# 1998–99 Phoenix Suns season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the 31st season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.
During the off-season, the Suns signed free agent Tom Gugliotta, acquired Luc Longley from the Chicago Bulls, acquired rookie forward Pat Garrity from the Dallas Mavericks, signed Chris Morris, and re-signed former Suns center Joe Kleine. Head coach Danny Ainge returned for his third season with the team. After a 15–18 start, the Suns won 12 of their final 17 games, and finished tied with the Sacramento Kings for third in the Pacific Division with a record of 27–23. All home games were played in America West Arena.
Starting point guard Jason Kidd finished the regular season leading the league with 10.8 assists per game, plus contributing 2.3 steals per game. Four Suns would average double-digits in points per game, with Gugliotta leading the team with 17.0 points and 8.9 rebounds, plus contributing 1.4 steals per game, while Kidd averaged 16.9 points per game, Clifford Robinson provided with 16.4 points and 1.5 steals per game, and Rex Chapman contributed 12.1 points per game. Kidd also led the league in total minutes played and was third in total steals, before being selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive First Teams. In addition, sixth man Danny Manning averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game off the bench, while Longley provided the team with 8.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and George McCloud contributed 8.9 points per game off the bench.
The 7th-seeded Suns made the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season before being swept in the Western Conference First Round to the 2nd-seeded, and Pacific winner-Portland Trail Blazers, three games to zero. Following the season, Manning and Garrity were both traded to the Orlando Magic, who then traded Manning to the Milwaukee Bucks two weeks later, while McCloud signed as a free agent with the Denver Nuggets, Kleine signed with the Portland Trail Blazers, and Morris retired.

## Offseason
### NBA draft

This was the first year in franchise history that the Suns had no draft picks. Their first-round pick (which turned into Tyronn Lue) was traded to the Denver Nuggets the previous year in the Antonio McDyess deal, and their second-round pick (which turned into Greg Buckner) was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1996 in the Jason Kidd deal.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pacific Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
| y-Portland Trail Blazers | 35 | 15 | .700 | – | 22–3 | 13–12 | 15–7 |
| x-Los Angeles Lakers | 31 | 19 | .620 | 4 | 18–7 | 13–12 | 14–8 |
| x-Sacramento Kings | 27 | 23 | .540 | 8 | 16–9 | 11–14 | 11–9 |
| x-Phoenix Suns | 27 | 23 | .540 | 8 | 15–10 | 12–13 | 9–10 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 25 | 25 | .500 | 10 | 17–8 | 8–17 | 11–10 |
| Golden State Warriors | 21 | 29 | .420 | 14 | 13–12 | 8–17 | 8–11 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 9 | 41 | .180 | 26 | 6–19 | 3–22 | 3–16 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | z-San Antonio Spurs | 37 | 13 | .740 | – |
| 2 | y-Portland Trail Blazers | 35 | 15 | .700 | 2 |
| 3 | x-Utah Jazz | 37 | 13 | .740 | – |
| 4 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 31 | 19 | .620 | 6 |
| 5 | x-Houston Rockets | 31 | 19 | .620 | 6 |
| 6 | x-Sacramento Kings | 27 | 23 | .540 | 10 |
| 7 | x-Phoenix Suns | 27 | 23 | .540 | 10 |
| 8 | x-Minnesota Timberwolves | 25 | 25 | .500 | 12 |
| 9 | Seattle SuperSonics | 25 | 25 | .500 | 12 |
| 10 | Golden State Warriors | 21 | 29 | .420 | 16 |
| 11 | Dallas Mavericks | 19 | 31 | .380 | 18 |
| 12 | Denver Nuggets | 14 | 36 | .280 | 23 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Clippers | 9 | 41 | .180 | 28 |
| 14 | Vancouver Grizzlies | 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 | — |

