2000 Utah Starzz season

Attendance6,417 per game

Record18–14 (.563)

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Utah Starzz. The team finished the season with a winning record, but fell short for the WNBA Playoffs, falling two games back to the Phoenix Mercury.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Naomi Mulitauaopele	United States	Stanford
3	35	Stacy Frese	United States	Iowa State
4	51	Kristen Rasmussen	United States	Michigan State

Date	Transaction
December 15, 1999	Lost Chantel Tremitiere to the Indiana Fever in the WNBA expansion draft^[1]
December 15, 1999	Lost Debbie Black to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft^[1]
April 24, 2000	Traded 2 2000 1st Round Picks to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Jennifer Azzi and a 2000 1st Round Pick^[1]
April 25, 2000	Drafted Naomi Mulitauaopele, Stacy Frese and Kristen Rasmussen in the 2000 WNBA draft^[1]
May 27, 2000	Waived Krystyna Lara^[1]
June 8, 2000	Waived Kristen Rasmussen^[1]
July 7, 2000	Waived Katryna Gaither^[1]
July 27, 2000	Signed Kym Hope^[1]

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	17–4	–
Houston Comets ^x	27	5	.844	17–4	1.0
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	21	11	.656	13–8	7.0
Phoenix Mercury ^x	20	12	.625	11–10	8.0
Utah Starzz ^o	18	14	.563	13–8	10.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	15	17	.469	5–16	13.0
Portland Fire ^o	10	22	.313	4–17	18.0
Seattle Storm ^o	6	26	.188	4–17	22.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jennifer Azzi	15	15	37.3	.452	.417	.930	2.7	6.1	0.8	0.3	9.6
Natalie Williams	29	29	35.8	.490	.600	.798	11.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	18.7
Adrienne Goodson	29	28	32.0	.480	.276	.687	5.7	2.4	1.4	0.2	17.2
Korie Hlede	31	31	28.0	.454	.431	.729	3.0	3.0	1.2	0.1	10.1
Margo Dydek	32	32	24.2	.445	.143	.796	5.5	1.6	0.6	3.0	9.2
Dalma Iványi	27	16	18.1	.313	.279	.750	2.0	2.3	0.9	0.1	3.4
LaTonya Johnson	29	6	16.6	.403	.333	.651	1.8	0.9	0.4	0.1	5.0
Amy Herrig	25	0	13.6	.480	.000	.613	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.2	3.6
Naomi Mulitauaopele	22	3	13.2	.594	.667	.750	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	4.5
Kate Starbird	29	0	11.7	.358	.217	.810	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.4	4.0
Stacy Frese	21	0	10.6	.333	.346	.917	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	3.0
Kristen Rasmussen	1	0	9.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Katryna Gaither	9	0	6.0	.286	N/A	1.000	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	1.6
Kym Hope	3	1	1.3	.000	N/A	1.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7

Indiana Fever expansion draft

v t e 2000 WNBA season by team
Expansion draft Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Championship
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Miami Sol New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Portland Fire Sacramento Monarchs Seattle Storm Utah Starzz
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