1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season

1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Tim Floyd
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 8th (Central) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Chicago, WGN, WCIU
Radio	WMVP

The 1999-00 Chicago Bulls season was the 34th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bulls won the draft lottery and selected Elton Brand out of Duke University with their first pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. They also signed B.J. Armstrong, who won three championships with the Bulls in the early 1990s. At midseason, Toni Kukoc was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. They finished last place in the Central Division with a 17-65 record. Brand was named Rookie of The Year along with Steve Francis of the Houston Rockets.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1999 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	1	Elton Brand	PF	United States	Duke
1	16	Ron Artest	SF/SG	United States	St. John's
2	32	Michael Ruffin	PF	United States	Tulsa
2	49	Lari Ketner	C	United States	Massachusetts

Roster

1999-00 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
6.0 !C	22	AUS !	Anstey, Chris	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	249 lb (113 kg)	Australia
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Armstrong, B. J.	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Iowa
3.0 !SF	15	USA !	Artest, Ron	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	St. John's
2.0 !SG	25	USA !	Benjamin, Corey	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oregon State
4.5 !PF	42	USA !	Brand, Elton	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Duke
1.0 !PG	1	USA !	Brown, Randy	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	New Mexico State
2.0 !SG	43	USA !	Carr, Chris	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Southern Illinois
3.0 !SF	18	HUN !	David, Kornel	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Hungary
2.0 !SG	3	USA !	Hawkins, Hersey	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Bradley
2.0 !SG	20	USA !	Hoiberg, Fred	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Iowa State
6.0 !C	6	USA !	Ketner, Lari	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	277 lb (126 kg)	Massachusetts-Amherst
1.0 !PG	5	USA !	LaRue, Rusty	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Wake Forest University
1.0 !PG	12	USA !	Maloney, Matt	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Pennsylvania
4.5 !PF	51	USA !	Ruffin, Michael	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	Tulsa
4.5 !PF	8	USA !	Simpkins, Dickey	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Providence
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Starks, John	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oklahoma State
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Willoughby, Dedric	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Iowa State

Head coach

Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech)

Legend

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

Standings

**Central Division**
Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	-
Charlotte Hornets	49	33	.598	7
Toronto Raptors	45	37	.549	11
Detroit Pistons	42	40	.512	14
Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	14
Cleveland Cavaliers	32	50	.390	24
Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	28
Chicago Bulls	17	65	.207	39

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Brand, Elton. !Elton Brand	81	80	37.0	.482	.000	.685	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	20.1
Kukoč, Toni !Toni Kukoč	24	23	36.2	.381	.231	.761	5.4	5.2	1.8	0.8	18.0
Artest, Ron !Ron Artest	72	62	31.1	.314	.407	.674	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	12.0
Carr, Chris !Chris Carr	50	2	21.8	.4oo	.333	.858	3.2	1.6	0.6	0.3	9.8
LaRue, Rusty !Rusty LaRue	4	1	32.3	.349	.143	.714	3.5	2.7	1.3	0.1	9.3
Hoiberg, Fred !Fred Hoiberg	31	11	27.3	.387	.340	.908	3.5	2.7	1.3	0.1	9.0
Hawkins, Hersey !Hersey Hawkins	61	49	26.6	.424	.390	.899	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	7.9
Benjamin, Corey !Corey Benjamin	48	10	18.0	.414	.340	.598	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	7.7
Willoughby, Dedric !Dedric Willoughby	25	1	20.3	.341	.296	.765	2.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	7.6
Perdue, Will !Will Perdue	67	15	15.1	.351	.000	.476	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.6	3.5
Starks, John !John Starks	4	0	20.5	.324	.300	1.000	2.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	7.5
Armstrong, B.J. !B.J. Armstrong	27	18	21.6	.446	.448	.880	1.7	2.9	.3	.	7.4

Awards and records

Elton Brand, NBA Rookie of the Year Award (shared with Steve Francis)
Elton Brand, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
Ron Artest, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

Free Agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Ron Artest	July 15	St. John's (16th pick)
Elton Brand	July 26	Duke (1st overall pick)
Michael Ruffin	August 24	Tulsa (32nd overall pick)
Will Perdue	August 25	San Antonio Spurs
Cory Carr		Texas Tech (selected 49th in 1998)
Brett Robisch		unknown
Lari Ketner		Massachusetts Amherst (49th overall pick)

References

Chicago Bulls seasons

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

1996–97

1997–98

2000s

2010s

2014–15

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

1999–2000 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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