2000 Minnesota Lynx season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was the second for the Minnesota Lynx franchise. They were close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but came up short for the second consecutive year.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft

The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Minnesota Lynx:

PlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
Angela AycockKansas
Charmin SmithStanford

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
15Grace DaleyTulane
16Betty LennoxLouisiana Tech
110Maylana MartinUCLA
222Marla BrumfieldRice
224Keitha DickersonTexas Tech
338Phylesha WhaleyOklahoma
454Jana LichnerováSaint Joseph's
456Shanele StiresColumbus Quest

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
February 21, 2000Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick
April 14, 2000Traded Marlies Askamp to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick
April 25, 2000Drafted Grace Daley, Betty Lennox, Maylana Martin, Marla Brumfield, Keitha Dickerson, Phylesha Whaley, Jana Lichnerová and Shanele Stires in the 2000 WNBA Draft
May 3, 2000Signed Kate Paye
May 8, 2000Waived Jana Lichnerová
May 11, 2000Waived Phylesha Whaley
July 19, 2000Signed Angela Aycock
September 18, 2000Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1| May 31| Cleveland| W 73-62| Katie Smith (34)| Katie Smith (7)| Dickerson
Folkl
Lennox (3)| Target Center| 1–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2| June 1| @ Utah| L 74-83| Kristin Folkl (20)| Kristin Folkl (8)| Keitha Dickerson (3)| Delta Center| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3| June 3| Los Angeles| L 75-82| Katie Smith (33)| Betty Lennox (10)| Dickerson
Smith(5)| Target Center| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 5| Detroit| W 88-68| Kristin Folkl (19)| Kristin Folkl (12)| Kristin Folkl (5)| Target Center| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5| June 8| @ Orlando| W 71-57| Betty Lennox (24)| Betty Lennox (7)| Lloyd-Curry
Smith (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6| June 10| @ Miami| W 66-55| Katie Smith (28)| Dickerson
Lennox (8)| Dickerson
Smith (3)| American Airlines Arena| 4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7| June 15| Orlando| W 72-66| Betty Lennox (25)| Betty Lennox (6)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (2)| Target Center| 5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8| June 17| @ Phoenix| W 69-62| Katie Smith (26)| Kristin Folkl (8)| Grace Daley (4)| America West Arena| 6–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9| June 18| @ Houston| L 66-78| Katie Smith (18)| Betty Lennox (5)| Brumfield
Lennox (4)| Compaq Center| 6–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10| June 20| Phoenix| L 55-74| Betty Lennox (14)| Kristin Folkl (6)| Kristin Folkl (4)| Target Center| 6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11| June 22| Utah| W 86-64| Katie Smith (21)| Dickerson
Martin (7)| Kate Paye (5)| Target Center| 7–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12| June 24| @ Cleveland| W 60-57 (OT)| Betty Lennox (28)| Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)| Katie Smith (4)| Gund Arena| 8–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 28| @ Sacramento| L 74-82| Katie Smith (22)| Kristin Folkl (6)| Katie Smith (4)| ARCO Arena| 8–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14| June 30| @ Seattle| W 65-53| Katie Smith (19)| Grace Daley (8)| Folkl
Lloyd-Curry (4)| KeyArena| 9–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15| July 2| Portland| W 81-75| Katie Smith (32)| Kristin Folkl (7)| Betty Lennox (6)| Target Center| 10–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| July 5| Seattle| L 60-67| Dickerson
Folkl (15)| Keitha Dickerson (7)| Kristin Folkl (4)| Target Center| 10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17| July 7| New York| L 70-76| Betty Lennox (20)| Betty Lennox (12)| Dickerson
Smith (5)| Target Center| 10–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18| July 9| Houston| L 60-70| Katie Smith (18)| Kristin Folkl (9)| Kristin Folkl (6)| Target Center| 10–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19| July 11| @ Phoenix| L 54-64| Katie Smith (24)| Daley
Dickerson
Folkl (5)| Grace Daley (6)| America West Arena| 10–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20| July 14| @ Portland| L 54-65| Betty Lennox (15)| Betty Lennox (12)| Kate Paye (4)| Rose Garden| 10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 15| @ Los Angeles| L 57-58| Betty Lennox (21)| Daley
Lennox
Paye (9)| Folkl
Smith (3)| Great Western Forum| 10–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22| July 20| @ Sacramento| L 56-73| Katie Smith (23)| Betty Lennox (9)| Betty Lennox (7)| ARCO Arena| 10–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 21| @ Seattle| L 61-67| Katie Smith (20)| Kristin Folkl (12)| Katie Smith (5)| KeyArena| 10–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24| July 23| Portland| W 80-63| Betty Lennox (26)| Betty Lennox (6)| Katie Smith (6)| Target Center| 11–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25| July 28| Miami| W 68-44| Katie Smith (25)| Kristin Folkl (8)| Daley
Lennox (4)| Target Center| 12–13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26| July 29| @ Washington| W 87-85| Betty Lennox (31)| Dickerson
Lennox (6)| Grace Daley (7)| MCI Center| 13–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27| July 31| Los Angeles| L 66-73| Betty Lennox (20)| Kristin Folkl (8)| Keitha Dickerson (5)| Target Center| 13–14|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28| August 2| Utah| L 62-72| Betty Lennox (21)| Dickerson
Martin (5)| Betty Lennox (3)| Target Center| 13–15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 4| Sacramento| L 63-74| Katie Smith (24)| Keitha Dickerson (5)| Dickerson
Martin (4)| Target Center| 13–16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30| August 6| Indiana| W 80-75| Betty Lennox (27)| Dickerson
Folkl (8)| Betty Lennox (8)| Target Center| 14–16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31| August 8| @ Charlotte| W 76-67| Betty Lennox (27)| Dickerson
Lennox (6)| Kristin Folkl (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 15–16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32| August 9| @ Houston| L 64-77| Katie Smith (22)| Betty Lennox (8)| Lennox
Smith (6)| Compaq Center| 15–17|-

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Katie Smith323237.3.421.379.8692.92.81.40.220.2
Betty Lennox323130.8.427.396.8005.62.61.70.316.9
Kristin Folkl322026.4.450.211.7024.82.10.70.77.6
Keitha Dickerson322924.7.380.000.7564.41.81.20.14.4
Andrea Lloyd-Curry14223.8.382.344.7063.11.60.90.15.4
Marla Brumfield321719.2.465.111.6901.91.30.70.13.9
Grace Daley30419.2.388.304.6462.41.90.40.05.8
Maylana Martin301315.2.458.263.5942.20.70.60.44.4
Kate Paye281214.6.328.293.6672.11.40.30.22.0
Sonja Tate8011.8.455.545.5001.60.60.40.03.4
Shanele Stires2105.6.448.500.6670.70.30.30.01.7
Angie Potthoff302.7.000.000N/A0.70.30.00.00.0
Angela Aycock302.0N/AN/AN/A1.01.30.00.00.0

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Minnesota Lynx Transactions . 2024-08-02 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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