1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies season

1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies season
Mike Bibby's rookie season
Head coach	Brian Hill
Owner(s)	John McCaw, Jr.
Arena	General Motors Place
Results
Record	8–42 (.160)
Place	Division: 7th (Midwest) Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CTV Sportsnet, CHEK
Radio	CKST

The 1998–99 NBA season was the Grizzlies' fourth season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] After playing in 19 games, Sam Mack was traded back to the Houston Rockets midway through the season. In a lockout shortened season cut to 50 games, Mike Bibby had a solid rookie season averaging 13.2 points and 6.5 assists per game as he was named to the All-Rookie First Team. In addition, Shareef Abdur-Rahim continued to improve posting a career high 23.0 points per game. However, a knee injury limited Bryant Reeves to just 25 games as the Grizzlies struggled again, returning to last place in the Midwest Division with a league worst record of 8–42. Following the season, Tony Massenburg was traded to the Houston Rockets.

Draft picks

The Grizzlies' first draft pick was Mike Bibby, which was the second overall pick in the draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Mike Bibby	Guard	United States	University of Arizona
2	56	J.R. Henderson	Forward	United States	UCLA

Roster

Vancouver Grizzlies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
3.0 !SF	3	USA !	Abdur-Rahim, Shareef	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	UC Berkeley
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Bibby, Mike	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Arizona
6.0 !C	32	USA !	Chilcutt, Pete	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	North Carolina
2.0 !SG	24	USA !	Dehere, Terry	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Seton Hall
4.5 !PF	52	JPN !	Henderson, J.R.	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	UCLA
2.0 !SG	13	DOM !	López, Felipe	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	St. John's
4.5 !PF	44	USA !	Massenburg, Tony	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Maryland
1.0 !PG	11	USA !	Mayberry, Lee	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Arkansas
4.5 !PF	40	SEN !	N'Diaye, Makhtar	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	1	USA !	Parks, Cherokee	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Duke
6.0 !C	50	USA !	Reeves, Bryant	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	Oklahoma State
3.0 !SF	12	USA !	Rhodes, Rodrick	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Southern California
4.5 !PF	34	USA !	Smith, Michael	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Providence
2.0 !SG	2	USA !	West, Doug	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Villanova
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Wheat, DeJuan	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Louisville

Head coach

Brian Hill

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Roster Notes

Forward J. R. Henderson holds Japanese and American dual citizenship. He was born in the United States but played for the Japanese national team.

Regular season

Due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout, the NBA would see a shortened schedule for the 1998–99 season, as every team would play 50 games, compared to 82 in a normal season. The Grizzlies began the season with their best start in franchise history, as they had a 3-3 record in their first six games, the latest in a season that the club had a .500 record. Vancouver would fall into a bad streak, losing sixteen of their next seventeen games, which included a thirteen-game losing streak, to fall out of the playoff picture. Wins would be few and far between for the remainder of the season, as the Grizzlies ended the year with a record of 8-42, which represented a .160 winning percentage, the lowest in team history. Vancouver finished with the worst record in the league for the third time in four seasons.

Highs

On February 16, 1999, Vancouver defeats the Los Angeles Clippers 93-89 in double overtime, to even their record to 3-3, the latest they had ever been .500 in a season. This would be their only road win of the season.
On February 23, 1999, Shareef Abdur-Rahim leads the Grizzlies with 28 points, as they stun the Los Angeles Lakers with a 93-83 victory, recording their first ever victory against the Lakers.

Lows

On February 21, 1999, the Grizzlies lose to their expansion cousins, the Toronto Raptors 102-87 in the first game played at the Raptors' new arena, the Air Canada Centre.
On March 16, 1999, Vancouver loses 87-85 to the Seattle SuperSonics, extending their losing streak to a season high thirteen games.

Season standings

Midwest Division	G	W	L	Pct	GB
Utah Jazz	50	37	13	.740	--
San Antonio Spurs	50	37	13	.740	--
Houston Rockets	50	31	19	.620	6
Minnesota Timberwolves	50	25	25	.500	12
Dallas Mavericks	50	19	31	.380	18
Denver Nuggets	50	14	36	.280	23
Vancouver Grizzlies	50	8	42	.160	29

