The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the New York Liberty. The team reached the WNBA Finals for the third time, but they were swept by the Houston Comets .
The following players were selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the New York Liberty:
The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the New York Liberty:
Date
Transaction
December 15, 1999
Lost Coquese Washington to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft[ 1]
Lost Sonja Henning to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft[ 1]
April 25, 2000
Drafted Olga Firsova , Desiree Francis , Jessica Bibby and Natalie Porter in the 2000 WNBA draft [ 1]
May 2, 2000
Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira , Marina Ferragut and Shea Mahoney[ 1]
May 15, 2000
Waived Natalie Porter [ 1]
May 28, 2000
Traded Carolyn Jones-Young to the Portland Fire in exchange for Tari Phillips [ 1]
Waived Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Desiree Francis [ 1]
June 2, 2000
Waived Venus Lacy [ 1]
September 18, 2000
Traded a 2001 1st Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Grace Daley [ 1]
2000 New York Liberty Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 22 Australia Bibby, Jessica 5' 7" (1.7m) 139 lb (63kg) 1979-08-23 R F 13 Francoist Spain Ferragut, Marina 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 1972-02-11 R C 0 Soviet Union Firsova, Olga 6' 8" (2.03m) 215 lb (98kg) 1976-04-23 Kansas State R F 42 Antigua and Barbuda Francis, Desiree 5' 10" (1.78m) 193 lb (88kg) 1975-08-24 Iowa State R G 25 United States Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 1977-03-11 Colorado State 1 G/F 55 United States Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1972-04-15 Louisiana Tech 3 C 5 United States Lacy, Venus 6' 3" (1.91m) 234 lb (106kg) 1967-02-09 Louisiana Tech 1 F 30 United States Mahoney, Shea 6' 4" (1.93m) 1977-07-03 Western Kentucky R F/C 24 United States Phillips, Tari 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) 1970-03-06 Central Florida 1 F 3 United States Robinson, Crystal 5' 11" (1.8m) 155 lb (70kg) 1974-01-22 SE Oklahoma State 1 G 11 United States Weatherspoon, Teresa 5' 8" (1.73m) 161 lb (73kg) 1965-12-08 Louisiana Tech 3 F 44 United States Whitmore, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) 1977-06-05 Memphis 1 F 23 United States Wicks, Sue 6' 3" (1.91m) 174 lb (79kg) 1966-11-26 Rutgers 3
Head coach
United States Richie Adubato (William Paterson )Assistant coaches
United States United States United States Pat Coyle Legend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) SuspendedInjured
2000 game log
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
June: 7–5 (Home: 4–4; Road: 3–1)
July: 11–3 (Home: 6–0; Road: 5–3)
August: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2)
2000 playoff game log
First round vs. Washington Mystics
Conference Finals vs. Cleveland Rockers
Championship vs. Houston Comets
2000 playoff schedule
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Teresa Weatherspoon
32
32
33.7
.438
.250
.741
3.4
6.4
2.0
0.2
6.4
Vickie Johnson
31
31
33.0
.441
.380
.882
4.4
2.5
0.7
0.2
12.3
Tari Phillips
31
30
31.5
.467
.250
.654
8.0
0.9
1.9
0.7
13.8
Crystal Robinson
27
14
26.7
.428
.353
.909
2.5
1.8
0.9
0.4
8.8
Becky Hammon
32
16
26.1
.472
.369
.884
2.0
1.8
0.9
0.0
11.0
Tamika Whitmore
32
16
21.5
.431
.000
.702
3.3
0.6
0.5
0.5
8.7
Sue Wicks
32
12
21.3
.385
.200
.726
4.7
0.7
0.8
1.2
4.9
Shea Mahoney
15
3
10.5
.289
.200
.500
2.0
0.3
0.1
0.1
1.8
Venus Lacy
2
2
9.0
.400
N/A
.500
2.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
Marina Ferragut
23
4
6.7
.434
.300
.500
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.1
2.2
Jessica Bibby
17
0
4.1
.167
.333
.846
0.3
0.6
0.2
0.0
1.1
Olga Firsova
9
0
2.1
.400
.000
.800
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
1.3
Desiree Francis
1
0
2.0
.000
N/A
N/A
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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