1998–99 Phoenix Suns season

1998–99 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach Danny Ainge
General manager Bryan Colangelo
Owner(s) Jerry Colangelo
Arena America West Arena
Results
Record 2723 (.540)
Place Division: 4th (Pacific)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish Lost in first round to Portland (0–3)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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The 199899 Phoenix Suns season was the 31st season for the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns. The team finished tied for third in the Pacific division with a record of 2723 in the shortened lockout season. Head coach Danny Ainge returned for his third season. The sixth-seeded Suns made the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season before being swept in the first round to the third-seeded and Pacific winner-Portland Trail Blazers, three games to zero. All home games were played in America West Arena.

Starting point guard Jason Kidd finished the regular season leading the league in assists per game at 10.8. Three Suns would average 16 points or more per game, with Tom Gugliotta notching 17, Kidd 16.9 and Clifford Robinson at 16.4 per game. Kidd led the league in total minutes played and was third in total steals, before being selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive First Teams.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1998 NBA Draft

This was the first year in franchise history that the Suns had no draft picks. Their first-round pick (which turned into Tyronn Lue) was traded to the Denver Nuggets the previous year in the Antonio McDyess deal,[1] and their second-round pick (which turned into Greg Buckner) was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1996 in the Jason Kidd deal.[2]

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (Y-M-D) From
SG 12 United States Bailey, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1975–11–19 UCLA
SG 4 United States Brown, Gerald 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1975–07–28 Pepperdine
SG 3 United States Chapman, Rex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1967–10–05 Kentucky
PF 8 United States Garrity, Pat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1976–08–23 Notre Dame
PF 24 United States Gugliotta, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1969–12–19 North Carolina State
PG 32 United States Kidd, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1973–03–23 California
PG 2 United States Livingston, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1975–04–02 LSU
C 13 Australia Longley, Luc 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–01–19 New Mexico
C 15 United States Manning, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–05–17 Kansas
SG 21 United States McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State
SF 20 Slovenia Milič, Marko  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977–05–07 Slovenia
SF 34 United States Morris, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–01–20 Auburn
SF 30 United States Robinson, Clifford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–12–16 Connecticut
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Luc Longley Danny Manning Joe Kleine
PF Tom Gugliotta Pat Garrity
SF Clifford Robinson Chris Morris Marko Milič
SG Rex Chapman George McCloud Toby Bailey
PG Jason Kidd Randy Livingston Gerald Brown

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Portland Trail Blazers 35 15 .700 22–3 13–12 15–7
x-Los Angeles Lakers 31 19 .620 4 18–7 13–12 14–8
x-Sacramento Kings 27 23 .540 8 16–9 11–14 11–9
x-Phoenix Suns 27 23 .540 8 15–10 12–13 9–10
Seattle SuperSonics 25 25 .500 10 17–8 8–17 11–10
Golden State Warriors 21 29 .420 14 13–12 8–17 8–11
Los Angeles Clippers 9 41 .180 26 6–19 3–22 3–16
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-San Antonio Spurs 37 13 .740
2 y-Portland Trail Blazers 35 15 .700 2
3 x-Utah Jazz 37 13 .740
4 x-Los Angeles Lakers 31 19 .620 6
5 x-Houston Rockets 31 19 .620 6
6 x-Sacramento Kings 27 23 .540 10
7 x-Phoenix Suns 27 23 .540 10
8 x-Minnesota Timberwolves 25 25 .500 12
9 Seattle SuperSonics 25 25 .500 12
10 Golden State Warriors 21 29 .420 16
11 Dallas Mavericks 19 31 .380 18
12 Denver Nuggets 14 36 .280 23
13 Los Angeles Clippers 9 41 .180 28
14 Vancouver Grizzlies 8 42 .160 29

Playoffs

Game log

1999 playoff game log
1999 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

All-Star

All-Star weekend was cancelled due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout.

Season

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Toby Bailey 27 10 9.2 .395 .200 .692 2.0 0.5 .3 .1 2.9
Gerald Brown 33 0 7.2 .371 .300 .786 0.7 0.9 .2 .0 2.4
Rex Chapman 38 35 31.1 .359 .351 .835# 2.7 2.9 .9 .2 12.1
Pat Garrity 39 9 13.8 .500 .389 .714 1.9 0.5 .2 .1 5.6
Tom Gugliotta 43 43 36.3 .483 .286 .794 8.9 2.8 1.4 .5 17.0
Jason Kidd 50 50 41.2 .444 .366 .757 6.8 10.8 2.3 .4 16.9
Joe Kleine 31 5 12.1 .405 .000 .667 2.2 0.4 .3 .0 2.2
Randy Livingston 1 0 22.0 .625 . 1.000# 2.0 3.0 2.0 .0 12.0
Luc Longley 39 39 23.9 .483 . .776 5.7 1.2 .6 .5 8.7
Danny Manning 50 5 23.7 .484 .111 .696 4.4 2.3 .7 .8 9.1
George McCloud 48 16 25.9 .438 .416 .862# 3.4 1.6 .9 .3 8.9
Marko Milič 11 0 4.8 .400 .000 . 0.5 0.2 .3 .1 1.5
Chris Morris 44 2 12.2 .430 .286 .870# 2.8 0.5 .4 .3 4.2
Jimmy Oliver 2 0 5.5 .333 1.000^ . 0.0 0.0 .0 .0 1.5
Shawn Respert 12 1 8.3 .361 .308 .700 1.1 0.7 .4 .0 3.1
Clifford Robinson 50 35 34.8 .475 .417^ .697 4.5 2.6 1.5 1.2 16.4
Alvin Sims 4 0 6.3 .400 1.000^ .400 1.0 1.3 .5 .0 2.8

