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1999 Utah Starzz season

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz finished last in the West, despite improving to a 15-17 mark. The team started with coach Frank Layden, who resigned after a 2-2 record so he could retire.

1999 Utah Starzz season
CoachFrank Layden (retired Jun. 21, 2–2 record), Fred Williams (13–15 record)
ArenaDelta Center
Attendance7,544 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Transactions

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Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

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The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Kim Williams   United States DePaul

WNBA draft

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See also: 1999 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Natalie Williams   United States Portland Power
2 15 Debbie Black   United States Colorado Xplosion
3 27 Adrienne Goodson   United States Chicago Condors
4 39 Dalma Iványi   Hungary FIU

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 6, 1999 Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 30, 1999 Waived Jessie Hicks[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 6, 1999 Waived Erin Alexander[1]
June 9, 1999 Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss[1]
June 21, 1999 Waived Chantel Tremitiere[1]
Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching[1]
Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach[1]
July 6, 1999 Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford[1]
July 12, 1999 Waived Michelle Campbell[1]
July 30, 1999 Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede[1]
December 15, 1999 Traded Elena Baranova and a 2000 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick[1]


Roster

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1999 Utah Starzz roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 34   Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 1
F 28   Baranova, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 1972-01-28 2
G 31   Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's R
F 14   Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State 1
C 5   Campbell, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1973-02-20 USC R
C 12   Dydek, Margo 7' 2" (2.18m) 223 lb (101kg) 1974-04-28 1
F 15   Goodson, Adrienne 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1966-10-19 Old Dominion R
G 7   Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 1
G 7   Iványi, Dalma 5' 10" (1.78m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-03-13 FIU R
F 24   Johnson, LaTonya 6' 1" (1.85m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-17 Memphis 1
G 27   Lara, Krystyna 5' 8" (1.73m) 130 lb (59kg) 1969-09-30 R
F 14   Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 2
C 0   Scott, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 1
G 3   Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m) 142 lb (64kg) 1969-10-20 Auburn 2
C 24   Williams, Natalie 6' 2" (1.88m) 210 lb (95kg) 1970-11-30 UCLA R
Head coach
  Fred Williams (Boise State)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 11–5; Road: 4–12)
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 12 Orlando W 71–65 Wendy Palmer (22) Natalie Williams (12) Goodson
Palmer (4) 		Delta Center 1–0
2 June 14 @ Minnesota L 54–78 Natalie Williams (18) Natalie Williams (12) Elena Baranova (3) Target Center 1–1
3 June 17 @ Houston L 73–93 Wendy Palmer (18) Natalie Williams (16) Debbie Black (3) Compaq Center 1–2
4 June 19 Sacramento W 85–75 Natalie Williams (26) Natalie Williams (8) Debbie Black (7) Delta Center 2–2
5 June 24 @ Sacramento L 69–107 Wendy Palmer (18) Natalie Williams (10) Debbie Black (4) ARCO Arena 2–3
6 June 26 Minnesota L 62–72 Margo Dydek (19) Baranova
Dydek (8) 		Baranova
Black (4) 		Delta Center 2–4
7 June 28 @ Los Angeles L 70–102 Natalie Williams (28) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (4) Great Western Forum 2–5
8 June 30 Houston L 68–78 Natalie Williams (23) Baranova
Williams (6) 		Debbie Black (8) Delta Center 2–6
July : 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
9 July 2 Cleveland W 83–68 Margo Dydek (20) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (8) Delta Center 3–6
10 July 6 Detroit W 104–94 (2OT) Natalie Williams (31) Margo Dydek (16) Debbie Black (10) Delta Center 4–6
11 July 8 @ Washington W 81–65 Wendy Palmer (17) Natalie Williams (7) Debbie Black (7) MCI Center 5–6
12 July 10 @ Orlando L 56–62 Natalie Williams (23) Natalie Williams (12) Wendy Palmer (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–7
13 July 12 Phoenix L 66–80 Dydek
Williams (22) 		Dydek
Williams (9) 		Black
Goodson (4) 		Delta Center 5–8
14 July 16 Houston L 84–88 (OT) Margo Dydek (24) Dydek
Williams (8) 		Elena Baranova (7) Delta Center 5–9
15 July 18 @ New York L 82–88 (OT) Natalie Williams (24) Natalie Williams (7) Debbie Black (6) Madison Square Garden 5–10
16 July 19 @ Charlotte L 66–73 Adrienne Goodson (18) Adrienne Goodson (9) Adrienne Goodson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 5–11
17 July 21 @ Detroit L 77–86 Margo Dydek (22) Adrienne Goodson (7) Debbie Black (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–12
18 July 24 @ Cleveland W 76–70 Adrienne Goodson (20) Black
Dydek (7) 		Debbie Black (11) Gund Arena 6–12
19 July 26 Washington W 73–61 Natalie Williams (23) Black
Williams (7) 		Debbie Black (6) Delta Center 7–12
20 July 27 @ Phoenix L 73–86 Adrienne Goodson (17) Margo Dydek (8) Debbie Black (6) America West Arena 7–13
21 July 30 @ Los Angeles L 77–87 Margo Dydek (19) Margo Dydek (11) Goodson
Johnson (3) 		Great Western Forum 7–14
22 July 31 Sacramento W 63–59 Margo Dydek (25) Debbie Black (6) LaTonya Johnson (4) Delta Center 8–14
August : 7–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 3 New York L 59–61 Goodson
Hlede (12) 		Brown
Dydek (5) 		Debbie Black (3) Delta Center 8–15
24 August 5 Los Angeles W 81–75 Natalie Williams (17) Natalie Williams (11) Debbie Black (6) Delta Center 9–15
25 August 7 Minnesota W 80–70 Margo Dydek (19) Margo Dydek (8) Dydek
Goodson
Johnson (4) 		Delta Center 10–15
26 August 9 Charlotte W 67–65 Dydek
Goodson (14) 		Natalie Williams (11) Margo Dydek (6) Delta Center 11–15
27 August 11 @ Minnesota L 73–83 Korie Hlede (20) Natalie Williams (8) Debbie Black (5) Delta Center 11–16
28 August 13 Phoenix W 67–64 Margo Dydek (17) Natalie Williams (10) Debbie Black (6) Great Western Forum 12–16
29 August 14 @ Sacramento W 97–89 Adrienne Goodson (23) Natalie Williams (10) Korie Hlede (7) ARCO Arena 13–16
30 August 16 @ Houston L 71–80 Natalie Williams (24) Natalie Williams (8) Black
Hlede (4) 		Compaq Center 13–17
31 August 20 @ Phoenix W 70–62 Adrienne Goodson (22) Natalie Williams (12) Debbie Black (4) America West Arena 14–17
32 August 21 Los Angeles W 89–81 Adrienne Goodson (20) Natalie Williams (9) Debbie Black (9) Delta Center 15–17
1999 season schedule

