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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.
Transactions
Minnesota Lynx expansion draft
The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Williams | DePaul |
WNBA draft
| Utah Starzz}}" width="2%" | Round | Utah Starzz}}" width="5%" | Pick | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Utah Starzz}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Natalie Williams | Portland Power | ||||||
| 2 | 15 | Debbie Black | Colorado Xplosion | ||||||
| 3 | 27 | Adrienne Goodson | Chicago Condors | ||||||
| 4 | 39 | Dalma Iványi | Hungarian People's Republic | FIU |
Transactions
| Utah Starzz}}" width=125" | Date | Utah Starzz}}" colspan="2" | Transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft | ||
| April 30, 1999 | Waived Jessie Hicks | ||
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the [1999 WNBA draft](1999-wnba-draft) | ||
| May 6, 1999 | Waived Erin Alexander | ||
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss | ||
| June 21, 1999 | Waived Chantel Tremitiere | ||
| Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching | |||
| Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach | |||
| July 6, 1999 | Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford | ||
| July 12, 1999 | Waived Michelle Campbell | ||
| July 30, 1999 | Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede | ||
| December 15, 1999 | Traded Elena Baranova and a [2000](2000-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 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 |
| - |
| 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 |
| - |
| 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 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | Player | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | GP | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | GS | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | MPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | FG% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | FT% | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | RPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="5%" | APG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | SPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | BPG | Utah Starzz}}" width="6%" | 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
References
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