1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 34th season for the Chicago Bulls in the National Basketball Association.^[1] The Bulls won the NBA draft lottery, and selected power forward Elton Brand out of Duke University with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft, and also selected small forward Ron Artest out of St. John's University with the sixteenth overall pick.^[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team acquired Hersey Hawkins from the Seattle SuperSonics,^[5][6][7] and signed free agent Fred Hoiberg,^[8] and re-signed former Bulls guard B. J. Armstrong, and former Bulls center Will Perdue, who both won championships from the team's first three-peat in the early 1990s.^[9][10][11]

1999–2000 Chicago Bulls season
Head coach	Tim Floyd
General manager	Jerry Krause
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Arena	United Center
Results
Record	17–65 (.207)
Place	Division: 8th (Central) Conference: 15th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Chicago WGN WCIU
Radio	WMVP
< 1998–99 2000–01 >

However, the Bulls' struggles continued as they lost 26 of their first 28 games of the regular season, posting 10 and 11-game losing streaks respectively.^[12] Along the way, the team signed free agent Chris Carr, who was previously released by the Golden State Warriors,^[13] and also signed three-point specialist Matt Maloney.^[14] At mid-season, Toni Kukoč was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, as the team acquired John Starks from the Warriors in a three-team trade.^[15][16][17] However, after just four games with the Bulls, Starks was released to free agency.^[18] The Bulls finished in last place in the Central Division with a 17–65 record.^[12]

Brand averaged 20.1 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and was also named the co-NBA Rookie of the Year along with Steve Francis of the Houston Rockets;^[19][20][21] he was also named the Most Valuable Player in the NBA Rookie Challenge Game during the NBA All-Star weekend in Oakland, California, in which he scored 16 points along with 21 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, as the Rookies defeated the Sophomores in overtime, 92–83.^[22][23][24] In addition, Artest averaged 12.0 points and 1.7 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, while Carr contributed 9.8 points per game off the bench, Hoiberg provided with 9.0 points and 1.3 steals per game, but only played just 31 games due to a knee injury,^[25] and Hawkins contributed 7.9 points per game. Meanwhile, Randy Brown provided with 6.4 points and 3.4 assists per game, Maloney contributed 6.4 points per game, and Dickey Simpkins averaged 4.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.^[26]

Following the season, Hawkins re-signed as a free agent with his former team, the Charlotte Hornets,^[27][28] while Brown signed with the Boston Celtics,^[29] Maloney signed with the Atlanta Hawks, and Carr, Armstrong, Simpkins and Perdue were all released to free agency.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1999 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	1	Elton Brand	PF	United States	Duke
1	16	Ron Artest	SF/SG	United States	St. John's
2	32	Michael Ruffin	PF	United States	Tulsa
2	49	Lari Ketner	C	United States	Massachusetts

Roster

1999–2000 Chicago Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 22 Chris Anstey 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 249 lb (113 kg) 1975–01–01 Australia G 11 B. J. Armstrong 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1967–09–09 Iowa G/F 15 Ron Artest  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1979–11–13 St. John's G/F 25 Corey Benjamin  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1978–02–24 Oregon State F/C 42 Elton Brand 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1979–03–11 Duke G 1 Randy Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1968–05–22 New Mexico State G/F 43 Chris Carr 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1974–03–12 Southern Illinois G 3 Hersey Hawkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1966–09–29 Bradley G/F 20 Fred Hoiberg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1972–10–15 Iowa State G 12 Matt Maloney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1971–12–06 Penn C 32 Will Perdue 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1965–08–29 Vanderbilt F 51 Michael Ruffin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 246 lb (112 kg) 1971–01–21 Tulsa F/C 8 Dickey Simpkins 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1972–04–06 Providence

Head coach Tim Floyd Assistant(s) Bill Berry Bill Cartwright Phil Johnson Fred Tedeschi (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: February 18, 2000

Roster Notes

• Point guard Khalid Reeves was waived on January 4, 2000.
• Shooting guard John Starks was waived on March 21, 2000.

