# 1999 Cleveland Rockers season

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers played their worst season in franchise history, finishing dead last in the league.

## Transactions
### Orlando Miracle expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Cleveland Rockers:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Adrienne Johnson | United States | Ohio State |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 11 | Chasity Melvin | United States | Philadelphia Rage |
| 2 | 23 | Mery Andrade | Portugal | Old Dominion |
| 3 | 35 | Tracy Henderson | United States | Nashville Noise |
| 4 | 47 | Kellie Jolly Harper | United States | Tennessee |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Adrienne Johnson to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Chasity Melvin, Mery Andrade, Tracy Henderson and Kellie Jolly Harper in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 24, 1999 | Traded Cindy Blodgett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Quacy Barnes |
| June 21, 1999 | Traded Jennifer Howard to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jamila Wideman |
| August 21, 1999 | Fired Linda Hill-MacDonald as Head Coach |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 7–25 (Home: 5–11; Road: 2–14) :
June: 2–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 10
@ New York
L 60–87
Merlakia Jones (14)
Merlakia Jones (8)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (4)
Madison Square Garden
0–1
2
June 12
Los Angeles
L 59–75
Brown Jones (11)
Tracy Henderson (7)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)
Gund Arena
0–2
3
June 14
Detroit
L 71–73
Merlakia Jones (24)
Chasity Melvin (10)
Chasity Melvin (4)
Gund Arena
0–3
4
June 17
@ Sacramento
L 50–70
Brown Melvin (10)
Tracy Henderson (8)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)
ARCO Arena
0–4
5
June 19
@ Phoenix
L 67–76
Edwards Němcová (14)
Alisa Burras (11)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)
America West Arena
0–5
6
June 22
Orlando
L 62–71
Chasity Melvin (16)
Alisa Burras (8)
Edwards Němcová (5)
Gund Arena
0–6
7
June 25
Charlotte
L 57–59
Janice Braxton (12)
Braxton Melvin (5)
Edwards Němcová McConnell-Serio (3)
Gund Arena
0–7
8
June 26
Washington
W 76–65
Merlakia Jones (16)
Merlakia Jones (7)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (7)
Gund Arena
1–7
9
June 28
Phoenix
W 70–51
Chasity Melvin (15)
Brown Andrade (8)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (7)
Gund Arena
2–7 :
July
: 4–10 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 1
@ Houston
L 64–76
Michelle Edwards (15)
Alisa Burras (8)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (5)
Compaq Center
2–8
11
July 2
@ Utah
L 68–83
Eva Němcová (15)
Alisa Burras (5)
Chasity Melvin (4)
Delta Center
2–9
12
July 5
@ Los Angeles
L 72–74
Eva Němcová (20)
Janice Braxton (7)
Braxton McConnell-Serio (3)
Great Western Forum
2–10
13
July 7
@ Charlotte
L 62–75
Eva Němcová (11)
Eva Němcová (7)
Michelle Edwards (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–11
14
July 8
New York
L 49–84
Janice Braxton (11)
Braxton Jones Melvin (4)
Edwards Němcová Wideman (9)
Gund Arena
2–12
15
July 10
Charlotte
W 82–56
Alisa Burras (20)
Alisa Burras (7)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (6)
Gund Arena
3–12
16
July 12
Minnesota
W 67–55
Merlakia Jones (21)
Chasity Melvin (6)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (8)
Gund Arena
4–12
17
July 16
Sacramento
L 71–85
Merlakia Jones (17)
Chasity Melvin (10)
Suzie McConnell-Serio (3)
Gund Arena
4–13
18
July 17
@ Detroit
L 61–77
Alisa Burras (13)
Eva Němcová (6)
Michelle Edwards (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–14
19
July 21
@ Washington
W 85–68
Eva Němcová (19)
Burras Edwards Melvin Němcová (4)
Michelle Edwards (9)
MCI Center
5–14
20
July 23
Detroit
L 60–69
Eva Němcová (16)
Merlakia Jones (9)
Michelle Edwards (4)
Gund Arena
5–15
21
July 24
Utah
L 70–76
Merlakia Jones (27)
Eva Němcová (5)
Jamila Wideman (5)
Gund Arena
5–16
22
July 29
Houston
L 65–71
Merlakia Jones (15)
Eva Němcová (8)
Eva Němcová (4)
Gund Arena
5–17
23
July 31
@ Detroit
W 55–53
Burras Melvin (10)
Eva Němcová (8)
Michelle Edwards (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–17 :
August
: 1–8 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24
August 2
@ Charlotte
L 56–62
Chasity Melvin (13)
Janice Braxton (5)
Michelle Edwards (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–18
25
August 4
@ Orlando
L 62–70
Brown Němcová (12)
Brown Burras (6)
Merlakia Jones (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–19
26
August 7
Washington
L 62–63
Merlakia Jones (17)
Merlakia Jones (7)
Merlakia Jones (4)
Gund Arena
6–20
27
August 8
@ Washington
L 45–80
Edwards Melvin (8)
Janice Braxton (9)
Chasity Melvin (3)
MCI Center
6–21
28
August 12
@ Orlando
L 54–55
Eva Němcová (16)
Němcová Henderson (7)
Edwards (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–22
29
August 14
Orlando
L 61–73
Edwards (17)
Janice Braxton (6)
Edwards (43)
Gund Arena
6–23
30
August 16
@ Minnesota
L 50–57
Eva Němcová (17)
Merlakia Jones (7)
Mery Andrade (5)
Target Center
6–24
30
August 19
@ New York
L 55–72
Merlakia Jones (14)
Janice Braxton (7)
Jamila Wideman (5)
Madison Square Garden
6–25
30
August 21
New York
W 66–56
Merlakia Jones (19)
Eva Němcová (7)
Jamila Wideman (6)
Gund Arena
7–25 :
1999 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–8 | – |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 12–8 | 3.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 9–11 | 3.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 12 | 20 | .375 | 10–10 | 6.0 |
| Cleveland Rockers $^o$ | 7 | 25 | .219 | 5–15 | 11.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Eva Němcová | 31 | 28 | 29.8 | .419 | .366 | .984 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 11.1 |
| Suzie McConnell-Serio | 18 | 18 | 28.4 | .367 | .333 | .842 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Merlakia Jones | 32 | 8 | 26.7 | .434 | .278 | .769 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 10.8 |
| Michelle Edwards | 31 | 28 | 24.0 | .359 | .217 | .692 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Chasity Melvin | 32 | 9 | 22.2 | .438 | 1.000 | .694 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 8.1 |
| Janice Braxton | 26 | 21 | 18.3 | .460 | .125 | .697 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Alisa Burras | 31 | 22 | 18.2 | .539 | N/A | .553 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.5 |
| Jamila Wideman | 26 | 13 | 15.4 | .273 | .136 | .647 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| Rushia Brown | 30 | 12 | 14.5 | .427 | .000 | .676 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
| Mery Andrade | 32 | 1 | 11.4 | .390 | .292 | .692 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Tracy Henderson | 27 | 0 | 11.4 | .310 | N/A | .586 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Tricia Bader Binsford | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | .154 | .125 | N/A | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | .500 | N/A | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Kellie Jolly Harper | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jennifer Howard | 4 | 0 | 3.8 | .000 | .000 | 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