2000 Utah Starzz season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Utah Starzz. The team finished the season with a winning record, but fell short for the WNBA Playoffs, falling two games back to the Phoenix Mercury.

Transactions

Indiana Fever expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
112Naomi MulitauaopeleStanford
335Stacy FreseIowa State
451Kristen RasmussenMichigan State

Transactions

DateTransaction
December 15, 1999Lost Chantel Tremitiere to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
Lost Debbie Black to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft
April 24, 2000Traded 2 2000 1st Round Picks to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick
April 25, 2000Drafted Naomi Mulitauaopele, Stacy Frese and Kristen Rasmussen in the 2000 WNBA Draft
May 27, 2000Waived Krystyna Lara
June 8, 2000Waived Kristen Rasmussen
July 7, 2000Waived Katryna Gaither
July 27, 2000Signed Kym Hope

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1| May 31| @ Los Angeles| L 62-69| Natalie Williams (21)| Natalie Williams (14)| Dalma Iványi (3)| Great Western Forum| 0–1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2| June 1| Minnesota| W 83-74| Natalie Williams (16)| Natalie Williams (14)| Frese
Iványi (3)| Delta Center| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3| June 3| @ New York| L 76-87| Adrienne Goodson (21)| Adrienne Goodson (10)| Goodson
Iványi (4)| Madison Square Garden| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4| June 7| Phoenix| W 76-61| Natalie Williams (12)| Natalie Williams (15)| Dalma Iványi (4)| Delta Center| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5| June 8| @ Portland| W 81-72| Kate Starbird (17)| Natalie Williams (16)| Dalma Iványi (7)| Rose Garden| 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6| June 10| Houston| L 71-73| Natalie Williams (17)| Natalie Williams (9)| Margo Dydek (5)| Delta Center| 3–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 7| June 12| @ Houston| L 85-107| Adrienne Goodson (24)| Margo Dydek (7)| Korie Hlede (4)| Compaq Center| 3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8| June 13| Orlando| L 80-88| Natalie Williams (17)| Natalie Williams (14)| Dydek
Goodson (5)| Delta Center| 3–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9| June 15| Charlotte| W 96-68| Adrienne Goodson (27)| Natalie Williams (18)| Dalma Iványi (5)| Delta Center| 4–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10| June 17| Washington| W 70-67| Natalie Williams (30)| Natalie Williams (13)| Goodson
Iványi (4)| Delta Center| 5–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11| June 18| @ Seattle| W 56-53| Margo Dydek (16)| Margo Dydek (7)| Adrienne Goodson (3)| KeyArena| 6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12| June 20| Seattle| W 66-63| Adrienne Goodson (23)| Margo Dydek (8)| Dalma Iványi (4)| Delta Center| 7–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 22| @ Minnesota| L 64-86| Adrienne Goodson (13)| Goodson
Herrig (7)| Korie Hlede (4)| Target Center| 7–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14| June 23| Houston| L 66-83| Adrienne Goodson (18)| Natalie Williams (8)| Dydek
Hlede (3)| Delta Center| 7–7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15| June 26| Sacramento| W 89-80| Natalie Williams (21)| Natalie Williams (14)| Dalma Iványi (6)| Delta Center| 8–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| June 30| @ Sacramento| L 62-85| Natalie Williams (19)| Margo Dydek (9)| Iványi
Williams (4)| ARCO Arena| 8–8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17| July 1| @ Seattle| W 81-60| Natalie Williams (18)| Dydek
Williams (5)| Dalma Iványi (7)| KeyArena| 9–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18| July 7| Detroit| L 69-73| Natalie Williams (22)| Natalie Williams (11)| Azzi
Hlede (5)| Delta Center| 9–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19| July 9| @ Los Angeles| L 72-92| Adrienne Goodson (13)| Natalie Williams (8)| Azzi
Goodson (4)| Great Western Forum| 9–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20| July 12| Portland| W 76-67| Natalie Williams (22)| Natalie Williams (14)| Jennifer Azzi (4)| Delta Center| 10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21| July 14| Phoenix| W 87-84| Korie Hlede (20)| Adrienne Goodson (7)| Jennifer Azzi (8)| Delta Center| 11–10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22| July 15| @ Sacramento| W 75-69| Natalie Williams (29)| Natalie Williams (13)| Jennifer Azzi (8)| ARCO Arena| 12–10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 19| @ Phoenix| L 76-86| Natalie Williams (20)| Natalie Williams (14)| Jennifer Azzi (7)| America West Arena| 12–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24| July 21| @ Miami| L 65-76| Natalie Williams (18)| Natalie Williams (10)| Jennifer Azzi (2)| American Airlines Arena| 12–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25| July 23| @ Orlando| W 69-66| Natalie Williams (23)| Natalie Williams (12)| Jennifer Azzi (8)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 13–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26| July 26| Cleveland| W 84-77| Adrienne Goodson (27)| Natalie Williams (19)| Korie Hlede (7)| Delta Center| 14–12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27| July 29| Indiana| W 79-71| Adrienne Goodson (29)| Natalie Williams (15)| Jennifer Azzi (9)| Delta Center| 15–12|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28| August 2| @ Minnesota| W 72-62| Jennifer Azzi (20)| Natalie Williams (11)| Jennifer Azzi (7)| Target Center| 16–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29| August 3| @ Cleveland| L 71-74| Korie Hlede (18)| Margo Dydek (7)| Jennifer Azzi (5)| Gund Arena| 16–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30| August 5| @ Charlotte| L 82-84| Natalie Williams (23)| Goodson
Williams (9)| Jennifer Azzi (9)| Charlotte Coliseum| 16–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31| August 7| Portland| W 83-73| Natalie Williams (25)| Natalie Williams (11)| Jennifer Azzi (7)| Delta Center| 17–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32| August 9| Los Angeles| W 89-77| Natalie Williams (26)| Natalie Williams (13)| Adrienne Goodson (6)| Delta Center| 18–14|-

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Jennifer Azzi151537.3.452.417.9302.76.10.80.39.6
Natalie Williams292935.8.490.600.79811.61.81.20.618.7
Adrienne Goodson292832.0.480.276.6875.72.41.40.217.2
Korie Hlede313128.0.454.431.7293.03.01.20.110.1
Margo Dydek323224.2.445.143.7965.51.60.63.09.2
Dalma Iványi271618.1.313.279.7502.02.30.90.13.4
LaTonya Johnson29616.6.403.333.6511.80.90.40.15.0
Amy Herrig25013.6.480.000.6132.40.80.30.23.6
Naomi Mulitauaopele22313.2.594.667.7501.50.30.20.34.5
Kate Starbird29011.7.358.217.8101.11.00.40.44.0
Stacy Frese21010.6.333.346.9170.90.80.20.03.0
Kristen Rasmussen10 9.0N/AN/AN/A2.01.01.00.00.0
Katryna Gaither906.0.286N/A1.0001.90.40.40.01.6
Kym Hope311.3.000N/A1.0000.70.00.00.00.7

Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Utah Starzz Transactions . 2024-08-14 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.