# 1999 Minnesota Lynx season

The 1999 Minnesota Lynx season was the inaugural season of the franchise.

## Transactions
### WNBA expansion draft

| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
| Brandy Reed | United States | Phoenix Mercury |
| Kim Williams | United States | Utah Starzz |
| Octavia Blue | United States | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Adia Barnes | United States | Sacramento Monarchs |

### WNBA allocation draft

| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Kristin Folkl | United States | Stanford |
| Katie Smith | United States | Columbus Quest |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Tonya Edwards | United States | Columbus Quest |
| 2 | 19 | Trisha Fallon | Australia | Sydney Flames (Australia) |
| 3 | 31 | Andrea Lloyd-Curry | United States | Columbus Quest |
| 4 | 43 | Sonja Tate | United States | Columbus Quest |
| 4 | 49 | Angie Potthoff | United States | Columbus Quest |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| November 17, 1998 | Hired Brian Agler as Head Coach |
| April 6, 1999 | Drafted Brandy Reed, Kim Williams, Octavia Blue and Adia Barnes in the 1999 WNBA expansion Draft |
| May 3, 1999 | Drafted Kristin Folkl and Katie Smith in the 1999 WNBA Allocation Draft |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Tonya Edwards, Trisha Fallon, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Sonja Tate and Angie Potthoff in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 14, 1999 | Signed Charmin Smith, DeMya Walker, Itoro Umoh-Coleman and Jamie Redd |
| May 17, 1999 | Waived Jamie Redd |
| June 8, 1999 | Waived DeMya Walker and Itoro Umoh-Coleman |
| May 21, 1999 | Waived Octavia Blue |
| May 26, 1999 | Signed Annie La Fleur |
| June 8, 1999 | Waived Kim Williams |
| October 27, 1999 | Traded Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9) :
June: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 12
Detroit
W 68–51
Tonya Edwards (20)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Sonja Tate (7)
Target Center
1–0
2
June 14
Utah
W 78–54
Brandy Reed (16)
Folkl Reed (7)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)
Target Center
2–0
3
June 19
Houston
L 55–69
Tonya Edwards (19)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (4)
Target Center
2–1
4
June 22
@ Sacramento
L 62–79
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (17)
Sonja Tate (8)
Sonja Tate (4)
ARCO Arena
2–2
5
June 24
@ Los Angeles
W 72–62
Brandy Reed (28)
Sonja Tate (6)
Sonja Tate (5)
Great Western Forum
3–2
6
June 26
@ Utah
W 72–62
Tonya Edwards (23)
Sonja Tate (5)
Brandy Reed (4)
Delta Center
4–2
7
June 29
Sacramento
L 72–86
Katie Smith (21)
Sonja Tate (6)
Sonja Tate (5)
Target Center
4–3 :
July
: 7–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
July 1
Los Angeles
L 77–81 (2OT)
Brandy Reed (23)
Folkl Tate (8)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)
Target Center
4–4
9
July 3
Phoenix
W 56–47
Brandy Reed (14)
Brandy Reed (8)
Sonja Tate (4)
Target Center
5–4
10
July 6
@ Houston
L 54–80
Adia Barnes (9)
Katie Smith (6)
Sonja Tate (4)
Compaq Center
5–5
11
July 9
@ Orlando
W 71–66
Tonya Edwards (22)
Brandy Reed (7)
Tonya Edwards (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–5
12
July 11
@ New York
W 58–56
Brandy Reed (19)
Brandy Reed (7)
Reed K. Smith (4)
Madison Square Garden
7–5
13
July 12
@ Cleveland
L 55–67
Katie Smith (17)
Brandy Reed (8)
Sonja Tate (5)
Gund Arena
7–6
14
July 17
New York
W 60–58
Brandy Reed (20)
Brandy Reed (8)
Reed Edwards (4)
Target Center
8–6
15
July 19
Sacramento
W 76–69
Brandy Reed (22)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)
Brandy Reed (6)
Target Center
9–6
16
July 19
@ Charlotte
W 76–67
Brandy Reed (26)
Reed K. Smith (6)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (11)
