2000–01 Phoenix Suns season

2000–01 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Scott Skiles
General manager	Bryan Colangelo
Owner(s)	Jerry Colangelo
Arena	America West Arena
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 3rd (Pacific) Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in first round to Sacramento (1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KTAR

The 2000–01 Phoenix Suns season was the 33rd season for the Phoenix Suns, members of Pacific division in the National Basketball Association. The Suns were coached by Scott Skiles, who enjoyed his first full season as head coach as the Suns finished the regular season with a 51–31 record. For a franchise-record 13th season in a row, the Suns earned a trip to the playoffs but would later lose in the first round. America West Arena was the home court venue for the Suns.

The Suns were led by point guard Jason Kidd, who again topped the league in assists per game while earning another All-NBA First Team selection and All-Defensive First Team (after being selected to the Second Team the year previous). He was also the team's lone representative in the All-Star Game. Shawn Marion averaged a double-double, leading the team in scoring at 17.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game). Kidd and Clifford Robinson were the other starters to provide the majority of the team's scoring, while reserves Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers brought offensive firepower from the bench, averaging 12 points per game. Anfernee Hardaway was the teams's highest-paid player but played in just four games, battling injury.

For the fourth season in a row, the Suns finished third in the Pacific division. The team earned a first-round match-up with the third-seed, Sacramento Kings. Phoenix would take Game 1 but lose the next three in a row, losing three games to one. Following the season, Kidd was traded to the New Jersey Nets and Robinson was dealt to the Detroit Pistons.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 2000 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	25	Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis	Center	Georgia

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
1.5 !G	8	USA !	Del Negro, Vinny	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	000000001966-08-09-0000August 9, 1966	North Carolina State
1.5 !G	00	USA !	Delk, Tony	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	000000001974-01-28-0000January 28, 1974	Kentucky
6.0 !C	14	USA !	Dudley, Chris	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	000000001965-02-22-0000February 22, 1965	Yale
1.5 !G	17	USA !	Elie, Mario	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	000000001963-11-26-0000November 26, 1963	American International
4.0 !F	24	USA !	Gugliotta, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	000000001969-12-19-0000December 19, 1969	North Carolina State
2.5 !G/F	1	USA !	Hardaway, Anfernee	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	000000001971-07-18-0000July 18, 1971	Memphis
1.5 !G	32	USA !	Kidd, Jason	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	000000001973-03-23-0000March 23, 1973	California
4.0 !F	31	USA !	Marion, Shawn	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	000000001978-05-07-0000May 7, 1978	UNLV
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Perry, Elliot	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	000000001969-03-28-0000March 28, 1969	Memphis
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Robinson, Clifford	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	000000001966-12-16-0000December 16, 1966	Connecticut
4.0 !F	54	USA !	Rogers, Rodney	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	000000001971-06-20-0000June 20, 1971	Wake Forest
6.0 !C	15	PRI !	Santiago, Daniel	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	256 lb (116 kg)	000000001976-06-24-0000June 24, 1976	Saint Vincent
6.0 !C	25	GEO !	Tsakalidis, Iakovos	7000218440000000000♠7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	000000001979-06-10-0000June 10, 1979	Georgia (country)

Head coach

Scott Skiles (Michigan State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Jake Tsakalidis	Chris Dudley	Daniel Santiago
PF	Clifford Robinson	Tom Gugliotta
SF	Shawn Marion	Rodney Rogers
SG	Mario Elie	Vinny Del Negro		Penny Hardaway
PG	Jason Kidd	Tony Delk	Elliot Perry

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	–	31–10	25–16	14–10
x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	1	33–8	22–19	16–8
x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	5	31–10	20–21	12–12
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	6	28–13	22–19	12–12
Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	12	26–15	18–23	17–7
Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	378	25	22–19	9–32	9–15
Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	39	11–30	6–35	4–20

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
4	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	5
6	x-Phoenix Suns	51	31	.622	7
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	8
8	x-Minnesota Timberwolves	47	35	.573	11

9	Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
10	Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	14
11	Denver Nuggets	40	42	.488	18
12	Los Angeles Clippers	31	51	.378	27
13	Vancouver Grizzlies	23	59	.280	35
14	Golden State Warriors	17	65	.207	41

