1999 Cleveland Rockers season

August 2023 March 2026 Cleveland Rockers 1999 7 25 Eastern 6th Linda Hill-MacDonald Gund Arena Did not qualify The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers played their worst season in franchise history, finishing dead last in the league. Transactions Orlando Miracle expansion draft The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Adrienne Johnson Ohio State WNBA draft 1999 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 11 Chasity Melvin Philadelphia Rage 2 23 Mery Andrade Old Dominion335Tracy HendersonNashville Noise447Kellie Jolly HarperTennessee Transactions DateTransaction April 6, 1999 Lost Adrienne Johnson to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft1999 Cleveland Rockers Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/1999_transactions.html 2024-06-05 Basketball-Reference.com en May 4, 1999 Drafted Chasity Melvin, Mery Andrade, Tracy Henderson and Kellie Jolly Harper in the 1999 WNBA draftMay 24, 1999Traded Cindy Blodgett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Quacy BarnesJune 21, 1999Traded Jennifer Howard to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jamila WidemanAugust 21, 1999Fired Linda Hill-MacDonald as Head Coach Roster Cleveland Rockers 1999 WNBA 23 Mery Andrade F 6 0 169 1975-12-31 R Old Dominion POR 11 Tricia Bader Binford 1 G 5 4 125 1973-02-26 1 Boise State USA 8 Janice Braxton Janice Lawrence Braxton F 6 3 178 1962-06-07 2 Louisiana Tech USA 34 Rushia Brown F 6 2 175 1972-05-05 2 Furman USA 41 Alisa Burras C 6 3 218 1975-06-23 R Louisiana Tech USA 44 Michelle Edwards basketball G 5 9 150 1966-03-06 2 Iowa USA 47 Tracy Henderson C 6 3 200 1974-12-31 R Georgia USA 14 Jennifer Howard 1 G 5 6 1975-01-21 R NC State USA 14 Kellie Jolly Harper G 5 10 147 1977-05-03 R Tennessee USA 25 Merlakia Jones G 5 10 147 1973-06-21 2 Florida USA 4 Suzie McConnell-Serio G 1966-07-29 1 Penn State USA 28 Chasity Melvin C/F 6 3 185 1976-05-03 R NC State USA 6 Eva Němcová F 6 3 178 1972-12-03 2 Czechoslovakia 17 Vanessa Nygaard F 6 1 175 1975-03-13 R Stanford USA 10 Jamila Wideman G 5 6 135 1975-10-16 2 Stanford USA USA Linda Hill-MacDonald West Chester USA Mike Wilhelm basketball Schedule Regular season Cleveland Rockers 1999 Total: 7–25 (Home: 5–11; Road: 2–14) Cleveland Rockers June yes 2 4 0 3 |- | 1 | June 10 | @ New York | L 60–87 | Merlakia Jones (14) | Merlakia Jones (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (4) | Madison Square Garden | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 12 | Los Angeles | L 59–75 | Brown Jones (11) | Tracy Henderson (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) | Gund Arena | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 14 | Detroit | L 71–73 | Merlakia Jones (24) | Chasity Melvin (10) | Chasity Melvin (4) | Gund Arena | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 17 | @ Sacramento | L 50–70 | Brown Melvin (10) | Tracy Henderson (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | ARCO Arena | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 19 | @ Phoenix | L 67–76 | Edwards Němcová (14) | Alisa Burras (11) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | America West Arena | 0–5 |- | 6 | June 22 | Orlando | L 62–71 | Chasity Melvin (16) | Alisa Burras (8) | Edwards Němcová (5) | Gund Arena | 0–6 |- | 7 | June 25 | Charlotte | L 57–59 | Janice Braxton (12) | Braxton Melvin (5) | Edwards Němcová McConnell-Serio (3) | Gund Arena | 0–7 |- | 8 | June 26 | Washington | W 76–65 | Merlakia Jones (16) | Merlakia Jones (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Gund Arena | 1–7 |- | 9 | June 28 | Phoenix | W 70–51 | Chasity Melvin (15) | Brown Andrade (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (7) | Gund Arena | 2–7 Cleveland Rockers July 2 5 2 5 |- | 10 | July 1 | @ Houston | L 64–76 | Michelle Edwards (15) | Alisa Burras (8) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (5) | Compaq Center | 2–8 |- | 11 | July 2 | @ Utah | L 68–83 | Eva Němcová (15) | Alisa Burras (5) | Chasity Melvin (4) | Delta Center | 2–9 |- | 12 | July 5 | @ Los Angeles | L 72–74 | Eva Němcová (20) | Janice Braxton (7) | Braxton McConnell-Serio (3) | Great Western Forum | 2–10 |- | 13 | July 7 | @ Charlotte | L 62–75 | Eva Němcová (11) | Eva Němcová (7) | Michelle Edwards (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–11 |- | 14 | July 8 | New York | L 49–84 | Janice Braxton (11) | Braxton Jones Melvin (4) | Edwards Němcová Wideman (9) | Gund Arena | 2–12 |- | 15 | July 10 | Charlotte | W 82–56 | Alisa Burras (20) | Alisa Burras (7) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (6) | Gund Arena | 3–12 |- | 16 | July 12 | Minnesota | W 67–55 | Merlakia Jones (21) | Chasity Melvin (6) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (8) | Gund Arena | 4–12 |- | 17 | July 16 | Sacramento | L 71–85 | Merlakia Jones (17) | Chasity Melvin (10) | Suzie McConnell-Serio (3) | Gund Arena | 4–13 |- | 18 | July 17 | @ Detroit | L 61–77 | Alisa Burras (13) | Eva Němcová (6) | Michelle Edwards (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 4–14 |- | 19 | July 21 | @ Washington | W 85–68 | Eva Němcová (19) | Burras Edwards Melvin Němcová (4) | Michelle Edwards (9) | MCI Center | 5–14 |- | 20 | July 23 | Detroit | L 60–69 | Eva Němcová (16) | Merlakia Jones (9) | Michelle Edwards (4) | Gund Arena | 5–15 |- | 21 | July 24 | Utah | L 70–76 | Merlakia Jones (27) | Eva Němcová (5) | Jamila Wideman (5) | Gund Arena | 5–16 |- | 22 | July 29 | Houston | L 65–71 | Merlakia Jones (15) | Eva Němcová (8) | Eva Němcová (4) | Gund Arena | 5–17 |- | 23 | July 31 | @ Detroit | W 55–53 | Burras Melvin (10) | Eva Němcová (8) | Michelle Edwards (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–17 Cleveland Rockers August 1 2 0 6 |- | 24 | August 2 | @ Charlotte | L 56–62 | Chasity Melvin (13) | Janice Braxton (5) | Michelle Edwards (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–18 |- | 25 | August 4 | @ Orlando | L 62–70 | Brown Němcová (12) | Brown Burras (6) | Merlakia Jones (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 6–19 |- | 26 | August 7 | Washington | L 62–63 | Merlakia Jones (17) | Merlakia Jones (7) | Merlakia Jones (4) | Gund Arena | 6–20 |- | 27 | August 8 | @ Washington | L 45–80 | Edwards Melvin (8) | Janice Braxton (9) | Chasity Melvin (3) | MCI Center | 6–21 |- | 28 | August 12 | @ Orlando | L 54–55 | Eva Němcová (16) | Němcová Henderson (7) | Edwards (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 6–22 |- | 29 | August 14 | Orlando | L 61–73 | Edwards (17) | Janice Braxton (6) | Edwards (43) | Gund Arena | 6–23 |- | 30 | August 16 | @ Minnesota | L 50–57 | Eva Němcová (17) | Merlakia Jones (7) | Mery Andrade (5) | Target Center | 6–24 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ New York | L 55–72 | Merlakia Jones (14) | Janice Braxton (7) | Jamila Wideman (5) | Madison Square Garden | 6–25 |- | 30 | August 21 | New York | W 66–56 | Merlakia Jones (19) | Eva Němcová (7) | Jamila Wideman (6) | Gund Arena | 7–25 cle 1999 Season standings CLE Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Eva Němcová 31 28 29.8 .419 .366 .984 3.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 11.1 Suzie McConnell-Serio 18 18 28.4 .367 .333 .842 2.4 4.2 0.6 0.1 6.0 Merlakia Jones 32 8 26.7 .434 .278 .769 3.8 1.6 1.3 0.2 10.8 Michelle Edwards 31 28 24.0 .359 .217 .692 2.3 2.6 0.8 0.3 7.6 Chasity Melvin 32 9 22.2 .438 1.000 .694 4.0 1.2 0.6 0.7 8.1 Janice Braxton 26 21 18.3 .460 .125 .697 4.3 1.3 0.7 0.5 5.8 Alisa Burras 31 22 18.2 .539 N/A .553 4.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 7.5 Jamila Wideman 26 13 15.4 .273 .136 .647 1.3 2.0 0.8 0.0 2.2 Rushia Brown 30 12 14.5 .427 .000 .676 2.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 4.4 Mery Andrade 32 1 11.4 .390 .292 .692 1.6 1.5 0.6 0.1 2.2 Tracy Henderson 27 0 11.4 .310 N/A .586 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.6 Tricia Bader Binsford 9 0 8.0 .154 .125 N/A 1.2 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.6Vanessa Nygaard405.0.500.500N/A0.80.50.50.00.8Kellie Jolly Harper104.0N/AN/AN/A0.01.00.00.00.0Jennifer Howard403.8.000.000N/A0.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References External links Rockers on Basketball Reference Category:Cleveland Rockers seasons Cleveland Cleveland Rockers