| Marlies Askamp (7)| Milena Flores (4)| Target Center| 9–17|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27| July 30| @ Seattle| W 64-51| Sheri Sam (17)| Kristen Rasmussen (9)| Black
Colleton (5)| KeyArena| 10–17|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28| August 1| @ Portland| L 50-54| Sheri Sam (23)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Black
Ford (3)| Rose Garden| 10–18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 2| @ Sacramento| L 55-73| Cassidy
Flores
Sam (8)| Shantia Owens (4)| Umeki Webb (4)| ARCO Arena| 10–19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30| August 4| Charlotte| W 60-50| Sheri Sam (21)| Kristen Rasmussen (8)| Sheri Sam (4)| American Airlines Arena| 11–19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31| August 6| New York| W 57-41| Sheri Sam (19)| Marlies Askamp (10)| Black
Colleton
Rasmussen
Sam (2)| American Airlines Arena| 12–19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32| August 9| Orlando| W 68-64| Sheri Sam (24)| Marlies Askamp (15)| Debbie Black (6)| American Airlines Arena| 13–19|-

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Sheri Sam312729.2.387.292.6704.32.11.10.212.8
Katrina Colleton323227.3.352.238.7572.01.60.80.28.3
Marlies Askamp323227.2.407.500.6847.20.90.50.77.8
Debbie Black323225.6.380.214.6902.93.11.80.04.8
Shantia Owens311619.5.389N/A.5373.10.70.40.84.2
Kristen Rasmussen25718.2.350.286.8443.81.11.00.65.0
Sharon Manning24916.8.478.500.5384.20.71.00.24.3
Kisha Ford28015.1.306.250.5742.20.81.10.03.6
Umeki Webb13515.0.250.250.8401.11.10.50.33.3
Milena Flores32014.8.304.295.6190.71.50.70.13.5
Jameka Jones21011.1.263.200.7221.00.50.40.03.3
Tanja Kostic509.2.333N/A.5001.00.80.40.01.4
Jamie Cassidy2208.0.364.500.6981.00.40.20.13.4

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Miami Sol Transactions . 2024-07-29 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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