1999 Washington Mystics season

1999 Washington Mystics season
CoachNancy Darsch
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance15,306 per game
Results
Record12–20 (.375)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid 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

See also: 1999 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Chamique Holdsclaw  United States Tennessee
2 13 Shalonda Enis  United States Seattle Reign
3 25 Andrea Nagy  Hungary Philadelphia Rage
4 37 Jenny Whittle  Australia Perth Breakers (Australia)

Transactions

Date Transaction
February 18, 1999 Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 6, 1999 Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham[1]
July 1, 1999 Waived Jenny Whittle[1]
Signed Valerie Still[1]
July 11, 1999 Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts[1]
December 15, 1999 Traded 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[1]

Roster

1999 Washington Mystics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G32United StatesAldridge, Markita5' 11" (1.8m)1973-09-15CharlotteR
F/C3United StatesEnis, Shalonda6' 1" (1.85m)185 lb (84kg)1974-12-03AlabamaR
F23United StatesHoldsclaw, Chamique6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1977-08-09TennesseeR
F21United StatesMaxwell, Monica5' 9" (1.75m)162 lb (73kg)1976-12-21Louisiana TechR
G15United StatesMcCray, Nikki5' 11" (1.8m)158 lb (72kg)1971-12-17Tennessee1
F24United StatesMoore, Penny6' 0" (1.83m)1969-01-25Long Beach State2
G11Hungarian People's RepublicNagy, Andrea5' 7" (1.7m)147 lb (67kg)1971-11-16FIUR
F/C44United StatesOwen, Heather6' 5" (1.96m)212 lb (96kg)1976-05-06StanfordR
F10United StatesPage, Murriel6' 2" (1.88m)160 lb (73kg)1975-09-18Florida1
C0United StatesRoberts, Nyree6' 3" (1.91m)209 lb (95kg)1976-03-10Old Dominion1
C11BrazilSantos de Oliveira, Alessandra6' 5" (1.96m)181 lb (82kg)1973-12-021
F12United StatesStill, Valerie6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1961-05-14KentuckyR
C32AustraliaWhittle, Jenny6' 5" (1.96m)1973-11-05R
G23United StatesWilliams, Rita5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1976-01-14Connecticut1
Head coach
United States Nancy Darsch (Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
United States Melissa McFerrin
United States Jenny Boucek
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 12–20 (Home: 6–10; Road: 6–10)
June: 2–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
August: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
1999 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 12–8 –
Detroit Shock x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Charlotte Sting x 15 17 .469 12–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle o 15 17 .469 9–11 3.0
Washington Mystics o 12 20 .375 10–10 6.0
Cleveland Rockers o 7 25 .219 5–15 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
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 2.0
Monica Maxwell 20 0 7.1 .220 .212 .556 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.7
Jenny Whittle 3 0 6.0 .000 N/A N/A 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
Penny Moore 4 0 4.8 .333 N/A N/A 0.73 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5

‡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 [2]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "1999 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "1999 WNBA Season Summary".
  3. ^ "Postseason Awards: 1999". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 4, 2022.