The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks. It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season.
The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edna Campbell | Texas | ||
| Toni Foster | Iowa |
See also: 2000 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 21 | Adrian Williams | USC | ||
| 3 | 37 | Tauja Catchings | Illinois | ||
| 4 | 53 | Shantia Owens | Kentucky |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Edna Campbell and Toni Foster to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[1] | |
| February 21, 2000 | Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Brandy Reed | |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Adrian Williams, Tauja Catchings and Shantia Owens in the 2000 WNBA Draft | |
| Traded Shantia Owens to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2001 4th Round Pick | ||
| May 28, 2000 | Waived Adia Barnes | |
| June 19, 2000 | Signed Dena Head | |
| Waived Mactabene Amachree | ||
| July 30, 2000 | Signed Nicole Kubik |
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1| May 31| New York| W 51-48| Brandy Reed (22)| Brandy Reed (7)| Michelle Cleary (3)| America West Arena| 1–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2| June 3| @ Houston| W 80-62| Brandy Reed (32)| Brandy Reed (5)| Michelle Cleary (5)| Compaq Center| 2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3| June 6| @ Utah| L 61-76| Edwards
Reed (13)| Brandy Reed (8)| Michelle Cleary (3)| Delta Center| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 7| Seattle| W 82-49| Brandy Reed (24)| Maria Stepanova (12)| Brogan
Cleary
Timms (3)| America West Arena| 3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5| June 10| @ Los Angeles| L 57-76| Michele Timms (11)| Bridget Pettis (7)| Tonya Edwards (4)| Great Western Forum| 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6| June 13| @ Portland| W 75-69| Brandy Reed (23)| Brandy Reed (5)| Michele Timms (6)| Rose Garden| 4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7| June 14| Portland| W 81-80 (OT)| Jennifer Gillom (28)| Brogan
Gillom (7)| Michele Timms (5)| America West Arena| 5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8| June 17| Minnesota| L 62-69| Brandy Reed (22)| Maria Stepanova (8)| Jennifer Gillom (4)| America West Arena| 5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9| June 20| @ Minnesota| W 74-55| Bridget Pettis (22)| Michelle Brogan (9)| Bridget Pettis (5)| Target Center| 6–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10| June 22| @ Charlotte| W 90-57| Brandy Reed (32)| Brandy Reed (13)| Brandy Reed (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 7–3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11| June 24| @ Miami| W 67-44| Tonya Edwards (12)| Maria Stepanova (7)| Brandy Reed (4)| American Airlines Arena| 8–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12| June 25| @ Cleveland| L 61-64| Brandy Reed (19)| Gillom
Reed (6)| Gillom
Pettis (4)| Gund Arena| 8–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 28| @ New York| L 69-82| Michelle Brogan (17)| Brandy Reed (7)| Michelle Cleary (6)| Madison Square Garden| 8–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14| June 30| @ Washington| W 66-57| Brandy Reed (25)| Maria Stepanova (7)| Cleary
Pettis (4)| MCI Center| 9–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15| July 2| @ Houston| L 58-69| Tonya Edwards (14)| Harrison
Stepanova (5)| Brandy Reed (3)| Compaq Center| 9–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16| July 6| Detroit| W 83-69| Brandy Reed (22)| Brandy Reed (10)| Brandy Reed (8)| America West Arena| 10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 8| @ Indiana| W 66-65| Rankica Šarenac (15)| Brandy Reed (8)| Tonya Edwards (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18| July 11| Minnesota| W 64-54| Lisa Harrison (22)| Lisa Harrison (8)| Cleary
Reed (4)| America West Arena| 12–6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 13| Sacramento| W 72-64| Brandy Reed (25)| Brandy Reed (10)| Brandy Reed (5)| America West Arena| 13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20| July 14| @ Utah| L 84-87| Brandy Reed (25)| Rankica Šarenac (8)| Michelle Cleary (4)| Delta Center| 13–7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21| July 19| Utah| W 86-76| Brandy Reed (31)| Harrison
Reed (5)| Michelle Cleary (12)| America West Arena| 14–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22| July 21| Los Angeles| L 68-74| Brandy Reed (21)| Brandy Reed (10)| Michelle Cleary (6)| America West Arena| 14–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 22| @ Sacramento| L 60-61| Brandy Reed (22)| Lisa Harrison (8)| Tonya Edwards (4)| ARCO Arena| 14–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24| July 24| Cleveland| W 67-57| Brandy Reed (31)| Harrison
Reed (8)| Bridget Pettis (3)| America West Arena| 15–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25| July 26| Indiana| W 79-65| Brandy Reed (24)| Jennifer Gillom (9)| Head
Reed (4)| America West Arena| 16–9|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26| July 28| @ Seattle| W 65-55| Brandy Reed (25)| Brandy Reed (9)| Brandy Reed (3)| KeyArena| 17–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27| July 30| Sacramento| L 63-70| Jennifer Gillom (23)| Jennifer Gillom (9)| Bridget Pettis (5)| America West Arena| 17–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28| August 1| Orlando| W 84-77| Jennifer Gillom (28)| Jennifer Gillom (7)| Michelle Brogan (4)| America West Arena| 18–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29| August 3| Seattle| W 85-63| Edwards
Harrison (15)| Adrian Williams (10)| Tonya Edwards (4)| America West Arena| 19–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30| August 5| Los Angeles| L 63-77| Brandy Reed (25)| Brandy Reed (7)| Brandy Reed (5)| America West Arena| 19–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31| August 7| Houston| L 54-71| Brandy Reed (21)| Jennifer Gillom (6)| Brogan
Pettis
Reed (3)| America West Arena| 19–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32| August 9| @ Portland| W 68-60| Brandy Reed (18)| Harrison
Reed (7)| Lisa Harrison (4)| Rose Garden| 20–12|-
|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"| 1| August 11| Los Angeles| L 71–86| Brandy Reed (17)| Lisa Harrison (9)| Brandy Reed (6)| America West Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#ffbbbb;"| 2| August 13| @ Los Angeles| L 76–101| Gillom
Harrison (16)| Michelle Brogan (6)| Lisa Harrison (5)| Great Western Forum| 0–2
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandy Reed | 32 | 30 | 34.1 | .507 | .419 | .901 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 19.0 | |
| Tonya Edwards | 32 | 32 | 28.9 | .376 | .307 | .782 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.6 | |
| Jennifer Gillom | 30 | 30 | 27.5 | .440 | .275 | .745 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 12.5 | |
| Michelle Brogan | 28 | 23 | 25.9 | .511 | .320 | .797 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 7.5 | |
| Lisa Harrison | 31 | 20 | 24.2 | .526 | .667 | .811 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6.5 | |
| Michele Timms | 8 | 8 | 22.0 | .367 | .235 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 3.8 | |
| Michelle Cleary | 24 | 7 | 21.2 | .311 | .333 | .704 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | |
| Bridget Pettis | 32 | 6 | 18.2 | .357 | .267 | .803 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.9 | |
| Adrian Williams | 28 | 2 | 12.5 | .403 | N/A | .526 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
| Maria Stepanova | 15 | 1 | 11.3 | .444 | N/A | .600 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 | |
| Dena Head | 17 | 1 | 8.8 | .364 | .143 | .625 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | |
| Rankica Šarenac | 20 | 0 | 7.1 | .523 | 1.000 | .630 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.2 | |
| Nicole Kubik | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
| Amanda Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | N/A | .500 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |