2000 Seattle Storm season

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

2000 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	KeyArena at Seattle Center
Attendance	8,912 per game
Results
Record	6–26 (.188)
Place	8th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Edna Campbell 13.9 ppg
Rebounds	Kamila Vodičková 4.2 rpg
Assists	Sonja Henning 3.2 apg
2001 season →

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Main article: 2000 WNBA expansion draft

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

See also: 2000 WNBA draft

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

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

2000 Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. 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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

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
June: 2–10 (Home: 1–6; Road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 1 Houston L 47-77 Quacy Barnes (16) Kamila Vodičková (7) Sonja Henning (3) KeyArena 0–2 3 June 3 Portland L 58-65 Edna Campbell (18) Kamila Vodičková (8) Charmin Smith (4) KeyArena 0–3 4 June 7 @ Phoenix L 49-82 Kamila Vodičková (12) Simone Edwards (8) Sonja Henning (2) America West Arena 0–4 5 June 9 @ Charlotte W 67-62 Edna Campbell (19) Stacey Lovelace (9) Edna Campbell (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–4 6 June 10 @ Cleveland L 49-61 Simone Edwards (17) Campbell S. Edwards Vodičková (4) Edna Campbell (3) Gund Arena 1–5 7 June 13 Los Angeles W 69-59 (OT) Edna Campbell (22) Simone Edwards (8) Michelle Edwards (4) KeyArena 2–5 8 June 15 Sacramento L 50-54 Edna Campbell (17) Kamila Vodičková (9) Barnes Henning Lovelace (2) KeyArena 2–6 9 June 18 Utah L 53-56 Edna Campbell (21) Simone Edwards (9) Edwards Henning (2) KeyArena 2–7 10 June 20 @ Utah L 63-66 Edna Campbell (17) Michelle Edwards (5) Sonja Henning (5) Delta Center 2–8 11 June 23 @ Portland L 61-72 Katrina Hibbert (22) Kamila Vodičková (5) Michelle Edwards (5) Rose Garden 2–9 12 June 28 Detroit L 78-82 Kamila Vodičková (22) Henning Vodičková (4) M. Edwards Henning (10) KeyArena 2–10 13 June 30 Minnesota L 53-65 Kamila Vodičková (15) Andrea Garner (5) M. Edwards Garner Henning (2) KeyArena 2–11
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

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

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
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