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1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season
NBA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| end_year | 2000 |
| wins | 32 |
| losses | 50 |
| division | central |
| division_place | 6 |
| conf_place | 11 |
| coach | Randy Wittman |
| arena | Gund Arena |
| television | Fox Sports Net Ohio WUAB |
| radio | WTAM |
| playoffs | Did not qualify |
| bbr_team | CLE |
The 1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the 30th season for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association. In the 1999 NBA draft, the Cavaliers selected point guard Andre Miller from the University of Utah with the eighth overall pick (which was acquired from the Boston Celtics via trade), and also selected shooting guard Trajan Langdon out of Duke University with the eleventh overall pick. During the off-season, the team acquired Lamond Murray from the Los Angeles Clippers, and signed free agent Mark Bryant.
After only playing just five games the previous season, Zydrunas Ilgauskas would miss the entire regular season due to continuing foot injuries. Under new head coach Randy Wittman, the Cavaliers played around .500 in winning percentage with an 11–9 start to the season, but then continued to struggle losing ten of their next eleven games, and held a 19–30 record at the All-Star break. The Cavaliers finished in sixth place in the Central Division with a 32–50 record.
Shawn Kemp averaged 17.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, while Murray averaged 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, and Bob Sura provided the team with 13.8 points and 3.9 assists per game, and also led them with 122 three-point field goals. In addition, Miller provided with 11.1 points and 5.8 assists per game, was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Brevin Knight contributed 9.3 points, 7.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Wesley Person contributed 9.2 points per game and 106 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Danny Ferry contributed 7.3 points per game off the bench, while on the defensive side, Andrew DeClercq averaged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Bryant provided with 5.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
During the NBA All-Star weekend at The Arena in Oakland in Oakland, California, Sura participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout, while Miller was selected for the NBA Rookie Challenge Game, as a member of the Rookies team; Miller scored 18 points as the Rookies defeated the Sophomores team in overtime, 92–83. Sura also finished tied in eleventh place in Most Improved Player voting, while Miller finished in fourth place in Rookie of the Year voting.
The Cavaliers finished 24th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 603,702 at the Gund Arena during the regular season. Following the season, Kemp was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team trade, while Sura was traded to the Golden State Warriors, DeClercq was dealt to the Orlando Magic, Bryant was released to free agency, and Ferry signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.
For the season, the Cavaliers changed their uniforms, removing the controversial light blue splash from across the jerseys and shorts; these uniforms would remain in use until 2003.
Draft picks
Main article: 1999 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8* | Andre Miller | Guard | United States | Utah |
| 1 | 11 | Trajan Langdon | Guard | United States | Duke |
| 2 | 39 | AJ Bramlett | Center | United States | Arizona |
*1st round pick acquired from Boston in Vitaly Potapenko deal.
Roster
- Randy Wittman
- Bill Blair
- Bob Ociepka
- Mike Woodson
Roster Notes
- Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was on the injured reserve list due to a foot injury, and missed the entire regular season.
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
|-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 || December 11, 1999 || Atlanta | W 127–116 | | | | Gund Arena 11,328 | 10–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 23, 1999 || @ Atlanta | L 90–108 | | | | Philips Arena 12,528 | 11–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 47 || February 5, 2000 || Atlanta | L 94–102 | | | | Gund Arena 18,595 | 19–28 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 80 || April 16, 2000 || @ Atlanta | L 101–104 | | | | Philips Arena 14,061 | 31–49
Player statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Kemp | 82 | 82 | 30.4 | 41.7 | 33.3 | 77.6 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 17.8 |
| Lamond Murray | 74 | 72 | 32.0 | 45.1 | 36.7 | 76.1 | 5.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 15.9 |
| Bob Sura | 73 | 45 | 30.4 | 43.7 | 36.7 | 69.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.8 |
| Andre Miller | 82 | 36 | 25.5 | 44.9 | 20.4 | 77.4 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.1 |
| Brevin Knight | 65 | 46 | 27.0 | 41.2 | 20.0 | 76.1 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| Wesley Person | 79 | 38 | 26.0 | 42.8 | 42.4 | 79.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| Danny Ferry | 63 | 3 | 21.0 | 49.7 | 44.0 | 91.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 7.3 |
| Andrew DeClercq | 82 | 31 | 22.3 | 50.8 | 0.0 | 58.8 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| Mark Bryant | 75 | 50 | 22.8 | 50.3 | 0.0 | 80.9 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| Cedric Henderson | 61 | 7 | 18.1 | 39.6 | 6.7 | 66.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| Earl Boykins | 25 | 0 | 10.1 | 47.3 | 40.0 | 78.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Trajan Langdon | 10 | 0 | 14.5 | 37.5 | 42.1 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| Ryan Stack | 25 | 0 | 7.9 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Donny Marshall | 6 | 0 | 6.5 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Kornel David | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Lari Ketner | 16 | 0 | 5.7 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 10 | 0 | 4.7 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| A.J. Bramlett | 8 | 0 | 7.6 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Benoit Benjamin | 3 | 0 | 2.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Pete Chilcutt | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Player statistics citation:
Awards and records
- Andre Miller, NBA All-Rookie Team, First Team
References
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