The 1999 WNBA season was the second for the Washington Mystics. In the 1999 WNBA draft, Chamique Holdsclaw was selected by the Washington Mystics 1st overall. In her first season, she was named the Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season.
See also: 1999 WNBA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
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1 | 1 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Tennessee | ||
2 | 13 | Shalonda Enis | Seattle Reign | ||
3 | 25 | Andrea Nagy | Philadelphia Rage | ||
4 | 37 | Jenny Whittle | Perth Breakers (Australia) |
Date | Transaction | |
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February 18, 1999 | Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach[1] | |
May 4, 1999 | Drafted Chamique Holdsclaw, Shalonda Enis, Andrea Nagy and Jenny Whittle in the 1999 WNBA Draft | |
May 6, 1999 | Waived Adrienne Shuler, Keri Chaconas and Margo Graham | |
July 1, 1999 | Waived Jenny Whittle | |
Signed Valerie Still | ||
July 11, 1999 | Traded Alessandra Santos de Oliveira to the Houston Comets in exchange for Nyree Roberts | |
December 15, 1999 | Traded Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for agreement to select Nyree Roberts in the WNBA expansion draft |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 10| Charlotte| L 73–83| Nikki McCray (22)| Murriel Page (9)| Andrea Nagy (12)| MCI Center| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 12| @ Houston| L 63–88| Shalonda Enis (13)| Chamique Holdsclaw (13)| Enis
Nagy (3)| Compaq Center| 0–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 14| @ New York| W 83–61| Nikki McCray (24)| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Andrea Nagy (6)| Madison Square Garden| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 18| Detroit| L 69–76| Nikki McCray (19)| Shalonda Enis (15)| Andrea Nagy (7)| MCI Center| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 19| @ Orlando| L 68–73| Chamique Holdsclaw (23)| Murriel Page (11)| Andrea Nagy (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 22| Phoenix| L 76–79| Nikki McCray (24)| Enis
Holdsclaw (7)| Andrea Nagy (8)| MCI Center| 1–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 25| Houston| L 69–72| Chamique Holdsclaw (24)| Murriel Page (7)| Andrea Nagy (9)| MCI Center| 1–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 26| @ Cleveland| L 65–76| Nikki McCray (25)| Chamique Holdsclaw (10)| McCray
Nagy (2)| Gund Arena| 1–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 30| @ Charlotte| W 68–63| Chamique Holdsclaw (21)| Chamique Holdsclaw (14)| Chamique Holdsclaw (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| July 2| Sacramento| L 74–79| Chamique Holdsclaw (22)| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Chamique Holdsclaw (7)| MCI Center| 2–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| July 6| New York| W 71–63| Nikki McCray (16)| Murriel Page (8)| Nikki McCray (9)| MCI Center| 3–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 8| Utah| L 65–81| Chamique Holdsclaw (23)| Murriel Page (6)| Enis
Nagy (5)| MCI Center| 3–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 10| @ Detroit| W 83–78 (2OT)| Chamique Holdsclaw (20)| Chamique Holdsclaw (16)| Andrea Nagy (9)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 4–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 12| Charlotte| W 74–71| Nikki McCray (26)| Murriel Page (15)| Holdsclaw
Nagy (5)| MCI Center| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 16| Detroit| L 68–78| McCray
Page (18)| Murriel Page (10)| Markita Aldridge (5)| MCI Center| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 17| @ Charlotte| L 56–63| Shalonda Enis (18)| Enis
Holdsclaw (6)| Nikki McCray (9)| Charlotte Coliseum| 5–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 19| Orlando| L 52–77| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Holdsclaw
Page (9)| Holdsclaw
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Williams (1)| MCI Center| 5–12 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 21| Cleveland| L 68–85| Chamique Holdsclaw (23)| Shalonda Enis (6)| Aldridge
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Nagy (2)| MCI Center| 5–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 23| @ Minnesota| W 60–55| Nikki McCray (19)| Enis
Holdsclaw (7)| Nikki McCray (4)| Target Center| 6–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 25| @ Phoenix| L 59–72| Nikki McCray (18)| Chamique Holdsclaw (7)| Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)| America West Arena| 6–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 26| @ Utah| L 61–73| Nikki McCray (19)| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Nikki McCray (5)| Delta Center| 6–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 29| @ Sacramento| L 54–70| Nikki McCray (16)| Shalonda Enis (8)| Andrea Nagy (6)| ARCO Arena| 6–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 31| @ Los Angeles| L 64–81| Nikki McCray (19)| Murriel Page (10)| Holdsclaw
Nagy (3)| Great Western Forum| 6–17|- style="background:#bbffbb"| 24| August 2| @ Detroit| W 75–70| Chamique Holdsclaw (23)| Holdsclaw
Page (7)| Andrea Nagy (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 7–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 5| Orlando| W 72–68| Holdsclaw
McCray (24)| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Andrea Nagy (7)| MCI Center| 8–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 7| @ Cleveland| W 63–62| Nikki McCray (25)| Chamique Holdsclaw (6)| Andrea Nagy (11)| Gund Arena| 9–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 8| Cleveland| W 80–45| Nikki McCray (20)| Murriel Page (7)| Holdsclaw
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Nagy (4)| MCI Center| 10–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 11| New York| W 59–56 (OT)| Nikki McCray (20)| Chamique Holdsclaw (14)| Enis
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Williams (2)| MCI Center| 11–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 14| Los Angeles| W 55–53| Nikki McCray (20)| Chamique Holdsclaw (13)| Nikki McCray (5)| MCI Center| 12–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 15| @ Orlando| L 54–81| Nikki McCray (13)| Enis
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McCray (5)| Aldridge
McCray (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 12–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 17| @ New York| L 54–66| Nikki McCray (12)| Heather Owen (5)| Enis
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Page (2)| Madison Square Garden| 12–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 21| Minnesota| L 45–48| Nikki McCray (19)| Murriel Page (10)| Andrea Nagy (5)| MCI Center| 12–20
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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Chamique Holdsclaw | 31 | 30 | 34.2 | .437 | .172 | .773 | 7.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 16.9 | |
Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 32.6 | .424 | .301 | .806 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 17.5 | |
Andrea Nagy | 32 | 32 | 29.6 | .409 | .273 | .763 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 5.1 | |
Shalonda Enis | 29 | 26 | 29.1 | .364 | .275 | .684 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 7.4 | |
Murriel Page | 32 | 26 | 28.6 | .574 | N/A | .683 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 8.8 | |
Alessandro Santos de Oliveira | 13 | 6 | 16.6 | .564 | N/A | .318 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3.9 | |
Heather Owen | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | .400 | N/A | .696 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.1 | |
Valerie Still | 23 | 6 | 12.3 | .245 | .000 | .368 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
Markita Aldridge | 31 | 2 | 12.2 | .309 | .150 | .606 | 1,2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.6 | |
Rita Williams | 31 | 0 | 10.1 | .500 | .559 | .639 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 | |
Nyree Roberts | 8 | 0 | 7.7 | .600 | N/A | .571 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
Monica Maxwell | 20 | 0 | 7.1 | .220 | .212 | .556 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 | |
Jenny Whittle | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
Penny Moore | 4 | 0 | 4.8 | .333 | N/A | N/A | 0.73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |