1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season

1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season
Head coach	Dave Cowens (15 games) Paul Silas (35 games)
Owner(s)	George Shinn
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	26–24 (.520)
Place	Division: 5th (Central) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	SportSouth, WJZY
Radio	WBT

The 1998–99 Charlotte Hornets season was Charlotte's eleventh season in the National Basketball Association. The Hornets finished the season, which was shortened due to a lockout, with a 26–24 record. After a disappointing 4–11 start to the season, head coach Dave Cowens was replaced by Paul Silas, who led the team ta a 22–13 record to end the season. They also sent Glen Rice, J.R. Reid, and B.J. Armstrong to the Los Angeles Lakers for Eddie Jones, and Elden Campbell. Despite this, the Hornets failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1995–96 season. The Hornets finished sixth the NBA in attendance for the season.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1998 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	21	Ricky Davis	SF/SG	United States	Iowa
2	50	Andrew Betts		United States	California State-Long Beach

Roster

Charlotte Hornets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 15 Beck, Corey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Iowa PF 52 Brown, Chucky 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) North Carolina State C 41 Campbell, Elden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Clemson PF 44 Coleman, Derrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Syracuse SG 21 Davis, Ricky 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Iowa SF 6 Jones, Eddie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Temple PF 14 Mason, Anthony  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Tennessee State C 40 Miller, Brad 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Purdue SF 45 Person, Chuck 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Auburn SG 13 Phills, Bobby 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Southern PG 3 Recasner, Eldridge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Washington C 33 Shackleford, Charles 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) North Carolina State PG 4 Wesley, David 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Baylor	Head coach Dave Cowens (Florida State) Paul Silas (Creighton) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Roster Notes

• Forward Anthony Mason missed the entire season due to an injury.

Regular season

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

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Miami Heat	33	17	.660	–
2	y-Indiana Pacers	33	17	.660	–
3	x-Orlando Magic	33	17	.660	–
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2
5	x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	28	22	.560	5
7	x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5
8	x-New York Knicks	27	23	.540	6
9	Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7
10	Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11
12	Boston Celtics	19	31	.380	14
13	Washington Wizards	18	32	.360	15
14	New Jersey Nets	16	34	.320	17
15	Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20

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
B.J. Armstrong	10	1	17.8	.488	.750	.900	1.6	2.7	0.3	0.0	5.7
Corey Beck	16	0	9.4	.452	1.000	.462	1.4	1.3	0.4	0.1	2.2
Chucky Brown	48	21	24.8	.472	.375	.678	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	8.5
Willie Burton	3	0	6.0	.143	.000	.500	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Elden Campbell	32	32	35.4	.489	.000	.647	9.4	1.9	1.2	1.8	15.3
Derrick Coleman	37	29	31.8	.414	.212	.753	8.9	2.1	0.6	1.1	13.1
Ricky Davis	46	1	12.1	.405	.167	.763	1.8	1.3	0.7	0.2	4.4
Eddie Jones	30	30	38.6	.446	.359	.801	.3.9	4.2	3.0	1.1	17.0
Brad Miller	38	0	12.3	.565	.500	.794	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	6.3
Chuck Person	50	21	19.8	.388	.350	.750	2.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	6.1
Bobby Phills	43	43	36.6	.433	.395	.685	4.0	3.5	1.4	0.6	14.3
Eldridge Recasner	44	2	16.1	.446	.400	.872	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.0	5.0
J.R. Reid	16	16	34.8	.521		.798	7.1	1.6	1.4	0.6	15.2
Charles Shackleford	32	4	11.5	.489		.655	4.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	3.3
David Wesley	50	50	37.0	.446	.359	.832	3.2	6.4	2.0	0.2	14.1
Travis Williams	8	0	7.8	.462		.750	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.9
Joe Wolf	3	0	4.0	.000		.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and records

• Eddie Jones, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

• January 21, 1999

Signed Brad Miller as a free agent.

Signed Eldridge Recasner as a free agent.

Signed Charles Shackleford as a free agent.

Signed Chucky Brown as a free agent.

Signed Derrick Coleman as a free agent.

• January 26, 1999

Signed Chuck Person as a free agent.

• February 3, 1999

Signed Joe Wolf as a free agent.

• February 28, 1999

Signed Willie Burton as a free agent.

• March 8, 1999

Waived Willie Burton.

• March 10, 1999

Waived Joe Wolf.

Traded B.J. Armstrong, J.R. Reid and Glen Rice to the Los Angeles Lakers for Elden Campbell and Eddie Jones.

• March 16, 1999

Waived Travis Williams.

• March 17, 1999

Signed Corey Beck to the first of two 10-day contracts.

• April 6, 1999

Signed Corey Beck to a contract for the rest of the season.