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1999 Washington Mystics season
The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Washington Mystics. In the 1999 WNBA draft, Chamique Holdsclaw was selected by the Washington Mystics 1st overall. In her first season, she was named the Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee | |
| 2 | 13 | Shalonda Enis | Seattle Reign | |
| 3 | 25 | Andrea Nagy | Hungarian People's Republic | Philadelphia Rage |
| 4 | 37 | Jenny Whittle | Perth Breakers (Australia) |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 18, 1999 | title=1999 Washington Mystics Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/WAS/1999_transactions.html | access-date=2024-07-10 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the [1999 WNBA draft](1999-wnba-draft) | ||||
| May 6, 1999 | Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham | ||||
| July 1, 1999 | Waived Jenny Whittle | ||||
| Signed Valerie Still | |||||
| July 11, 1999 | Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts | ||||
| December 15, 1999 | Traded Monica Maxwell and a [2000](2000-wnba-draft) 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 10 | Charlotte | L 73–83 | Nikki McCray (22) | Murriel Page (9) | Andrea Nagy (12) | MCI Center
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 12 |
| @ Houston |
| L 63–88 |
| Shalonda Enis (13) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (13) |
| Enis |
| Nagy (3) |
| Compaq Center |
| 0–2 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 14 |
| @ New York |
| W 83–61 |
| Nikki McCray (24) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (9) |
| Andrea Nagy (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 18 |
| Detroit |
| L 69–76 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Shalonda Enis (15) |
| Andrea Nagy (7) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 19 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 68–73 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (23) |
| Murriel Page (11) |
| Andrea Nagy (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 22 |
| Phoenix |
| L 76–79 |
| Nikki McCray (24) |
| Enis |
| Holdsclaw (7) |
| Andrea Nagy (8) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–5 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 25 |
| Houston |
| L 69–72 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (24) |
| Murriel Page (7) |
| Andrea Nagy (9) |
| MCI Center |
| 1–6 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 26 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 65–76 |
| Nikki McCray (25) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (10) |
| McCray |
| Nagy (2) |
| Gund Arena |
| 1–7 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 30 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 68–63 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (21) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (14) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 2–7 |
| - |
| 10 |
| July 2 |
| Sacramento |
| L 74–79 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (22) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (9) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (7) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–8 |
| - |
| 11 |
| July 6 |
| New York |
| W 71–63 |
| Nikki McCray (16) |
| Murriel Page (8) |
| Nikki McCray (9) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–8 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 8 |
| Utah |
| L 65–81 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (23) |
| Murriel Page (6) |
| Enis |
| Nagy (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–9 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 10 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 83–78 (2OT) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (20) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (16) |
| Andrea Nagy (9) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 4–9 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 12 |
| Charlotte |
| W 74–71 |
| Nikki McCray (26) |
| Murriel Page (15) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Nagy (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–9 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 16 |
| Detroit |
| L 68–78 |
| McCray |
| Page (18) |
| Murriel Page (10) |
| Markita Aldridge (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–10 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 17 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 56–63 |
| Shalonda Enis (18) |
| Enis |
| Holdsclaw (6) |
| Nikki McCray (9) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 5–11 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 19 |
| Orlando |
| L 52–77 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (9) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Page (9) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Maxwell |
| McCray |
| Nagy |
| Williams (1) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–12 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 21 |
| Cleveland |
| L 68–85 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (23) |
| Shalonda Enis (6) |
| Aldridge |
| Holdsclaw |
| Nagy (2) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–13 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 23 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 60–55 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Enis |
| Holdsclaw (7) |
| Nikki McCray (4) |
| Target Center |
| 6–13 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 25 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 59–72 |
| Nikki McCray (18) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (7) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Nagy (3) |
| America West Arena |
| 6–14 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 26 |
| @ Utah |
| L 61–73 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (9) |
| Nikki McCray (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 6–15 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 29 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 54–70 |
| Nikki McCray (16) |
| Shalonda Enis (8) |
| Andrea Nagy (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 6–16 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 31 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 64–81 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Murriel Page (10) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Nagy (3) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 6–17 |
| - |
| 24 |
| August 2 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 75–70 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (23) |
| Holdsclaw |
| Page (7) |
| Andrea Nagy (7) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 7–17 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 5 |
| Orlando |
| W 72–68 |
| Holdsclaw |
| McCray (24) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (9) |
| Andrea Nagy (7) |
| MCI Center |
| 8–17 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 7 |
| @ Cleveland |
| W 63–62 |
| Nikki McCray (25) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (6) |
| Andrea Nagy (11) |
| Gund Arena |
| 9–17 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 8 |
| Cleveland |
| W 80–45 |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Murriel Page (7) |
| Holdsclaw |
| McCray |
| Nagy (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 10–17 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 11 |
| New York |
| W 59–56 (OT) |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (14) |
| Enis |
| McCray |
| Nagy |
| Page |
| Williams (2) |
| MCI Center |
| 11–17 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 14 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 55–53 |
| Nikki McCray (20) |
| Chamique Holdsclaw (13) |
| Nikki McCray (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 12–17 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 15 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 54–81 |
| Nikki McCray (13) |
| Enis |
| Roberts |
| McCray (5) |
| Aldridge |
| McCray (4) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 12–18 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 17 |
| @ New York |
| L 54–66 |
| Nikki McCray (12) |
| Heather Owen (5) |
| Enis |
| Holdsclaw |
| Page (2) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 12–19 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 21 |
| Minnesota |
| L 45–48 |
| Nikki McCray (19) |
| Murriel Page (10) |
| Andrea Nagy (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 12–20 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 31 | 30 | 34.2 | .437 | .172 | .773 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 16.9 |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 32.6 | .424 | .301 | .806 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Andrea Nagy | 32 | 32 | 29.6 | .409 | .273 | .763 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Shalonda Enis | 29 | 26 | 29.1 | .364 | .275 | .684 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 7.4 |
| Murriel Page | 32 | 26 | 28.6 | .574 | N/A | .683 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8.8 |
| Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 13 | 6 | 16.6 | .564 | N/A | .318 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Heather Owen | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | .400 | N/A | .696 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Valerie Still | 23 | 6 | 12.3 | .245 | .000 | .368 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Markita Aldridge | 31 | 2 | 12.2 | .309 | .150 | .606 | 1,2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Rita Williams | 31 | 0 | 10.1 | .500 | .559 | .639 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Nyree Roberts | 8 | 0 | 7.7 | .600 | N/A | .571 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Monica Maxwell | 20 | 0 | 7.1 | .220 | .212 | .556 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Jenny Whittle | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Penny Moore | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | N/A | N/A | 0.73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
- Chamique Holdsclaw ranked sixth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 116
- Nikki McCray, ranked fifth in the WNBA in Free Throws, 129
Awards and honors
- Chamique Holdsclaw, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award
- Chamique Holdsclaw, Forward, All-WNBA Second Team
- Murriel Page, WNBA Peak Performer
References
References
- "1999 Washington Mystics Transactions".
- "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
- "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com.
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