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1998–99 Toronto Raptors season

NBA team season

Field	Value
team	Toronto Raptors
end_year	1999
wins	23
losses	27
division	Central
division_place	6
conf_place	10
coach	Butch Carter
gm	Glen Grunwald
owners	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	TOR
radio	CJCL

SkyDome
Maple Leaf Gardens
Air Canada Centre
CKVR-TV
Citytv
TSN
CTV Sportsnet Ontario
CTV

The 1998–99 Toronto Raptors season was the fourth season for the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.

The Raptors received the fourth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft, and selected small forward Antawn Jamison from the University of North Carolina, but soon traded him to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for his "UNC" college teammate, shooting guard and top draft pick Vince Carter, who is also second-year star Tracy McGrady's cousin. During the off-season, the team acquired Charles Oakley from the New York Knicks, acquired Kevin Willis from the Houston Rockets, and signed free agent and second-year center Michael Stewart.

During the regular season, the Raptors moved into their new arena, the Air Canada Centre. With the addition of Carter, the Raptors got off to a 6–12 start to the regular season, then played their best basketball by winning 12 of their next 14 games, while posting their first monthly winning record at 11–6 in March. However, they lost 13 of their final 18 games of the season, and finished in sixth place in the Central Division with a 23–27 record.

Carter averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year, and also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, Doug Christie averaged 15.2 points and 2.3 steals per game, while Willis provided the team with 12.0 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and sixth man Dee Brown contributed 11.2 points per game off the bench, and led the league with 135 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, McGrady averaged 9.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game also off the bench, while Oakley averaged 7.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, John Wallace contributed 8.6 points per game off the bench, and second-year guard Alvin Williams contributed 5.0 points and 2.6 assists per game.

Carter also finished tied in 16th place in Most Valuable Player voting, while Brown finished tied in fifth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting, McGrady finished tied in eighth place in Most Improved Player voting, while Brown finished tied in tenth place, and head coach Butch Carter finished tied in eighth place in Coach of the Year voting.

The Raptors finished tenth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 439,190 at the SkyDome and Air Canada Centre during the regular season. Following the season, Wallace re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the New York Knicks, and Reggie Slater was released to free agency.

Offseason

June 25, 1998 – The Raptors trade Marcus Camby to the New York Knicks in exchange for Charles Oakley.
January 21, 1999 – The Raptors trade Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets for the Nuggets first-round pick in the 1999 NBA draft.

NBA draft

Carter was drafted by the NBA's Golden State Warriors 5th overall and then traded to the Toronto Raptors for Antawn Jamison, his UNC college teammate and best friend.

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Antawn Jamison (traded to Golden State)	SF/PF	United States	North Carolina
2	47	Tyson Wheeler	PG	United States	Rhode Island

Roster

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Butch Carter
Joe Harrington
Brian James
Jim Thomas | access-date = February 19, 1999

Regular season

Highs

The Raptors played their final game at Skydome on February 19, 1999.
The first Raptors game at Air Canada Centre took place on February 21, 1999, versus the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Season standings

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	SG	50	50	1,768	207	187	113	26	760	35.4	4.1	3.7	2.3	.5	15.2
	PF	50	50	1,633	374	168	46	21	348	32.7	7.5	3.4	.9	.4	7.0
	SF	50	49	1,760	283	149	55	77	913	35.2	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	18.3
	PG	50	45	1,051	82	130	51	12	248	21.0	1.6	2.6	1.0	.2	5.0
	SF	49	2	1,106	278	113	52	66	458	22.6	5.7	2.3	1.1	1.3	9.3
	PG	49	0	1,377	103	143	56	8	549	28.1	2.1	2.9	1.1	.2	11.2
	SF	48	3	812	171	46	12	43	411	16.9	3.6	1.0	.3	.9	8.6
	C	42	38	1,216	350	67	28	28	504	29.0	8.3	1.6	.7	.7	12.0
	C	42	2	394	99	5	4	28	61	9.4	2.4	.1	.1	.7	1.5
	C	39	11	593	134	15	17	9	169	15.2	3.4	.4	.4	.2	4.3
	PF	30	0	263	70	5	3	3	115	8.8	2.3	.2	.1	.1	3.8
	PF	8	0	28	1	0	1	0	11	3.5	.1	.0	.1	.0	1.4
	PG	6	0	56	6	8	1	0	8	9.3	1.0	1.3	.2	.0	1.3
	PG	2	0	15	1	0	0	0	2	7.5	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0
	PG	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
†	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Raptors only.

Award winners

Vince Carter, NBA Rookie of the Year
Vince Carter, NBA All-Rookie First Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1999.html 1998–99 Toronto Raptors]
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Alexander, Rachel. (December 16, 1999). "A Musician Who Can Jam". The Washington Post.
Roberts, Selena. (June 25, 1998). "PRO BASKETBALL; Knicks Part with Oakley to Get Toronto's Camby". The New York Times.
(June 26, 1998). "Knicks Exchange Oakley for Camby". Los Angeles Times.
(June 26, 1998). "Knicks Deal Oakley to Raptors for Camby". The Washington Post.
(June 9, 1998). "Rockets' Willis Dealt to Toronto". CBS News.
(June 10, 1998). "N.B.A.: HOUSTON; Rockets Trade Willis to Raptors". The New York Times.
(June 10, 1998). "This Time, Willis Off to Toronto". Tampa Bay Times.
Wise, Mike. (February 4, 1999). "PRO BASKETBALL; A Scrum for the Title". The New York Times.
(February 13, 1998). "Maple Leafs to Buy Raptors, Control Arena". Los Angeles Times.
(February 21, 1999). "Carter, Raptors Slam Grizzlies". CBS News.
(April 5, 1999). "76ers Routed Without Iverson". Los Angeles Times.
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(May 26, 1999). "Raptors' Carter Is Top Rookie". CBS News.
(May 27, 1999). "Carter Is Runaway Rookie of the Year". Los Angeles Times.
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Wise, Mike. (October 31, 1999). "1999–2000 N.B.A. PREVIEW; The West Is Still the Best". The New York Times.
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