1999 Minnesota Lynx season

none August 2023 March 2026 Minnesota Lynx 1999 15 17 Eastern 5th Brian Agler Target Center Did not qualify yes The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the 1st season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Brian Agler. The season tipped-off on June 12, 1999, against the Shock. The Lynx finished in 5th in the Western Conference with a record of 15-17 but missed the playoffs in their first season. Transactions WNBA expansion draft 1999 WNBA expansion draft Player Nationality Former WNBA Team Brandy Reed Phoenix Mercury Kim Williams Utah Starzz Octavia Blue Los Angeles Sparks Adia Barnes Sacramento Monarchs WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Kristin Folkl Stanford Katie Smith Columbus Quest WNBA draft 1999 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 7 Tonya Edwards Columbus Quest 2 19 Trisha Fallon Sydney Flames (Australia)331Andrea Lloyd-CurryColumbus Quest443Sonja TateColumbus Quest449Angie PotthoffColumbus Quest Transactions DateTransaction November 17, 1998 Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach1999 Minnesota Lynx Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/1999_transactions.html 2024-07-05 Basketball-Reference.com en April 6, 1999 Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion DraftMay 3, 1999Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation DraftMay 4, 1999Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA draftMay 14, 1999Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie ReddMay 17, 1999Waived Jamie ReddJune 8, 1999Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-ColemanMay 21, 1999Waived Octavia BlueMay 26, 1999Signed Annie La FleurJune 8, 1999Waived Kim WilliamsOctober 27, 1999Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock Roster Minnesota Lynx 1999 WNBA white #00843D white #236192 32 Adia Barnes F 5 11 165 1977-02-03 1 Arizona USA 13 Tonya Edwards G 5 10 160 1968-03-13 R Tennessee USA 9 Trisha Fallon G/F 6 3 175 1972-07-23 R AUS 24 Kristin Folkl F 6 2 190 1975-12-19 R Stanford USA 35 Annie La Fleur G 5 7 141 1969-03-10 R AUS 5 Andrea Lloyd-Curry F 6 2 175 1965-09-25 R Texas USA 44 Angie Potthoff 1 F 6 1 191 1974-06-12 R Penn State USA 3 Brandy Reed F 6 1 168 1977-02-17 1 Southern Miss USA 21 Charmin Smith G 5 10 145 1975-05-02 R Stanford USA 14 Katie Smith G 5 11 175 1974-06-04 R Ohio State USA 19 Sonja Tate G 5 7 157 1971-09-07 R Arkansas State USA USA Brian Agler Wittenberg USA Kelly Kramer 1 USA Heidi VanDerveer Schedule Regular season Minnesota Lynx #00843D; color:white 1999 Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white June yes 2 2 2 1 |- | 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 Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white July 3 4 4 3 |- | 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 Minnesota Lynx #236192; color:white August 3 2 1 5 |- | 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 min 1999 Season standings MIN Statistics 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 1.1Charmin Smith1304.3.111.000.8000.70.20.10.00.8 ‡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)https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html 1999 WNBA Season Summary Awards and honors Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192 References External links Lynx on Basketball Reference Category:Minnesota Lynx seasons Minnesota Minnesota Lynx