2000 Minnesota Lynx season

The 2000 Minnesota Lynx season was the 2nd season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the second season under head coach Brian Agler.

The season tipped-off on May 31, 2000 against the Rockers.

The Lynx matched their 15-17 from 1999, and came close to making the WNBA Playoffs, but they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Transactions

Seattle Storm expansion draft The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Minnesota Lynx: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Angela Aycock KansasCharmin SmithStanford

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 5 Grace Daley Tulane 1 6 Betty Lennox Louisiana Tech110 Maylana MartinUCLA222 Marla BrumfieldRice224Keitha DickersonTexas Tech338Phylesha WhaleyOklahoma454Jana LichnerováSaint Joseph's456Shanele StiresColumbus Quest

Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draftFebruary 21, 2000Traded Brandy Reed to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2000 1st Round PickApril 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, 2000 Drafted Grace Daley, Betty Lennox, Maylana Martin, Marla Brumfield, Keitha Dickerson, Phylesha Whaley, Jana Lichnerová and Shanele Stires in the 2000 WNBA draftMay 3, 2000Signed Kate PayeMay 8, 2000Waived Jana LichnerováMay 11, 2000Waived Phylesha WhaleyJuly 19, 2000Signed Angela AycockSeptember 18, 2000Traded Grace Daley to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2001 1st Round Pick

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | May 31 | Cleveland | W 73-62 | Katie Smith (34) | Katie Smith (7) | Dickerson Folkl Lennox (3) | Target Center | 1–0

| 2 | June 1 | @ Utah | L 74-83 | Kristin Folkl (20) | Kristin Folkl (8) | Keitha Dickerson (3) | Delta Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 3 | Los Angeles | L 75-82 | Katie Smith (33) | Betty Lennox (10) | Dickerson Smith(5) | Target Center | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 5 | Detroit | W 88-68 | Kristin Folkl (19) | Kristin Folkl (12) | Kristin Folkl (5) | Target Center | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 8 | @ Orlando | W 71-57 | Betty Lennox (24) | Betty Lennox (7) | Lloyd-Curry Smith (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 10 | @ Miami | W 66-55 | Katie Smith (28) | Dickerson Lennox (8) | Dickerson Smith (3) | American Airlines Arena | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 15 | Orlando | W 72-66 | Betty Lennox (25) | Betty Lennox (6) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (2) | Target Center | 5–2 |- | 8 | June 17 | @ Phoenix | W 69-62 | Katie Smith (26) | Kristin Folkl (8) | Grace Daley (4) | America West Arena | 6–2 |- | 9 | June 18 | @ Houston | L 66-78 | Katie Smith (18) | Betty Lennox (5) | Brumfield Lennox (4) | Compaq Center | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 20 | Phoenix | L 55-74 | Betty Lennox (14) | Kristin Folkl (6) | Kristin Folkl (4) | Target Center | 6–4 |- | 11 | June 22 | Utah | W 86-64 | Katie Smith (21) | Dickerson Martin (7) | Kate Paye (5) | Target Center | 7–4 |- | 12 | June 24 | @ Cleveland | W 60-57 (OT) | Betty Lennox (28) | Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) | Katie Smith (4) | Gund Arena | 8–4 |- | 13 | June 28 | @ Sacramento | L 74-82 | Katie Smith (22) | Kristin Folkl (6) | Katie Smith (4) | ARCO Arena | 8–5 |- | 14 | June 30 | @ Seattle | W 65-53 | Katie Smith (19) | Grace Daley (8) | Folkl Lloyd-Curry (4) | KeyArena | 9–5

| 15 | July 2 | Portland | W 81-75 | Katie Smith (32) | Kristin Folkl (7) | Betty Lennox (6) | Target Center | 10–5 |- | 16 | July 5 | Seattle | L 60-67 | Dickerson Folkl (15) | Keitha Dickerson (7) | Kristin Folkl (4) | Target Center | 10–6 |- | 17 | July 7 | New York | L 70-76 | Betty Lennox (20) | Betty Lennox (12) | Dickerson Smith (5) | Target Center | 10–7 |- | 18 | July 9 | Houston | L 60-70 | Katie Smith (18) | Kristin Folkl (9) | Kristin Folkl (6) | Target Center | 10–8 |- | 19 | July 11 | @ Phoenix | L 54-64 | Katie Smith (24) | Daley Dickerson Folkl (5) | Grace Daley (6) | America West Arena | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 14 | @ Portland | L 54-65 | Betty Lennox (15) | Betty Lennox (12) | Kate Paye (4) | Rose Garden | 10–10 |- | 21 | July 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 57-58 | Betty Lennox (21) | Daley Lennox Paye (9) | Folkl Smith (3) | Great Western Forum | 10–11 |- | 22 | July 20 | @ Sacramento | L 56-73 | Katie Smith (23) | Betty Lennox (9) | Betty Lennox (7) | ARCO Arena | 10–12 |- | 23 | July 21 | @ Seattle | L 61-67 | Katie Smith (20) | Kristin Folkl (12) | Katie Smith (5) | KeyArena | 10–13 |- | 24 | July 23 | Portland | W 80-63 | Betty Lennox (26) | Betty Lennox (6) | Katie Smith (6) | Target Center | 11–13 |- | 25 | July 28 | Miami | W 68-44 | Katie Smith (25) | Kristin Folkl (8) | Daley Lennox (4) | Target Center | 12–13 |- | 26 | July 29 | @ Washington | W 87-85 | Betty Lennox (31) | Dickerson Lennox (6) | Grace Daley (7) | MCI Center | 13–13 |- | 27 | July 31 | Los Angeles | L 66-73 | Betty Lennox (20) | Kristin Folkl (8) | Keitha Dickerson (5) | Target Center | 13–14

| 28 | August 2 | Utah | L 62-72 | Betty Lennox (21) | Dickerson Martin (5) | Betty Lennox (3) | Target Center | 13–15 |- | 29 | August 4 | Sacramento | L 63-74 | Katie Smith (24) | Keitha Dickerson (5) | Dickerson Martin (4) | Target Center | 13–16 |- | 30 | August 6 | Indiana | W 80-75 | Betty Lennox (27) | Dickerson Folkl (8) | Betty Lennox (8) | Target Center | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 8 | @ Charlotte | W 76-67 | Betty Lennox (27) | Dickerson Lennox (6) | Kristin Folkl (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–16 |- | 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 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 1.7Angie Potthoff302.7.000.000N/A0.70.30.00.00.0Angela Aycock302.0N/AN/AN/A1.01.30.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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