1999–2000 Vancouver Grizzlies season

1999–2000 Vancouver Grizzlies season
Head coach	Lionel Hollins
Owner(s)	Arthur Griffiths
Arena	General Motors Place
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 7th (Midwest) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CTV Sportsnet, CIVT
Radio	CKST

The 1999–2000 Vancouver Grizzlies season was the 5th season of the franchise, 5th in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 5th in Vancouver.^[1] After finishing the lockout season with the worst record, the Grizzlies selected Steve Francis with the second pick in the 1999 NBA draft. However, Francis refused to play for the Canadian team, and was soon traded to the Houston Rockets for Michael Dickerson and Othella Harrington. Francis would be named Rookie of The Year along with Elton Brand of the Chicago Bulls.

In the offseason, the Grizzlies signed free agents Grant Long and Dennis Scott. Under new head coach Lionel Hollins, the Grizzlies still struggled posting an 11-game losing streak after a 3–3 start to the season. They lost 14 of their 15 games in March finishing last place in the Midwest Division with a 22–60 record. Following the season, Scott was traded to the Washington Wizards, but was later on released and then retired.

Offseason

Draft

Main article: 1999 NBA draft

The Grizzlies originally had three picks entering the Draft. Steve Francis was the 2nd overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft from the University of Maryland. Francis most notably cried after being chosen by Vancouver, swearing the Chicago Bulls would regret selecting Elton Brand first overall instead. Following Vancouver's draft, Francis publicly announced that he did not want to play for the Grizzlies, citing the distance from his Maryland home, taxes, endorsements, and God's will. Francis was heavily criticized for his antics, especially in Vancouver.^[2] Following his public outburst, Francis was traded to the Houston Rockets that summer in a three-team, 11-player deal that brought Michael Dickerson, Othella Harrington, Antoine Carr, Brent Price, plus first- and second-round picks to the Grizzlies. He and Brand shared Rookie of the Year honors.

Obinna Ekezie from the University of Maryland was their second pick. Their final pick in the draft was Antwain Smith from the Saint Paul's College.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Steve Francis	PG	United States	Maryland
2	37	Obinna Ekezie	C/PF	Nigeria	Maryland
2	51	Antwain Smith	SF	United States	Saint Paul's College

Roster

Vancouver Grizzlies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
4.0 !F	3	USA !	Abdur-Rahim, Shareef	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	UC Berkeley
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Bibby, Mike	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Arizona
5.5 !F/C	55	USA !	Carr, Antoine	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Wichita State
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Dickerson, Michael	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Arizona
5.5 !F/C	54	NGA !	Ekezie, Obinna	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Maryland
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Harrington, Othella	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Georgetown
4.0 !F	43	USA !	Long, Grant	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Eastern Michigan
1.5 !G	13	DOM !	López, Felipe	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	St. John's
1.5 !G	5	BLZ !	Palacio, Milt	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Colorado State
6.0 !C	1	USA !	Parks, Cherokee	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Duke
1.5 !G	20	USA !	Price, Brent	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Oklahoma
6.0 !C	50	USA !	Reeves, Bryant	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	Oklahoma State
4.0 !F	9	USA !	Scott, Dennis	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	Georgia Tech
2.5 !G/F	2	USA !	West, Doug	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Villanova

Head coach

Lionel Hollins (Arizona State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Roster • Transactions

Roster notes

Guard Milt Palacio also holds American citizenship.

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	–	31–10	24–17	14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	2	31–10	22–19	16–8
x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	5	26–15	24–17	18–6
Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	15	22–19	18–23	12–12
Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	20	25–16	10–31	10–14
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	21	22–19	12–29	8–16
Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	33	12–29	10–31	6–18

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	67	15	.817	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	12
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	8
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	53	29	.646	14
5	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	14
6	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	50	32	.610	17
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	45	37	.549	22
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	23

9	Dallas Mavericks	40	42	.488	27
10	Denver Nuggets	35	47	.427	32
11	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	33
12	Vancouver Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45
13	Golden State Warriors	19	63	.232	48
14	Los Angeles Clippers	15	67	.183	52

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	—

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Abdur-Rahim, Shareef !Shareef Abdur-Rahim	82	82	39.3	.465	.302	.809	10.1	3.3	1.1	1.1	20.3
Bibby, Mike !Mike Bibby	82	82	38.5	.445	.363	.780	3.7	8.1	1.6	.2	14.5
Carr, Antoine !Antoine Carr	21	0	10.5	.438	.000	.786	1.5	.3	.1	.3	3.2
Dickerson, Michael !Michael Dickerson	82	82	37.8	.436	.409	.830	3.4	2.5	1.4	.5	18.2
Ekezie, Obinna !Obinna Ekezie	39	0	9.0	.466	.000	.672	2.4	.2	.2	.1	3.2
Harrington, Othella !Othella Harrington	82	82	32.6	.506	.000	.792	6.9	1.2	.4	.7	13.1
Long, Grant !Grant Long	42	1	21.9	.443	.000	.775	5.6	1.0	1.1	.2	4.8
López, Felipe !Felipe López	65	0	12.0	.425	.167	.615	1.9	.7	.5	.3	4.5
Palacio, Milt !Milt Palacio	52	0	7.4	.439	.000	.595	1.0	.9	.4	.0	2.0
Parks, Cherokee !Cherokee Parks	56	14	14.4	.497	.000	.649	3.3	.6	.5	.8	3.0
Price, Brent !Brent Price	41	0	10.3	.345	.368	.872	0.9	1.7	.4	.0	3.4
Reeves, Bryant !Bryant Reeves	69	67	25.7	.448	.000	.648	5.7	1.2	.5	.6	8.9
Scott, Dennis !Dennis Scott	66	0	19.1	.375	.376	.842	1.6	1.0	.4	.1	5.6
Stephens, Joe !Joe Stephens	13	0	13.9	.373	.000	.750	2.8	.8	.5	.2	3.2
West, Doug !Doug West	38	0	15.3	.407	.000	.850	1.9	1.1	.3	.2	4.0

References

1999–2000 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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