1999 Cleveland Rockers season

WNBA team season

1999 Cleveland Rockers season
Coach	Linda Hill-MacDonald
Arena	Gund Arena
Attendance	9,350 per game
Results
Record	7–25 (.219)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Eva Nemcova (11.1)
Rebounds	Janice Braxton (4.3)
Assists	Suzie McConnell Serio (4.2)
← 1998 season 2000 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

Roster

1999 Cleveland Rockers roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach: Linda Hill-MacDonald (West Chester)
Assistant coaches: Mike Wilhelm

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
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	18	14	.563	12–8	–
Detroit Shock	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Charlotte Sting	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle	15	17	.469	9–11	3.0
Washington Mystics	12	20	.375	10–10	6.0
Cleveland Rockers	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

^ "1999 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

External links

Rockers on Basketball Reference

v t e Cleveland Rockers
Founded in 1997 Folded in 2003 Based in Cleveland, Ohio
Franchise	Franchise Final season
Arenas	Gund Arena
Head Coaches	Linda Hill-MacDonald Dan Hughes
Personnel	Owner Gordon Gund
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

v t e 1999 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
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