## Playoffs
### Game log

1999 playoff game log :
First Round: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 8
@ Portland
L 85–95
Jason Kidd (17)
Tom Gugliotta (9)
Jason Kidd (7)
Rose Garden 20,040
0–1
2
May 10
@ Portland
L 99–110
Garrity, McCloud (15)
Tom Gugliotta (9)
Jason Kidd (12)
Rose Garden 20,588
0–2
3
May 12
Portland
L 93–103
Clifford Robinson (24)
Gugliotta, Robinson (7)
Jason Kidd (12)
America West Arena 17,306
0–3 :
1999 schedule :

## Awards and honors
### Week/Month

* Jason Kidd was named Player of the Month for April.
* Jason Kidd was named Player of the Week for games played April 12 through April 18.

### All-Star

All-Star weekend was cancelled due to the 1998–99 NBA lockout.

### Season

* Jason Kidd was named to the All-NBA First Team. Kidd also finished fifth in MVP voting.
* Jason Kidd was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.
* Clifford Robinson finished seventh in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and finished tenth in Most Improved Player voting.
* Jason Kidd led the league in assists per game with a 10.8 average, and total assists with 539.
* Jason Kidd led the league in minutes played with 2060.

## Player statistics
### Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Toby Bailey | 27 | 10 | 9.2 | .395 | .200 | .692 | 2.0 | 0.5 | .3 | .1 | 2.9 |
| Gerald Brown | 33 | 0 | 7.2 | .371 | .300 | .786 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .2 | .0 | 2.4 |
| Rex Chapman | 38 | 35 | 31.1 | .359 | .351 | .835# | 2.7 | 2.9 | .9 | .2 | 12.1 |
| Pat Garrity | 39 | 9 | 13.8 | .500† | .389 | .714 | 1.9 | 0.5 | .2 | .1 | 5.6 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 43 | 43 | 36.3 | .483 | .286 | .794 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | .5 | 17.0 |
| Jason Kidd | 50 | 50 | 41.2 | .444 | .366 | .757 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 2.3 | .4 | 16.9 |
| Joe Kleine | 31 | 5 | 12.1 | .405 | .000 | .667 | 2.2 | 0.4 | .3 | .0 | 2.2 |
| Randy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | .625† | . | 1.000# | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | .0 | 12.0 |
| Luc Longley | 39 | 39 | 23.9 | .483 | . | .776 | 5.7 | 1.2 | .6 | .5 | 8.7 |
| Danny Manning | 50 | 5 | 23.7 | .484† | .111 | .696 | 4.4 | 2.3 | .7 | .8 | 9.1 |
| George McCloud | 48 | 16 | 25.9 | .438 | .416 | .862# | 3.4 | 1.6 | .9 | .3 | 8.9 |
| Marko Milič | 11 | 0 | 4.8 | .400 | .000 | . | 0.5 | 0.2 | .3 | .1 | 1.5 |
| Chris Morris | 44 | 2 | 12.2 | .430 | .286 | .870# | 2.8 | 0.5 | .4 | .3 | 4.2 |
| Jimmy Oliver | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .333 | 1.000^ | . | 0.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 1.5 |
| Shawn Respert | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | .361 | .308 | .700 | 1.1 | 0.7 | .4 | .0 | 3.1 |
| Clifford Robinson | 50 | 35 | 34.8 | .475 | .417^ | .697 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| Alvin Sims | 4 | 0 | 6.3 | .400 | 1.000^ | .400 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .5 | .0 | 2.8 |
† – Minimum 183 field goals made. ^ – Minimum 34 three-pointers made. # – Minimum 76 free throws made.

