2000 Seattle Storm season

The 2000 WNBA season was the first season for the Seattle Storm.

2000 Seattle Storm season
CoachLin Dunn
ArenaKeyArena at Seattle Center
Attendance8,912 per game
Results
Record6–26 (.188)
Place8th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsEdna Campbell 13.9 ppg
ReboundsKamila Vodičková 4.2 rpg
AssistsSonja Henning 3.2 apg

Transactions

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WNBA expansion draft

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Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Edna Campbell   United States Phoenix Mercury
Sonja Henning   United States New York Liberty
Angela Aycock   United States Minnesota Lynx
Nina Bjedov   Yugoslavia Los Angeles Sparks
Toni Foster   United States Phoenix Mercury
Charmin Smith   United States Minnesota Lynx

WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 9 Kamila Vodičková   Czechoslovakia Gambrinus Brno (Czech Republic)
2 25 Charisse Sampson   United States New England Blizzard
3 41 Kirra Jordan   United States Rice
4 57 Katrina Hibbert   Australia St. Francis (NY)

Transactions

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Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Drafted Edna Campbell, Sonja Henning, Angela Aycock, Nina Bjedov, Toni Foster and Charmin Smith in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Kamila Vodičková, Charisse Sampson, Kirra Jordan and Katrina Hibbert in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
May 15, 2000 Waived Toni Foster[1]
May 27, 2000 Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Houston Comets in exchange for Andrea Garner[1]
May 28, 2000 Waived Dana Wynne and Kirra Jordan[1]
June 8, 2000 Waived Angela Aycock and Tajama Abraham[1]
Signed Stacey Lovelace[1]
June 11, 2000 Traded Nina Bjedov to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Michelle Edwards[1]

Roster

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2000 Seattle Storm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 23   Aycock, Angela 6' 2" (1.88m) 161 lb (73kg) 1973-02-28 Kansas 1
C 42   Barnes, Quacy 6' 5" (1.96m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-09-26 Indiana 1
G 12   Campbell, Edna 5' 8" (1.73m) 152 lb (69kg) 1968-11-26 Texas 1
G 44   Edwards, Michelle 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1966-03-06 Iowa 3
C 4   Edwards, Simone 6' 4" (1.93m) 164 lb (74kg) 1973-11-17 Iowa R
F/C 30   Garner, Andrea 6' 3" (1.91m) 160 lb (73kg) 1979-01-05 Penn State R
G 34   Henning, Sonja 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1969-11-04 Stanford 1
G/F 40   Hibbert, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m) 172 lb (78kg) 1977-09-29 LSU R
C 32   Lovelace, Stacey 6' 4" (1.93m) 170 lb (77kg) 1974-12-05 Purdue R
F 50   Redd, Jamie 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1977-11-05 Washington R
G 3   Sampson, Charisse 5' 11" (1.8m) 1974-09-01 Kansas R
G 50   Smith, Charmin 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1975-05-02 Stanford 1
G 32   Threatt-Elliott, Robin 5' 7" (1.7m) 150 lb (68kg) 1970-07-01 Wisconsin R
F/C 7   Vodičková, Kamila 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1972-12-19 R
Head coach
  Lin Dunn (UT Martin)
Assistant coaches
  Missy Bequette
  Gary Kloppenburg
  Kathy Anderson
  Daniel Shapiro
  Tamara Poole