Season standings

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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

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Natalie Williams 28 26 34.1 .519 .000 .754 9.2 0.9 1.4 0.8 18.0
Adrienne Goodson 32 31 33.4 .426 .245 .767 4.3 2.7 0.8 0.3 14.9
Debbie Black 32 32 31.7 .378 .195 .620 3.5 5.0 2.4 0.2 5.1
Korie Hlede 11 1 25.2 .463 .448 .909 2.7 2.5 0.7 0.1 11.9
LaTonya Johnson 31 18 23.2 .365 .293 .810 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.3 6.5
Margo Dydek 32 28 22.9 .498 .350 .857 6.4 1.8 0.4 2.4 12.6
Wendy Palmer 20 4 22.3 .404 .300 .647 4.2 1.5 0.2 0.4 8.4
Elena Baranova 29 19 19.7 .405 .417 .805 3.4 1.6 0.7 0.8 6.0
Cindy Brown 9 0 17.3 .344 .100 .688 3.7 1.1 1.0 0.2 3.8
Chantel Tremitiere 20 0 9.6 .310 .250 1.000 1.0 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.1
Olympia Scott 4 0 9.0 .300 N/A .500 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 2.3
Krystyna Lara 25 0 8.2 .338 .303 1.000 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 2.5
Tricia Bader Binford 7 0 4.9 .000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3
Dalma Iványi 14 1 4.8 .333 .000 .750 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.8
Michelle Campbell 8 0 3.8 .300 .000 .500 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.0


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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1999 Utah Starzz Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
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