### Playoffs

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Gerald Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | . | . | 0.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 2.0 |
| Rex Chapman | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | .286 | .333 | .750 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .3 | .0 | 5.7 |
| Pat Garrity | 3 | 0 | 17.3 | .529 | 1.000^ | 1.000# | 3.0 | 0.3 | .3 | .3 | 9.0 |
| Tom Gugliotta | 3 | 3 | 39.3 | .371 | . | .750 | 8.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
| Jason Kidd | 3 | 3 | 42.0 | .419 | .250 | .714 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 1.7 | .3 | 15.0 |
| Joe Kleine | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | . | . | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Randy Livingston | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | .400 | .000 | 1.000# | 2.3 | 0.7 | .3 | .0 | 5.3 |
| Luc Longley | 3 | 2 | 17.0 | .167 | . | . | 3.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .0 | 1.3 |
| Danny Manning | 3 | 1 | 26.3 | .583 | . | .769# | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | .0 | 12.7 |
| George McCloud | 3 | 0 | 26.7 | .433 | .450^ | .700 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .0 | 14.0 |
| Chris Morris | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1.000 | 1.000^ | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 5.0 |
| Clifford Robinson | 3 | 3 | 39.0 | .475 | .222 | .636 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | .3 | 15.7 |
^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made. # – Minimum 10 free throws made.

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 24, 1998 | To Los Angeles Lakers Future considerations | To Phoenix Suns Rights to Toby Bailey |
| June 24, 1998 | To Dallas Mavericks Steve Nash | To Phoenix Suns Martin Müürsepp Bubba Wells Rights to Pat Garrity 1999 first-round draft pick ( Shawn Marion) |
| January 23, 1999 | To Chicago Bulls Mark Bryant Martin Müürsepp Bubba Wells 1999 first-round draft pick ( Ron Artest) | To Phoenix Suns Luc Longley |

### Free agents
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract | Former Team |
| January 22, 1999 | George McCloud | Re-signed to 1-year contract for $750,000 | Phoenix Suns |
| January 22, 1999 | Horacio Llamas | Re-signed to 1-year contract for $425,000 | Phoenix Suns |
| January 22, 1999 | James Collins | Undisclosed | Jacksonville Barracudas (USBL) |
| January 22, 1999 | Joe Kleine | Signed to 1-year contract for $1 million | Phoenix Suns |
| January 22, 1999 | Marko Milič | Re-signed to 1-year contract for $350,000 | Phoenix Suns |
| January 22, 1999 | Tom Gugliotta | Signed to 6-year contract for $58.5 million | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| January 24, 1999 | Jamie Feick | Undisclosed | Milwaukee Bucks |
| January 25, 1999 | Clifford Robinson | Re-signed to 1-year contract for $3.5 million | Portland Trail Blazers |
| January 25, 1999 | Gerald Brown | Signed to 1-year contract for $287,500 | |
| January 25, 1999 | Rex Chapman | Re-signed to 6-year contract for $22.1 million | Phoenix Suns |
| January 29, 1999 | Shawn Respert | Signed to 1-year contract | Phoenix Suns |
| February 3, 1999 | Chris Morris | Signed to 1-year contract for $1 million | Utah Jazz |
| March 3, 1999 | Jimmy Oliver | Signed 10-day contract | Ducato Siena (Italy) |
| April 28, 1999 | Alvin Sims | Signed for rest of season | |
| May 4, 1999 | Randy Livingston | Signed for rest of season | Atlanta Hawks |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason Left | New Team |
| May 18, 1998 | Kevin Johnson | Renounced rights | Phoenix Suns |
| January 21, 1999 | Mike Brown | Free agent | Olympiacos (Greece) |
| January 22, 1999 | Antonio McDyess | Free agent | Denver Nuggets |
| January 22, 1999 | Loren Meyer | Free agent | Denver Nuggets |
| January 22, 1999 | John "Hot Rod" Williams | Free agent | Dallas Mavericks |
| January 24, 1999 | Dennis Scott | Free agent | New York Knicks |
| January 29, 1999 | Jamie Feick | Waived | Milwaukee Bucks |
| February 2, 1999 | James Collins | Waived | La Crosse Bobcats (CBA) |
| March 2, 1999 | Shawn Respert | Waived | Adecco Milano (Italy) |
| April 7, 1999 | Jimmy Oliver | Waived | Iraklio (Greece) |
| May 4, 1999 | Alvin Sims | Waived | |
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