1998–99 Toronto Raptors season

1998–99 Toronto Raptors season
Vince Carter's rookie season
Head coach	Butch Carter
Owner(s)	Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Arena	SkyDome Maple Leaf Gardens Air Canada Centre
Results
Record	23–27 (.460)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CTV Sportsnet, TSN, The Score, CKVR
Radio	CFRB

The 1998–99 NBA season was Toronto's fourth season in the team's franchise.^[1] In the 1998 NBA draft, the Raptors selected Antawn Jamison out of the University of North Carolina with the fourth overall pick. However, they traded Jamison to the Golden State Warriors for his college teammate Vince Carter (who is also Tracy McGrady's cousin), while acquiring Charles Oakley from the New York Knicks, and Kevin Willis from the Houston Rockets. During the regular season, the Raptors moved into their new arena Air Canada Centre. The Raptors finished the season with a 23–27 record, sixth in the Central Division. Carter averaged 18.3 points per game and was named Rookie of the Year. Following the season, John Wallace re-signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

Offseason

• June 25, 1998 – The Raptors trade Marcus Camby to the New York Knicks in exchange for Charles Oakley.
• January 21, 1999 – The Raptors trade Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets for the Nuggets first round pick in the 1999 NBA draft.

NBA Draft

Carter was drafted by the NBA's Golden State Warriors 5th overall and then traded to the Toronto Raptors for Antawn Jamison, his UNC college teammate and best friend.^[2] Carter and Jamison played together at the University of North Carolina.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	4	Antawn Jamison (traded to Golden State)	SF	United States	North Carolina
2	47	Tyson Wheeler	PG	United States	Rhode Island

Roster

Toronto Raptors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 7 Brown, Dee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jacksonville SF 15 Carter, Vince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina SG 13 Christie, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Pepperdine PG 11 Knight, Negele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Dayton C 22 Marks, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) UC Berkeley SF 1 McGrady, Tracy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mt. Zion Christian Academy (HS) PF 34 Oakley, Charles 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Virginia Union PF 35 Slater, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Wyoming C 4 Stewart, Michael 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UC Berkeley PF 12 Thomas, John 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Minnesota SF 44 Wallace, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Syracuse PG 20 Williams, Alvin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Villanova PG 14 Williams, Micheal 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Baylor C 42 Willis, Kevin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Michigan State	Head coach Butch Carter (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Joe Harrington (Maryland) Brian James (Illinois State) Jim Thomas (Indiana) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Highs

• The Raptors played their final game at Skydome on February 19, 1999.
• The first Raptors game at Air Canada Centre took place on February 21, 1999 versus the Vancouver Grizzlies.

