1990–91 Seattle SuperSonics season
1990–91 Seattle SuperSonics season | |
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Head coach | K.C. Jones |
General manager | Bob Whitsitt |
Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 41–41 (.500) |
Place | Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 8th (Western) |
Playoff finish | West First Round (eliminated 2–3) |
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com |
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Local media | |
Television | Northwest Cable Sports, KOMO-TV |
Radio | KOMO-AM and FM |
The 1990–91 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 23rd season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Head coach Bernie Bickerstaff was replaced by his former assistant K.C. Jones, and went on to occupy the desk of vice-president of Basketball Operations for Seattle,[1] resigning months later to accept a job as general manager of the Denver Nuggets.[2] The Draft Lottery gave the Supersonics the No. 2 pick, that was used to select future All-Star point guard Gary Payton. Substantial changes were made on the roster, first by trading Sonics referent Xavier McDaniel to the Phoenix Suns during the first months of competition, followed by Dale Ellis, whose off-the-court problems were the focus of much unwanted attention,[3][4] who was sent to Milwaukee, and forward Olden Polynice to the Los Angeles Clippers, both trades occurring days after the All-Star break. Seattle would finish with a 41–41 record like the previous season, this time being able to reach the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference, where they lost in the first round against the Portland Trail Blazers in 5 games.
Contents
Offseason
Draft picks
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Of the 3 players Seattle picked in the draft only Gary Payton would stay with the team, since Jud Buechler was traded to the New Jersey Nets and Abdul Shamsid-Deen went to Europe to play for the French team Paris Basket Racing.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 2 | Gary Payton | PG | United States | Oregon State |
2 | 38 | Jud Buechler | SF/SG | United States | Arizona |
2 | 53 | Abdul Shamsid-Deen | C | United States | Providence |
Pre-season
1990 Pre-season Game Log: 5–3 | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap | ||||
1 | October 12 | Golden State Warriors | L 111-134 | Spokane Coliseum | 0–1 | [1] | ||||
2 | October 15 | Golden State Warriors | L 97-117 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 0–2 | [2] | ||||
3 | October 18 | Chicago Bulls | W 109-103 | Florida Suncoast Dome | 1–2 | [3] | ||||
4 | October 21 | Detroit Pistons | W 101-82 | East Lansing, MI | 2–2 | [4] | ||||
5 | October 23 | Chicago Bulls | L 90-102 | The Kingdome | 2–3 | [5] | ||||
6 | October 24 | Chicago Bulls | W 109-87 | Pacific Coliseum | 3–3 | [6] | ||||
7 | October 27 | Sacramento Kings | W 98-89 | ARCO Arena | 4–3 | [7] | ||||
8 | October 29 | Sacramento Kings | W 117-116 | Chico, CA | 5–3 | [8] |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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y-Portland Trail Blazers | 63 | 19 | .768 | — | 36–5 | 27–14 | 18-10 |
x-Los Angeles Lakers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 | 33–8 | 25-16 | 19-9 |
x-Phoenix Suns | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 | 32–9 | 23-18 | 17–11 |
x-Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 19 | 30–11 | 14–27 | 13–15 |
x-Seattle SuperSonics | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22 | 28-13 | 13–28 | 12-16 |
Los Angeles Clippers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 32 | 23–18 | 8-33 | 10-18 |
Sacramento Kings | 25 | 57 | .305 | 38 | 24-17 | 1–40 | 9–19 |
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
# | Western Conference | ||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | z-Portland Trail Blazers | 63 | 19 | .768 | – |
2 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
3 | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 58 | 24 | .707 | 5 |
4 | x-Phoenix Suns | 55 | 27 | .671 | 8 |
5 | x-Utah Jazz | 54 | 28 | .659 | 9 |
6 | x-Houston Rockets | 52 | 30 | .634 | 11 |
7 | x-Golden State Warriors | 44 | 38 | .537 | 19 |
8 | x-Seattle SuperSonics | 41 | 41 | .500 | 22 |
9 | Orlando Magic | 31 | 51 | .378 | 32 |
10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 31 | 51 | .378 | 32 |
11 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 29 | 53 | .354 | 34 |
12 | Dallas Mavericks | 28 | 54 | .341 | 35 |
13 | Sacramento Kings | 25 | 57 | .305 | 38 |
14 | Denver Nuggets | 20 | 62 | .244 | 43 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
Playoffs
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First Round: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–3)
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1991 playoff schedule |
Player statistics
Legend | |||||
