1999 Washington Mystics season

August 2023 March 2026 Washington Mystics 1999 12 20 Eastern 5th Nancy Darsch MCI Center Did not qualify 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 1999 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee 2 13 Shalonda Enis Seattle Reign325Andrea NagyHungarian People's Republic HungaryPhiladelphia Rage437Jenny WhittlePerth Breakers (Australia) Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1999 Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach1999 Washington Mystics Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/WAS/1999_transactions.html 2024-07-10 Basketball-Reference.com en May 4, 1999 Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA draftMay 6, 1999Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham July 1, 1999 Waived Jenny WhittleSigned Valerie Still July 11, 1999 Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree RobertsDecember 15, 1999Traded Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft Roster Washington Mystics 1999 WNBA white #236192 black #8F654D 32 Markita Aldridge G 5 11 1973-09-15 R UNC Charlotte USA 3 Shalonda Enis F/C 6 1 185 1974-12-03 R Alabama USA 23 Chamique Holdsclaw F 6 2 172 1977-08-09 R Tennessee USA 21 Monica Maxwell F 5 9 162 1976-12-21 R Louisiana Tech USA 15 Nikki McCray G 5 11 158 1971-12-17 1 Tennessee USA 24 Penny Moore F 6 0 1969-01-25 2 Long Beach State USA 11 Andrea Nagy G 5 7 147 1971-11-16 R FIU Hungarian People's Republic 44 Heather Owen 1 F/C 6 5 212 1976-05-06 R Stanford USA 10 Murriel Page F 6 2 160 1975-09-18 1 Florida USA 0 Nyree Roberts C 6 3 209 1976-03-10 1 Old Dominion USA 11 Alessandra Santos de Oliveira C 6 5 181 1973-12-02 1 BRA 12 Valerie Still F 6 1 155 1961-05-14 R Kentucky USA 32 Jenny Whittle C 6 5 1973-11-05 R AUS 23 Rita Williams G 5 6 135 1976-01-14 1 UConn USA USA Nancy Darsch Tennessee USA Melissa McFerrin USA Jenny Boucek 1999 Schedule Regular season Washington Mystics #236192; color:white 1999 Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–10; Road: 6–10) Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black June yes 0 4 2 3 |- | 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 Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black July 2 5 2 5 |- | 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 Washington Mystics #8F654D; color:black August 4 1 2 2 |- | 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 was 1999 Season standings WAS 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 2.0Monica Maxwell2007.1.220.212.5561.10.50.30.11.7Jenny Whittle306.0.000N/AN/A1.00.00.30.30.0Penny Moore404.8.333N/AN/A0.730.00.00.30.5 ‡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 https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/years/1999.html 1999 WNBA Season Summary Awards and honors Chamique Holdsclaw, WNBA Rookie of the Year Award Chamique Holdsclaw, Forward, All-WNBA Second Teamhttp://www.wnba.com/history/awards_1999.html Postseason Awards: 1999 WNBA.com 2022-09-04 Murriel Page, WNBA Peak Performer References External links Washington Mystics on Basketball Reference Washington Mystics Category:Washington Mystics seasons Washington