The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Mercury. They made the playoffs for the first time in two years but were swept in the first round to the Los Angeles Sparks . It was the last time Phoenix were in the playoffs until the 2007 season .
The following players were selected in the Seattle Storm expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:
2000 Phoenix Mercury roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 12 Australia Brogan, Michelle 6' 1" (1.85m) 177 lb (80kg) 1973-02-08 1 G 4 Australia Cleary, Michelle 5' 6" (1.68m) 1974-07-16 R G 13 United States Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee 1 F/C 22 United States Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 3 F 3 United States Harrison, Lisa 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1971-01-02 Tennessee 1 G 5 United States Head, Dena 5' 10" (1.78m) 175 lb (79kg) 1970-08-16 Tennessee 2 G 10 United States Kubik, Nicole 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1978-03-01 Nebraska R G 32 United States Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 3 F 23 United States Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 2 C 11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Šarenac, Rankica 6' 6" (1.98m) 222 lb (101kg) 1974-06-27 R C 8 Soviet Union Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 2 G 7 Australia Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 3 F/C 33 United States Williams, Adrian 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1977-02-15 USC R F 30 United States Wilson, Amanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 176 lb (80kg) 1977-02-06 Louisiana Tech 1
Head coach
United States Cheryl Miller (USC )
Legend
(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured Injured
2000 game log Total: 20–12 (Home: 11–5; Road: 9–7)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
June: 8–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 6–4)
July: 8–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 2–3)
August: 3–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–0)
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Brandy Reed
32
30
34.1
.507
.419
.901
5.9
2.7
2.1
0.7
19.0
Tonya Edwards
32
32
28.9
.376
.307
.782
2.4
1.8
1.1
0.3
10.6
Jennifer Gillom
30
30
27.5
.440
.275
.745
3.9
1.5
0.7
1.0
12.5
Michelle Brogan
28
23
25.9
.511
.320
.797
4.0
1.8
1.1
0.2
7.5
Lisa Harrison
31
20
24.2
.526
.667
.811
3.9
1.2
1.0
0.1
6.5
Michele Timms
8
8
22.0
.367
.235
1.000
2.0
2.3
1.9
0.3
3.8
Michelle Cleary
24
7
21.2
.311
.333
.704
1.5
3.2
1.4
0.1
2.5
Bridget Pettis
32
6
18.2
.357
.267
.803
1.9
1.4
1.0
0.1
5.9
Adrian Williams
28
2
12.5
.403
N/A
.526
2.5
0.6
0.5
0.1
2.8
Maria Stepanova
15
1
11.3
.444
N/A
.600
3.2
0.5
0.3
0.6
3.8
Dena Head
17
1
8.8
.364
.143
.625
1.1
0.9
0.2
0.0
1.6
Rankica Šarenac
20
0
7.1
.523
1.000
.630
1.5
0.4
0.0
0.1
3.2
Nicole Kubik
4
0
4.8
.333
.000
1.000
0.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.5
Amanda Wilson
3
0
3.0
.000
N/A
.500
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
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