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1998–99 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Don Casey Fox Sports New York The 1998–99 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 23rd season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.

During the off-season, the Nets signed free agents Eric Murdock and Scott Burrell, and acquired Jim McIlvaine from the Seattle SuperSonics. However, the team struggled and got off to an awful start by losing 18 of their first 21 games of the regular season. Head coach John Calipari was fired after a 3–17 start to the season, and was replaced with assistant Don Casey. At mid-season, Sam Cassell, who was out with an ankle injury after four games, was traded along with Chris Gatling to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team trade, as the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves, and acquired Jamie Feick from the Bucks.

As the season progressed, the Nets were dealt with a blow when Jayson Williams suffered a severe knee injury in April, and was out for the remainder of the season after 30 games. Near the end of the season, the team signed free agent and 7' 7" Romanian center Gheorghe Mureșan, as the Nets finished in last place in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 16–34 record.

Marbury averaged 23.4 points and 8.7 assists per game in 31 games after the trade, while second-year star Keith Van Horn averaged 21.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. In addition, Kerry Kittles provided the team with 12.9 points and 1.7 steals per game, while Kendall Gill contributed 11.8 points and 2.7 steals per game, and Williams averaged 8.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. Meanwhile, Murdock contributed 7.9 points, 4.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, but only played just 15 games due to a groin injury, Feick averaged 6.8 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in 26 games, Burrell provided with 6.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, and Lucious Harris contributed 5.4 points per game.

The Nets finished 21st in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 400,387 at the Continental Airlines Arena during the regular season. Following the season, Murdock was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, and Rony Seikaly was released to free agency and then retired. For the season, the Nets added new gray alternate road uniforms with dark navy side panels, which were slightly redesigned in 2000.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

The Nets had no draft picks in 1998.

Roster

Don Casey
Johnny Davis
Kenny Gattison
Eddie Jordan
Jim Lynam
Mike O'Koren

Regular season

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

|- |Stephon Marbury |31 |31 |39.8 |.439 |.367 |.832 |2.6 |8.7 |1.0 |0.1

23.4
Keith Van Horn
42
42
37.5
.428
.302
.859
8.5
1.5
1.0
1.3
21.8
-
Sam Cassell
4
3
25.0
.429
.143
.935
1.5
4.8
0.8
0.0
18.0
-
Kerry Kittles
46
40
34.1
.370
.316
.772
4.2
2.5
1.7
0.6
12.9
-
Kendall Gill
50
47
32.1
.398
.118
.683
4.9
2.5
2.7
0.5
11.8
-
Jayson Williams
30
30
34.0
.445
.000
.565
12.0
1.1
0.8
2.0
8.1
-
Doug Overton
8
1
21.8
.439
.500
.857
2.1
2.0
0.4
0.1
8.0
-
Eric Murdock
15
8
26.7
.395
.364
.808
2.3
4.4
1.5
0.1
7.9
-
Jamie Feick
26
16
32.7
.504

| |.717 |11.0 |0.9 |1.0 |0.7

6.8
Scott Burrell
32
10
22.1
.361
.389
.810
3.7
1.4
1.3
0.3
6.6
-
Chris Carr
28
2
13.0
.374
.379
.694
2.1
0.6
0.3
0.0
6.6
-
Mark Hendrickson
22
6
18.1
.443
.000
.840
3.1
0.6
0.5
0.0
5.5
-
Lucious Harris
36
5
16.7
.403
.220
.750
1.9
0.9
0.5
0.2
5.4
-
Chris Gatling
18
2
15.6
.371
.000
.500
3.6
0.7
0.4
0.2
4.7
-
Damon Jones
11
0
11.9
.318
.345
.846
1.2
1.2
0.6
0.0
4.5
-
Earl Boykins
5
0
10.2
.476
.200

| |0.8 |1.2 |0.2 |0.0

4.2
David Vaughn
10
0
10.3
.542

| |.800 |3.4 |0.1 |0.2 |0.8

3.4
Brian Evans
11
0
11.0
.324
.364
1.000
1.5
1.3
0.3
0.3
2.7
-
Elliot Perry
30
0
8.1
.349
.391
.750
0.9
1.2
0.5
0.0
2.6
-
Jim McIlvaine
22
1
12.2
.431

| |.667 |2.5 |0.1 |0.4 |1.5

2.2
Rony Seikaly
9
0
9.8
.200

| |.389 |2.3 |0.2 |0.4 |0.7

1.7
William Cunningham
15
6
10.7
.167

| |.000 |1.9 |0.1 |0.1 |0.7

0.4
Gheorghe Muresan
1
0
1.0
.000

| | |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |}

Player statistics citation:

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/1999.html 1998–99 New Jersey Nets]
(January 6, 1999). "NBA: Let The Games Begin!". CBS News.
Popper, Steve. (January 21, 1999). "Nets Bring in Murdock as Douglas Departs". The New York Times.
Popper, Steve. (February 3, 1999). "Burrell Agrees to a Deal". The New York Times.
Broussard, Chris. (January 19, 1999). "Nets Obtain McIlvaine to Shore Up Defense". The New York Times.
Wise, Mike. (February 4, 1999). "A Scrum for the Title". The New York Times.
(March 15, 1999). "Nets Fire Calipari". CBS News.
(March 16, 1999). "Nets Dismiss Calipari with a 3-17 Record". The New York Times.
(March 16, 1999). "Nets Fire Calipari After Dismal Start". Los Angeles Times.
Popper, Steve. (February 13, 1999). "PRO BASKETBALL; Cassell May Be Tonic Aching Nets Need". The New York Times.
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(March 12, 1999). "Marbury Traded to Nets; Timberwolves Get Brandon". Los Angeles Times.
(March 12, 1999). "New Jersey Gets Marbury in 3-Team Trade". Tampa Bay Times.
Broussard, Chris. (April 2, 1999). "Nets Win a Big One, But Williams Is Lost". The New York Times.
Kerber, Fred. (April 2, 1999). "Awful Break for Jayson – Williams Fractures Leg, Done for Season". New York Post.
Broussard, Chris. (September 15, 1999). "PRO BASKETBALL; Bad Knee Puts Williams of Nets Out till Jan. 1". The New York Times.
Broussard, Chris. (April 7, 1999). "PRO BASKETBALL; Center-Poor Nets Will Consider Signing an Ailing 7-7 Muresan". The New York Times.
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(September 16, 1999). "Nets and Clippers Talk Trade". The New York Times.
White, Lonnie. (September 24, 1999). "Another Pointed Day for Clippers: Pro Basketball: They Get Murdock in Trade with Nets, But Hear from Falk That Taylor Will Leave Team After the Season". Los Angeles Times.
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