The 2000 WNBA season was the third for the Detroit Shock. The Shock were very close of making the playoffs, but they fell to the Washington Mystics in a tiebreaker.
The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
The following player was selected in the Indiana Fever expansion draft from the Detroit Shock:
Date
Transaction
December 15, 1999
Lost Lesley Brown to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft[ 1]
Lost Sandy Brondello to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft[ 1]
April 24, 2000
Traded Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick to the Utah Starzz in exchange for 2 2000 1st Round Picks[ 1]
April 25, 2000
Drafted Edwina Brown , Tamicha Jackson , Madinah Slaise , Chavonne Hammond and Cal Bouchard in the 2000 WNBA draft [ 1]
May 1, 2000
Signed Anna DeForge , Barbara Farris and Elena Tornikidou [ 1]
May 21, 2000
Waived Chavonne Hammond and Wanda Guyton [ 1]
July 24, 2000
Waived Madinah Slaise [ 1]
2000 Detroit Shock roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 24 United States Brown, Edwina 5' 9" (1.75m) 163 lb (74kg) 1978-07-01 Texas R G 10 United States Canty, Dominique 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 1977-03-02 Alabama 1 G 30 United States DeForge, Anna 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1976-04-14 Nebraska R F/C 54 United States Farris, Barbara 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1976-09-10 Tulane R F 40 United States Holmes Harris, Joy 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1969-03-31 Purdue R G 35 United States Jackson, Tamicha 5' 6" (1.68m) 120 lb (54kg) 1978-04-22 Louisiana Tech R F 44 Senegal Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou 6' 3" (1.91m) 182 lb (83kg) 1973-11-05 Southern Nazarene 1 F 9 Brazil Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 1 F 3 United States Palmer, Wendy 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-08-12 Virginia 3 C 0 United States Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 2 G 12 United States Slaise, Madinah 5' 8" (1.73m) 1973-08-23 Cincinnati R F 17 Soviet Union Tornikidou, Elena 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1965-05-27 1 C 52 Soviet Union Zakaluzhnaya, Oksana 6' 6" (1.98m) 174 lb (79kg) 1977-12-18 R
Head coach
United States Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion )
Assistant coaches
United States Laura Ramus
Legend
(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured Injured
2000 game log Total: 14–18 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–9)
June: 7–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 4–3)
July: 5–9 (Home: 4–5; Road: 1–4)
August: 2–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–2)
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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