1998–99 Phoenix Suns season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the 31st season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association.^[1] On March 23, 1998, the owners of all 29 NBA teams voted 27–2 to reopen the league's collective bargaining agreement, seeking changes to the league's salary cap system, and a ceiling on individual player salaries. The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) opposed to the owners' plan, and wanted raises for players who earned the league's minimum salary. After both sides failed to reach an agreement, the owners called for a lockout, which began on July 1, 1998, putting a hold on all team trades, free agent signings and training camp workouts, and cancelling many NBA regular season and preseason games.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Due to the lockout, the NBA All-Star Game, which was scheduled to be played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 14, 1999, was also cancelled.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

1998–99 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Danny Ainge
General manager	Bryan Colangelo
Owners	Jerry Colangelo
Arena	America West Arena
Results
Record	27–23 (.540)
Place	Division: 4th (Pacific) Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in first round to Portland (0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KUTP Fox Sports Arizona Cox 9
Radio	KTAR
< 1997–98 1999–00 >

However, on January 6, 1999, NBA commissioner David Stern, and NBPA director Billy Hunter finally reached an agreement to end the lockout. The deal was approved by both the players and owners, and was signed on January 20, ending the lockout after 204 days. The regular season began on February 5, and was cut short to just 50 games per team instead of the regular 82-game schedule.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

During the off-season, the Suns signed free agent Tom Gugliotta,^{[17][18][19][20]} acquired Luc Longley from the Chicago Bulls,^[21][22][23] acquired rookie forward Pat Garrity from the Dallas Mavericks,^[24][25][26] signed Chris Morris, and re-signed former Suns center Joe Kleine.^[27] Head coach Danny Ainge returned for his third season with the team. After a 15–18 start, the Suns won 12 of their final 17 games, and finished tied with the Sacramento Kings for third in the Pacific Division with a record of 27–23.^[28] All home games were played in America West Arena.

Starting point guard Jason Kidd finished the regular season leading the league with 10.8 assists per game, plus contributing 2.3 steals per game. Four Suns would average double-digits in points per game, with Gugliotta leading the team with 17.0 points and 8.9 rebounds, plus contributing 1.4 steals per game, while Kidd averaged 16.9 points per game, Clifford Robinson provided with 16.4 points and 1.5 steals per game, and Rex Chapman contributed 12.1 points per game.^[29] Kidd also 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. In addition, sixth man Danny Manning averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game off the bench, while Longley provided the team with 8.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and George McCloud contributed 8.9 points per game off the bench.^[29]

The 7th-seeded Suns made the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season before being swept in the Western Conference First Round to the 2nd-seeded, and Pacific winner-Portland Trail Blazers, three games to zero.^{[30][31][32][33]} Following the season, Manning and Garrity were both traded to the Orlando Magic,^{[34][35][36][37]} who then traded Manning to the Milwaukee Bucks two weeks later,^{[38][39][40][41]} while McCloud signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets,^[42][43][44] Kleine signed with the Portland Trail Blazers,^[45] and Morris retired.

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,^[46] and their second-round pick (which turned into Greg Buckner) was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1996 in the Jason Kidd deal.^[47]

Roster

1998–99 Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 12 Bailey, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1975–11–19 UCLA G 4 Brown, Gerald 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1975–07–28 Pepperdine G 3 Chapman, Rex 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1967–10–05 Kentucky F 8 Garrity, Pat 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1976–08–23 Notre Dame F/C 24 Gugliotta, Tom 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1969–12–19 NC State G 32 Kidd, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1973–03–23 California C 35 Kleine, Joe 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1962–01–04 Arkansas G 2 Livingston, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1975–04–02 LSU C 17 Llamas, Horacio  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1973–07–17 Grand Canyon C 13 Longley, Luc 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–01–19 New Mexico F/C 15 Manning, Danny 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–05–17 Kansas G/F 21 McCloud, George 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–05–27 Florida State F 20 Milič, Marko  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977–05–07 Slovenia G/F 34 Morris, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1966–01–20 Auburn F 30 Robinson, Clifford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–12–16 Connecticut

Head coach Danny Ainge Assistant coach(es) Frank Johnson Roger Reid Scott Skiles Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division v t e	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 v t e
	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

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	—

Playoffs

Game log

1999 playoff game log
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 8 @ Portland L 85–95 Jason Kidd (17) Tom Gugliotta (9) Jason Kidd (7) Rose Garden 20,040 0–1 2 May 10 @ Portland L 99–110 Garrity, McCloud (15) Tom Gugliotta (9) Jason Kidd (12) Rose Garden 20,588 0–2 3 May 12 Portland L 93–103 Clifford Robinson (24) Gugliotta, Robinson (7) Jason Kidd (12) America West Arena 17,306 0–3
1999 schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

• Jason Kidd was named Player of the Month for April.
• Jason Kidd was named Player of the Week for games played April 12 through April 18.

All-Star

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

Season

• Jason Kidd was named to the All-NBA First Team. Kidd also finished fifth in MVP voting.^[48][49]
• Jason Kidd was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.
• Clifford Robinson finished seventh in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and finished tenth in Most Improved Player voting.^[49]
• Jason Kidd led the league in assists per game with a 10.8 average, and total assists with 539.
• Jason Kidd led the league in minutes played with 2060.

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%	3P%	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%	3P%	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 Rights to Toby Bailey
June 24, 1998	To Dallas Mavericks Steve Nash	To Phoenix Suns Martin Müürsepp Bubba Wells Rights to Pat Garrity 1999 first-round draft pick ( Shawn Marion)
January 23, 1999	To Chicago Bulls Mark Bryant Martin Müürsepp Bubba Wells 1999 first-round draft pick ( Ron Artest)	To Phoenix Suns Luc Longley

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

Player Transactions Citation:^[50]

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