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.
Seattle Storm expansion draft [ edit ]
The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Minnesota Lynx:
Date
Transaction
December 15, 1999
Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[ 1]
February 21, 2000
Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick[ 1]
April 14, 2000
Traded Marlies Askamp to the Miami Sol in exchange for a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick[ 1]
April 25, 2000
Drafted Grace Daley , Betty Lennox , Maylana Martin , Marla Brumfield , Keitha Dickerson , Phylesha Whaley, Jana Lichnerová and Shanele Stires in the 2000 WNBA Draft [ 1]
May 3, 2000
Signed Kate Paye [ 1]
May 8, 2000
Waived Jana Lichnerová [ 1]
May 11, 2000
Waived Phylesha Whaley[ 1]
July 19, 2000
Signed Angela Aycock [ 1]
September 18, 2000
Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick[ 1]
2000 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
G
12
Aycock, Angela
6' 2" (1.88m)
161 lb (73kg)
1973-02-28
Kansas
1
G
25
Brumfield, Marla
5' 8" (1.73m)
133 lb (60kg)
1978-06-06
Rice
R
G
4
Daley, Grace
5' 8" (1.73m)
147 lb (67kg)
1978-06-26
Tulane
R
F
40
Dickerson, Keitha
5' 11" (1.8m)
165 lb (75kg)
1978-04-20
Texas Tech
R
F
24
Folkl, Kristin
6' 2" (1.88m)
190 lb (86kg)
1975-12-19
Stanford
1
G
22
Lennox, Betty
5' 8" (1.73m)
143 lb (65kg)
1976-12-04
Louisiana Tech
R
F
5
Lloyd-Curry, Andrea
6' 2" (1.88m)
175 lb (79kg)
1965-09-25
Texas
1
F/C
13
Martin, Maylana
6' 2" (1.88m)
174 lb (79kg)
1978-04-17
UCLA
R
G
14
Paye, Kate
5' 8" (1.73m)
150 lb (68kg)
1974-03-06
Stanford
R
F
44
Potthoff, Angie
6' 1" (1.85m)
191 lb (87kg)
1974-06-12
Penn State
1
G
30
Smith, Katie
5' 11" (1.8m)
175 lb (79kg)
1974-06-04
Ohio State
1
F
3
Stires, Shanele
5' 11" (1.8m)
208 lb (94kg)
1972-05-21
Kansas State
R
G
19
Tate, Sonja
5' 7" (1.7m)
157 lb (71kg)
1971-09-07
Arkansas State
1
Head coach
Brian Agler (Wittenberg )
Assistant coaches
Kelly Kramer Heidi VanDerveer
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
2000 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
June: 8–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–3)
July: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–1)
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Katie Smith
32
32
37.3
.421
.379
.869
2.9
2.8
1.4
0.2
20.2
Betty Lennox
32
31
30.8
.427
.396
.800
5.6
2.6
1.7
0.3
16.9
Kristin Folkl
32
20
26.4
.450
.211
.702
4.8
2.1
0.7
0.7
7.6
Keitha Dickerson
32
29
24.7
.380
.000
.756
4.4
1.8
1.2
0.1
4.4
Andrea Lloyd-Curry
14
2
23.8
.382
.344
.706
3.1
1.6
0.9
0.1
5.4
Marla Brumfield
32
17
19.2
.465
.111
.690
1.9
1.3
0.7
0.1
3.9
Grace Daley
30
4
19.2
.388
.304
.646
2.4
1.9
0.4
0.0
5.8
Maylana Martin
30
13
15.2
.458
.263
.594
2.2
0.7
0.6
0.4
4.4
Kate Paye
28
12
14.6
.328
.293
.667
2.1
1.4
0.3
0.2
2.0
Sonja Tate
8
0
11.8
.455
.545
.500
1.6
0.6
0.4
0.0
3.4
Shanele Stires
21
0
5.6
.448
.500
.667
0.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
1.7
Angie Potthoff
3
0
2.7
.000
.000
N/A
0.7
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
Angela Aycock
3
0
2.0
N/A
N/A
N/A
1.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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