1999 Minnesota Lynx season

1999 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler
ArenaTarget Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
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The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Brandy Reed  United States Phoenix Mercury
Kim Williams  United States Utah Starzz
Octavia Blue  United States Los Angeles Sparks
Adia Barnes  United States Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA allocation draft

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Kristin Folkl  United States Stanford
Katie Smith  United States Columbus Quest

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Tonya Edwards  United States Columbus Quest
2 19 Trisha Fallon  Australia Sydney Flames (Australia)
3 31 Andrea Lloyd-Curry  United States Columbus Quest
4 43 Sonja Tate  United States Columbus Quest
4 49 Angie Potthoff  United States Columbus Quest

Transactions

Date Transaction
November 17, 1998 Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach[1]
April 6, 1999 Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft[1]
May 3, 1999 Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 14, 1999 Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie Redd[1]
May 17, 1999 Waived Jamie Redd[1]
June 8, 1999 Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-Coleman[1]
May 21, 1999 Waived Octavia Blue[1]
May 26, 1999 Signed Annie La Fleur[1]
June 8, 1999 Waived Kim Williams[1]
October 27, 1999 Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock[1]

Roster

1999 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 32 United States Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona 1
G 13 United States Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee R
G/F 9 Australia Fallon, Trisha 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-07-23 R
F 24 United States Folkl, Kristin 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-12-19 Stanford R
G 35 Australia La Fleur, Annie 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1969-03-10 R
F 5 United States Lloyd-Curry, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1965-09-25 Texas R
F 44 United States Potthoff, Angie 6' 1" (1.85m) 191 lb (87kg) 1974-06-12 Penn State R
F 3 United States Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 1
G 21 United States Smith, Charmin 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1975-05-02 Stanford R
G 14 United States Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State R
G 19 United States Tate, Sonja 5' 7" (1.7m) 157 lb (71kg) 1971-09-07 Arkansas State R
Head coach
United States Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches
United States Kelly Kramer
United States Heidi VanDerveer



