2000 Charlotte Sting season

The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. They posted the worst record in the East and in franchise history, where that would remain until the 2005 season.

2000 Charlotte Sting season
CoachT.R. Dunn
ArenaCharlotte Coliseum
Attendance5,685 per game
Results
Record8–24 (.250)
Place8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsAndrea Stinson (17.7)
ReboundsRhonda Mapp (6.8)
AssistsDawn Staley (5.9)

Transactions

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Miami Sol expansion draft

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The following players were selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Sharon Manning   United States NC State
Stephanie White-McCarty   United States Purdue

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 11 Summer Erb   United States NC State
2 27 Tiffany Travis   United States Florida
3 34 Jill Morton   United States Louisville
3 43 Peppi Browne   United States Duke
4 59 Shaka Massey   United States Louisiana Tech

Transactions

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Date Transaction
October 28, 1999 Hired T.R. Dunn as Head Coach[1]
December 15, 1999 Lost Sharon Manning and Stephanie White-McCarty to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
January 19, 2000 Traded Vicky Bullett to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd Round Pick[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Summer Erb, Tiffany Travis, Jill Morton, Peppi Browne and Shaka Massey in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 20, 2000 Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom[1]
October 11, 2000 Traded Rhonda Mapp and E.C. Hill to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Allison Feaster and Clarisse Machanguana[1]
November 7, 2000 Traded Tracy Reid to the Miami Sol in exchange for Shantia Owens[1]

