1998–99 Chicago Bulls season

1998–99 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Tim Floyd
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	13–37 (.260)
Place	Division: 8th (Central) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Chicago, WGN
Radio	WMVP

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Bulls' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] Michael Jordan's Game 6 performance in the 1998 NBA Finals seemed to be a perfect ending to his career. With Phil Jackson's contract expiring, the pending departures of Scottie Pippen (who stated his desire to be traded during the season) and Dennis Rodman (who would sign with the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent) looming, and being in the latter stages of an owner-induced lockout of NBA players, Jordan retired for the second time on January 13, 1999. With new head coach Tim Floyd and signing free agent Brent Barry, the Bulls were shells of their former selves as they lost eight of their first nine games of the season. The team struggled and finished last place in the Central Division with a 13–37 record.^[2] Toni Kukoč led the team in scoring with 18.8 points per game.

On April 10, 1999, the Bulls set an all-time NBA record low for points in the shot clock era in a 82–49 loss at the United Center to the Miami Heat.^[3] Following the season, Barry was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, and Ron Harper signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	28	Corey Benjamin	SG	United States	Oregon State
2	34	Shammond Williams	PG	United States	North Carolina
2	58	Maceo Baston	F	United States	Michigan

Roster

Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
2.0 !SG	31	USA !	Barry, Brent	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oregon State
2.0 !SG	25	USA !	Benjamin, Corey	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oregon State
3.0 !SF	44	USA !	Bennett, Mario	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Arizona State
3.0 !SF	22	USA !	Booth, Keith	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	Maryland
1.0 !PG	1	USA !	Brown, Randy	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	New Mexico State
4.5 !PF	2	USA !	Bryant, Mark	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Seton Hall
2.0 !SG	21	USA !	Carr, Cory	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Texas Tech
3.0 !SF	18	HUN !	David, Kornel	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Hungary
2.0 !SG	9	USA !	Harper, Ron	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Miami (OH)
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Jones, Charles	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	LIU
3.0 !SF	7	CRO !	Kukoc, Toni	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Croatia
6.0 !C	28	USA !	Lang, Andrew	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Arkansas
3.0 !SF	—	USA !	Sanders, Jeff (IN)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Georgia Southern
4.5 !PF	8	USA !	Simpkins, Dickey	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Providence
6.0 !C	34	CAN !	Wennington, Bill	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	St. John's

Head coach

Tim Floyd (Louisiana Tech)

Legend

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

Roster Notes

Forward Jeff Sanders missed the entire season due to injury.

Regular Season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	33	17	.660	–	18–7	15–10	15–7
x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2	16–9	15–10	15–8
x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4	17–8	12–13	13–8
x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5	17–8	11–14	13–11
Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7	16–9	10–15	12–10
Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10	14–11	9–16	9–14
Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11	15–10	7–18	9–13
Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20	8–17	5–20	4–19

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

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

References

↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHI/1999.html
↑ http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/chicago/bulls.html
↑ "Bulls Reach a New Low by Scoring 49 Points in Loss". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

1998–99 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

Chicago Bulls seasons

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

1990–91

1991–92

1992–93

1993–94

1994–95

1995–96

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1997–98

2000s

2010s

Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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