1999–2000 Phoenix Suns season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 32nd season for the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.[1] During the offseason, the Suns acquired All-Star guard Anfernee Hardaway from the Orlando Magic,[2] and signed free agent Rodney Rogers while re-signing former Suns center Oliver Miller. Scott Skiles would come on as head coach, replacing Danny Ainge after a 13–7 start to the season. The Suns would finish third in the Pacific Division at 53–29, and extend the franchise's record for playoff appearances before losing in the Western Conference semifinals.

1999–2000 Phoenix Suns season
Head coachDanny Ainge,
Scott Skiles
General managerBryan Colangelo
OwnersJerry Colangelo
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Results
Record53–29 (.646)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Semifinals to L.A. Lakers (1–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionKUTP
Fox Sports Net Arizona
Cox 9
RadioKTAR

Clifford Robinson led the team in scoring at 18.5 points per game. Hardaway, Jason Kidd, Rodney Rogers, Tom Gugliotta, and top draft pick Shawn Marion rounded out a list of six Suns players averaging double-digits in points. Kidd led the NBA in assists per game and was tied for fifth in steals, while being selected for the 2000 NBA All-Star Game. Rogers finished the regular season fourth in three-point field goal percentage, and won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award. Kidd would earn All-NBA First Team and NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors. In March, former Suns guard Kevin Johnson came out of his retirement and played in six games. He would then retire for the second time after the playoffs.

The Suns finished with the same regular season record, but did not have home court advantage going into their first round match-up with the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. Still, the Suns would advance to their first conference semifinals appearance since the 1994–95 season en route to taking the series three games to one. The Suns lost in the conference semifinals to new league MVP Shaquille O'Neal and the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to one. Following the season, Rex Chapman retired, Miller was released and Luc Longley was traded to the New York Knicks.

Offseason

NBA Draft
Main article: 1999 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 9 Shawn Marion Forward  United States UNLV

The Suns received the ninth pick from a trade with the Dallas Mavericks in 1998. With the pick they selected combo forward Shawn Marion from UNLV. Marion averaged 18.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.9 blocks per game in one year with the Runnin' Rebels. On July 30, the Suns signed him to a 4-year rookie contract for $5.9 million. Though missing two months with a knee injury, Marion averaged 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in his first season, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Marion would play over eight seasons with the Suns, becoming an All-Star four times and being named to the All-NBA Third Team twice, before being traded to the Miami Heat in 2008.

The Suns traded their first-round pick to the Chicago Bulls in 1999. With the pick the Bulls selected future All-Star and Defensive Player of the Year Ron Artest (later Metta World Peace). They also traded their second-round pick to the Houston Rockets in 1996. With the pick the Rockets selected Tyrone Washington.

Roster
Phoenix Suns roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOB (Y-M-D)From
G/F 12 Bailey, Toby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1975–11–19 UCLA
F/C 40 Blount, Corie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1969–01–04 Cincinnati
G 3 Chapman, Rex  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1967–10–05 Kentucky
G 11 Day, Todd 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1970–01–07 Arkansas
F 24 Gugliotta, Tom  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1969–12–19 North Carolina State
G/F 1 Hardaway, Anfernee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1971–07–18 Memphis
G 7 Johnson, Kevin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1966–03–04 California
G 32 Kidd, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1973–03–23 California
G 2 Livingston, Randy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1975–04–02 LSU
C 13 Longley, Luc 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1969–01–19 New Mexico
F 25 MacLean, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1970–01–16 UCLA
F 31 Marion, Shawn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978–05–07 UNLV
C 8 Miller, Oliver 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1970–04–06 Arkansas
F/C 30 Robinson, Clifford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–12–16 Connecticut
F 54 Rogers, Rodney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1971–06–20 Wake Forest
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers 6715.817–36–531–1020–4
x-Portland Trail Blazers 5923.720830–1129–1221–3
x-Phoenix Suns 5329.6461432–921–2015–9
x-Seattle SuperSonics 4537.5492224–1721–2012–12
x-Sacramento Kings 4438.5372330–1114–279–15
Golden State Warriors 1963.2324812–297–342–22
Los Angeles Clippers 1567.1835210–315–365–19
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Los Angeles Lakers6715.817–
2 y-Utah Jazz5527.67112
3 x-Portland Trail Blazers5923.7208
4 x-San Antonio Spurs5329.64614
5 x-Phoenix Suns5329.64614
6 x-Minnesota Timberwolves5032.61017
7 x-Seattle SuperSonics4537.54922
8 x-Sacramento Kings4438.53723
9 Dallas Mavericks4042.48827
10 Denver Nuggets3547.42732
11 Houston Rockets3448.41533
12 Vancouver Grizzlies2260.26845
13 Golden State Warriors1963.23248
14 Los Angeles Clippers1567.18352