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

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	—

Game log

1998–99 game log
February: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 February 5 @ Boston W 103–92 Kevin Willis (28) Kevin Willis (16) Alvin Williams (6) FleetCenter 17,892 1-0 2 February 6 @ Washington L 97–98 Charles Oakley (18) Charles Oakley (8) Alvin Williams (9) MCI Center 19,335 1-1 3 February 9 Milwaukee L 77–91 Vince Carter (22) Charles Oakley, Kevin Willis (11) Dee Brown (6) Maple Leaf Gardens 14,577 1-2 4 February 11 @ Miami L 84–102 Doug Christie (20) Michael Stewart (7) Doug Christie, Alvin Williams (3) Miami Arena 14,832 1-3 5 February 16 @ New York L 85–95 Vince Carter (17) Charles Oakley (7) Doug Christie (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 1-4 6 February 18 Washington L 88–95 Kevin Willis (25) Kevin Willis (14) Doug Christie (6) SkyDome 14,292 1-5 7 February 19 Milwaukee W 90–82 Doug Christie (20) Kevin Willis (11) Tracy McGrady (7) SkyDome 14,888 2-5 8 February 21 Vancouver W 102–87 Vince Carter (27) Kevin Willis (15) Charles Oakley (6) Air Canada Centre 19,800 3-5 9 February 23 @ Detroit L 80–106 John Wallace (14) Doug Christie, John Wallace (5) Doug Christie, Tracy McGrady (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,187 3-6 10 February 24 @ Indiana L 84–104 Vince Carter (28) Kevin Willis (13) Tracy McGrady (3) Market Square Arena 14,700 3-7 11 February 26 Minnesota W 102–92 Vince Carter (21) Kevin Willis (16) Doug Christie (9) Air Canada Centre 15,122 4-7 12 February 28 Chicago L 88–90 (OT) Kevin Willis (19) Charles Oakley (12) Dee Brown (7) Air Canada Centre 14,173 4-8
March: 11–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 5–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 March 1 @ Charlotte L 88–91 Dee Brown, Vince Carter, Doug Christie (15) John Wallace (10) Alvin Williams (6) Charlotte Coliseum 18,039 4-9 14 March 4 @ Atlanta W 86–77 Dee Brown (16) Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley (8) Doug Christie, Kevin Willis (4) Alexander Memorial Coliseum 7,877 5-9 15 March 5 Orlando L 84–89 Kevin Willis (21) Kevin Willis (14) Tracy McGrady, Alvin Williams (6) Air Canada Centre 15,601 5-10 16 March 7 Boston W 105–92 Vince Carter (26) Charles Oakley (13) Doug Christie (7) Air Canada Centre 16,635 6-10 17 March 11 @ Miami L 73–83 John Wallace (20) John Wallace (7) Charles Oakley (3) Miami Arena 14,911 6-11 18 March 13 @ Atlanta L 75–86 Doug Christie (21) Vince Carter (9) Doug Christie (4) Alexander Memorial Coliseum 8,456 6-12 19 March 15 Charlotte W 89–82 Doug Christie (18) Charles Oakley (10) Doug Christie (5) Air Canada Centre 15,329 7-12 20 March 16 New Jersey W 100–85 Vince Carter (20) Vince Carter (15) Dee Brown (5) Air Canada Centre 15,731 8-12 21 March 17 @ Detroit W 103–101 Vince Carter (28) Tracy McGrady (7) Tracy McGrady (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,981 9-12 22 March 19 L.A. Clippers W 93–82 Vince Carter (26) Tracy McGrady (12) Dee Brown, Alvin Williams (5) Air Canada Centre 18,839 10-12 23 March 21 New York W 85–81 (OT) Vince Carter (23) Vince Carter, Charles Oakley (12) Charles Oakley (4) Air Canada Centre 19,266 11-12 24 March 22 @ New Jersey L 87–106 John Wallace (19) John Wallace (7) Vince Carter, Charles Oakley (3) Continental Airlines Arena 14,697 11-13 25 March 23 @ Chicago W 113–90 Dee Brown (25) Vince Carter (11) Doug Christie (8) United Center 22,236 12-13 26 March 25 @ Houston L 104–113 Vince Carter (32) Charles Oakley (8) Vince Carter (6) Compaq Center 16,285 12-14 27 March 26 @ San Antonio W 93–91 Dee Brown (23) Charles Oakley, Kevin Willis (7) Doug Christie, Charles Oakley (5) Alamodome 16,290 13-14 28 March 28 Chicago W 91–78 Vince Carter (22) Charles Oakley (13) Doug Christie (6) Air Canada Centre 18,461 14-14 29 March 30 @ Cleveland W 101–91 Dee Brown (28) Charles Oakley (11) Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady (6) Gund Arena 14,209 15-14
April: 7–11 (Home: 4–7; Road: 3–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 April 1 Indiana W 88–87 Vince Carter (31) Vince Carter (11) Alvin Williams (8) Air Canada Centre 18,666 16-14 31 April 3 Washington W 87–85 Kevin Willis (22) Kevin Willis (11) Vince Carter, Doug Christie, Charles Oakley (4) Air Canada Centre 18,929 17-14 32 April 4 Philadelphia W 97–82 Doug Christie (22) Kevin Willis (11) Doug Christie, Charles Oakley, Kevin Willis (4) Air Canada Centre 18,462 18-14 33 April 6 Miami L 70–92 Tracy McGrady, John Wallace (12) Tracy McGrady (10) Dee Brown (4) Air Canada Centre 19,209 18-15 34 April 8 Boston L 89–101 Vince Carter (31) Kevin Willis (10) Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley (5) Air Canada Centre 16,949 18-16 35 April 9 @ New Jersey L 99–106 Vince Carter (26) Kevin Willis (15) Dee Brown (6) Continental Airlines Arena 15,764 18-17 36 April 12 Indiana L 99–109 Vince Carter (29) Kevin Willis (19) Doug Christie (8) Air Canada Centre 19,427 18-18 37 April 14 @ Philadelphia L 78–96 Doug Christie (19) Kevin Willis (10) Dee Brown, Charles Oakley (4) First Union Center 17,474 18-19 38 April 16 Cleveland L 90–91 (OT) Doug Christie (22) Vince Carter (12) Vince Carter (8) Air Canada Centre 19,280 18-20 39 April 17 @ New York W 93–90 Vince Carter (21) Kevin Willis (10) Charles Oakley (6) Madison Square Garden 19,763 19-20 40 April 19 Orlando W 90–72 Tracy McGrady, Kevin Willis (16) Tracy McGrady (11) Alvin Williams (5) Air Canada Centre 17,715 20-20 41 April 20 Atlanta L 81–103 Vince Carter (16) Kevin Willis (8) Dee Brown (5) Air Canada Centre 18,439 20-21 42 April 21 @ Washington W 107–91 Doug Christie (28) Charles Oakley (9) Doug Christie (7) MCI Center 12,214 21-21 43 April 23 @ Orlando W 95–88 Vince Carter (24) Tracy McGrady (8) Dee Brown (4) Orlando Arena 17,248 22-21 44 April 25 Detroit L 83–91 Vince Carter (18) Kevin Willis (7) Vince Carter (8) Air Canada Centre 19,800 22-22 45 April 27 Charlotte L 98–108 Tracy McGrady (27) Charles Oakley (10) Charles Oakley (5) Air Canada Centre 19,800 22-23 46 April 28 @ Milwaukee L 102–115 Dee Brown (29) Vince Carter (7) Doug Christie (5) Bradley Center 15,463 22-24 47 April 30 @ Cleveland L 83–91 Vince Carter (25) Tracy McGrady (13) Vince Carter (5) Gund Arena 13,958 22-25
May: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 May 1 @ Philadelphia L 96–103 Doug Christie (27) John Wallace (8) Charles Oakley (6) First Union Center 20,550 22-26 49 May 4 @ Milwaukee L 86–99 Vince Carter (26) Tracy McGrady, Reggie Slater (6) Charles Oakley (5) Bradley Center 13,859 22-27 50 May 5 Cleveland W 96–87 Doug Christie (26) John Thomas (11) Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley (7) Air Canada Centre 19,800 23-27
1998–99 season schedule

