players to average 7.0 minutes per game in their rookie season before 2000

Toby Bailey had 9.2 minutes per game in his rookie season in 1998-99.

Interpreted as:
players to average 7.0 or higher minutes per game in their rookie season before 2000
NAMEMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Toby Bailey
T. Bailey
9.2
1998-99
PHX PHX
27
2.9
2.0
0.5
0.3
0.1
1.3
3.2
39.5
0.0
0.2
20.0
0.3
0.5
69.2
42.5
0.9
1.1
0.4
249
78
54
13
9
2
11
24
-36
2Corey Benjamin
C. Benjamin
10.3
1998-99
CHI CHI
31
3.8
1.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
1.4
3.8
37.6
0.1
0.5
21.4
0.9
1.3
67.5
43.8
0.5
0.8
0.7
320
118
40
10
11
8
21
46
-110
3Mike Bibby
M. Bibby
35.2
1998-99
VAN VAN
50
13.2
2.7
6.5
1.6
0.1
5.2
12.1
43.0
0.3
1.5
20.3
2.5
3.4
75.1
48.7
0.6
2.1
2.9
1,758
662
136
325
78
5
146
122
-339
4Earl Boykins
E. Boykins
10.0
1998-99
TOT
22
3.0
0.8
1.5
0.3
0.0
1.4
3.6
38.0
0.1
0.8
16.7
0.1
0.1
66.7
40.5
0.3
0.5
0.9
221
65
17
33
6
0
20
20
-43
5Gerald Brown
G. Brown
7.2
1998-99
PHX PHX
33
2.4
0.7
0.9
0.2
0.0
1.0
2.7
37.1
0.1
0.3
30.0
0.3
0.4
78.6
42.0
0.2
0.5
0.7
236
80
22
31
5
1
22
21
-67
6Cory Carr
C. Carr
14.9
1998-99
CHI CHI
42
4.1
1.2
1.6
0.5
0.2
1.7
5.1
32.9
0.1
0.7
16.7
0.6
0.8
75.0
37.2
0.2
1.0
1.1
624
171
49
66
21
7
46
66
-151
7Vince Carter
V. Carter
35.2
1998-99
TOR TOR
50
18.3
5.7
3.0
1.1
1.5
6.9
15.3
45.0
0.4
1.3
28.8
4.1
5.4
76.1
51.6
1.9
3.8
2.2
1,760
913
283
149
55
77
110
140
+47
8Keon Clark
K. Clark
14.6
1998-99
DEN DEN
28
3.3
3.4
0.4
0.4
1.1
1.3
2.9
45.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.3
56.8
48.3
1.3
2.1
0.8
409
93
96
10
10
31
21
52
-47
9Kornel David
K. David
18.0
1998-99
CHI CHI
50
6.2
3.5
0.8
0.5
0.3
2.2
4.9
44.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.2
81.1
52.8
1.4
2.1
1.0
902
308
173
40
23
17
48
88
-244
10Ricky Davis
R. Davis
12.1
1998-99
CHA CHA
46
4.5
1.8
1.3
0.7
0.2
1.8
4.3
40.5
0.0
0.3
16.7
1.0
1.3
76.3
46.2
0.9
1.0
1.2
557
209
84
58
30
7
54
46
-16
11Michael Dickerson
M. Dickerson
31.2
1998-99
HOU HOU
50
10.9
1.7
1.9
0.5
0.2
4.3
9.2
46.5
1.4
3.3
43.3
0.9
1.4
63.9
55.4
0.5
1.1
1.3
1,558
547
83
95
27
11
66
90
+136
12Michael Doleac
M. Doleac
15.9
1998-99
ORL ORL
49
6.2
3.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
2.6
5.4
46.8
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
67.5
50.3
1.3
1.7
0.5
780
304
148
20
19
17
26
117
+128
13Bryce Drew
B. Drew
13.0
1998-99
HOU HOU
34
3.5
0.9
1.5
0.4
0.1
1.4
3.8
36.4
0.5
1.4
32.7
0.2
0.2
