2000 Minnesota Lynx season
Introduction 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.
Offseason Angela Aycock and Charmin Smith were both picked up by the Seattle Storm in the 2000 WNBA Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 5 Grace Daley (G)  Tulane 1 6 Betty Lennox (G)  Louisiana Tech 1 10 Maylana Martin (F)  UCLA 2 22 Marla Brumfield (G)  Rice 2 24 Keitha Dickerson (F)  Texas Tech 3 38 Phylesha Whaley (F)  Oklahoma 4 54 Jana Lichnerova (C)  St. Joseph's 4 56 Shanele Stires (F)  Kansas State (from Columbus Quest, ABL)===Trades===DateTradeOctober 27, 1999'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Phoenix Mercury''' Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trish Fallon February 21, 2000'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Phoenix Mercury''' 5th pick in the 2000 WNBA draft Brandy ReedApril 14, 2000'''To Minnesota Lynx''''''To Miami Sol''' 10th, 24th and 56th picks in the 2000 WNBA Draft Marlies Askamp
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 31  Cleveland  73-62  Win  1-0 June 1  @ Utah  74-83  Loss  1-1 June 3  Los Angeles  75-82  Loss  1-2 June 5  Detroit  88-68  Win  2-2 June 8  @ Orlando  71-57  Win  3-2 June 10  @ Miami  66-55  Win  4-2 June 15  Orlando  72-66  Win  5-2 June 17  @ Phoenix  69-62  Win  6-2 June 18  @ Houston  66-78  Loss  6-3 June 20  Phoenix  55-74  Loss  6-4 June 22  Utah  86-64  Win  7-4 June 24  @ Cleveland  60-57  Win  8-4 June 28  @ Sacramento  74-82  Loss  8-5 June 30  @ Seattle  65-53  Win  9-5 July 2  Portland  81-75  Win  10-5 July 5  Seattle  60-67  Loss  10-6 July 7  New York  70-76  Loss  10-7 July 9  Houston  60-70  Loss  10-8 July 11  @ Phoenix  54-64  Loss  10-9 July 14  @ Portland  54-65  Loss  10-10 July 15  @ Los Angeles  57-58  Loss  10-11 July 20  @ Sacramento  56-73  Loss  10-12 July 21  @ Seattle  61-67  Loss  10-13 July 23  Portland  80-63  Win  11-13 July 28  Miami  68-44  Win  12-13 July 29  @ Washington  87-85  Win  13-13 July 31  Los Angeles  66-73  Loss  13-14 August 2  Utah  62-72  Loss  13-15 August 4  Sacramento  63-74  Loss  13-16 August 6  Indiana  80-75  Win  14-16 August 8  @ Charlotte  76-67  Win  15-16 August 9  @ Houston  64-77  Loss  15-17
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Katie Smith  32  93  90  44  7  646 Betty Lennox  32  178  82  53  9  541 Kristin Folkl  32  154  67  23  22  242 Grace Daley  30  72  57  12  0  173 Keitha Dickerson  32  141  59  37  2  142 Maylana Martin  30  67  21  17  13  132 Marla Brumfield  32  60  42  22  2  124 Andrea Lloyd Curry  14  43  22  12  2  75 Kate Paye  28  30  38  8  6  56 Shanele Stires  21  14  7  6  0  35 Sonja Tate  8  13  5  3  0  27 Angie Potthoff  3  2  1  0  0  0 Angela Aycock  3  3  4  0  0  0
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