Roster

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2000 Charlotte Sting roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 34   Bauer-Bilodeau, Cass 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1972-06-27 Montana State 1
F 45   Braziel, Angie 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1976-09-18 Texas Tech 1
F/C 7   Enis, Shalonda 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1974-12-03 Alabama 1
F/C 3   Erb, Summer 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1974-12-03 NC State R
G 10   Hill, E. C. 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1971-07-06 Northern Illinois R
G 24   Johnson, Niesa 5' 9" (1.75m) 146 lb (66kg) 1973-02-07 Alabama 1
G/F   Jones, Larecha 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1977-07-24 Ohio State R
C 51   Mapp, Rhonda 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1969-10-13 NC State 3
G/F 0   Reid, Tracy 5' 11" (1.8m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-11-01 North Carolina 2
F 44   Smith, Charlotte 6' 0" (1.83m) 148 lb (67kg) 1973-08-23 North Carolina 1
G 5   Staley, Dawn 5' 6" (1.68m) 134 lb (61kg) 1970-05-04 Virginia 1
G 32   Stinson, Andrea 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 1967-11-25 NC State 3
F 12   Travis, Tiffany 5' 11" (1.8m) 145 lb (66kg) 1978-03-20 Florida R
Head coach
  T. R. Dunn (Alabama)
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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2000 game log
Total: 8–24 (Home: 4–11; Road: 4–13)
June: 2–12 (Home: 0–7; Road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 June 1 @ Orlando L 79-82 Andrea Stinson (18) Angie Braziel (6) Andrea Stinson (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
2 June 3 Miami L 63-74 Andrea Stinson (22) Tiffany Travis (5) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 0–2
3 June 5 Cleveland L 53-69 Rhonda Mapp (17) Rhonda Mapp (7) Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 0–3
4 June 9 Seattle L 62-67 Rhonda Mapp (19) Andrea Stinson (6) Dawn Staley (8) Charlotte Coliseum 0–4
5 June 10 Orlando L 71-74 Andrea Stinson (18) Smith
Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (7) Charlotte Coliseum 0–5
6 June 12 @ Detroit W 78-67 Mapp
Stinson (21)
Rhonda Mapp (15) Rhonda Mapp (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–5
7 June 15 @ Utah L 68-96 Andrea Stinson (18) Andrea Stinson (7) Dawn Staley (6) Delta Center 1–6
8 June 17 @ Sacramento L 63-74 Dawn Staley (18) Rhonda Mapp (10) Smith
Staley (4)
Charlotte Coliseum 1–7
9 June 18 @ Los Angeles L 62-70 Summer Erb (21) Charlotte Smith (10) Dawn Staley (6) Great Western Forum 1–8
10 June 20 @ Portland W 87-85 (OT) Andrea Stinson (25) Enis
Travis (6)
Dawn Staley (8) Rose Garden 2–8
11 June 22 Phoenix L 57-90 Andrea Stinson (20) Erb
Reid (6)
Dawn Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 2–9
12 June 24 @ Orlando L 68-69 Reid
Stinson
Travis (13)
Rhonda Mapp (15) Dawn Staley (8) Charlotte Coliseum 2–10
13 June 25 Detroit L 81-84 Shalonda Enis (18) Summer Erb (8) Dawn Staley (9) Charlotte Coliseum 2–11
14 June 28 Houston L 66-76 Mapp
Stinson (14)
Enis
Travis (5)
Dawn Staley (9) Charlotte Coliseum 2–12
July: 5–9 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
15 July 1 Washington L 74-78 Dawn Staley (19) Andrea Stinson (7) Dawn Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 2–13
16 July 5 Miami W 76-70 Rhonda Mapp (20) Rhonda Mapp (9) Dawn Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 3–13
17 July 7 @ Houston L 71-86 Andrea Stinson (19) Rhonda Mapp (8) Dawn Staley (7) Compaq Center 3–14
18 July 8 Cleveland L 59-80 Andrea Stinson (18) Rhonda Mapp (8) Dawn Staley (5) Charlotte Coliseum 3–15
19 July 10 @ Cleveland L 65-72 Rhonda Mapp (17) Rhonda Mapp (12) Dawn Staley (8) Gund Arena 3–16
20 July 12 @ New York L 70-84 Andrea Stinson (21) Mapp
Reid (6)
Charlotte Smith (4) Madison Square Garden 3–17
21 July 15 @ Washington W 76-73 Andrea Stinson (24) Mapp
Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (7) MCI Center 4–17
22 July 21 Portland W 73-64 Dawn Staley (18) Bauer-Bilodeau
Reid
Staley (5)
Andrea Stinson (8) Charlotte Coliseum 5–17
23 July 22 @ Indiana L 59-80 Rhonda Mapp (18) Tracy Reid (7) Bauer-Bilodeau
Mapp
Stinson
Staley (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse 5–18
24 July 24 Indiana W 82-78 (OT) Andrea Stinson (24) Mapp
Travis (7)
Dawn Staley (8) Charlotte Coliseum 6–18
25 July 26 @ Washington W 87-80 Andrea Stinson (33) Charlotte Smith (9) Dawn Staley (13) MCI Center 7–18
26 July 28 New York L 56-66 Charlotte Smith (17) Tracy Reid (5) Dawn Staley (6) Charlotte Coliseum 7–19
27 July 29 @ Detroit L 72-75 Rhonda Mapp (25) Rhonda Mapp (12) Andrea Stinson (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–20
28 July 31 @ New York L 56-81 Andrea Stinson (18) Rhonda Mapp (9) Dawn Staley (4) Madison Square Garden 7–21
August: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
29 August 4 @ Miami L 50-60 Andrea Stinson (14) Rhonda Mapp (10) Mapp
Staley
Stinson (4)
American Airlines Arena 7–22
30 August 5 Utah W 84-82 Andrea Stinson (23) Rhonda Mapp (5) Dawn Staley (10) Charlotte Coliseum 8–22
31 August 8 Minnesota L 67-76 Andrea Stinson (15) Angie Braziel (7) Smith
Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum 8–23
32 August 9 @ Indiana L 51-67 Andrea Stinson (17) Reid
Smith (9)
Charlotte Smith (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–24

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 12.0

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
Andrea Stinson 32 32 35.1 .462 .358 .739 4.3 3.8 1.7 0.7 17.7
Dawn Staley 32 32 34.3 .372 .330 .878 2.4 5.9 1.2 0.0 8.8
Rhonda Mapp 30 30 28.5 .460 .364 .830 6.8 2.1 1.0 0.8 11.9
Shalonda Enis 12 9 26.9 .394 .344 .767 3.8 0.8 0.8 0.1 11.6
Charlotte Smith 30 7 22.0 .352 .316 .800 3.5 1.8 0.5 0.6 5.2
Tracy Reid 29 17 21.4 .478 .000 .542 3.4 1.0 0.5 0.3 7.3
Tiffany Travis 32 12 17.9 .443 .480 .750 2.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 5.4
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau 29 18 13.7 .403 .000 .857 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.6
Niesa Johnson 6 0 13.0 .529 .400 1.000 0.7 1.8 0.7 0.0 4.3
Summer Erb 29 0 9.5 .438 .000 .651 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 3.2
Angie Braziel 22 3 9.2 .388 N/A .684 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 2.3
E.C. Hill 26 0 8.2 .286 .227 .400 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.0 1.5
Larecha Jones 9 0 6.0 .421 .333 .500 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 2.1


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 "2000 Charlotte Sting Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.