100.0
44.5
0.1
0.9
0.9
441
118
32
52
12
4
31
61
-9
14Marlon Garnett
M. Garnett
8.5
1998-99
BOS BOS
24
2.1
0.9
0.8
0.2
0.0
0.6
2.1
29.4
0.3
1.0
26.1
0.6
0.8
75.0
42.6
0.1
0.8
0.5
205
51
21
18
5
1
12
18
-32
15Pat Garrity
P. Garrity
13.8
1998-99
PHX PHX
39
5.6
1.9
0.5
0.2
0.1
2.2
4.4
50.0
0.2
0.5
38.9
1.0
1.4
71.4
55.7
0.7
1.3
0.5
538
217
75
18
8
3
20
62
+38
16Matt Harpring
M. Harpring
22.3
1998-99
ORL ORL
50
8.2
4.3
0.9
0.6
0.1
3.0
6.4
46.3
0.2
0.5
40.0
2.0
2.9
71.3
53.3
1.8
2.5
1.5
1,114
408
214
45
30
6
73
112
-4
17Al Harrington
A. Harrington
7.6
1998-99
IND IND
21
2.1
1.9
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.7
32.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.7
60.0
35.9
1.0
0.9
0.5
160
45
39
5
4
2
11
26
-25
18J.R. Sakuragi
J.R. Sakuragi
11.0
1998-99
VAN VAN
30
3.2
1.6
0.7
0.3
0.1
1.2
3.2
36.5
0.1
0.2
40.0
0.8
1.5
55.6
41.9
0.7
0.9
0.6
331
97
47
22
9
4
18
29
-47
19Larry Hughes
L. Hughes
19.8
1998-99
PHI PHI
50
9.1
3.8
1.5
0.9
0.3
3.4
8.3
41.1
0.2
1.0
15.4
2.1
3.0
70.9
47.4
1.7
2.1
1.4
988
455
189
77
44
14
68
97
+13
20Randell Jackson
R. Jackson
10.0
1998-99
WAS WAS
27
4.2
2.0
0.3
0.1
0.4
1.7
4.0
42.6
0.0
0.3
14.3
0.8
1.2
65.6
46.7
1.1
0.9
1.0
271
114
54
8
3
11
26
29
-50
21Antawn Jamison
A. Jamison
22.5
1998-99
GSW GSW
47
9.6
6.4
0.7
0.8
0.3
3.8
8.4
45.2
0.1
0.2
30.0
1.9
3.3
58.8
48.7
2.8
3.6
1.4
1,058
449
301
34
38
16
68
102
-48
22Charles Jones
C. Jones
16.4
1998-99
CHI CHI
29
3.7
1.4
1.4
0.6
0.2
1.3
4.2
31.7
0.7
2.1
31.1
0.4
0.8
50.0
40.7
0.3
1.1
1.0
476
108
42
41
18
5
29
30
-116
23Damon Jones
D. Jones
14.3
1998-99
TOT
24
5.2
1.8
1.8
0.5
0.0
1.8
5.0
36.1
1.0
2.6
40.3
0.6
0.7
82.4
49.4
0.3
1.6
0.7
344
125
44
42
13
0
17
23
-4
24Raef LaFrentz
R. LaFrentz
32.3
1998-99
DEN DEN
12
13.8
7.6
0.7
0.8
1.4
4.9
10.8
45.7
1.0
2.6
38.7
3.0
4.0
75.0
55.3
2.8
4.8
0.8
387
166
91
8
9
17
9
38
-66
25Rashard Lewis
R. Lewis
7.3
1998-99
SEA SEA
20
2.4
1.3
0.2
0.4
0.1
1.0
2.6
36.5
0.1
0.3
16.7
0.4
0.7
57.1
40.4
0.7
0.6
1.0
145
47
25
4
8
1
20
19
-51
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@
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Mon
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@
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7:30 PM
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12/10
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12/20
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Fri
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