# 1999 Utah Starzz season

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz finished last in the West, despite improving to a 15-17 mark. The team started with coach Frank Layden, who resigned after a 2-2 record so he could retire.

## Transactions
### Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Kim Williams | United States | DePaul |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Natalie Williams | United States | Portland Power |
| 2 | 15 | Debbie Black | United States | Colorado Xplosion |
| 3 | 27 | Adrienne Goodson | United States | Chicago Condors |
| 4 | 39 | Dalma Iványi | Hungary | FIU |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Kim Williams to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 30, 1999 | Waived Jessie Hicks |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Natalie Williams, Debbie Black, Adrienne Goodson and Dalma Iványi in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 6, 1999 | Waived Erin Alexander |
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Dena Head and Tammi Reiss |
| June 21, 1999 | Waived Chantel Tremitiere |
| June 21, 1999 | Head Coach Frank Layden retires from coaching |
| June 21, 1999 | Hired Fred Williams as Head Coach |
| July 6, 1999 | Signed Chantel Tremitiere and Tricia Bader Binford |
| July 12, 1999 | Waived Michelle Campbell |
| July 30, 1999 | Traded Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Cindy Brown and Korie Hlede |
| December 15, 1999 | Traded Elena Baranova and a 2000 2nd Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Kate Starbird and a 2000 1st Round Pick |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 11–5; Road: 4–12) :
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 12
Orlando
W 71–65
Wendy Palmer (22)
Natalie Williams (12)
Goodson Palmer (4)
Delta Center
1–0
2
June 14
@ Minnesota
L 54–78
Natalie Williams (18)
Natalie Williams (12)
Elena Baranova (3)
Target Center
1–1
3
June 17
@ Houston
L 73–93
Wendy Palmer (18)
Natalie Williams (16)
Debbie Black (3)
Compaq Center
1–2
4
June 19
Sacramento
W 85–75
Natalie Williams (26)
Natalie Williams (8)
Debbie Black (7)
Delta Center
2–2
5
June 24
@ Sacramento
L 69–107
Wendy Palmer (18)
Natalie Williams (10)
Debbie Black (4)
ARCO Arena
2–3
6
June 26
Minnesota
L 62–72
Margo Dydek (19)
Baranova Dydek (8)
Baranova Black (4)
Delta Center
2–4
7
June 28
@ Los Angeles
L 70–102
Natalie Williams (28)
Natalie Williams (12)
Debbie Black (4)
Great Western Forum
2–5
8
June 30
Houston
L 68–78
Natalie Williams (23)
Baranova Williams (6)
Debbie Black (8)
Delta Center
2–6 :
July
: 6–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
July 2
Cleveland
W 83–68
Margo Dydek (20)
Natalie Williams (12)
Debbie Black (8)
Delta Center
3–6
10
July 6
Detroit
W 104–94 (2OT)
Natalie Williams (31)
Margo Dydek (16)
Debbie Black (10)
Delta Center
4–6
11
July 8
@ Washington
W 81–65
Wendy Palmer (17)
Natalie Williams (7)
Debbie Black (7)
MCI Center
5–6
12
July 10
@ Orlando
L 56–62
Natalie Williams (23)
Natalie Williams (12)
Wendy Palmer (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
5–7
13
July 12
Phoenix
L 66–80
Dydek Williams (22)
Dydek Williams (9)
Black Goodson (4)
Delta Center
5–8
14
July 16
Houston
L 84–88 (OT)
Margo Dydek (24)
Dydek Williams (8)
Elena Baranova (7)
Delta Center
5–9
15
July 18
@ New York
L 82–88 (OT)
Natalie Williams (24)
Natalie Williams (7)
Debbie Black (6)
Madison Square Garden
5–10
16
July 19
@ Charlotte
L 66–73
Adrienne Goodson (18)
Adrienne Goodson (9)
Adrienne Goodson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–11
17
July 21
@ Detroit
L 77–86
Margo Dydek (22)
Adrienne Goodson (7)
Debbie Black (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
5–12
18
July 24
@ Cleveland