† - Minimum 183 field goals made.
^ - Minimum 34 three-pointers made.
# - Minimum 76 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Gerald Brown 1 0 1.0 1.000 . . 0.0 0.0 .0 .0 2.0
Rex Chapman 3 3 19.0 .286 .333 .750 2.0 2.0 .3 .0 5.7
Pat Garrity 3 0 17.3 .529 1.000^ 1.000# 3.0 0.3 .3 .3 9.0
Tom Gugliotta 3 3 39.3 .371 . .750 8.3 3.3 1.3 1.0 10.7
Jason Kidd 3 3 42.0 .419 .250 .714 2.3 10.3 1.7 .3 15.0
Joe Kleine 1 0 5.0 .500 . . 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
Randy Livingston 3 0 8.0 .400 .000 1.000# 2.3 0.7 .3 .0 5.3
Luc Longley 3 2 17.0 .167 . . 3.0 0.3 1.0 .0 1.3
Danny Manning 3 1 26.3 .583 . .769# 1.7 2.0 1.3 .0 12.7
George McCloud 3 0 26.7 .433 .450^ .700 4.3 0.7 1.7 .0 14.0
Chris Morris 1 0 10.0 1.000 1.000^ .000 1.0 0.0 .0 .0 5.0
Clifford Robinson 3 3 39.0 .475 .222 .636 5.3 2.7 2.0 .3 15.7

^ - Minimum 5 three-pointers made.
# - Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 1998
To Los Angeles Lakers----
  • Future considerations
To Phoenix Suns----
June 24, 1998
To Dallas Mavericks---- To Phoenix Suns----
January 23, 1999
To Chicago Bulls---- To Phoenix Suns----

Free agents

Additions

Date Player Contract Former Team
January 22, 1999 George McCloud Re-signed to 1-year contract for $750,000 Phoenix Suns
January 22, 1999 Horacio Llamas Re-signed to 1-year contract for $425,000 Phoenix Suns
January 22, 1999 James Collins Undisclosed Jacksonville Barracudas (USBL)
January 22, 1999 Joe Kleine Signed to 1-year contract for $1 million Phoenix Suns
January 22, 1999 Marko Milič Re-signed to 1-year contract for $350,000 Phoenix Suns
January 22, 1999 Tom Gugliotta Signed to 6-year contract for $58.5 million Minnesota Timberwolves
January 24, 1999 Jamie Feick Undisclosed Milwaukee Bucks
January 25, 1999 Clifford Robinson Re-signed to 1-year contract for $3.5 million Portland Trail Blazers
January 25, 1999 Gerald Brown Signed to 1-year contract for $287,500
January 25, 1999 Rex Chapman Re-signed to 6-year contract for $22.1 million Phoenix Suns
January 29, 1999 Shawn Respert Signed to 1-year contract Phoenix Suns
February 3, 1999 Chris Morris Signed to 1-year contract for $1 million Utah Jazz
March 3, 1999 Jimmy Oliver Signed 10-day contract Ducato Siena (Italy)
April 28, 1999 Alvin Sims Signed for rest of season
May 4, 1999 Randy Livingston Signed for rest of season Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions

Date Player Reason Left New Team
May 18, 1998 Kevin Johnson Renounced rights Phoenix Suns
January 21, 1999 Mike Brown Free agent Olympiacos (Greece)
January 22, 1999 Antonio McDyess Free agent Denver Nuggets
January 22, 1999 Loren Meyer Free agent Denver Nuggets
January 22, 1999 John "Hot Rod" Williams Free agent Dallas Mavericks
January 24, 1999 Dennis Scott Free agent New York Knicks
January 29, 1999 Jamie Feick Waived Milwaukee Bucks
February 2, 1999 James Collins Waived La Crosse Bobcats (CBA)
March 2, 1999 Shawn Respert Waived Adecco Milano (Italy)
April 7, 1999 Jimmy Oliver Waived Iraklio (Greece)
May 4, 1999 Alvin Sims Waived

References

  1. "Tyronn Lue NBA & ABA Statistics". basketball-reference.com.
  2. "Greg Buckner NBA & ABA Statistics". basketball-reference.com.
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