1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the 30th season for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association.^[1] In the 1999 NBA draft, the Cavaliers selected point guard Andre Miller from the University of Utah with the eighth overall pick (which was acquired from the Boston Celtics via trade), and also selected shooting guard Trajan Langdon out of Duke University with the eleventh overall pick.^[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team acquired Lamond Murray from the Los Angeles Clippers,^[5][6][7] and signed free agent Mark Bryant.^[8]

1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
Arena	Gund Arena
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 6th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net Ohio · WUAB
Radio	WTAM
< 1998–99 2000–01 >

After only playing just five games the previous season, Zydrunas Ilgauskas would miss the entire regular season due to continuing foot injuries.^[9][10] Under new head coach Randy Wittman,^[11][12] the Cavaliers played around .500 basketball with an 11–9 start to the season, but then continued to struggle losing ten of their next eleven games, and held a 19–30 record at the All-Star break.^[13] The Cavaliers finished in sixth place in the Central Division with a 32–50 record.^[14]

Shawn Kemp led the team with 17.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, while Murray averaged 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, and Bob Sura provided the team with 13.8 points and 3.9 assists per game, and also led them with 122 three-point field goals. In addition, Miller provided with 11.1 points and 5.8 assists per game, was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, while Brevin Knight contributed 9.3 points, 7.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Wesley Person contributed 9.2 points per game and 106 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Danny Ferry contributed 7.3 points per game off the bench, while on the defensive side, Andrew DeClercq averaged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Bryant provided with 5.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.^[15]

Sura finished tied in eleventh place in Most Improved Player voting,^[16] and Miller finished in fourth place in Rookie of the Year voting.^[17][16]

Following the season, Kemp was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team trade,^[18][19][20] while Sura was traded to the Golden State Warriors,^[21][22][23] DeClercq was dealt to the Orlando Magic,^[24][25][26] Bryant was released to free agency, and Ferry signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.^[27]

For the season, the Cavaliers changed their uniforms, which would remain in use until 2003.^[28][29]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1999 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8*	Andre Miller	Guard	United States	Utah
1	11	Trajan Langdon	Guard	United States	Duke
2	39	AJ Bramlett	Center	United States	Arizona

^*1st round pick acquired from Boston in Vitaly Potapenko deal.

Roster

1999–2000 Cleveland Cavaliers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 5 Earl Boykins 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan F 2 Mark Bryant 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1965–04–25 Seton Hall F/C 55 Andrew DeClercq 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1973–02–01 Florida F/C 35 Danny Ferry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1966–10–17 Duke F 45 Cedric Henderson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1975–03–11 Memphis C 11 Zydrunas Ilgauskas (IN) 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1975–06–05 Lithuania C 4 Shawn Kemp 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1969–11–26 Trinity Valley CC F 0 Lari Ketner 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 277 lb (126 kg) 1977–02–01 UMass G 12 Brevin Knight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1975–11–08 Stanford G 21 Trajan Langdon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1976–05–13 Duke G 24 Andre Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1976–03–19 Utah F 30 Lamond Murray 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1973–04–20 California G/F 1 Wesley Person 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1971–03–28 Auburn F 10 Ryan Stack 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1975–07–24 South Carolina G 3 Bob Sura 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1973–03–25 Florida State

Head coach Randy Wittman Assistant(s) Bill Blair Bob Ociepka Mike Woodson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (IN) Inactive Injured Roster Updated: March 13, 2000

Roster Notes

• Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was on the injured reserve list due to a foot injury, and missed the entire regular season.

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	—

Game log

1999–2000 game log Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31)
November: 7–6 (home: 6–2; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
December: 5–11 (home: 4–5; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 11, 1999 Atlanta W 127–116 Gund Arena 11,328 10–9 26 December 23, 1999 @ Atlanta L 90–108 Philips Arena 12,528 11–15
January: 6–9 (home: 4–1; road: 2–8) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
February: 4–8 (home: 4–3; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 5, 2000 Atlanta L 94–102 Gund Arena 18,595 19–28
March: 6–9 (home: 1–5; road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 4–7 (home: 3–3; road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 80 April 16, 2000 @ Atlanta L 101–104 Philips Arena 14,061 31–49
1999–00 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
Shawn Kemp	82	82	30.4	41.7	33.3	77.6	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	17.8
Lamond Murray	74	72	32.0	45.1	36.7	76.1	5.7	1.8	1.4	0.5	15.9
Bob Sura	73	45	30.4	43.7	36.7	69.7	3.9	3.9	1.2	0.3	13.8
Andre Miller	82	36	25.5	44.9	20.4	77.4	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	11.1
Brevin Knight	65	46	27.0	41.2	20.0	76.1	3.0	7.0	1.6	0.3	9.3
Wesley Person	79	38	26.0	42.8	42.4	79.2	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.2	9.2
Danny Ferry	63	3	21.0	49.7	44.0	91.2	3.8	1.1	0.3	0.4	7.3
Andrew DeClercq	82	31	22.3	50.8	0.0	58.8	5.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	6.6
Mark Bryant	75	50	22.8	50.3	0.0	80.9	4.7	0.8	0.4	0.4	5.7
Cedric Henderson	61	7	18.1	39.6	6.7	66.3	2.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	5.4
Earl Boykins	25	0	10.1	47.3	40.0	78.3	1.0	1.8	0.5	0.0	5.3
Trajan Langdon	10	0	14.5	37.5	42.1	100.0	1.5	1.1	0.5	0.0	4.9
Ryan Stack	25	0	7.9	33.3	0.0	66.7	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.4	2.1
Donny Marshall	6	0	6.5	27.3	0.0	83.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.8
Kornel David	6	0	5.2	44.4	0.0	75.0	1.3	0.2	0.7	0.2	1.8
Lari Ketner	16	0	5.7	40.9	0.0	60.0	1.7	0.0	0.2	0.1	1.5
Mark Hendrickson	10	0	4.7	71.4	0.0	100.0	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.2
A.J. Bramlett	8	0	7.6	19.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0
Benoit Benjamin	3	0	2.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7
Pete Chilcutt	6	0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player Statistics Citation:^[15]

Awards and records

• Andre Miller, NBA All-Rookie Team, First Team

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