1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season

1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Dave Cowens (15 games) Paul Silas (35 games)
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	26–24 (.520)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportSouth, WJZY
Radio	WBT

The 1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's eleventh season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] After a four month lockout wiped out half the season, the Hornets began their season dealing with injuries as Anthony Mason was lost for the entire season with a knee injury suffered in practice a few days before the start of the season. Glen Rice was also on the injured list and demanded a trade. The Hornets struggled with a disappointing 4–11 start to the season. Head coach Dave Cowens was replaced by Paul Silas.

A few days later, Rice was traded along with J.R. Reid, and B.J. Armstrong to the Los Angeles Lakers for Eddie Jones, and Elden Campbell. The team improved under Silas posting a 22–13 record, including a nine-game winning streak. The Hornets finished fifth in the Central Division with a 26–24 record. However, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1995–96 season. The Hornets finished sixth the NBA in attendance for the season.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1998 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	21	Ricky Davis	SF/SG	United States	Iowa
2	50	Andrew Betts		United States	California State-Long Beach

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Beck, Corey	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Arkansas
4.5 !PF	52	USA !	Brown, Chucky	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	North Carolina State
6.0 !C	41	USA !	Campbell, Elden	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Clemson
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Coleman, Derrick	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Syracuse
2.0 !SG	21	USA !	Davis, Ricky	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Iowa
3.0 !SF	6	USA !	Jones, Eddie	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Temple
4.5 !PF	14	USA !	Mason, Anthony	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Tennessee State
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Miller, Brad	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Purdue
3.0 !SF	45	USA !	Person, Chuck	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Auburn
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Phills, Bobby	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Southern
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Recasner, Eldridge	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Washington
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Shackleford, Charles	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	North Carolina State
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Wesley, David	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Baylor

Head coach

Dave Cowens (Florida State)
Paul Silas (Creighton)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster Notes

Forward Anthony Mason missed the entire season due to an injury.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	33	17	.660	–	18–7	15–10	15–7
x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2	16–9	15–10	15–8
x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4	17–8	12–13	13–8
x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5	17–8	11–14	13–11
Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7	16–9	10–15	12–10
Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10	14–11	9–16	9–14
Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11	15–10	7–18	9–13
Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20	8–17	5–20	4–19

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Miami Heat	33	17	.660	–
2	y-Indiana Pacers	33	17	.660	–
3	x-Orlando Magic	33	17	.660	–
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2
5	x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	28	22	.560	5
7	x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5
8	x-New York Knicks	27	23	.540	6

9	Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7
10	Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11
12	Boston Celtics	19	31	.380	14
13	Washington Wizards	18	32	.360	15
14	New Jersey Nets	16	34	.320	17
15	Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 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	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Armstrong, B.J. !B.J. Armstrong	10	1	17.8	.488	.750	.900	1.6	2.7	0.3	0.0	5.7
Beck, Corey !Corey Beck	16	0	9.4	.452	1.000	.462	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.2
Brown, Chucky !Chucky Brown	48	21	24.8	.472	.375	.678	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	8.5
Burton, Willie !Willie Burton	3	0	6.0	.143	.000	.500	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Campbell, Elden !Elden Campbell	32	32	35.4	.489	.000	.647	9.4	1.9	1.2	1.8	15.3
Coleman, Derrick !Derrick Coleman	37	29	31.8	.414	.212	.753	8.9	2.1	0.6	1.1	13.1
Davis, Ricky !Ricky Davis	46	1	12.1	.405	.167	.763	1.8	1.3	0.7	0.2	4.4
Jones, Eddie !Eddie Jones	30	30	38.6	.446	.359	.801	.3.9	4.2	3.0	1.1	17.0
Miller, Brad !Brad Miller	38	0	12.3	.565	.500	.794	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	6.3
Person, Chuck !Chuck Person	50	21	19.8	.388	.350	.750	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	6.1
Phills, Bobby !Bobby Phills	43	43	36.6	.433	.395	.685	4.0	3.5	1.4	0.6	14.3
Recasner, Eldridge !Eldridge Recasner	44	2	16.1	.446	.400	.872	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.0	5.0
Reid, J.R. !J.R. Reid	16	16	34.8	.521		.798	7.1	1.6	1.4	0.6	15.2
Shackleford, Charles !Charles Shackleford	32	4	11.5	.489		.655	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	3.3
Wesley, David !David Wesley	50	50	37.0	.446	.359	.832	3.2	6.4	2.0	0.2	14.1
Williams, Travis !Travis Williams	8	0	7.8	.462		.750	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.9
Wolf, Joe !Joe Wolf	3	0	4.0	.000		.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and records

Eddie Jones, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

January 21, 1999

Signed Brad Miller as a free agent.

Signed Eldridge Recasner as a free agent.

Signed Charles Shackleford as a free agent.

Signed Chucky Brown as a free agent.

Signed Derrick Coleman as a free agent.

January 26, 1999

Signed Chuck Person as a free agent.

February 3, 1999

Signed Joe Wolf as a free agent.

February 28, 1999

Signed Willie Burton as a free agent.

March 8, 1999

Waived Willie Burton.

March 10, 1999

Waived Joe Wolf.

Traded B.J. Armstrong, J.R. Reid and Glen Rice to the Los Angeles Lakers for Elden Campbell and Eddie Jones.

March 16, 1999

Waived Travis Williams.

March 17, 1999

Signed Corey Beck to the first of two 10-day contracts.

April 6, 1999

Signed Corey Beck to a contract for the rest of the season.

References

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Charlotte Hornets

Founded in 1988 Formerly the Charlotte Bobcats (2004–2014) Based in Charlotte, North Carolina

Franchise	History Seasons 1988 Expansion Draft 2004 Expansion Draft Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Accomplishments Broadcasters Current season

Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum (1988–2002, 2004–2005) Spectrum Center (2005–present)

Administration	Owner Michael Jordan President of Basketball Operations Rod Higgins General Manager Rich Cho

General Managers	Scheer Bass Bickerstaff Higgins Cho

D-League affiliate	Greensboro Swarm (beginning in the 2016–17 NBA D-League season)

Retired numbers	13

Hall of Famers	Robert Parish Alonzo Mourning Dave Cowens Larry Brown

Culture and lore	Buzz City George Shinn Hugo Charlotte Honey Bees "Grandmama" "Zo"

NBA Playoff Appearances (10)	1993 1995 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2010 2014 2016

Media	TV Fox Sports Carolinas Fox Sports Southeast Radio WFNZ Announcers Eric Collins Dell Curry Stephanie Ready Steve Martin

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2010s

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Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Sacramento Seattle

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