The 1999 WNBA season was the Orlando Miracle's inaugural season. The Miracle tied for second place in the conference with the Detroit Shock and the Charlotte Sting . However, both Detroit and Charlotte beat Orlando in two of their three meetings during the regular season. Therefore, the Miracle were in fourth place and out of playoff contention.
Offseason
Expansion draft
WNBA draft [1]
Roster Orlando Miracle roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 3 Congreaves, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m)183 lb (83kg) Mercer G 5 Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m)153 lb (69kg) Georgia Tech G 31 Johnson, Adrienne 5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg) Ohio State G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg) South Carolina F 10 McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)179 lb (81kg) Tennessee F/C 11 McWilliams, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m)184 lb (83kg) St. Edward's College F 33 Moore, Yolanda 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) Mississippi F 24 Phillips, Tari 6' 1" (1.85m)200 lb (91kg) University of Central Florida G 50 Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg) LSU G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m)175 lb (79kg) Connecticut G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg) Vanderbilt G 7 Suber, Tora 5' 7" (1.7m)137 lb (62kg) Virginia
Head coach Assistant coaches
Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
Season standings
Season schedule
Preseason
Regular season 1999 Game Log: Regular Season
Depth
Player stats = Denotes team leader(s) in that statistic.
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Andrea Congreaves 32 32 25.4 .500 (75-150) .366 (15-41) .830 (44-53) 3.2 1.1 0.80 0.20 6.5 Kisha Ford 8 0 5.6 .200 (1-5) .000 (0-1) 1.000 (2-2) 0.8 0.0 0.30 0.30 0.5 Adrienne Johnson 29 0 7.7 .403 (25-62) .125 (1-8) .667 (6-9) 1.0 0.5 0.20 0.10 2.0 Shannon Johnson 32 32 35.8 .447 (151-338) .364 (40-110) .686 (105-153) 4.7 4.4 1.70 0.40 14.0 Carla McGhee 30 0 7.8 .319 (15-47) .000 (0-0) .833 (15-18) 1.5 0.3 0.30 0.10 1.5 Taj McWilliams 32 32 32.6 .480 (153-319) .444 (20-45) .667 (94-141) 7.5 1.6 1.80 1.20 13.1 Yolanda Moore 23 0 5.0 .476 (10-21) .000 (0-1) .500 (6-12) 0.6 0.0 0.20 0.00 1.1 Tari Phillips 32 0 5.0 .406 (52-128) .000 (0-3) .481 (26-54) 2.1 0.3 0.60 0.30 4.1 Elaine Powell 18 0 14.2 .515 (17-33) .111 (1-9) .545 (12-22) 1.3 1.8 0.50 0.20 2.6 Nykesha Sales 32 32 32.5 .385 (153-397) .330 (95-118) .805 (44-91) 4.2 2.8 2.20 0.30 13.7 Sheri Sam 32 32 34.0 .388 (134-345) .328 (41-125) .805 (55-80) 4.6 2.4 1.30 0.30 11.4 Tora Suber 25 0 4.6 .292 (7-24) .111 (1-9) .500 (5-10) 0.5 0.4 0.20 0.00 0.8
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Shannon Johnson was tied for tenth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 40 Taj McWilliams-Franklin ranked third in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage, .444 Nykesha Sales ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Attempts with 397 Sheri Sam ranked sixth in the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1088 Sheri Sam was tied for eighth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goals with 41 Sheri Sam ranked ninth in the WNBA in Three Point Field Goal Attempts with 125[3]
Awards and honors Shannon Johnson, Guard, Orlando Miracle, All-WNBA Second Team[4] Shannon Johnson led the WNBA in Minutes Played with 1147[3]
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