1999 Minnesota Lynx season

The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

1999 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Main article: 1999 WNBA expansion draft

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Brandy Reed	United States	Phoenix Mercury
Kim Williams	United States	Utah Starzz
Octavia Blue	United States	Los Angeles Sparks
Adia Barnes	United States	Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA allocation draft

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Kristin Folkl	United States	Stanford
Katie Smith	United States	Columbus Quest

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Tonya Edwards	United States	Columbus Quest
2	19	Trisha Fallon	Australia	Sydney Flames (Australia)
3	31	Andrea Lloyd-Curry	United States	Columbus Quest
4	43	Sonja Tate	United States	Columbus Quest
4	49	Angie Potthoff	United States	Columbus Quest

Transactions

Date	Transaction
November 17, 1998	Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach[1]
April 6, 1999	Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft[1]
May 3, 1999	Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft[1]
May 4, 1999	Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 14, 1999	Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie Redd[1]
May 17, 1999	Waived Jamie Redd[1]
June 8, 1999	Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-Coleman[1]
May 21, 1999	Waived Octavia Blue[1]
May 26, 1999	Signed Annie La Fleur[1]
June 8, 1999	Waived Kim Williams[1]
October 27, 1999	Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock[1]

Roster

1999 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 32 Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona 1 G 13 Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee R G/F 9 Fallon, Trisha 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-07-23 R F 24 Folkl, Kristin 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-12-19 Stanford R G 35 La Fleur, Annie 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1969-03-10 R F 5 Lloyd-Curry, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1965-09-25 Texas R F 44 Potthoff, Angie 6' 1" (1.85m) 191 lb (87kg) 1974-06-12 Penn State R F 3 Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 1 G 21 Smith, Charmin 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1975-05-02 Stanford R G 14 Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State R G 19 Tate, Sonja 5' 7" (1.7m) 157 lb (71kg) 1971-09-07 Arkansas State R	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Kelly Kramer Heidi VanDerveer Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)
June: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 12 Detroit W 68–51 Tonya Edwards (20) Kristin Folkl (6) Sonja Tate (7) Target Center 1–0 2 June 14 Utah W 78–54 Brandy Reed (16) Folkl Reed (7) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Target Center 2–0 3 June 19 Houston L 55–69 Tonya Edwards (19) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (4) Target Center 2–1 4 June 22 @ Sacramento L 62–79 Andrea Lloyd-Curry (17) Sonja Tate (8) Sonja Tate (4) ARCO Arena 2–2 5 June 24 @ Los Angeles W 72–62 Brandy Reed (28) Sonja Tate (6) Sonja Tate (5) Great Western Forum 3–2 6 June 26 @ Utah W 72–62 Tonya Edwards (23) Sonja Tate (5) Brandy Reed (4) Delta Center 4–2 7 June 29 Sacramento L 72–86 Katie Smith (21) Sonja Tate (6) Sonja Tate (5) Target Center 4–3
July : 7–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 July 1 Los Angeles L 77–81 (2OT) Brandy Reed (23) Folkl Tate (8) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Target Center 4–4 9 July 3 Phoenix W 56–47 Brandy Reed (14) Brandy Reed (8) Sonja Tate (4) Target Center 5–4 10 July 6 @ Houston L 54–80 Adia Barnes (9) Katie Smith (6) Sonja Tate (4) Compaq Center 5–5 11 July 9 @ Orlando W 71–66 Tonya Edwards (22) Brandy Reed (7) Tonya Edwards (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 6–5 12 July 11 @ New York W 58–56 Brandy Reed (19) Brandy Reed (7) Reed K. Smith (4) Madison Square Garden 7–5 13 July 12 @ Cleveland L 55–67 Katie Smith (17) Brandy Reed (8) Sonja Tate (5) Gund Arena 7–6 14 July 17 New York W 60–58 Brandy Reed (20) Brandy Reed (8) Reed Edwards (4) Target Center 8–6 15 July 19 Sacramento W 76–69 Brandy Reed (22) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Brandy Reed (6) Target Center 9–6 16 July 19 @ Charlotte W 76–67 Brandy Reed (26) Reed K. Smith (6) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (11) Charlotte Coliseum 10–6 17 July 21 Washington L 55–60 Brandy Reed (28) Reed Tate (7) Katie Smith (5) Target Center 10–7 18 July 25 Houston L 57–62 Tonya Edwards (25) Lloyd-Curry Reed Potthoff (6) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (5) Target Center 10–8 19 July 27 @ Sacramento W 61–59 Tonya Edwards (17) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8) Tonya Edwards (8) ARCO Arena 11–8 20 July 29 @ Phoenix L 46–79 Brandy Reed (12) Brandy Reed (9) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (3) America West Arena 11–9 21 July 31 Charlotte L 52–56 Brandy Reed (21) Brandy Reed (13) Tonya Edwards (5) Target Center 11–10
August : 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 22 August 2 Phoenix W 73–56 Brandy Reed (17) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) Sonja Tate (5) Target Center 12–10 23 August 4 @ Detroit L 56–59 Brandy Reed (19) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9) Sonja Tate (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12–11 24 August 6 Los Angeles L 59–77 Edwards K. Smith (13) Tonya Edwards (8) Reed Potthoff (4) Target Center 12–12 25 August 7 @ Utah L 70–80 Brandy Reed (24) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Tonya Edwards (5) Delta Center 12–13 26 August 9 @ Phoenix L 55–64 Tonya Edwards (18) Brandy Reed (6) Tonya Edwards (4) America West Arena 12–14 27 August 11 Utah W 83–73 Katie Smith (27) Tonya Edwards (7) Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6) Charlotte Coliseum 13–14 28 August 14 @ Houston L 53–71 Sonja Tate (15) Kristin Folkl (9) La Fleur Tate (3) Compaq Center 13–15 29 August 16 Cleveland W 57–50 Katie Smith (15) Kristin Folkl (6) La Fleur K. Smith (3) Target Center 14–15 30 August 18 @ Los Angeles L 54–72 Kristin Folkl (15) Barnes La Fleur (5) Sonja Tate (5) Great Western Forum 14–16 31 August 20 Orlando L 80–83 (OT) Kristin Folkl (21) Kristin Folkl (9) Annie La Fleur (7) Target Center 14–17 32 August 21 @ Washington W 48–45 Edwards K. Smith (17) Kristin Folkl (7) Tonya Edwards (4) MCI Center 15–17
1999 season schedule

Season standings

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

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Katie Smith	30	29	32.4	.387	.382	.766	2.9	2.0	0.6	0.3	11.7
Tonya Edwards	32	32	32.2	.357	.344	.806	3.5	2.6	0.8	0.4	14.8
Brandy Reed	25	24	30.3	.459	.342	.757	6.0	2.6	1.2	0.7	16.1
Andrea Lloyd-Curry	32	31	28.1	.375	.333	.756	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.4	6.7
Sonja Tate	32	18	25.9	.354	.239	.767	4.0	3.1	1.1	0.1	4.5
Angie Potthoff	32	25	22.2	.379	.167	.545	2.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	4.0
Kristin Folkl	32	1	16.2	.479	.143	.538	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	4.9
Annie La Fleur	25	0	13.3	.343	.440	.250	1.5	1.4	0.3	0.0	2.4
Trisha Fallon	26	0	10.8	.300	.353	.742	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	3.0
Adia Barnes	19	0	4.8	.304	.333	.500	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.1
Charmin Smith	13	0	4.3	.111	.000	.800	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

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

• Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
• Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
• Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
• Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382) ^[2]

Awards and honors

• Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192^[2]