2001 Detroit Shock season

2001 Detroit Shock season
2001 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Greg Williams
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	6,834 per game
Results
Record	10–22 (.313)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	WJBK (FOX 2); Fox Sports Net Detroit
	← 2000 season 2002 season →

Attendance6,834 per game

Record10–22 (.313)

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Deanna Nolan	United States	Georgia
2	22	Jae Kingi	New Zealand	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3	38	Svetlana Volnaya	Soviet Union	Virginia
4	54	Kelly Santos	Brazil	Brazil

Date	Transaction
August 28, 2000	Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach^[1]
September 20, 2000	Hired Greg Williams as Head Coach^[1]
April 20, 2001	Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the 2001 WNBA draft^[1]
April 23, 2001	Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti^[1]
May 12, 2001	Traded Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
May 18, 2001	Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana Volnaya^[1]
May 27, 2001	Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a 2002 3rd Round Pick^[1]
	Traded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
	Waived Joy Holmes Harris^[1]

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	22	10	.688	15–6	–
New York Liberty ^x	21	11	.656	13–8	1.0
Miami Sol ^x	20	12	.625	14–7	2.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	15–6	4.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	13	19	.406	9–12	9.0
Indiana Fever ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Detroit Shock ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Washington Mystics ^o	10	22	.313	4–17	12.0

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Wendy Palmer	22	22	29.6	.423	.333	.678	7.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	10.6
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	32	31	28.5	.457	.333	.776	5.3	1.5	0.7	0.9	11.8
Edwina Brown	32	14	25.0	.366	.377	.783	3.2	2.7	1.0	0.2	7.4
Elena Tornikidou	32	32	24.3	.446	.449	.887	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	9.6
Jae Kingi	29	17	21.6	.387	.375	.722	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.3	5.8
Deanna Nolan	27	0	20.2	.330	.288	.811	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	7.1
Dominique Canty	32	18	19.5	.363	.200	.757	2.6	2.2	1.0	0.0	6.2
Claudia Neves	22	15	18.5	.362	.365	1.000	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.0	4.3
Barbara Farris	31	10	18.0	.469	N/A	.638	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	4.2
Rachael Sporn	23	1	11.5	.404	N/A	.333	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.8
Carla Boyd	21	0	11.0	.343	.306	.900	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	3.6
Kelly Santos	14	0	10.9	.476	.000	.667	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	3.7

WNBA draft

v t e Detroit Shock
Founded in 1998 Relocated in 2010 to Tulsa, Oklahoma Based in Auburn Hills, Michigan
Franchise history	Expansion draft Detroit Shock Tulsa Shock Dallas Wings
Arenas	The Palace of Auburn Hills Joe Louis Arena Convocation Center
Head coaches	Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn
Administration	Owner: Bill Davidson Karen Davidson General manager: Nancy Lieberman Greg Williams Bill Laimbeer Cheryl Reeve
All-Stars	Kara Braxton Sandy Brondello Swin Cash Cheryl Ford Deanna Nolan Wendy Palmer Ruth Riley Katie Smith
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Playoff Appearances	1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Conference Titles	2003 2006 2007 2008
WNBA Titles	2003 2006 2008
Rivals	Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury

v t e 2001 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
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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