Record vs. opponents
1999-2000 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MIA MIL MIN NJN NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA VAN WAS
Atlanta —1–31–33–13–10–21–11–30–21–11–31–10–22–20–41–13–12–10–30–40–20–22–00–21–12–20–21–11–3
Boston 3–1—1–32–22–21–12–00–31–11–11–31–10–21–31–20–23–12–22–21–31–10–21–10–21–12–21–11–13–1
Charlotte 3–13–1—4–03–11–11–12–22–01–12–22–00–22–23–12–02–11–32–23–11–10–20–20–21–13–10–22–03–0
Chicago 1–32–20–4—1–30–21–11–30–20–21–32–00–22–21–30–22–10–30–40–40–20–20–20–21–10–40–20–22–2
Cleveland 1–32–21–33–1—2–02–02–21–11–10–42–00–20–31–30–22–23–12–10–40–21–10–21–10–20–40–22–03–1
Dallas 2–01–11–12–00–2—3–12–04–01–31–14–01–30–20–22–20–20–21–10–23–12–21–32–21–31–11–33–11–1
Denver 1–10–21–11–10–21–3—1–12–22–20–23–11–30–22–02–21–11–10–22–01–32–22–21–31–32–02–22–21–1
Detroit 3–13–02–23–12–20–21–1—2–01–11–32–00–22–23–10–22–11–32–22–20–21–10–21–12–02–20–22–02–2
Golden State 2–01–10–22–01–10–42–20–2—1–30–21–30–41–11–11–30–20–21–10–20–40–41–30–40–40–20–43–11–1
Houston 1–11–11–12–01–13–12–21–13–1—0–24–02–21–10–20–41–10–20–21–12–22–21–30–41–30–21–32–21–1
Indiana 3–13–12–23–14–01–12–03–12–02–0—1–11–12–22–21–13–12–22–12–21–12–01–11–11–13–12–02–02–1
L.A. Clippers 1–11–10–20–20–20–41–30–23–10–41–1—0–40–20–21–31–11–10–21–10–40–41–30–41–30–20–41–31–1
L.A. Lakers 2–02–02–02–02–03–13–12–04–02–21–14–0—2–02–04–02–02–02–02–04–02–23–11–33–11–13–14–01–1
Miami 2–23–12–22–23–02–02–02–21–11–12–22–00–2—2–22–02–23–13–13–11–11–12–01–11–11–21–11–14–0
Milwaukee 4–02–11–33–13–12–00–21–31–12–02–22–00–22–2—0–21–30–44–00–31–10–21–12–01–12–21–11–13–1
Minnesota 1–12–00–22–02–02–22–22–03–14–01–13–10–40–22–0—1–11–11–11–11–32–23–13–12–22–03–14–00–2
New Jersey 1–31–31–21–22–22–01–11–22–01–11–31–10–22–23–11–1—1–33–21–30–21–11–10–20–22–20–20–21–3
New York 1–22–23–13–01–32–01–13–12–02–02–21–10–21–34–01–13–1—3–13–11–12–01–11–12–01–30–22–02–2
Orlando 3–02–22–24–01–21–12–02–21–12–01–22–00–21–30–41–12–31–3—2–20–20–20–21–11–12–21–12–04–0
Philadelphia 4–03–11–34–04–02–00–22–22–01–12–21–10–21–33–01–13–11–32–2—0–20–21–10–22–03–01–12–03–1
Phoenix 2–01–11–12–02–01–33–12–04–02–21–14–00–41–11–13–12–01–12–02–0—1–34–02–22–21–10–44–02–0
Portland 2–02–02–02–01–12–22–21–14–02–20–24–02–21–12–02–21–10–22–02–03–1—4–03–14–01–13–13–12–0
Sacramento 0–21–12–02–02–03–12–22–03–13–11–13–11–30–21–11–31–11–12–01–10–40–4—3–12–21–11–33–12–0
San Antonio 2–02–02–02–01–12–23–11–14–04–01–14–03–11–10–21–32–01–11–12–02–21–31–3—2–21–12–24–01–1
Seattle 1–11–11–11–12–03–13–10–24–03–11–13–11–31–11–12–22–00–21–10–22–20–42–22–2—0–22–24–02–0
Toronto 2–22–21–34–04–01–10–22–22–02–01–32–01–12–12–20–22–23–12–20–31–11–11–11–12–0—1–11–12–2
Utah 2–01–12–02–02–03–12–22–04–03–10–24–01–31–11–11–32–02–01–11–14–01–33–12–22–21–1—3–12–0
Vancouver 1–11–10–22–00–21–32–20–21–32–20–23–10–41–11–10–42–00–20–20–20–41–31–30–40–41–11–3—1–1
Washington 3–11–30–32–21–31–11–12–21–11–11–21–11–10–41–32–03–12–20–41–30–20–20–21–10–22–20–21–1—

Game log

Regular season
1999-2000 Regular Season Game Log (53–29) (Home: 32–9; Road: 21–20)

Playoffs
2000 Playoff Game Log (4–5) (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–4)

Playoffs

West First Round

(4) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Phoenix Suns Last Playoff Meeting: 1998 Western Conference First Round (San Antonio won 3-1)

May 2
San Antonio Spurs 78, Phoenix Suns 89
Phoenix wins series, 3-1

Western Conference Semifinals

(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (5) Phoenix Suns Last Playoff Meeting: 1993 Western Conference First Round (Phoenix won 3-2)

May 16
Phoenix Suns 65, Los Angeles Lakers 87
Los Angeles wins series, 4-1

Awards and honors

Week/Month
  • Jason Kidd was named Player of the Week for games played December 12 through December 18.