W 76–70
Adrienne Goodson (20)
Black Dydek (7)
Debbie Black (11)
Gund Arena
6–12
19
July 26
Washington
W 73–61
Natalie Williams (23)
Black Williams (7)
Debbie Black (6)
Delta Center
7–12
20
July 27
@ Phoenix
L 73–86
Adrienne Goodson (17)
Margo Dydek (8)
Debbie Black (6)
America West Arena
7–13
21
July 30
@ Los Angeles
L 77–87
Margo Dydek (19)
Margo Dydek (11)
Goodson Johnson (3)
Great Western Forum
7–14
22
July 31
Sacramento
W 63–59
Margo Dydek (25)
Debbie Black (6)
LaTonya Johnson (4)
Delta Center
8–14 :
August
: 7–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 3
New York
L 59–61
Goodson Hlede (12)
Brown Dydek (5)
Debbie Black (3)
Delta Center
8–15
24
August 5
Los Angeles
W 81–75
Natalie Williams (17)
Natalie Williams (11)
Debbie Black (6)
Delta Center
9–15
25
August 7
Minnesota
W 80–70
Margo Dydek (19)
Margo Dydek (8)
Dydek Goodson Johnson (4)
Delta Center
10–15
26
August 9
Charlotte
W 67–65
Dydek Goodson (14)
Natalie Williams (11)
Margo Dydek (6)
Delta Center
11–15
27
August 11
@ Minnesota
L 73–83
Korie Hlede (20)
Natalie Williams (8)
Debbie Black (5)
Delta Center
11–16
28
August 13
Phoenix
W 67–64
Margo Dydek (17)
Natalie Williams (10)
Debbie Black (6)
Great Western Forum
12–16
29
August 14
@ Sacramento
W 97–89
Adrienne Goodson (23)
Natalie Williams (10)
Korie Hlede (7)
ARCO Arena
13–16
30
August 16
@ Houston
L 71–80
Natalie Williams (24)
Natalie Williams (8)
Black Hlede (4)
Compaq Center
13–17
31
August 20
@ Phoenix
W 70–62
Adrienne Goodson (22)
Natalie Williams (12)
Debbie Black (4)
America West Arena
14–17
32
August 21
Los Angeles
W 89–81
Adrienne Goodson (20)
Natalie Williams (9)
Debbie Black (9)
Delta Center
15–17 :
1999 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 26 | 6 | .813 | 16–4 | – |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–8 | 6.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 9–11 | 7.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 7–13 | 11.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8–12 | 11.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8–12 | 11.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Natalie Williams | 28 | 26 | 34.1 | .519 | .000 | .754 | 9.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 18.0 |
| Adrienne Goodson | 32 | 31 | 33.4 | .426 | .245 | .767 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.9 |
| Debbie Black | 32 | 32 | 31.7 | .378 | .195 | .620 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| Korie Hlede | 11 | 1 | 25.2 | .463 | .448 | .909 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.9 |
| LaTonya Johnson | 31 | 18 | 23.2 | .365 | .293 | .810 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| Margo Dydek | 32 | 28 | 22.9 | .498 | .350 | .857 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 12.6 |
| Wendy Palmer | 20 | 4 | 22.3 | .404 | .300 | .647 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Elena Baranova | 29 | 19 | 19.7 | .405 | .417 | .805 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6.0 |
| Cindy Brown | 9 | 0 | 17.3 | .344 | .100 | .688 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Chantel Tremitiere | 20 | 0 | 9.6 | .310 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Olympia Scott | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | .300 | N/A | .500 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| Krystyna Lara | 25 | 0 | 8.2 | .338 | .303 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Tricia Bader Binford | 7 | 0 | 4.9 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Dalma Iványi | 14 | 1 | 4.8 | .333 | .000 | .750 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Michelle Campbell | 8 | 0 | 3.8 | .300 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season