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was the Nets' 33rd season in the

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, and 24th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. During the off-season, the Nets re-acquired Johnny Newman from the

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, and re-signed free agent

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. Without

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, who missed the entire season with a knee injury from the previous season, the Nets struggled losing 15 of their first 17 games, but would eventually get hot winning 13 of their next 18 games, and find themselves near the playoff picture with a 31–40 record as of March 30. However, a rash of late season injures cost the team to lose their final eleven games, finishing sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 31–51 record.

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averaged 22.2 points, 8.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while

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averaged 19.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and

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provided the team with 13.1 points and led them with 1.8 steals per game, ranking him ninth in the league with 139 total steals. In addition, Kerry Kittles contributed 13.0 points and 1.3 steals per game, but only played 62 games due to a knee injury, while off the bench, Newman played a sixth man role, averaging 10.0 points per game,

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contributed 6.7 points per game, and

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led the team with 9.3 rebounds per game. During the 1999–2000 season, Marbury and Gill both reached different milestones, as Marbury dished out his 2,000th assist, and Gill scored his 10,000th career point.NETS: New Jersey Nets History
Following the season, head coach

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was fired, while

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and

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were both released to free agency,

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signed as a free agent with the Orlando Magic, and Williams retired after nine seasons in the NBA.

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

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missed the entire season due to a leg injury.

Regular season

The Nets started the season at 2-15, a franchise record low. Despite the poor start, the Nets rallied back to compete for a playoff spot. The Nets were still alive in the playoff race at the beginning of April with three weeks left in the season. After the first week of April, the team was without their leading scorer, Stephon Marbury, who struggled with knee injuries. Other injuries included rookie

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(ankle), and starting shooting guard Kerry Kittles (knee). The Nets were officially eliminated from playoff contention on April 7 after a 103-85 loss to the

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. The team finished the season by losing their final 11 games of the year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

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, 80 , 80 , 34.8 , .445 , .368 , .847 , 8.5 , 2.0 , 0.8 , 0.8 , 19.2 , - ,

, 76 , 75 , 31.0 , .414 , .256 , .710 , 3.7 , 2.8 , 1.8 , 0.5 , 13.1 , - , Kerry Kittles , 62 , 61 , 30.6 , .437 , .400 , .795 , 3.6 , 2.3 , 1.3 , 0.3 , 13.0 , - , Johnny Newman , 82 , 9 , 21.5 , .446 , .379 , .838 , 1.9 , 0.8 , 0.6 , 0.1 , 10.0 , - ,

, 77 , 11 , 19.6 , .428 , .330 , .798 , 2.4 , 1.3 , 0.8 , 0.1 , 6.7 , - ,

, 74 , 9 , 18.1 , .394 , .353 , .780 , 3.5 , 1.0 , 0.9 , 0.6 , 6.1 , - ,

, 20 , 2 , 15.5 , .500 , .313 , .893 , 1.5 , 1.7 , 0.9 , 0.0 , 6.0 , - ,

, 81 , 17 , 27.7 , .428 , 1.000 , .707 , 9.3 , 0.8 , 0.5 , 0.5 , 5.7 , - ,

, 60 , 5 , 13.4 , .435 , .282 , .806 , 1.0 , 2.3 , 0.7 , 0.0 , 5.3 , - , Gheorge Muresan , 30 , 2 , 8.9 , .456 , , .605 , 2.3 , 0.3 , 0.0 , 0.4 , 3.5 , - ,

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, 66 , 53 , 15.9 , .416 , , .518 , 3.5 , 0.5 , 0.4 , 1.8 , 2.4 , - ,

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Awards and records

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Transactions

References

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