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: 6–26 (Home: 4–13; Road: 2–13)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 31 @ Sacramento L 60-76 Edna Campbell (22) Kamila Vodičková (9) Katrina Hibbert (3) ARCO Arena 0–1
July: 2–12 (Home: 1–6; Road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
14 July 1 Utah L 60-81 Robin Threatt-Elliott (22) Garner
Redd
Threatt-Elliott (4)
Charmin Smith (6) KeyArena 2–12
15 July 3 Washington L 55-60 Simone Edwards (14) S. Edwards
Garner
Threatt-Elliott (4)
Michelle Edwards (5) KeyArena 2–13
16 July 5 @ Lynx W 67-60 Robin Threatt-Elliott (24) Andrea Garner (7) Sonja Henning (4) Target Center 3–13
17 July 6 @ Houston L 50-80 Charisse Sampson (12) S. Edwards
Garner (5)
Katrina Hibbert (3) Compaq Center 3–14
18 July 8 @ Orlando L 53-64 Simone Edwards (18) Charisse Sampson (7) Charmin Smith (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 3–15
19 July 10 @ Miami L 42-59 Stacey Lovelace (11) Simone Edwards (5) Charmin Smith (2) American Airlines Arena 3–16
20 July 12 @ Detroit L 56-61 Jamie Redd (17) Andrea Garner (7) Robin Threatt-Elliott (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–17
21 July 14 @ Indiana L 45-64 Robin Threatt-Elliott (13) Sonja Henning (5) Henning
Sampson (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse 3–18
22 July 19 New York L 55-78 Barnes
Vodičková (12)
Michelle Edwards (4) Campbell
Smith (3)
KeyArena 3–19
23 July 21 Minnesota W 67-61 Edna Campbell (17) Charisse Sampson (6) Sonja Henning (4) KeyArena 4–19
24 July 25 Minnesota L 53-79 Sonja Henning (10) Kamila Vodičková (6) Edna Campbell (3) Compaq Center 4–20
25 July 27 @ Los Angeles L 63-76 Sonja Henning (19) Sampson
Vodičková (5)
Edna Campbell (6) Great Western Forum 4–21
26 July 28 Phoenix L 55-65 Edna Campbell (14) Andrea Garner (6) Charmin Smith (7) KeyArena 4–22
27 July 30 Miami L 51-64 Quacy Barnes (16) Sonja Henning (7) Sonja Henning (4) KeyArena 4–23
August: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
28 August 1 Indiana W 66-60 Robin Threatt-Elliott (19) S. Edwards
Garner (5)
Sonja Henning (6) KeyArena 5–23
29 August 3 @ Phoenix L 63-85 Quacy Barnes (17) Michelle Edwards (5) Michelle Edwards (4) America West Arena 5–24
30 August 6 Portland W 66-58 (OT) Jamie Redd (14) Quacy Barnes (8) Barnes
Henning
Redd (3)
KeyArena 6–24
31 August 8 Los Angeles L 52-60 (OT) Michelle Edwards (20) Michelle Edwards (6) Sonja Henning (4) KeyArena 6–25
32 August 9 @ Sacramento L 46-79 Jamie Redd (14) Simone Edwards (4) Charmin Smith (3) ARCO Arena 6–26

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 17–4
Houston Comets x 27 5 .844 17–4 1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 11 .656 13–8 7.0
Phoenix Mercury x 20 12 .625 11–10 8.0
Utah Starzz o 18 14 .563 13–8 10.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 5–16 13.0
Portland Fire o 10 22 .313 4–17 18.0
Seattle Storm o 6 26 .188 4–17 22.0

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
Edna Campbell 16 16 31.9 .391 .265 .707 2.1 2.3 1.2 0.3 13.9
Sonja Henning 32 32 30.6 .351 .379 .607 2.7 2.5 1.9 0.1 5.3
Michelle Edwards 20 13 22.8 .357 .188 .657 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.3 6.6
Quacy Barnes 31 23 22.7 .418 .111 .536 2.7 1.1 0.6 1.1 6.7
Simone Edwards 29 7 22.2 .456 N/A .625 3.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 7.4
Kamila Vodičková 23 19 21.3 .398 .200 .769 4.2 1.0 0.6 0.5 8.7
Robin Threatt-Elliott 20 7 18.9 .382 .324 .657 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.2 7.8
Andrea Garner 32 19 17.5 .322 .500 .632 3.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 3.1
Charmin Smith 32 3 16.1 .286 .313 .556 1.5 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.6
Jamie Redd 26 8 14.9 .392 .346 .706 1.7 0.6 0.7 0.0 5.4
Stacey Lovelace 23 1 14.1 .350 .222 .806 2.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 4.3
Charisse Sampson 21 6 13.3 .468 .391 .893 2.0 0.5 0.9 0.3 3.7
Katrina Hibbert 20 6 12.0 .322 .258 .778 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 2.7
Angela Aycock 1 0 7.0 .000 .000 N/A 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


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 "2000 Seattle Storm Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
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