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Baker	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	.0
Dee Brown	49	0	28.1	.378	.387	.727	2.1	2.9	1.14	.16	11.2
Vince Carter	50	49	35.2	.450	.288	.761	5.7	3.0	1.10	1.54	18.3
Doug Christie	50	50	35.4	.388	.304	.841	4.1	3.7	2.26	.52	15.2
Negele Knight	6	0	9.3	.375	.000	.500	1.0	1.3	.17	.00	1.3
Sean Marks	8	0	3.5	.625	.000	.500	.1	.0	.13	.00	1.4
Tracy McGrady	49	2	22.6	.436	.229	.726	5.7	2.3	1.06	1.35	9.3
Charles Oakley	50	50	32.7	.428	.200	.807	7.5	3.4	.92	.42	7.0
Reggie Slater	30	0	8.8	.383	.000	.624	2.3	.2	.10	.10	3.8
Michael Stewart	42	2	9.4	.415	.000	.680	2.4	.1	.10	.67	1.5
John Thomas	39	11	15.2	.577	.000	.563	3.4	.4	.44	.23	4.3
John Wallace	48	3	16.9	.432	.000	.700	3.6	1.0	.25	.90	8.6
Alvin Williams	50	45	21.0	.401	.333	.846	1.6	2.6	1.02	.24	5.0
Micheal Williams	2	0	7.5	.200	.000	.000	.5	.0	.00	.00	1.0
Kevin Willis	42	38	29.0	.418	.000	.839	8.3	1.6	.67	.67	12.0

Award winners

• Vince Carter, NBA Rookie of the Year

References

1. 1998–99 Toronto Raptors
2. Velasco, Dennis. "Vince Carter Player Profile". About Basketball. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-18.

External links

• 1998–99 Toronto Raptors season at Basketball Reference
• 1998–99 Toronto Raptors season at Database Basketball