All-Star
  • Jason Kidd was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. Kidd finished first in voting among Western Conference guards with 1,061,031 votes.

Season

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Toby Bailey4629.8.414.200.6921.60.7.3.13.5
Corie Blount38111.7.494†.000.5763.00.3.4.22.8
Rex Chapman531918.1.388.333.7561.51.2.4.06.6
Ben Davis504.4.333..1.8.4.2.20.8
Todd Day58116.2.394.388.6672.21.1.8.46.8
Tom Gugliotta545432.7.481.125.7757.92.31.5.613.7
Penny Hardaway606037.6.474.324.7905.85.31.6.616.9
Kevin Johnson6018.8.571†1.000^1.000#2.74.0.3.06.7
Jason Kidd676739.0.409.337.829#7.210.12.0.414.3
Randy Livingston791513.7.416.345.839#1.62.2.6.24.8
Luc Longley726819.7.466..8254.51.1.3.66.3
Don MacLean1608.9.367.333.6671.40.5.1.12.6
Shawn Marion513824.7.471.182.847#6.51.4.71.010.2
Oliver Miller51921.3.588†..6715.11.3.81.66.3
Clifford Robinson806735.5.464.370.7824.52.81.1.818.5
Rodney Rogers82727.9.486†.439^.6395.52.11.1.613.8
Mark West2225.8.417..6251.40.1.1.20.7

† – Minimum 300 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
# – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Toby Bailey503.0.250..5000.40.4.0.00.8
Corie Blount9018.0.548†..5566.20.3.7.74.9
Todd Day9011.1.457.313.5001.10.4.4.14.7
Penny Hardaway9942.9.462†.263.7104.95.71.61.020.3
Kevin Johnson9014.3.324.000.833^1.42.6.3.13.2
Jason Kidd6638.2.400.364.778^6.78.81.8.29.8
Randy Livingston739.0.222.333.1.00.6.6.12.0
Luc Longley9918.0.353..6673.30.9.4.44.2
Shawn Marion9931.2.419.167.818^8.80.8.71.69.1
Oliver Miller705.3.222.000.5001.10.1.0.30.9
Clifford Robinson9937.0.386.325.7336.02.11.2.817.6
Rodney Rogers9029.2.417.222.742^6.81.61.11.114.1

† – Minimum 20 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 10 free throws made.

Transactions

Trades
August 5, 1999
 To Orlando Magic---- To Phoenix Suns----

Additions
Date Player Contract Former Team
July 30, 1999 Toby Bailey Re-signed to 1-year contract for $535,000 Phoenix Suns
August 1, 1999 Clifford Robinson Re-signed to 4-year contract for $29 million Phoenix Suns
August 1, 1999 Oliver Miller Signed to 1-year contract for $510,000 Sacramento Kings
August 2, 1999 Rodney Rogers Signed to 3-year contract for $6.6 million Los Angeles Clippers
August 17, 1999 Randy Livingston Re-signed to multi-year contract Phoenix Suns
September 8, 1999 Corie Blount Signed to 1-year contract for $1.1 million Cleveland Cavaliers
October 4, 1999 Todd Day Signed to 1-year contract for $510,000 La Crosse Bobcats (CBA)
October 5, 1999 Jason Singleton Undisclosed
October 5, 1999 LaMarcus Golden Undisclosed Rapid City Thrillers (IBA)
October 5, 1999 Mike Brown Undisclosed Cantabria Lobos
October 5, 1999 Peter Aluma Undisclosed Sacramento Kings
October 19, 1999 Mark West Signed to 1-year contract for $510,000 Atlanta Hawks
December 23, 1999 Ben Davis Undisclosed Idaho Stampede (CBA)
January 7, 2000 Ben Davis Signed 10-day contract Phoenix Suns
March 13, 2000 Don MacLean Signed two 10-day contracts Seattle SuperSonics
March 23, 2000 Kevin Johnson Signed for rest of season Phoenix Suns
April 2, 2000 Don MacLean Signed for rest of season Phoenix Suns

Subtractions
Date Player Reason Left New Team
October 12, 1999 Kevin Johnson Retired Phoenix Suns
October 14, 1999 Jason Singleton Waived Sydney Spirit (Australia)
October 14, 1999 LaMarcus Golden Waived Siouxland Bombers (IBA)
October 16, 1999 Peter Aluma Waived Harlem Globetrotters
October 19, 1999 Mike Brown Waived Olympiacos (Greece)
December 21, 1999 Gerald Brown Waived La Crosse Bobcats (CBA)
January 5, 2000 Ben Davis Waived Phoenix Suns
January 11, 2000 Ben Davis Waived Brujos de Guayama (Puerto Rico)
March 25, 2000 Mark West Waived

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/2000.html
  2. "Magic's Gone, so Hardaway Traded". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1999. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
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