1999–2000 Los Angeles Clippers season

The 1999–2000 NBA season was the Clippers' 30th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 16th season in Los Angeles.[1] The Clippers began playing in their new arena, the Staples Center, and are co-tenants with their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers.[2] In the 1999 NBA draft, the Clippers selected Lamar Odom from the University of Rhode Island with the fourth overall pick.[3][4][5][6][7] During the off-season, the team acquired Derek Anderson from the Cleveland Cavaliers,[8][9][10][11] and acquired Eric Murdock from the New Jersey Nets.[12][13][14]

1999–2000 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coachChris Ford (fired)
Jim Todd (interim)
OwnersDonald Sterling
ArenaStaples Center
Results
Record15–67 (.183)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Pacific)
Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Net West 2, KCAL
RadioKXTA

After a 4–7 start to the season, the Clippers continued to struggle losing nine consecutive games, then lost ten straight games in January, and posted a 13-game losing streak in February. Head coach Chris Ford was fired after an 11–34 start, and was replaced with assistant Jim Todd.[15] Ford would return coaching for the Philadelphia 76ers midway through the 2003–04 season. At midseason, the team signed free agent Jeff McInnis, then released Troy Hudson to free agency in March, as he averaged 8.8 points and 3.9 assists per game in 62 games.[16][17] The Clippers then suffered a 17-game losing streak in the final two months of the season, finishing last place in the Pacific Division with a league worst record of 15–67.[18]

Odom provided a bright spot as he averaged 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and finished in third place in Rookie of the Year voting.[19][20] In addition, Maurice Taylor averaged 17.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, while Anderson provided the team with 16.9 points and 1.4 steals per game, second-year forward Tyrone Nesby contributed 13.3 points per game, second-year center Michael Olowokandi provided with 9.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, and three-point specialist Eric Piatkowski contributed 8.7 points per game.[21]

Following the season, Anderson signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs,[22][23] while Taylor signed with the Houston Rockets,[24][25] Murdock retired and Todd was fired as head coach.[26]

Draft picks
Main article: 1999 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
14Lamar OdomSF/PF United StatesRhode Island
231Rico HillF United StatesIllinois State

Roster
1999–2000 Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 1 Anderson, Derek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) –– Kentucky
F 30 Avent, Anthony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) –– Seton Hall
F 41 Bohannon, Etdrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 238 lb (108 kg) –– Auburn Montgomery
F/C 24 Chilcutt, Pete 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– North Carolina
C 33 Closs, Keith 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Central Connecticut State
F 31 Conlon, Marty 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) –– Providence
G 5 McInnis, Jeff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 179 lb (81 kg) –– North Carolina
G 3 Murdock, Eric Injured 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Providence
G/F 8 Nesby, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) –– UNLV
F 7 Odom, Lamar (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) –– Rhode Island
C 34 Olowokandi, Michael 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) –– Pacific
G/F 52 Piatkowski, Eric 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Nebraska
F/C 32 Skinner, Brian Injured 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– Michigan
F 23 Taylor, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) –– Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2000-04-06

Roster Notes
  • Point guard Troy Hudson was waived on March 27.
  • Power forward Mario Bennett becomes the 7th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.
  • Power forward Pete Chilcutt played for team twice in the same season. Played for the team on a 10-day contract in January later released after it expired. Played for the Cleveland Cavaliers on another 10-day contract then released after that expired. Came back to the Clippers which signed for the rest of the season.

Regular season

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
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

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—

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
Maurice Taylor 626035.946.412.571.16.51.60.80.817.1
Derek Anderson 645834.443.830.987.74.03.41.40.216.9
Lamar Odom 767036.443.836.071.97.84.21.21.316.6
Tyrone Nesby 733931.739.833.579.13.81.71.00.413.3
Michael Olowokandi 807731.243.70.065.18.20.50.41.89.8
Troy Hudson 623825.737.731.181.12.43.90.70.08.8
Eric Piatkowski 752322.841.538.385.03.01.10.60.28.7
Jeff McInnis 251023.943.033.376.52.93.60.60.17.2
Eric Murdock 401517.338.538.163.81.92.71.20.15.6
Brian Skinner 33923.550.70.066.26.10.30.51.35.4
Keith Closs 57614.448.70.059.03.10.40.21.34.2
Charles Jones 56011.832.833.173.91.11.70.50.13.4
Pete Chilcutt 24214.549.231.3100.03.30.70.40.33.0
Etdrick Bohannon 11010.353.80.060.02.70.50.20.52.4
Anthony Avent 4937.730.20.071.91.50.20.30.31.7
Marty Conlon 303.050.00.00.00.70.00.00.00.7
Mario Bennett 103.00.00.00.02.00.00.00.00.0

Player Statistics Citation:[21]

Awards and records

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 1999-2000 season.

Trades
August 4, 1999 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To Cleveland Cavaliers
August 8, 1999 To Los Angeles Clippers
  • 2000 1st round draft pick & 2002 1st round draft pick
 To Atlanta Hawks
September 23, 1999 To Los Angeles Clippers
 To New Jersey Nets

Re-signed
Player Signed Contract
Lamond Murray August 4, 1999 7-year deal (sign & trade)
Eric Piatkowski August 6, 1999 Four-year deal
Lorenzen Wright August 8, 1999 7-year deal (sign & trade)
Tyrone Nesby August 9, 1999 3-year deal (matched offer by San Antonio Spurs)

Player Transactions Citation:[27]

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