1998–99 Phoenix Suns season
1998–99 Phoenix Suns season | |
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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 | |
Local media | |
Television | KUTP Fox Sports Arizona Cox 9 |
Radio | KTAR |
The 1998–99 NBA season was the 31st season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association.[1] Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.[2]
During the off-season, the Suns signed free agent Tom Gugliotta,[3][4][5][6] acquired Luc Longley from the Chicago Bulls,[7][8][9] acquired rookie power forward Pat Garrity from the Dallas Mavericks,[10][11][12] signed Chris Morris, and re-signed former Suns center Joe Kleine.[13] Head coach Danny Ainge returned for his third season with the team. After a 15–18 start to the regular season, the Suns won 12 of their final 17 games, and finished tied with the Sacramento Kings for third place in the Pacific Division with a 27–23 record, earning the #7 seed in the Western Conference, and qualifying for the NBA playoffs for the eleventh consecutive year.[14] All home games were played at the America West Arena.
Four Suns players averaged double-digits in points per game, with Gugliotta averaging 17.0 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, while Jason Kidd averaged 16.9 points, 10.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game, Clifford Robinson provided with 16.4 points and 1.5 steals per game, and Rex Chapman contributed 12.1 points per game; Kidd also led the league in assists and in total minutes played, and was third in total steals, before being named to both the All-NBA First Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. 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.[15]
In the 1999 NBA playoffs, the Suns were swept in the Western Conference First Round by the 2nd-seeded, and Pacific Division champion Portland Trail Blazers in three straight games;[16][17][18][19] this was the fourth consecutive year that the Suns lost in the opening round of the NBA playoffs.
Following the season, Manning and Garrity were both traded to the Orlando Magic,[20][21][22][23] who then traded Manning to the Milwaukee Bucks two weeks later,[24][25][26][27] while McCloud signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets,[28][29][30] Kleine signed with the Portland Trail Blazers,[31] and Morris retired.
Offseason
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,[32] and their second-round pick (which turned into Greg Buckner) was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1996 in the Jason Kidd deal.[33]
Roster
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Legend
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Regular season
Standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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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- | 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 |
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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- | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
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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.[34][35]
- 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.[35]
- 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
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 |
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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 |
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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.
Player Statistics Citation:[15]
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
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January 23, 1999 | To Chicago Bulls
Mark Bryant |
To Phoenix Suns
Luc Longley |
Free agents
Additions
Date | Player | Contract | Former Team |
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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 |
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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:[36]
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