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	–	36–5	20–21	20–8
x-Charlotte Hornets	49	33	.598	7	30–11	19–22	20–8
x-Toronto Raptors	45	37	.549	11	26–15	19–22	16–12
x-Detroit Pistons	42	40	.512	14	27–14	15–26	16–12
x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	14	23–18	19–22	16–12
Cleveland Cavaliers	32	50	.390	24	22–19	10–31	8–20
Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	28	21–20	7–34	11–17
Chicago Bulls	17	65	.207	39	12–29	5–36	5–23

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Indiana Pacers	56	26	.683	–
2	y-Miami Heat	52	30	.634	4
3	x-New York Knicks	50	32	.610	6
4	x-Charlotte Hornets	49	33	.598	7
5	x-Philadelphia 76ers	49	33	.598	7
6	x-Toronto Raptors	45	37	.549	11
7	x-Detroit Pistons	42	40	.512	14
8	x-Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	14
9	Orlando Magic	41	41	.500	15
10	Boston Celtics	35	47	.427	21
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	32	50	.390	24
12	New Jersey Nets	31	51	.378	25
13	Washington Wizards	29	53	.354	27
14	Atlanta Hawks	28	54	.341	28
15	Chicago Bulls	17	65	.207	39

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Elton Brand	81	80	37.0	.482	.000	.685	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	20.1
Toni Kukoč	24	23	36.2	.381	.231	.761	5.4	5.2	1.8	0.8	18.0
Ron Artest	72	62	31.1	.407	.314	.674	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	12.0
Chris Carr	50	2	21.8	.400	.333	.858	3.2	1.6	0.6	0.3	9.8
Rusty LaRue	4	1	32.3	.349	.143	.714	3.5	2.7	1.3	0.1	9.3
Fred Hoiberg	31	11	27.3	.387	.340	.908	3.5	2.7	1.3	0.1	9.0
Hersey Hawkins	61	49	26.6	.424	.390	.899	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	7.9
Corey Benjamin	48	10	18.0	.414	.340	.598	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.5	7.7
Dedric Willoughby	25	1	20.3	.341	.296	.765	2.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	7.6
John Starks	4	0	20.5	.324	.300	1.000	2.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	7.5
B. J. Armstrong	27	18	21.6	.446	.448	.880	1.7	2.9	0.3	0.0	7.4
Kornél Dávid	26	5	17.0	.426	.000	.808	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.1	6.5
Randy Brown	59	55	27.5	.361	.500	.738	2.4	3.4	1.0	0.3	6.4
Matt Maloney	51	12	23.0	.358	.356	.822	1.3	2.7	0.6	0.1	6.4
Chris Anstey	73	11	13.8	.442	.167	.789	3.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	6.0
Dickey Simpkins	69	48	23.9	.405	.000	.542	5.4	1.4	0.3	0.3	4.2
Khalid Reeves	3	0	16.0	.250	.000	1.000	1.3	4.3	0.7	0.0	3.7
Will Perdue	67	15	15.1	.351	.000	.476	3.9	1.0	0.2	0.6	3.5
Michael Ruffin	71	6	13.7	.420	.000	.489	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.2
Lari Kenter	6	0	6.8	.400	.000	1.000	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7

Player Statistics Citation:^[26]

Awards and records

• Elton Brand, NBA Rookie of the Year Award (shared with Steve Francis)
• Elton Brand, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
• Ron Artest, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Ron Artest	July 15	St. John's (16th pick)
Elton Brand	July 26	Duke (1st overall pick)
Michael Ruffin	August 24	Tulsa (32nd overall pick)
Will Perdue	August 25	San Antonio Spurs
Cory Carr		Texas Tech (selected 49th in 1998)
Brett Robisch		unknown
Lari Ketner		Massachusetts Amherst (49th overall pick)

Player Transactions Citation:^[30]