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.

1999 Utah Starzz season
Coach	Frank Layden (retired Jun. 21, 2–2 record), Fred Williams (13–15 record)
Arena	Delta Center
Attendance	7,544 per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 1998 season 2000 season →

Transactions

Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Kim Williams	United States	DePaul

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Natalie Williams	United States	Portland Power
2	15	Debbie Black	United States	Colorado Xplosion
3	27	Adrienne Goodson	United States	Chicago Condors
4	39	Dalma Iványi	Hungary	FIU

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 6, 1999	Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 30, 1999	Waived Jessie Hicks[1]
May 4, 1999	Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 6, 1999	Waived Erin Alexander[1]
June 9, 1999	Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss[1]
June 21, 1999	Waived Chantel Tremitiere[1]
	Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching[1]
	Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach[1]
July 6, 1999	Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford[1]
July 12, 1999	Waived Michelle Campbell[1]
July 30, 1999	Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede[1]
December 15, 1999	Traded Elena Baranova and a 2000 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick[1]

Roster

1999 Utah Starzz roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 34 Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 1 F 28 Baranova, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 1972-01-28 2 G 31 Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's R F 14 Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State 1 C 5 Campbell, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1973-02-20 USC R C 12 Dydek, Margo 7' 2" (2.18m) 223 lb (101kg) 1974-04-28 1 F 15 Goodson, Adrienne 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1966-10-19 Old Dominion R G 7 Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 1 G 7 Iványi, Dalma 5' 10" (1.78m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-03-13 FIU R F 24 Johnson, LaTonya 6' 1" (1.85m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-17 Memphis 1 G 27 Lara, Krystyna 5' 8" (1.73m) 130 lb (59kg) 1969-09-30 R F 14 Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 2 C 0 Scott, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 1 G 3 Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m) 142 lb (64kg) 1969-10-20 Auburn 2 C 24 Williams, Natalie 6' 2" (1.88m) 210 lb (95kg) 1970-11-30 UCLA R	Head coach Fred Williams (Boise State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 11–5; Road: 4–12)
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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
July : 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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
August : 7–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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
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
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