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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% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Dana Barros | 66 | 0 | 11.4 | .495 | .395 | .918 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
Benoit Benjamin* | 31 | 27 | 29.0 | .502 | .000 | .690 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 12.9 |
Michael Cage | 82 | 55 | 26.1 | .508 | .000 | .625 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 6.4 |
Dave Corzine | 28 | 0 | 5.3 | .447 | .000 | .591 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
Quintin Dailey | 30 | 0 | 10.0 | .471 | .000 | .613 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
Dale Ellis* | 30 | 24 | 26.7 | .463 | .303 | .738 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 15.0 |
Eddie Johnson* | 66 | 27 | 26.9 | .486 | .333 | .912 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 17.4 |
Shawn Kemp | 81 | 66 | 30.1 | .508 | .167 | .661 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
Xavier McDaniel* | 15 | 15 | 35.3 | .479 | .000 | .710 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 21.8 |
Derrick McKey | 73 | 55 | 34.3 | .517 | .211 | .845 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 15.3 |
Nate McMillan | 78 | 0 | 18.4 | .433 | .354 | .613 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
Scott Meents | 13 | 0 | 4.1 | .250 | 1.000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Gary Payton | 82 | 82 | 27.4 | .450 | .077 | .711 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 7.2 |
Ricky Pierce* | 32 | 2 | 26.3 | .463 | .391 | .925 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 17.5 |
Olden Polynice* | 48 | 0 | 20.0 | .545 | .000 | .588 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 8.3 |
Sedale Threatt | 80 | 57 | 25.8 | .519 | .286 | .792 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
*Statistics with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Dana Barros | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | .692 | .400 | .750 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 |
Benoit Benjamin | 5 | 5 | 32.6 | .488 | .000 | .906 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.8 |
Michael Cage | 5 | 0 | 16.0 | .429 | .000 | .765 | 16.0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
Dave Corzine | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .667 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
Eddie Johnson | 5 | 5 | 34.2 | .517 | .267 | .828 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
Shawn Kemp | 5 | 5 | 29.8 | .386 | .000 | .815 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 13.2 |
Derrick McKey | 4 | 0 | 28.5 | .571 | .000 | .545 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
Nate McMillan | 5 | 0 | 19.0 | .261 | .000 | .500 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
Scott Meents | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Gary Payton | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | .407 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
Ricky Pierce | 5 | 0 | 22.4 | .333 | .300 | .941 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.4 |
Sedale Threatt | 5 | 5 | 27.2 | .536 | .364 | .900 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 |
Awards and records
Awards
- Gary Payton was named to the All-Rookie 2nd Team.
Records
- Ricky Pierce finished the season with a franchise record .925 in free throw percentage.[5]
Transactions
Overview
Players Added
Via draft Via free agency Via trade |
Players Lost
Via free agency Via trade |
Trades
June 27, 1990[6] |
To Seattle SuperSonics
Nets' agreement not to draft Dennis Scott or Gary Payton with their No. 1 pick. Conditional 2nd round picks for 1993 and 1995 |
To New Jersey Nets
Jud Buechler To Orlando Magic Sonics' agreement not to draft Dennis Scott with their No. 2 pick. |
October 24, 1990 |
To Seattle SuperSonics
Conditional 1997 second round pick |
To Denver Nuggets
Avery Johnson |
December 7, 1990 |
To Seattle SuperSonics
Eddie Johnson Conditional 1991 and 1994 first round picks |
To Phoenix Suns
Xavier McDaniel |
February 15, 1991 |
To Seattle SuperSonics
Ricky Pierce |
To Milwaukee Bucks
Dale Ellis |
February 20, 1991 |
To Seattle SuperSonics
Benoit Benjamin |
To Los Angeles Clippers
Olden Polynice Conditional 1991 and 1994 first round picks |
Free agents
Additions
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Subtractions
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References
- ↑ Sonics Make Move to K.C. -- Coaching Switch Moves Bickerstaff to Front Office, The Seattle Times, March 15, 1990.
- ↑ Bickerstaff to Accept Denver Job -- Ex-Sonic Coach to Become GM, The Seattle Times, July 11, 1990.
- ↑ Ellis Drinking, Speeding Before Crash, Jurors Told, The Seattle Times, September 25, 1990.
- ↑ Ellis and Mcdaniel in Fight, The Seattle Times, November 22, 1990.
- ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/OKC/leaders_season.html
- ↑ Sonics Face Tall Order Next -- With Payton At Point, Attention Turns To Center Spot, The Seattle Times, June 28, 1990.