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.

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

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)
2.0 !SG	7	USA !	Brown, Dee	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jacksonville
3.0 !SF	15	USA !	Carter, Vince	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	13	USA !	Christie, Doug	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Pepperdine
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Knight, Negele	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Dayton
6.0 !C	22	NZL !	Marks, Sean	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	UC Berkeley
3.0 !SF	1	USA !	McGrady, Tracy	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mt. Zion Christian Academy (HS)
4.5 !PF	34	USA !	Oakley, Charles	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Virginia Union
4.5 !PF	35	USA !	Slater, Reggie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Wyoming
6.0 !C	4	USA !	Stewart, Michael	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	UC Berkeley
4.5 !PF	12	USA !	Thomas, John	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Minnesota
3.0 !SF	44	USA !	Wallace, John	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Syracuse
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Williams, Alvin	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Villanova
1.0 !PG	14	USA !	Williams, Micheal	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Baylor
6.0 !C	42	USA !	Willis, Kevin	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Michigan State

Head coach

Butch Carter (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

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)

March: 11–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 5–5)

April: 7–11 (Home: 4–7; Road: 3–4)

May: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)

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

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

External links

1998–99 NBA season by team

Eastern

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

Toronto Raptors seasons

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