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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Streak
1	February 7	@ Sacramento Kings	87-109	0-1	Lost 1
2	February 8	Portland Trail Blazers	76-95	0-2	Lost 2
3	February 10	Los Angeles Clippers	105-99	1-2	Won 1
4	February 11	Indiana Pacers	97-101	1-3	Lost 1
5	February 14	Dallas Mavericks	96-92	2-3	Won 1
6	February 16	@ Los Angeles Clippers	93-89 (2OT)	3-3	Won 2
7	February 17	Boston Celtics	129-131 (3OT)	3-4	Lost 1
8	February 19	@ Minnesota Timberwolves	96-115	3-5	Lost 2
9	February 21	@ Toronto Raptors	87-102	3-6	Lost 3
10	February 23	Los Angeles Lakers	93-83	4-6	Won 1
11	February 25	Phoenix Suns	86-94	4-7	Lost 1
12	February 27	Houston Rockets	74-86	4-8	Lost 2
13	February 28	@ Denver Nuggets	112-116	4-9	Lost 3
14	March 2	Sacramento Kings	101-111	4-10	Lost 4
15	March 3	@ Utah Jazz	86-109	4-11	Lost 5
16	March 4	Minnesota Timberwolves	93-102	4-12	Lost 6
17	March 6	Houston Rockets	92-107	4-13	Lost 7
18	March 8	Portland Trail Blazers	73-92	4-14	Lost 8
19	March 9	@ Golden State Warriors	82-92	4-15	Lost 9
20	March 11	@ Houston Rockets	91-102	4-16	Lost 10
21	March 13	@ Dallas Mavericks	74-91	4-17	Lost 11
22	March 15	@ Denver Nuggets	84-110	4-18	Lost 12
23	March 16	@ Seattle SuperSonics	85-87	4-19	Lost 13
24	March 18	Minnesota Timberwolves	86-81	5-19	Won 1
25	March 20	San Antonio Spurs	88-92	5-20	Lost 1
26	March 22	@ Phoenix Suns	84-89	5-21	Lost 2
27	March 24	Philadelphia 76ers	90-95 (OT)	5-22	Lost 3
28	March 26	Utah Jazz	80-85	5-23	Lost 4
29	March 29	@ Los Angeles Lakers	98-116	5-24	Lost 5
30	March 30	Denver Nuggets	101-87	6-24	Won 1
31	April 1	@ San Antonio Spurs	91-103	6-25	Lost 1
32	April 2	@ Atlanta Hawks	81-84	6-26	Lost 2
33	April 4	@ Chicago Bulls	87-88	6-27	Lost 3
34	April 6	@ Portland Trail Blazers	89-98	6-28	Lost 4
35	April 7	Denver Nuggets	84-87	6-29	Lost 5
36	April 9	Seattle SuperSonics	98-93	7-29	Won 1
37	April 11	Sacramento Kings	88-91	7-30	Lost 1
38	April 12	@ Utah Jazz	80-98	7-31	Lost 2
39	April 14	@ Houston Rockets	85-102	7-32	Lost 3
40	April 16	@ Minnesota Timberwolves	75-89	7-33	Lost 4
41	April 18	Golden State Warriors	85-90	7-34	Lost 5
42	April 19	@ Los Angeles Lakers	102-117	7-35	Lost 6
43	April 21	Los Angeles Clippers	97-94	8-35	Won 1
44	April 23	Seattle SuperSonics	84-97	8-36	Lost 1
45	April 24	@ Los Angeles Clippers	96-105	8-37	Lost 2
46	April 27	@ Dallas Mavericks	75-84	8-38	Lost 3
47	April 29	San Antonio Spurs	72-99	8-39	Lost 4
48	May 1	@ Phoenix Suns	77-107	8-40	Lost 5
49	May 3	Golden State Warriors	83-91	8-41	Lost 6
50	May 5	@ Sacramento Kings	95-99	8-42	Lost 7

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
Abdur-Rahim, Shareef !Shareef Abdur-Rahim	50	50	40.4	.432	.306	.841	7.5	3.4	1.4	1.1	23.0
Bibby, Mike !Mike Bibby	50	50	35.2	.430	.203	.751	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	13.2
Chilcutt, Pete !Pete Chilcutt	46	0	15.2	.366	.382	.824	2.5	0.7	0.5	0.3	3.6
Dehere, Terry !Terry Dehere	22	0	12.3	.365	.441	.714	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.1	3.4
Henderson, J.R. !J.R. Henderson	30	0	11.0	.365	.400	.556	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.1	3.2
Herrera, Carl !Carl Herrera	4	0	10.5	.231	.000	.000	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.5
Lopez, Felipe !Felipe López	47	32	25.9	.446	.273	.644	3.5	1.3	1.0	0.3	9.3
Mack, Sam !Sam Mack	19	15	30.4	.406	.389	.933	2.8	1.2	1.1	0.1	12.7
Massenburg, Tony !Tony Massenburg	43	35	26.6	.487	.000	.665	6.0	0.5	0.6	0.9	11.2
Mayberry, Lee !Lee Mayberry	9	0	14.0	.368	.200	.800	0.3	2.6	0.8	0.0	2.2
Ndiaye, Makhtar !Makhtar N'Diaye	4	0	6.8	.250	.000	.750	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3
Parks, Cherokee !Cherokee Parks	48	41	23.3	.429	.000	.545	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.6	5.5
Reeves, Bryant !Bryant Reeves	25	14	28.1	.406	.000	.578	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.3	10.8
Rhodes, Rodrick !Rodrick Rhodes	10	1	12.3	.250	.143	.579	1.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	3.4
Sasser, Jason !Jason Sasser	6	0	6.5	.455	.000	.500	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.8
Smith, Michael !Michael Smith	48	10	22.9	.535	.000	.594	7.3	1.0	1.0	0.4	4.8
West, Doug !Doug West	14	2	21.0	.477	.000	.760	1.8	1.4	1.1	0.5	5.8
Wheat, DeJuan !DeJuan Wheat	46	0	12.8	.378	.367	.727	1.0	2.2	0.6	0.0	4.5

Awards and records

Mike Bibby, NBA All-Rookie Team First Team

Transactions

The Grizzlies signed free agent Cherokee Parks, who spent the 1997–98 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Parks averaged 7.1 points in 79 games with Minnesota last season.

The San Antonio Spurs and Grizzlies made a trade, with Vancouver sending Antonio Daniels to the Spurs for Felipe López and Carl Herrera. Lopez was the Spurs' first round draft pick in the 1998 NBA draft.

References

↑ 1998-99 Vancouver Grizzlies

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

Vancouver / Memphis Grizzlies seasons

1990s

2000s

2010s

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