Playoffs

Game log

2001 playoff game log

First Round: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date Time	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 22	@ Sacramento	W 86–83	Shawn Marion (21)	Jake Tsakalidis (11)	Jason Kidd (14)	ARCO Arena 17,317	1–0
2	April 25	@ Sacramento	L 90–116	Tony Delk (14)	Tom Gugliotta (8)	Jason Kidd (9)	ARCO Arena 17,317	1–1
3	April 29	Sacramento	L 96–104	Jason Kidd (19)	Shawn Marion (10)	Jason Kidd (16)	America West Arena 19,023	1–2
4	May 2	Sacramento	L 82–89	Clifford Robinson (24)	Jake Tsakalidis (12)	Jason Kidd (14)	America West Arena 18,836	1–3

2001 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star

Jason Kidd was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his fourth All-Star selection. Kidd finished second in voting among Western Conference guards with 1,062,837 votes.

Season

Jason Kidd was named to the All-NBA First Team. Kidd also finished eighth in MVP voting.
Jason Kidd was named to the All-Defensive First Team. Kidd also finished 11th in Defensive Player of the Year voting.
Jason Kidd led the league in assists per game, with a 9.8 average, and total assists with 753.
Shawn Marion finished 11th in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and fourth in Most Improved Player voting.
Rodney Rogers finished sixth in Sixth Man of the Year voting. Rogers won the award in 2000.
Tony Delk finished tenth in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

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
Blount, Corie !Corie Blount*	30	6	12.9	.489†	.	.533	2.8	0.3	.4	.2	1.8
Del Negro, Vinny !Vinny Del Negro*	36	0	14.6	.528†	.000	.893^	1.4	1.8	.6	.1	4.9
Delk, Tony !Tony Delk	82	11	27.9	.415	.321	.787	3.2	2.0	.9	.2	12.3
Dudley, Chris !Chris Dudley	53	33	11.6	.397	.	.389	3.5	0.3	.3	.5	1.4
Elie, Mario !Mario Elie	68	67	22.1	.423	.360	.797	2.3	1.9	.9	.2	4.4
Garcés, Rubén !Rubén Garcés*	10	0	6.2	.467	.	.250	2.2	0.4	.2	.1	1.6
Gugliotta, Tom !Tom Gugliotta	57	2	20.3	.392	.250	.792	4.5	1.0	.8	.4	6.4
Hardaway, Penny !Penny Hardaway	4	4	28.0	.417	.250	.636	4.5	3.8	1.5	.3	9.8
Kidd, Jason !Jason Kidd	77	76	39.8	.411	.297	.814^	6.4	9.8	2.2	.3	16.9
Marion, Shawn !Shawn Marion	79	79	36.2	.480†	.256	.810	10.7	2.0	1.7	1.4	17.3
McPherson, Paul !Paul McPherson*	33	0	9.3	.490†	.000	.750	1.5	0.5	.4	.1	3.4
Perry, Elliot !Elliot Perry*	43	6	10.7	.465	.250	.727	1.0	1.7	.4	.0	3.2
Robinson, Clifford !Clifford Robinson	82	82	33.5	.422	.361	.709	4.1	2.9	1.1	1.0	16.4
Rogers, Rodney !Rodney Rogers	82	3	26.6	.430	.296	.761	4.4	2.2	1.2	.6	12.2
Santiago, Daniel !Daniel Santiago	54	2	10.8	.478	.	.689	1.9	0.2	.3	.4	3.1
Tsakalidis, Jake !Jake Tsakalidis	57	39	16.6	.470	.	.593	4.2	0.3	.2	1.0	4.5

* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Del Negro, Vinny !Vinny Del Negro	3	0	8.7	.571	.	.	0.7	1.7	.0	.0	2.7
Delk, Tony !Tony Delk	4	0	28.5	.419	.400	.636	4.0	1.0	.8	.0	11.8
Dudley, Chris !Chris Dudley	3	0	8.7	.500	.	.	2.3	0.0	.3	.3	0.7
Elie, Mario !Mario Elie	4	4	25.8	.452	.154	.750	3.3	1.8	.8	.3	9.0
Gugliotta, Tom !Tom Gugliotta	4	0	21.5	.308	.	.778	3.8	0.8	2.0	.3	5.8
Kidd, Jason !Jason Kidd	4	4	41.5	.319	.235	.750	6.0	13.3	2.0	.0	14.3
Marion, Shawn !Shawn Marion	4	4	34.8	.371	1.000	.857	8.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	14.8
Perry, Elliot !Elliot Perry	2	0	8.5	.600	.000	1.000	2.0	2.0	1.0	.0	6.5
Robinson, Clifford !Clifford Robinson	4	4	28.5	.420	.250	.636	4.0	1.0	1.5	.5	15.0
Rogers, Rodney !Rodney Rogers	4	0	20.5	.300	.200	.643	3.5	0.5	.5	.8	8.8
Santiago, Daniel !Daniel Santiago	1	0	12.0	.500	.	.	5.0	0.0	.0	2.0	2.0
Tsakalidis, Jake !Jake Tsakalidis	4	4	18.8	.375	.	.	7.0	0.0	.0	1.8	3.0

Transactions

Trades

September 20, 2000	To New York Knicks---- Lazaro Borrell Travis Knight Luc Longley Vernon Maxwell Glen Rice Vladimir Stepania 2001 first-round draft pick ( Jamaal Tinsley) 2001 second-round draft pick ( Eric Chenowith) 2001 second-round draft pick ( Michael Wright 2002 first-round draft pick ( Kareem Rush)	To Los Angeles Lakers---- Emanual Davis Greg Foster Horace Grant Chuck Person
September 20, 2000
To Seattle SuperSonics---- Patrick Ewing	To Phoenix Suns---- Chris Dudley 2001 first-round draft pick ( Jason Collins) Cash considerations
January 26, 2001	To Golden State Warriors---- Corie Blount Rubén Garcés Paul McPherson	To Phoenix Suns---- Vinny Del Negro

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former Team
August 1, 2000	Tony Delk	Signed to 6-year contract for $19 million	Sacramento Kings
August 2, 2000	Daniel Santiago	Signed to 1-year contract for $317,000	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
August 3, 2000	Corie Blount	Re-signed to 2-year contract for $3.2 million	Phoenix Suns
August 3, 2000	Justin Love	Undisclosed
August 3, 2000	Rubén Garcés	Signed to 1-year contract for $317,000	La Crosse Bobcats (CBA)
August 22, 2000	Paul McPherson	Signed to 1-year contract for $317,000
September 15, 2000	Mario Elie	Signed to 1-year contract for $1 million	San Antonio Spurs
September 29, 2000	Carlos Daniel	Undisclosed	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
September 29, 2000	DeJuan Wheat	Undisclosed	Idaho Stampede (CBA)
September 29, 2000	Lelan McDougal	Undisclosed	Billings RimRockers (IBA)
September 29, 2000	Tim Kempton	Undisclosed	Toronto Raptors
October 1, 2000	J. R. Koch	Undisclosed	Athlon Ieper (Belgium)
October 1, 2000	Reed Rawlings	Undisclosed
December 8, 2000	Elliot Perry	Undisclosed	Orlando Magic
January 17, 2001	Elliot Perry	Signed two 10-day contracts	Phoenix Suns
February 6, 2001	Elliot Perry	Signed for rest of season	Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
June 30, 2000	Toby Bailey	Free agent	Los Angeles Stars (ABA)
August 8, 2000	Kevin Johnson	Retired
August 31, 2000	Randy Livingston	Waived	Golden State Warriors
September 13, 2000	Don MacLean	Free agent	Miami Heat
October 6, 2000	J. R. Koch	Waived	Las Vegas Silver Bandits (IBL)
October 6, 2000	Lelan McDougal	Waived	San Diego Wildfire (ABA)
October 16, 2000	Carlos Daniel	Waived	Sioux Falls Skyforce (IBL)
October 16, 2000	Reed Rawlings	Waived	Detroit Dogs (ABA)
October 25, 2000	DeJuan Wheat	Waived	Panteras de Miranda (Venezuela)
October 25, 2000	Justin Love	Waived	Kansas City Knights (ABA)
October 25, 2000	Tim Kempton	Waived
November 20, 2000	Rex Chapman	Retired
January 5, 2000	Elliot Perry	Waived	Phoenix Suns

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

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2000–01 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

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