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1999–2000 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

Fox Sports Net New York Metro-TV The 1999–2000 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 33rd season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. During the off-season, the team re-acquired former Nets guard Johnny Newman from the Los Angeles Clippers, and re-signed free agent and former Nets guard Sherman Douglas.

Without Jayson Williams, who missed the entire regular season due to a knee injury sustained from the previous season, the Nets struggled losing 15 of their first 17 games of the season. Despite the awful start, the team would eventually get hot by winning 13 of their next 18 games, later on holding a 19–30 record at the All-Star break, and find themselves near the playoff picture with a 31–40 record as of March 30, 2000. However, a rash of late-season injures cost the team to lose their final eleven games of the season, finishing in sixth place in the Atlantic Division with a 31–51 record.

Stephon Marbury averaged 22.2 points, 8.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Keith Van Horn averaged 19.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and Kendall Gill provided the team with 13.1 points and led them with 1.8 steals per game. In addition, Kerry Kittles contributed 13.0 points and 1.3 steals per game, but only played 62 games due to a knee injury, while off the bench, Newman played a sixth man role, averaging 10.0 points per game, Lucious Harris contributed 6.7 points per game, and Jamie Feick contributed 5.7 points and led the team with 9.3 rebounds per game.

During the regular season, Marbury and Gill both reached different milestones, as Marbury dished out his 2,000th career assist, and Gill scored his 10,000th career point. Gill also finished tied in eighth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting. The Nets finished 17th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 643,631 at the Continental Airlines Arena during the regular season.

Following the season, head coach Don Casey was fired, while Scott Burrell and Gheorghe Mureșan were both released to free agency, Elliot Perry signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, and Williams retired after nine seasons in the NBA.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1999 NBA draft

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2	34	Evan Eschmeyer	C	United States	Northwestern

Roster

Don Casey
Eddie Jordan
Jim Lynam
Mike O'Koren ;Roster notes
Center Jayson Williams was on the injured reserve list due to a leg injury, and missed the entire regular season.

Regular season

The Nets started the season at 2–15, a franchise record low. Despite the poor start, the Nets rallied back to compete for a playoff spot. The Nets were still alive in the playoff race at the beginning of April with three weeks left in the season. After the first week of April, the team was without their leading scorer, Stephon Marbury, who struggled with knee injuries. Other injuries included rookie Evan Eschmeyer (ankle), and starting shooting guard Kerry Kittles (knee). The Nets were officially eliminated from playoff contention on April 7 after a 103–85 loss to the Miami Heat. The team finished the season by losing their final 11 games of the year.

Season standings

Schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

|- |Stephon Marbury |74 |74 |38.9 |.432 |.283 |.813 |3.2 |8.4 |1.5 |0.2

22.2
Keith Van Horn
80
80
34.8
.445
.368
.847
8.5
2.0
0.8
0.8
19.2
-
Kendall Gill
76
75
31.0
.414
.256
.710
3.7
2.8
1.8
0.5
13.1
-
Kerry Kittles
62
61
30.6
.437
.400
.795
3.6
2.3
1.3
0.3
13.0
-
Johnny Newman
82
9
21.5
.446
.379
.838
1.9
0.8
0.6
0.1
10.0
-
Lucious Harris
77
11
19.6
.428
.330
.798
2.4
1.3
0.8
0.1
6.7
-
Scott Burrell
74
9
18.1
.394
.353
.780
3.5
1.0
0.9
0.6
6.1
-
Sherman Douglas
20
2
15.5
.500
.313
.893
1.5
1.7
0.9
0.0
6.0
-
Jamie Feick
81
17
27.7
.428
1.000
.707
9.3
0.8
0.5
0.5
5.7
-
Elliot Perry
60
5
13.4
.435
.282
.806
1.0
2.3
0.7
0.0
5.3
-
Gheorge Muresan
30
2
8.9
.456

| |.605 |2.3 |0.3 |0.0 |0.4

3.5
Evan Eschmeyer
31
5
12.0
.528

| |.500 |3.5 |0.7 |0.3 |0.7

2.9
Jim McIlvaine
66
53
15.9
.416

| |.518 |3.5 |0.5 |0.4 |1.8

2.4
Michael Cage
20
7
12.1
.500

| |1.000 |4.1 |0.5 |0.4 |0.4

1.4
Mark Hendrickson
5
0
4.8
.000

| |.500 |0.4 |0.6 |0.0 |0.0 |0.2 |}

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

Stephon Marbury, All-NBA Third Team

References

New Jersey Nets on Basketball Reference

References

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