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
June: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 12 Detroit W 68–51 Tonya Edwards (20) Kristin Folkl (6) Sonja Tate (7) Target Center 1–0
2 June 14 Utah W 78–54 Brandy Reed (16) Folkl
Reed (7) 		Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Target Center 2–0
3 June 19 Houston L 55–69 Tonya Edwards (19) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (4) Target Center 2–1
4 June 22 @ Sacramento L 62–79 Andrea Lloyd-Curry (17) Sonja Tate (8) Sonja Tate (4) ARCO Arena 2–2
5 June 24 @ Los Angeles W 72–62 Brandy Reed (28) Sonja Tate (6) Sonja Tate (5) Great Western Forum 3–2
6 June 26 @ Utah W 72–62 Tonya Edwards (23) Sonja Tate (5) Brandy Reed (4) Delta Center 4–2
7 June 29 Sacramento L 72–86 Katie Smith (21) Sonja Tate (6) Sonja Tate (5) Target Center 4–3
July : 7–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 4–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
8 July 1 Los Angeles L 77–81 (2OT) Brandy Reed (23) Folkl
Tate (8) 		Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Target Center 4–4
9 July 3 Phoenix W 56–47 Brandy Reed (14) Brandy Reed (8) Sonja Tate (4) Target Center 5–4
10 July 6 @ Houston L 54–80 Adia Barnes (9) Katie Smith (6) Sonja Tate (4) Compaq Center 5–5
11 July 9 @ Orlando W 71–66 Tonya Edwards (22) Brandy Reed (7) Tonya Edwards (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 6–5
12 July 11 @ New York W 58–56 Brandy Reed (19) Brandy Reed (7) Reed
K. Smith (4) 		Madison Square Garden 7–5
13 July 12 @ Cleveland L 55–67 Katie Smith (17) Brandy Reed (8) Sonja Tate (5) Gund Arena 7–6
14 July 17 New York W 60–58 Brandy Reed (20) Brandy Reed (8) Reed
Edwards (4) 		Target Center 8–6
15 July 19 Sacramento W 76–69 Brandy Reed (22) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Brandy Reed (6) Target Center 9–6
16 July 19 @ Charlotte W 76–67 Brandy Reed (26) Reed
K. Smith (6) 		Andrea Lloyd-Curry (11) Charlotte Coliseum 10–6
17 July 21 Washington L 55–60 Brandy Reed (28) Reed
Tate (7) 		Katie Smith (5) Target Center 10–7
18 July 25 Houston L 57–62 Tonya Edwards (25) Lloyd-Curry
Reed
Potthoff (6) 		Andrea Lloyd-Curry (5) Target Center 10–8
19 July 27 @ Sacramento W 61–59 Tonya Edwards (17) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Tonya Edwards (8) ARCO Arena 11–8
20 July 29 @ Phoenix L 46–79 Brandy Reed (12) Brandy Reed (9) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (3) America West Arena 11–9
21 July 31 Charlotte L 52–56 Brandy Reed (21) Brandy Reed (13) Tonya Edwards (5) Target Center 11–10
August : 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
22 August 2 Phoenix W 73–56 Brandy Reed (17) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) Sonja Tate (5) Target Center 12–10
23 August 4 @ Detroit L 56–59 Brandy Reed (19) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) Sonja Tate (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–11
24 August 6 Los Angeles L 59–77 Edwards
K. Smith (13) 		Tonya Edwards (8) Reed
Potthoff (4) 		Target Center 12–12
25 August 7 @ Utah L 70–80 Brandy Reed (24) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Tonya Edwards (5) Delta Center 12–13
26 August 9 @ Phoenix L 55–64 Tonya Edwards (18) Brandy Reed (6) Tonya Edwards (4) America West Arena 12–14
27 August 11 Utah W 83–73 Katie Smith (27) Tonya Edwards (7) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Charlotte Coliseum 13–14
28 August 14 @ Houston L 53–71 Sonja Tate (15) Kristin Folkl (9) La Fleur
Tate (3) 		Compaq Center 13–15
29 August 16 Cleveland W 57–50 Katie Smith (15) Kristin Folkl (6) La Fleur
K. Smith (3) 		Target Center 14–15
30 August 18 @ Los Angeles L 54–72 Kristin Folkl (15) Barnes
La Fleur (5) 		Sonja Tate (5) Great Western Forum 14–16
31 August 20 Orlando L 80–83 (OT) Kristin Folkl (21) Kristin Folkl (9) Annie La Fleur (7) Target Center 14–17
32 August 21 @ Washington W 48–45 Edwards
K. Smith (17) 		Kristin Folkl (7) Tonya Edwards (4) MCI Center 15–17
1999 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 26 6 .813 16–4 –
Los Angeles Sparks x 20 12 .625 12–8 6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 13 .594 9–11 7.0
Phoenix Mercury o 15 17 .469 7–13 11.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0
Utah Starzz o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Katie Smith 30 29 32.4 .387 .382 .766 2.9 2.0 0.6 0.3 11.7
Tonya Edwards 32 32 32.2 .357 .344 .806 3.5 2.6 0.8 0.4 14.8
Brandy Reed 25 24 30.3 .459 .342 .757 6.0 2.6 1.2 0.7 16.1
Andrea Lloyd-Curry 32 31 28.1 .375 .333 .756 4.3 2.8 0.9 0.4 6.7
Sonja Tate 32 18 25.9 .354 .239 .767 4.0 3.1 1.1 0.1 4.5
Angie Potthoff 32 25 22.2 .379 .167 .545 2.7 1.2 0.8 0.2 4.0
Kristin Folkl 32 1 16.2 .479 .143 .538 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 4.9
Annie La Fleur 25 0 13.3 .343 .440 .250 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.0 2.4
Trisha Fallon 26 0 10.8 .300 .353 .742 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.2 3.0
Adia Barnes 19 0 4.8 .304 .333 .500 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.1
Charmin Smith 13 0 4.3 .111 .000 .800 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.8


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

  • Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
  • Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
  • Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
  • Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) [2]

Awards and honors

  • Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1999 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "1999 WNBA Season Summary".

External links

  • Lynx on Basketball Reference
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