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1998–99 Washington Wizards season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

Jim Brovelli Home Team Sports

The 1998–99 Washington Wizards season was the 38th season for the Washington Wizards in the National Basketball Association, and their 26th season in Washington, D.C.. 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 Wizards acquired All-Star guard Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe from the Sacramento Kings. However, after a 4–4 start to the regular season, the team struggled playing below .500 in winning percentage for the remainder of the season. Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff was fired after a 13–19 start, and was replaced with assistant Jim Brovelli as an interim coach, and Juwan Howard only played 36 games due to an ankle injury. The Wizards posted a 7-game losing streak in April, and lost nine of their final eleven games of the season, finishing in sixth place in the Atlantic Division with a disappointing 18–32 record.

Richmond averaged 19.7 points and 1.3 steals per game, and led the Wizards with 70 three-point field goals, while Howard averaged 18.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, and Rod Strickland provided the team with 15.7 points, 9.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game. In addition, Thorpe provided with 11.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, while Calbert Cheaney contributed 7.7 points per game, Tracy Murray contributed 6.5 points per game, Ben Wallace averaged 6.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, and Terry Davis provided with 3.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

The Wizards finished 20th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 402,481 at the MCI Center during the regular season. Following the season, Thorpe signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat, while Cheaney signed with the Boston Celtics, Wallace, Davis and Tim Legler were all traded to the Orlando Magic, who then released Davis and Legler to free agency, and Brovelli was fired as head coach.

Draft picks

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
243Jahidi WhitePF/CGeorgetown

Roster

  • Jim Brovelli
  • Mike Brown
  • John Outlaw
  • Kevin N. Johnson

Roster Notes

  • Center Lorenzo Williams was on the injured reserve list due to stress fractures in both feet, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
202.0.0.0.0.0.0
501825.3.414.216.4932.81.5.8.37.7
1407.0.419.8331.6.0.1.12.2
373415.6.533.7373.8.3.3.13.4
363639.7.474.000.7538.13.01.2.418.9
27810.0.426.143.6562.0.3.1.44.2
30012.6.443.400.5001.3.7.1.14.0
35612.2.373.257.750.62.1.5.03.7
36018.1.350.320.8102.3.8.6.26.5
505038.2.412.317.8573.42.41.3.219.7
444337.1.416.286.7464.89.91.7.115.7
493831.4.545.000.6986.82.1.9.411.3
461626.8.578.3568.3.41.12.06.0
2009.6.531.4292.9.1.2.62.5
39111.3.410.337.8711.21.8.5.14.8

Player statistics citation:

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/1999.html 1998-99 Washington Wizards]
  2. (January 6, 1999). "NBA: Let The Games Begin!". CBS News.
  3. (May 15, 1998). "N.B.A.; Webber Traded to Sacramento". The New York Times.
  4. (May 15, 1998). "Webber Dealt to Kings for Richmond, Thorpe". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Bucher, Ric. (May 15, 1998). "Webber Traded to Sacramento". The Washington Post.
  6. (April 6, 1999). "Bickerstaff Fired by Wizards". Los Angeles Times.
  7. Wyche, Steve. (April 6, 1999). "Bickerstaff Is Out as Wizards Coach". The Washington Post.
  8. (April 6, 1999). "Bickerstaff Finished as Coach of Wizards; Assistant Brovelli Named Interim Coach". The Baltimore Sun.
  9. Wyche, Steve. (April 13, 1999). "Howard Out for Wizards". The Washington Post.
  10. Armour, Terry. (April 17, 1999). "Bulls End Misery (for Washington)". Chicago Tribune.
  11. Wyche, Steve. (April 27, 1999). "Wizards Lose 6th Straight". The Washington Post.
  12. "1998–99 Washington Wizards Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.
  13. "1998–99 Washington Wizards Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.
  14. "1998–99 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.
  15. Perkins, Chris. (July 15, 1999). "Versatile Thorpe a Top Target on Free-Agent List". Sun Sentinel.
  16. (August 5, 1999). "Thorpe Signs with Heat". CBS News.
  17. Wise, Mike. (October 31, 1999). "1999–2000 N.B.A. PREVIEW; The West Is Still the Best". The New York Times.
  18. (August 6, 1999). "PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL -- BOSTON; Cheaney Headed to the Celtics". The New York Times.
  19. (August 6, 1999). "Magic's Gone, So Hardaway Traded". Los Angeles Times.
  20. Wyche, Steve. (August 6, 1999). "Wizards Lose Cheaney to the Celtics". The Washington Post.
  21. (August 12, 1999). "PLUS: N.B.A. -- ORLANDO; Austin Traded to the Wizards". The New York Times.
  22. (August 12, 1999). "The Orlando Magic, Undergoing a Massive Overhaul...". Los Angeles Times.
  23. Wyche, Steve. (August 12, 1999). "Wizards Trade Wallace, 3 Others to Magic for Austin". The Washington Post.
  24. Wyche, Steve. (June 17, 1999). "Wizards See Future Success in Heard". The Washington Post.
  25. Asher, Mark. (September 10, 1999). "Wizards' Williams to Have Knee Surgery". The Washington Post.
  26. Wyche, Steve. (October 28, 2000). "Wizards Release Oft-Hurt Williams". The Washington Post.
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