1999 Cleveland Rockers season

WNBA team season
1999 Cleveland Rockers season
CoachLinda Hill-MacDonald
ArenaGund Arena
Attendance9,350 per game
Results
Record7–25 (.219)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsEva Nemcova (11.1)
ReboundsJanice Braxton (4.3)
AssistsSuzie McConnell Serio (4.2)
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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[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Chasity Melvin, Mery Andrade, Tracy Henderson and Kellie Jolly Harper in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 24, 1999 Traded Cindy Blodgett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Quacy Barnes[1]
June 21, 1999 Traded Jennifer Howard to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Jamila Wideman[1]
August 21, 1999 Fired Linda Hill-MacDonald as Head Coach[1]

Roster

1999 Cleveland Rockers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 23 Portugal Andrade, Mery 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 1975-12-31 Old Dominion R
G 11 United States Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 1
F 8 United States Braxton, Janice 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 1962-06-07 Louisiana Tech 2
F 34 United States Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-05-05 Furman 2
C 41 United States Burras, Alisa 6' 3" (1.91m) 218 lb (99kg) 1975-06-23 Louisiana Tech R
G 44 United States Edwards, Michelle 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1966-03-06 Iowa 2
C 47 United States Henderson, Tracy 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1974-12-31 Georgia R
G 14 United States Howard, Jennifer 5' 6" (1.68m) – 1975-01-21 NC State R
G 14 United States Jolly Harper, Kellie 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1977-05-03 Tennessee R
G 25 United States Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1973-06-21 Florida 2
G 4 United States McConnell-Serio, Suzie  – – 1966-07-29 Penn State 1
F/C 28 United States Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-05-03 NC State R
F 6 Czechoslovakia Němcová, Eva 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 1972-12-03 2
F 17 United States Nygaard, Vanessa 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-03-13 Stanford R
G 10 United States Wideman, Jamila 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1975-10-16 Stanford 2
Head coach
United States Linda Hill-MacDonald (West Chester)
Assistant coaches
United States Mike Wilhelm



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 7–25 (Home: 5–11; Road: 2–14)
June: 2–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "1999 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

External links

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