The 1999–2000 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 33rd season in the

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, and 24th season in

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. During the off-season, the team re-acquired former Nets guard

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from the

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, and re-signed free agent and former Nets guard

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. Without

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, who missed the entire regular season due to a knee injury sustained from the previous season, the Nets struggled losing 15 of their first 17 games of the season. Despite the awful start, the team would eventually get hot by winning 13 of their next 18 games, later on holding a 19–30 record at the All-Star break, and find themselves near the playoff picture with a 31–40 record as of March 30, 2000. However, a rash of late-season injures cost the team to lose their final eleven games of the season, finishing in sixth place 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

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, 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. In addition,

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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, Lucious Harris contributed 6.7 points per game, and Jamie Feick contributed 5.7 points and led the team with 9.3 rebounds per game. During the regular season, Marbury and Gill both reached different milestones, as Marbury dished out his 2,000th career assist, and Gill scored his 10,000th career point.NETS: New Jersey Nets History
Gill also finished tied in eighth place in

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voting. 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

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, and Williams retired after nine seasons in the NBA.

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

;Roster notes * Center

was on the

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due to a leg injury, and missed the entire regular season.

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

(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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, 76 , 75 , 31.0 , .414 , .256 , .710 , 3.7 , 2.8 , 1.8 , 0.5 , 13.1 , - ,

, 62 , 61 , 30.6 , .437 , .400 , .795 , 3.6 , 2.3 , 1.3 , 0.3 , 13.0 , - ,

, 82 , 9 , 21.5 , .446 , .379 , .838 , 1.9 , 0.8 , 0.6 , 0.1 , 10.0 , - , Lucious Harris , 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 , - , Jamie Feick , 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

Transactions

References

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