Charlotte Coliseum
10–6
17
July 21
Washington
L 55–60
Brandy Reed (28)
Reed Tate (7)
Katie Smith (5)
Target Center
10–7
18
July 25
Houston
L 57–62
Tonya Edwards (25)
Lloyd-Curry Reed Potthoff (6)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (5)
Target Center
10–8
19
July 27
@ Sacramento
W 61–59
Tonya Edwards (17)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (8)
Tonya Edwards (8)
ARCO Arena
11–8
20
July 29
@ Phoenix
L 46–79
Brandy Reed (12)
Brandy Reed (9)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (3)
America West Arena
11–9
21
July 31
Charlotte
L 52–56
Brandy Reed (21)
Brandy Reed (13)
Tonya Edwards (5)
Target Center
11–10 :
August
: 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
August 2
Phoenix
W 73–56
Brandy Reed (17)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9)
Sonja Tate (5)
Target Center
12–10
23
August 4
@ Detroit
L 56–59
Brandy Reed (19)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (9)
Sonja Tate (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
12–11
24
August 6
Los Angeles
L 59–77
Edwards K. Smith (13)
Tonya Edwards (8)
Reed Potthoff (4)
Target Center
12–12
25
August 7
@ Utah
L 70–80
Brandy Reed (24)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)
Tonya Edwards (5)
Delta Center
12–13
26
August 9
@ Phoenix
L 55–64
Tonya Edwards (18)
Brandy Reed (6)
Tonya Edwards (4)
America West Arena
12–14
27
August 11
Utah
W 83–73
Katie Smith (27)
Tonya Edwards (7)
Andrea Lloyd-Curry (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
13–14
28
August 14
@ Houston
L 53–71
Sonja Tate (15)
Kristin Folkl (9)
La Fleur Tate (3)
Compaq Center
13–15
29
August 16
Cleveland
W 57–50
Katie Smith (15)
Kristin Folkl (6)
La Fleur K. Smith (3)
Target Center
14–15
30
August 18
@ Los Angeles
L 54–72
Kristin Folkl (15)
Barnes La Fleur (5)
Sonja Tate (5)
Great Western Forum
14–16
31
August 20
Orlando
L 80–83 (OT)
Kristin Folkl (21)
Kristin Folkl (9)
Annie La Fleur (7)
Target Center
14–17
32
August 21
@ Washington
W 48–45
Edwards K. Smith (17)
Kristin Folkl (7)
Tonya Edwards (4)
MCI 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 |
| Katie Smith | 30 | 29 | 32.4 | .387 | .382 | .766 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 11.7 |
| Tonya Edwards | 32 | 32 | 32.2 | .357 | .344 | .806 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 14.8 |
| Brandy Reed | 25 | 24 | 30.3 | .459 | .342 | .757 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 16.1 |
| Andrea Lloyd-Curry | 32 | 31 | 28.1 | .375 | .333 | .756 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Sonja Tate | 32 | 18 | 25.9 | .354 | .239 | .767 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Angie Potthoff | 32 | 25 | 22.2 | .379 | .167 | .545 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Kristin Folkl | 32 | 1 | 16.2 | .479 | .143 | .538 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Annie La Fleur | 25 | 0 | 13.3 | .343 | .440 | .250 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Trisha Fallon | 26 | 0 | 10.8 | .300 | .353 | .742 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Adia Barnes | 19 | 0 | 4.8 | .304 | .333 | .500 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Charmin Smith | 13 | 0 | 4.3 | .111 | .000 | .800 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season
* Tonya Edwards ranked second in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 66
* Katie Smith ranked sixth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals, 52
* Katie Smith ranked eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with, 136
* Katie Smith ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, (.382)

## Awards and honors

* Tonya Edwards led the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 192